this is a concept that very few in the fandom have explored
That's surprising, actually. I'd have thought it would be one of the major fic themes in this fandom
Well, I have a theory on that. I haven't been in any other fandoms, but it seems to me that a lot of the writers in this fandom - myself included - have never written anything before, never even wanted to, until LOM in general and Gene/Sam in particular just grabbed them by the heart and demanded to be written.
So you're talking people who don't know how to write, have no history or experience of writing, and therefore I think the tendency is to go for the simple and obvious stuff, leaving the more complicated things for when you have a little spare capacity outside of the mechanics of the actual writing. None of this is meant to denigrate anyone's work in this fandom, because I definitely count myself as one who just goes for the simple, obvious stuff, despite Mikey's very kind recommendation of Signals.
(I'd just like to clarify, btw, that my LJ is just used for archive purposes in the main. The "public" copy of Signals is at Signals Part 1 (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/689869.html), Signals Part 2 (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/690163.html) which is where you will find the comments).
For the sake of completeness, Signals follows on from my first ever posting, What Do Girls Do (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/480606.html)
I'll look forward to seeing your fic when it's done, and - more importantly - welcome to the comm!
And I'd like to second Drayce's rec - Mikey does complicated very well indeed, and she also does detailed header notes so you can avoid anything that might be too close to what you're planning to write until after you're done.
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That's surprising, actually. I'd have thought it would be one of the major fic themes in this fandom
Well, I have a theory on that. I haven't been in any other fandoms, but it seems to me that a lot of the writers in this fandom - myself included - have never written anything before, never even wanted to, until LOM in general and Gene/Sam in particular just grabbed them by the heart and demanded to be written.
So you're talking people who don't know how to write, have no history or experience of writing, and therefore I think the tendency is to go for the simple and obvious stuff, leaving the more complicated things for when you have a little spare capacity outside of the mechanics of the actual writing. None of this is meant to denigrate anyone's work in this fandom, because I definitely count myself as one who just goes for the simple, obvious stuff, despite Mikey's very kind recommendation of Signals.
(I'd just like to clarify, btw, that my LJ is just used for archive purposes in the main. The "public" copy of Signals is at Signals Part 1 (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/689869.html), Signals Part 2 (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/690163.html) which is where you will find the comments).
For the sake of completeness, Signals follows on from my first ever posting, What Do Girls Do (http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/480606.html)
I'll look forward to seeing your fic when it's done, and - more importantly - welcome to the comm!
And I'd like to second Drayce's rec - Mikey does complicated very well indeed, and she also does detailed header notes so you can avoid anything that might be too close to what you're planning to write until after you're done.