101 Fictional Kinks
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little_lady_d... or half-way there, at least. nicked from acrossthefloors and gileonnen.
1. Meta. The book about stories, the game about interactivity, the film about cinema. When the tale is about its own telling.
2. Connections, commonalities -- between characters and between themes -- laid out like pieces of a puzzle for the reader to find.
3. Foils, who reveal more about themselves when they're together.
4. Monologue.
5. Dialogue.
6. Dream-logic, fairy-logic, that is nevertheless logic -- it makes sense, even if it's a roundabout or lateral sense.
7. Dragons!
8. Werewolves.
9. Ghosts and ghost stories.
10. The roaring 20s.
11. Hard questions with no easy answers. Existentialism run amuck.
12. Real and honest communication between characters who genuinely care about and want to understand each other.
13. The negotiation and practice of kink.
14. Hope spots, spots of laughter and kindness, in the middle of a tragedy.
15. 'Step two' love stories. (Or what comes after step one.) Learning what love means (or at least what it means to these lovers) and how to be in love and stay in love, after having fallen there.
16. 'Those who love, friends and lovers, know that love is not only a blinding flash, but also a long and painful struggle in the darkness for the realization of definitive recognition and reconciliation.' The long and painful struggle in the darkness, the definitive recognition and reconciliation.
17. Systems of belief. Those that believe, and their everyday rituals as well as their grand metaphysics. Another sort of 'step two' love story.
18. Academic nonsense. Theses, footnotes, rigorous debate -- all the ways scholars wrap up or reach towards the truth. The experience of being in a university.
19. Unashamed wonder. The curiosity of children, scholars, and adventurers.
20. Ties, gloves, skirts, stockings. Clothesporn.
21. Characters who aren't quite human, but near enough to make their idiosyncrasies uncanny.
22. Love for the land people live in.
23. Family dynamics.
24. Self-awareness. Either from the characters or the narrative. (See: meta.)
25. Bestiaries, glossaries, compendiums, folklore notes. Cataloging a fictional world.
26. The power of words, names, and forms, either figuratively or literally.
27. Dream sequences, wrought with symbolism.
28. That moment where everything comes together -- the mystery is solved, and a hundred pages or eighty hours ago makes sense.
29. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, represented by characters and their relationships.
30. People passionate about their principles. Idealists.
31. When romantic passion is combined with intellectual passion.
32. Dealing with death.
33. Dealing with death when death isn't what they said it would be -- in an atypical afterlife, or a place where death is impermanent.
34. Wordplay and ambiguity.
35. Polyglots. Omniglots.
36. Strange loves (or 'eccentric in a quaint way, like dessert spoons.') For example, your lover is undead, and you can never touch her, and you deal with that.
37. Unexpected geniuses. The one who seems a bit spacy and weird but is secretly brilliant at this one thing, or several things.
38. A character who's optimistic and happy-go-lucky, in spite of a past that would turn anyone else into an antihero.
39. Intelligent heroes who use wit and observation to save the day, or at least themselves. Bad-ass bookworms are a plus.
40. Runaways.
41. Letters on skin.
42. When someone who doesn't wholly understand themselves or their feelings is forced towards self-reflection.
43. Polyamory -- both the coming together of poly relationships, and the keeping together.
44. A neuro-atypical viewpoint.
45. A well-turned metaphor.
46. The refusal to give in against impossible odds -- the stubbornness of hope.
47. Horror that depends on the slow realization of what went before.
48. Sincere appreciation and friendship -- even when that appreciation expresses itself as 'you're a great cook, so we should be pirates together.'
49. Loads and loads of characters.
50. Making the wrong decision, and growing from it.
51. Domesticity and shared space.
52. Androgyny, crossdressing, gender play.
53. Learning to dance, and relearning to dance with someone in particular.
only 48 to go!
acrossthefloors and gileonnen.1. Meta. The book about stories, the game about interactivity, the film about cinema. When the tale is about its own telling.
2. Connections, commonalities -- between characters and between themes -- laid out like pieces of a puzzle for the reader to find.
3. Foils, who reveal more about themselves when they're together.
4. Monologue.
5. Dialogue.
6. Dream-logic, fairy-logic, that is nevertheless logic -- it makes sense, even if it's a roundabout or lateral sense.
7. Dragons!
8. Werewolves.
9. Ghosts and ghost stories.
10. The roaring 20s.
11. Hard questions with no easy answers. Existentialism run amuck.
12. Real and honest communication between characters who genuinely care about and want to understand each other.
13. The negotiation and practice of kink.
14. Hope spots, spots of laughter and kindness, in the middle of a tragedy.
15. 'Step two' love stories. (Or what comes after step one.) Learning what love means (or at least what it means to these lovers) and how to be in love and stay in love, after having fallen there.
16. 'Those who love, friends and lovers, know that love is not only a blinding flash, but also a long and painful struggle in the darkness for the realization of definitive recognition and reconciliation.' The long and painful struggle in the darkness, the definitive recognition and reconciliation.
17. Systems of belief. Those that believe, and their everyday rituals as well as their grand metaphysics. Another sort of 'step two' love story.
18. Academic nonsense. Theses, footnotes, rigorous debate -- all the ways scholars wrap up or reach towards the truth. The experience of being in a university.
19. Unashamed wonder. The curiosity of children, scholars, and adventurers.
20. Ties, gloves, skirts, stockings. Clothesporn.
21. Characters who aren't quite human, but near enough to make their idiosyncrasies uncanny.
22. Love for the land people live in.
23. Family dynamics.
24. Self-awareness. Either from the characters or the narrative. (See: meta.)
25. Bestiaries, glossaries, compendiums, folklore notes. Cataloging a fictional world.
26. The power of words, names, and forms, either figuratively or literally.
27. Dream sequences, wrought with symbolism.
28. That moment where everything comes together -- the mystery is solved, and a hundred pages or eighty hours ago makes sense.
29. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, represented by characters and their relationships.
30. People passionate about their principles. Idealists.
31. When romantic passion is combined with intellectual passion.
32. Dealing with death.
33. Dealing with death when death isn't what they said it would be -- in an atypical afterlife, or a place where death is impermanent.
34. Wordplay and ambiguity.
35. Polyglots. Omniglots.
36. Strange loves (or 'eccentric in a quaint way, like dessert spoons.') For example, your lover is undead, and you can never touch her, and you deal with that.
37. Unexpected geniuses. The one who seems a bit spacy and weird but is secretly brilliant at this one thing, or several things.
38. A character who's optimistic and happy-go-lucky, in spite of a past that would turn anyone else into an antihero.
39. Intelligent heroes who use wit and observation to save the day, or at least themselves. Bad-ass bookworms are a plus.
40. Runaways.
41. Letters on skin.
42. When someone who doesn't wholly understand themselves or their feelings is forced towards self-reflection.
43. Polyamory -- both the coming together of poly relationships, and the keeping together.
44. A neuro-atypical viewpoint.
45. A well-turned metaphor.
46. The refusal to give in against impossible odds -- the stubbornness of hope.
47. Horror that depends on the slow realization of what went before.
48. Sincere appreciation and friendship -- even when that appreciation expresses itself as 'you're a great cook, so we should be pirates together.'
49. Loads and loads of characters.
50. Making the wrong decision, and growing from it.
51. Domesticity and shared space.
52. Androgyny, crossdressing, gender play.
53. Learning to dance, and relearning to dance with someone in particular.
only 48 to go!
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Date: 2012-02-04 10:17 pm (UTC)I have particular love for 16, 17 (because I have never thought about belief as a love story before, but it makes sense and now I want to write about it), 18, 19, 25, 30, 36 (like dessert spoons~), 41, 42, 47, 48... I've practically listed the whole thing. Never mind. It's a wonderful list and pretty much all of it bears repeating!
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Date: 2012-02-05 04:07 am (UTC)