In
Their Own Words
4
July 2001
This
is the section where some of our favorite authors will share with
us (and you) their favorite stories from among their own work. The
lovely and talented Pix mentioned this idea to me in an e-mail,
saying how she thought it might be an interesting contrast with
the typical recommendations lists so prevalent on fan fic websites.
I,
of course, immediately wondered the same thing, and so, here we
are. This will be a weekly feature (we hope), with past Authors'
Picks being archived on a page called "From
the Desk of..."
So,
let us begin...
Today
we have jenn, who some of you may know from her amazing X-Men epics,
"A Year and a Day," "An Unusual Situation,"
and "Illusions," among others. Click on the name of the
story within the text below if you'd like to read it.
jenn
says...
On
Love and Lust at Mutant High
Of
everything I've ever written, L
& L is my absolute favorite and baby--it's just so much
fun to write and the possibilities are endless. While I originally
just wrote it to try and see if I could write readable slash, it
grew when I thought about all the things that can happen below the
X-Men's radar on a day to day basis in a school.
St.
John just became the ultimate observor for everything that happens
-- all the normal, stupid things kids do between themselves that
aren't really noticed by adults. It also teased me a little--Rogue
was usually shown interacting very personally with the adults of
the Mansion, but it seemed that her first real relationships, just
because of proximity, would be with those in her age group, and
how would they react to a dangerous, attractive, and slightly unbalanced
young woman suddenly thrown in their midst? I credit Diebin's stories
of her high school days <G> for some of my ideas about how
a group that is relatively isolated from their peers due to their
mutation would react to each other and how they'd grow and develop
together, using each other as family and emotional support that
the adults, because of their small number, just couldn't possibly
be able to completely provide for.
Plus,
all the pairings; I didn't have to stick with one or two--these
kids are eighteen, they don't have to pledge undying fidelity every
time they have sex.
But
mostly, it's just fun. Lots and lots of fun--I probably chucked
believability out the window early on, but I've never enjoyed writing
anything as much as I've enjoyed writing this.
~~*~~
So
there you have it -- jenn, in her own words...
~~*~~
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