Need ego-stroking

[serafina20]

I'm tired. Exhausted. I think I'm sleeping in tomorrow and then getting more library pockets for the two million books people keep giving me. I'm thankful, but, dude, some of the books? Not age appropirate. And as much as I don't want to censor, I also don't want to take up space with books no one will check out. And I don't like.

And, third grade teacher? The Color Purple just should not be on your shelf. I don't care.

So. Ego stroking. What's your favorite COTW? Any particular reason?

(thanks to edgecity for the icon.)

Comments

[shattered.livejournal.com]

My concern would be a student looking at the title and thinking it's some sort Crayola crayon-inspired novel about the joys of coloring within the lines. Or perhaps I underestimate the intelligence of 9 and 10-year-olds(?).

I think I tend to prefer the earlier chapters of COTW, since they parallel S1, back when the subtext was so thick you could pound it with one of Lex's phallic water bottles. Plus I like how palpable the thrill of the chase was, of wanting then finally getting. And those first few scenes in tree house...:-)

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

And those first few scenes in tree house...:-)

Mmmm... I love their first kiss. That whole scene. My stomach was tied in knots as I wrote it. *sigh*

Or perhaps I underestimate the intelligence of 9 and 10-year-olds(?).</>

Third graders are 8. They'd probably see the book was too long and there's too many words per page, but, then, why have it on your shelf?

[shattered.livejournal.com]

I remember being in elementary school and seeing the cover of the book and thinking how pretty it looked (it was of a silhouetted woman near an open window with the late afternoon sun through the glass), but then I remembered seeing part of the film on the big screen TVs at Circuit City and it was at the part where Danny Glover was um, consummating his marriage with young Celie. So needless to say, I had little desire to read the book. *Purges self of random scarring childhood memories.*

not at CoTW yet but...

[oboros.livejournal.com]

I just finished up Pirate tonight. Have read LLAR, caught up on LLAR2 just the other day. LLAR is a very interesting point of view. Clark is very very possessive. :)

Pirate: My favorite scene was when Clark shaved Lex. Oh. My. God. I read that part at work and had to excuse myself from my office (in which I work alone in) to go smoke. Not trusting myself at work to read further, I finished it up at home. I think I re-read the entire story three times now. Very nice AU.

*wanders off to be introduced to your CoTW*

Re: not at CoTW yet but...

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Pirate: My favorite scene was when Clark shaved Lex. Oh. My. God. I read that part at work and had to excuse myself from my office (in which I work alone in) to go smoke. Not trusting myself at work to read further, I finished it up at home. I think I re-read the entire story three times now. Very nice AU.

I stressed out so much writing that scene. I knew i had to make it perfect, and I didn't think I was going to be able to pull it off. I'm not really good at writing non-sexually explicit erotice scenes, but I was really happy with the way it turned out. I do love that fic, too. It was the first thing out of COTW I wrote, and I got to play with pirates, which I love to do. Plus, I managed to work in a Pirates of the Caribbean reference, even though my fic came out first. :)

Enjoy COTW!

I'm back!

[oboros.livejournal.com]

I had *such* an enjoyable weekend! I'm up to Corner of the World 28!

I can't report on a particular favorite at this time but wanted to let you know what's stuck in my head: COTW:24. Lex and Clark in the office of the Talon.

Not answering, Lex went to the wall, resting his head against it. He was silent.

...Lex's right wrist. There was a bracelet around it, dark, no, black by the looks of it. It was wrapped around his wrist a few times, the clasp resting on the fine skin on the inside of Lex's wrist. It was ...

Abruptly, Clark understood.

I can *not* get this scene out of my mind. I want to learn art just so I can draw the picture in my head, set it as my wallpaper, and then stare at it all day. Oh and are there any pictures of Lex out there in a turtleneck? Then I can induce my own fantasy of seeing Lex with a colar on underneath.

Re: I'm back!

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Oh and are there any pictures of Lex out there in a turtleneck?

Well, he wore a black turtlnec in Skinwalker. If you can find any screen caps, that's where it'd be.

I want to learn art just so I can draw the picture in my head, set it as my wallpaper, and then stare at it all day.

If you eevr learn to draw, I'd love to see it. ;P

HOpe you enjoy the rest!!!

Re: Honestly?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

I love any COTW that goes into Damien/Dominic storyline.

I do to! I love writing them together. Damien becomes such a different person around Dominic, and i get to explore facets of his personatlity I didn't know where there when I first wrote him. And I love Dominic. He's got one of my favorite personality types, and you're right, not a lot of people write characters like him. He reminds me a lot of Wesely Whyndam-Price from Angel (at least in Wes' early years), and I adore them both. And, happily, Dominic and Damien are goign to be in this next fic. So I'm happy. :)

Oh, and Mark? I mean... Just, yay. Nine times out of ten, I HATE original characters in fanfiction, but your guys are just *cool*. Mark, Damien, the little goth kid whose name has bypassed my limited memory... *pout*

Thank you! I love hearing that people like the OCs. That's a sign that I'm doing something really right. :)

P.S. The goth kid's name is Chad. ;p

Re: Honestly?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Dude, I forgot Grant and Mark's last names lately. I also keep forgetting things that have happened to the characters, and I'm writing the fic. No worries! :P

[kitkat3979.livejournal.com]

I love COtW. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that in passing, but I really do. I love the arc that your characters have taken, and the relationship between Clark and Lex.

I don't know that I have a favourite chapter. I love the early ones, but Im still enjoying them now.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I have a favourite chapter. I love the early ones, but Im still enjoying them now.

Yeah, I go back and forth. There's soemthign really fun and innocent in the early chapters, but I love writing these heavy, convoluted things, too. I like making them work for their relationship, you know?

Thanks!

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

*petpet*

Fave COTW? Hmmmmmm. I would have to say 38: Boiling Point. Because I was getting entirely too sick of the way Lex was treating Clark and how Clark wouldn't speak up. He did finally in the letter but then Lex still didn't understand. I wanted to throttle both of them. So, the ring was great because it gave Clark the ability to completely speak his mind and make Lex listen. Oh! And of course, they got back together and that was cool, too. lol

Rai

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Fave COTW? Hmmmmmm. I would have to say 38: Boiling Point. Because I was getting entirely too sick of the way Lex was treating Clark and how Clark wouldn't speak up.

I think that, even with everything that came before, this was where the dynamics in the relationship really started to change. Any time Clark started getting equal footing before, something would happen, and it usually centered around the devestating loss of self that Lionel did to him. And poor Lex just coudln't let himself become vulnerable enough to let Clark all the way in and to really listen was what going on. I think, though, that after Boiling Point,a nd after Clark pushed Lex to his limits (or the limits he had then; there are still more to be tested, I think), that stubbron part of Lex finally started to believe that Clark wasn't going to turn out like everyone else.

Plus? The sex was *so* much fun to write. :P

[obsidian-rai.livejournal.com]

*nodnodnod* Yes, exactly. I remember when Lex finally realized that Clark was a man. Not sure which one that was in, but it was like a quiet, devastating realization. He couldn't escape it. Like he realized that Clark is his equal and he can no longer *not* treat him as such. I thought that was great. *pets Lex*

*laughs* Yes, I do love your sex scenes, hon. The ones in Metropolis Confidential were especially hot. *winks*

Rai

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. I remember when Lex finally realized that Clark was a man. Not sure which one that was in, but it was like a quiet, devastating realization. He couldn't escape it. Like he realized that Clark is his equal and he can no longer *not* treat him as such. I thought that was great. *pets Lex*

The name of that fic is escaping me at the moment (maybe it was Wandering the Valley). I don't think I even realized that lEx didn't see Clark as a man until that point, and it shocked me to see it was true.

God, I love writing this fic. *sighs happily*

Behind in the stroking -which sounds deliciously slashy

[sabershadowkat.livejournal.com]

#5: Sick! Sick, Sick, Sick, Sick, Sick. I ::heart:: that one mightily, as you well know. *g* Primarily because it turns into a true AU from that point. Also, because I like Lex's telling his dad off with a stuffed up nose and how Clark/Lex is found out when they hadn't actually done more than kiss and it was all so new, but Lionel saw it in his usual nasty-perverted way (and thus becoming the beginning of the Lionel-plotting against Clark/Lex).

#34: Breaking Apart is my second favorite, for that whole Footsteps conversation we had once. The need for the boys to be able to stand on their own before they can walk side-by-side, or be able to carry one another. Painful breakup, but so understandable, and it came through in that fic.

Another one I like: #42 Wander through the Valley: Especially where Lex breaks down with Martha and then the end where Lex and Clark visit the cemetery. You showed some of the depths of Lex's psychological problems - making me wonder if Lex shouldn't be on anti-depressants in this universe, too, like he is in LLAR - and also Clark finially fully grieves for Ryan as well as him making that transition from teen to adulthood, which usually happens around the cusp of 18/19 after graduating high school.


Soon, I shall have to re-read all of these again from the beginning. :)

Re: Behind in the stroking -which sounds deliciously slashy

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Hee!

#5: Sick! Sick, Sick, Sick, Sick, Sick.

I almost wrote in the entry that you were going to say this. :) And I totally agree. This remains one of my all time favorite parts in the series precicely for all the reasons you mentioned. Plus, you know. Sick Lex, whom I adore. :)

Painful breakup, but so understandable, and it came through in that fic.

And so painful to write, too. *sigh*

You showed some of the depths of Lex's psychological problems - making me wonder if Lex shouldn't be on anti-depressants in this universe, too, like he is in LLAR -

I've wondered that too, especially with the stuff I'm writing now (Lex just found out about Lionel bugging him in COTW 47). I don't want to repeat stories or tell the same thing in two separate fics, and yet, he's just so off balance. And, technically, his mental instability is canon, even if, in Shattered Lionel pushed him there rather than Lex just breaking. I actually think that in COTW it's more likely that Lex would break himself and sooner just because he's dealing with so much more (Clark, CLark, and, oh yeah, Clark). So I'll have to see what happens as we go on, whether he goes to the island, and if he's able to hole it all together.

Soon, I shall have to re-read all of these again from the beginning. :)

Enjoy!!! And than you so much for the ego-stroking. :P

[amandajane5.livejournal.com]

I love them all, but I'm especially fond of Boiling Point also, which I know I've said before, but it remains true. I'm also inordinately fond of anything with Whitney (which I find funny, because I mostly didn't like him on the show). The relationship that Clark and Whitney have with each other is so shiny.

Mmm...good stuff. I still need to print out the last two or so so I can add them to the enormous stack of paper that is COTW.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

I'm also inordinately fond of anything with Whitney (which I find funny, because I mostly didn't like him on the show).

It's funny how many people have said that. :)

I'm really fond of Boiling Point, too. It's the one I keep reading over and over again of the most recent batch.

Tahnks!!!!

Corner of the World 35: Scattered Pieces

[oboros.livejournal.com]

Read COTW 35 this morning. You blended your world with Heat so well! I 'see' the entire epi as YOU wrote it now. =)

Re: Corner of the World 35: Scattered Pieces

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

You blended your world with Heat so well! I 'see' the entire epi as YOU wrote it now. =)

My episode was better anyway. Any story that winds up with Lex being sick is automatically better, in my opinion. :)

Thanks for the ego-stroke!