A good way to spend hellatus at any rate...

[errant_jane]

HEY, INTERNETS! Let's talk porn for a moment!

Prompted by the closing of blindfold_spn tonight and the chat post over at spnroundtable, I has curiosities!

For those of you participating, do you plan to claim your fills? What are the deciding factors in that? Also, what makes you choose a prompt to fill? Do you tend to fill pairings/kinks that you love, or do you hold off on those and hope that someone else does it? Are you frantically working right now to finish that one last fill?

For reading purposes, do you tend to stick to certain tropes you know you'll love, or do you give most everything a shot and see what hits you right? Does the spirit of blindfold make you more likely to read something you'd normally skip on the regular kink meme? Are there pairings that you prefer for kink over your OTP?

Do you try and figure out who filled what when you're reading? Are certain people's styles obvious? (I'm curious about this especially! I've never been able to do that.)

*chinhands* Tell me things! Or leave a comment in the roundtable post! I'm not picky, just curious. (I think I have things set here so that you can comment anonymously, if you so desire)

I am trying to finish up my to-do list of grown-up responsibilities today. Obviously breaks to talk about porn are both good and necessary.

Comments

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

ooh! Here is a question for you! What if you were intending to fill a prompt and started writing, but before you could post, someone else filled the prompt, with a story premise that was really *very similar* to your as-yet-unfinished story (an occupational hazard with very specific prompts)? And then blindfold closes before you have a chance to post yours, anyway? But you really want to finish and post your story? Is it cool to just post it to your own LJ, complete with explanation? Or is it better not to potentially step on people's toes (even if they decide not to claim their prompt).

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

It may be a YMMV thing , but I think it's totally kosher to post it on your own LJ with an explanation. Especially since specific prompts are going to produce similar stories and there's no way of knowing if someone is working on something or not.

I suppose if you wanted to be safe you could wait to see if it's claimed or not? But I think most people would say more porn > less porn. I mean, y'know, it's porn.

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

But I think most people would say more porn > less porn.

This is a VERY GOOD point. I think perhaps it's the key point, no?

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

It is!! I mean, I think especially with porn, if something works for you as a reader, you tend to be like, "YESSSSSSSSSSSS, I WANT A HUNDRED MORE STORIES EXACTLY LIKE THIS!!!" (I mean, that's not just me, right?) You're not going to be like, "Oh, what? Lapsex? I've already read a story with lapsex..."

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

I am FRANTICALLY TRYING to finish one last fill (which I will not claim because it is too dirty). I have a half-hour break at work. CAN I DO IT? (maybe if I stop reading LJ and write?) I have a very specific system for how I decide which blindfold prompts to fill, but I will tell you about after midnight when I am done with trying to stealthily write porn at work. Wish me luck!

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

(which I will not claim because it is too dirty)

I AM INTRIGUED!!

Good luck!!!! And please do come back and share your system. I sort of have one, but it's a little half-assed.

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

I am just WEIRD about what I will and won't put my name to, partly because there are so many RL, non-fandom people on my flist, and partly just because I'm weird. I really like writing outside my normal comfort zone once in a while and I definitely use blindfold for that.

My Very Sciency System: I go through all the prompts at some point (well, I just went through the delicious this time because there was SO MUCH) and open the threads of all the ones that look like things I might like to write in tabs. And then I look through those tabs and write fills for whatever strikes my fancy as I'm looking. And once I've written a fill I close the tab. And if someone else writes a fill, I'll read it and then close the tab, since I try not to do second fills for things unless I'm already mostly done when someone else posts. What is your system?

Yay porn!

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

Aha! Okay, that's fair. I use blindfold for that, too. I pretend like I'm wavering on claiming a few, but I most likely will claim them all. IDK if I want to take the time to clean them up and re-post them, though.

My system is similar, actually!! I had the main post open while prompts were still being posted and bookmarked ones that caught my interest as I went along (I have different folders: J2, SPN, JDM, threesomes and Filled). Once I've finished a fill, I move the bookmark into the "filled" folder and then do an "open all tabs" with the other folder to see what I want to do next (and move any that have been filled into the filled folder to read later).

Last time I just kept all the tabs open, but there were too many and it was stressing me out.

Yay porn!! \o/

[laulan.livejournal.com]

TL;DR:

Well, I guess I am claiming at least one of mine, because a friend just commented on it and I couldn't resist saying hello. XD But I was planning on claiming that one anyway, so I don't know how much it counts...

My rubric for deciding whether to claim is pretty simple and pretty complicated at the same time: I ask myself, "do I mind having this associated with me?" If the answer is no, I claim it; if it is yes, I don't. Mostly this is because I used Blindfold as a time to try out stuff I wouldn't otherwise, and sometimes it's either not very good or just something I don't want people to think of when they think of me, y'know? But it's pretty much entirely based on how I'm feeling at the time. Even though the stuff I write is not necessarily that bad by either people's standards, sometimes it makes me nervous, and I like that Blindfold gives me the option to write without feeling ~pressured~ about it.

Last year I claimed all three of mine, but only under filter to people I trust, so I'm not sure how much THAT counts either. XD Browsing the comments on the roundtable post, though, I don't really mind not having credit. If it's something people liked, great, if not, fine too--whether I claim is more motivated by MY attachment to anyone else's.

UM, I WOULD ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS EXCEPT I BASICALLY WROTE YOU AN ESSAY. SORRYYYY /o\

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

MAYBE I LIKE ESSAYS ON PORN, OKAY?

Oooh, which one??? Can I ask that? You can email me if you're not ready for public claiming yet!

That totally makes sense. I wrote six this time, and I don't think that I would mind any of them being associated with me, but there's a crazy ego factor where I'm worried that maybe the fill is stupid and then I'd be embarrassed. Because I'm already out of my comfort zone to some extent, I need to work myself up to any claiming. Does that make sense at all?

[laulan.livejournal.com]

WELL FINE.

No, I don't mind at all! Like I said, I'm planning on claiming it anyway, and when I'm not lazy I'll repost it to my journal, because I feel decently pleased with it. :D It's femslash--idk if you read femslash, so don't worry if you don't! This one (http://community.livejournal.com/blindfold_spn/3417.html?thread=5203801#t5203801).

I wrote two more--one which I just don't think was that great, so I might not claim that because I'm VAIN and want everyone to think I'm fabulous XD and one which I'm waffling over claiming because it feels diiirty. *blush* (I will be happy to let you know either in email if you're curious, though!) And no, that totally makes sense! It took me like, three weeks to gear up to claiming mine even under filter. (And then I deleted the post later because there was that whole Facebook connect thing and I was like HAHA NO, NONE OF THIS IS EVER GOING ON FACEBOOK. So I doubt anyone even remembers which ones are mine. XD)

[errant-jane.livejournal.com]

GOOD! I'M GLAD WE CLEARED THAT UP!!

HOORAY!! I don't usually, but I totally will!

OMG yes!! I'll show you mine if you show me yours! (*inser obligatory "Dirty!" here*) I think I'm getting more comfortable with the dirtiness factor. Last year was definitely an icebreaker for me. (Ahhahahaa! FAIR!!)