Meme: DVD Commentary

[escritoireazul]

Pick any passage of 500 words or less from any story I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you the equivalent of a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you’d expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

I can't guarantee I'll have actually useful things to say, but if I don't, I will try to lie in an entertaining manner. The majority of my fic is available at AO3, especially the past couple years worth. (I think it's still missing some of the 1999 fic, but not much of that.)

I've been feeling disconnected lately; not just fannishly, but definitely fannishly too. Everywhere else, it's fine, but I am sad that I don't feel fannishly connected right now. Fandom is such a fun place sometimes, but lately all I can see are the homophobic, racist, sexist, ableist, fat hating parts, and that gets tiresome. Plus I really miss writing fic, but I have no impetus to write anything. (Part of this is exhaustion. After work and professional writing, by the time I get to fic writing, there's just nothing left.)

Yuletide is coming, and before that, October and Halloween, and I love December Drabbles. Come on, fannishness, don't desert me now.

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[littledust]

From Like Salt and Like Water:

Tents: Mr. Hummel has three ancient two-person tents, so Kurt and Mercedes, Finn and Blaine, and Artie are set (even though everyone knows that’s not how they’ll really split up). (Quinn is surprised no one got rid of them during the big Hudson-Hummel moving extravaganza last year, though she guesses they were distracted by other things, like the horrific bullying that goes on at McKinley; she feels guilty, sometimes -- often -- for the part she had to play in creating a culture of fear.) Same For Tina and Lauren and Mike, Matt, and Puck, because Tina and Lauren each have big tents, so they’ll “loan one to the boys.” (Right. Though it’s not really clear where Matt will end up. Quinn briefly wonders if he ever feels like a third wheel when he comes back to visit now.) Santana’s parents buy her and Brittany a huge tent, and there’s no question that’s where Quinn is staying, too. Brittany just puts her foot down. Sam’s family sold their camping gear, and even though both his parents have found part-time work again, there’s not a lot of extra money. As it is, Sam’s torn about quitting work two weeks early, but he can’t work during football season anyway. Everyone chips in, and they find a good sale, and Sam has a little tent of his own. (How Mercedes and Sam plan to keep it a secret without bringing another tent just for her, Quinn can’t wait to see. Mostly, though, she hopes they come clean.

I love how much their group is encapsulated in this paragraph. ♥