Fic Is My Gateway Drug

[alianora]

So, i have been thinking about fandom. All fandom really, and wondering how people originally started in it, and how far down into fandom insanity they have gotten.

im not so much talking about stalking the celebrities of shows and giving them things *cough*goldenradishes*cough*, but more about fic, i guess.

for example, i started out in Roswell. (yes, i know you know, stop rolling your eyes). i got online, i think for the first time at the Crashdown, and wandered my way into fic.

I read things. i enjoyed. i didnt dare click on anything above a PG13 rating.

i blushed through minor sex scenes. now, this could be because i was still a virgin at that point, but i doubt that, as i had already seen porn by that point, and we approaching TMI for you? sorry..

anyway, sex scenes made me blush and the slightest amount of slashiness sent me running for the hills. cause *boys* kissing *boys* left me in nervous giggles.

at some point, all that changed, and im trying to figure out when i went from that innocent 18 year old who blushed and skipped sex scenes to the 25 year old who reads George/Fred Weasley twincest and Dom/Billy Real Person Fic.

Is it like pot, the gateway drug?

you get involved in G rated het fic, with some little kisses.

sure thats great! but it leads to PG fic, with groping over clothes.

then to PG13, with implied sex!

then to R! and now we are removing clothes and describing some body parts.

and now we have hit the NC17 limit, and we are reading hard core porn, and smoking after a good fic.

and thats only het. and het NC17 leads to slash, with kissing and boyrubbing and really really hot porn that you cant tell youre husband about because you are reading GAYPORN and what happened to the little girl who blushed and giggled?!

and its just all downhill.

so, to sum up.

G rated fic is the gateway drug to the more hard core fics.

now, i think i might be able to find some Boone/Shannon incest fic. or maybe i will go reread that really really hot Orlijah fic i found a while ago..its a first time boyporn fic, and its hot like a hot thing.

Comments

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

I never got that far in het reading (PG-13 at most), I found slash pretty fast and never looked back :))

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

hee! well, everybody hits bottom in their own way..*mind wanders at that badly phrased comment*

now, give me more monoboyd recs! i need!

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

*likes it at the bottom* *points at icon* ;) although never looking back is not true, since I have started reading Charlie/Claire now :) this fandom (Lost) is doing strange things to me :)

there is a section in my memories for fic!recs, can always check that out if you are in need :))
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=barefootatkheb&keyword=Fic+Recs&filter=all

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

ooh, thanks! ill take a look. monoboyd is way new fandom for me (literally. like, last week new), so i need recs to get my started. web sites and such would also be appreciated, if you have any?

hee! Charlie/Claire is such a faboo pairing. love it! its so cute and sweet and screwy. *huggles* i read slash and het, depending on fandom and pairings..much more fun..and much more fic that way!

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

hope you find something fun among the recs :)

here are some sites that should keep you busy for a while :)

http://lick.monaboyd.net/fiction/

http://lavitanuova.monaboyd.net/

http://monaboyd.net/

http://archive.monaboyd.net/

http://recs.monaboyd.net/

http://underyourskin.monaboyd.net/dombilly.html

http://tomorrow-never-knows.net/hobbits/main.html

*nods* Charlie/Claire is so endearing <333 I pretty much just read slash, because het bore me *shrugs* there are some het pairings that I like, but C/C is the first I have read fiction with :)

and you have a Earth 2 icon, that is so coul ^_^

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

dude, my hero. seriously.

see, neither het nor slash by themselves bore me. now characters can bore me. so im picky.

and yes, Earth 2 is just so cool. this month is its 10 year anniversary. i know that, because i am a geek.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

yay, I'm someone's hero ^_^ and I'm always glad to share monaboyd :))

*nods* you make a good point there, I just don't find enough het pairings that interest me..

yeah, I loved that show..is such shame that it got canceled :(
ohh, coul about the 10 year anniversary ^_^