Family, Meet Fandom

[przed]

The awesome thing about having a laptop is I can work on the latest story when we're up north visiting my mom.

The not-so-awesome thing is my mom is a snoop.

Mom: What are you working on?
Me: Um, nothing.
Mom: ::moves amazingly fast for an 80 year-old recovering from knee surgery and peeks at laptop screen:: Holmes? Watson?
Me: Yeah, I'm writing a Holmes pastiche. Deal with it. ::wipes forehead in relief that the visible scene did not involve Holmes, Watson and a blowjob::
Mom: And who's the guy in that picture. ::points at desktop::
Me: Robert Downey Jr. He's the new Holmes.
Mom: ::gives weirdo daughter a long-suffering look::
Me: ::makes laptop font teeny tiny so 80 year-old eyes will have more difficulty reading it and changes desktop picture temporarily to Hokusai's The Great Wave::

Also, I'm terribly amused that I can call Holmes fanfic "pastiche", like it's almost respectable. *g*

Comments

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Pastiche

I'm writing that down...

I feel your pain.

[(Anonymous)]

I have resorted to making the text small AND a pale grey colour before *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the word "pastiche" and use it probably more than I should. *g*

My mother is a world class snoop too... perhaps the skill *cough* kicks in when your child becomes a teenager.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I thought pastiche was something good to eat. With too many calories and lots of butter. Well... LOL!

[ci5mates.livejournal.com]

That is a very humerous little tale, gave me a good old chuckle :-)

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

I'm reasonably convinced that my Mum wouldn't be able to get past my password, but I make sure never to leave my laptop on if I'm using it at hers and have to go out. She's pretty broad-minded, but she really doesn't need to know about some of my bookmarks... *g*

Pastiche

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

it totally is. And while most fanfic/pastiche in the world may not be quite up there with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead etc., the essential premise certainly is! (well, Now With More Bigger Added Sex-scenes, of course. Sometimes *g*.) And it's especially the case with the literature-based fandoms such as H/W and P.G. Wodehouse, where striving to capture the writing style is such a delicious (and nigh-impossible) part of the challenge.

As for privacy, that ain't easy! I haz none :((((

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Does your mum ever ask to read your stories?

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

"The hobby that dare not speak its name..." *g*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

A wonderful little story - I saw it as a mental picture *g*.

Assuming you are busy writing the blowjob scene and your mother is coming around - maybe she shakes her head while reading it: "Lousy technique, my dear daughter" :-)

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

I'll join you in the relief, my parents know I read fanfic but that is about as far as I go in my fandom explanations with them.

makes laptop font teeny tiny so 80 year-old eyes will have more difficulty reading it and changes desktop picture temporarily to Hokusai's The Great Wave

*applauds your quick reflexes*

[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

And you'll be posting this story WHEN??? {{{fidgets impatiently}}}

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm terribly amused that I can call Holmes fanfic "pastiche", like it's almost respectable.

Hey, it worked for Laurie King who was actually writing Mary Sue het. :D