DEAR GOD WOMAN THIS COMMENT. THIS SERIES OF COMMENTS. I've kind of been all *HANDS* about replying because I just don't know how to respond to something so EPIC. I mean GUH. This is amazing. THANK YOU.
It means a RIDICULOUS amount to me that you liked the story so much, because I know how much you love the mix. Hell, I know how much I love the mix, but I was so NERVOUS about writing this, because femslash isn't exactly my forte - hell female characters are not so much my forte - and like, I didn't even particularly set out to make it f/f, I just really wanted to write always-a-girl!Gee, because IDK, I guess SHE was kind of in my comfort zone to start with after having written her before with the whole Punk-Ass Threesome 'verse. So when I knew I had to write a female protagonist I started with HER.
Even after I'd started writing the fic - the whole front part with Pedicone, I still hadn't absolutely decided if Frank was going to be Frank or Frankie. But after listening and listening to the mix there was something about the songs - New and Like A Virgin in particular - that made it feel RIGHT to me that it COULD be this mix is about Gee getting together with a girl, as someone who hasn't maybe done that before, or who hasn't had a lot of experience. So with that in mind, Frankie was born.
I had WAY to much fun writing Frankie. I surprised myself, because once upon a time in my old fandoms I was all snobby about the idea of genderswapping characters, (because I lot of the early genderswap I read felt very Mary Sue-ish) but bandom has some really AWESOME genderswap fic out there (some of it written by you!) which totally changed my mind. So I wanted Frankie to still have FRANK at her centre, but I had a lot of fun playing with the details. Dear god I want someone to draw this Frankie, I can see her so clearly in my mind, with her sweated-through wifebeater, and black bra strap showing and her low-hanging jeans just all tiny and hot and awesome. Yeah, okay so I maybe fell a little bit in love with her through this process - but COME ON, girl Frankie with the skunkhawk - YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.
Oh god your reaction to the interrupted conversation when Frankie was warming up to put the hard word on Gee at the party - PRICELESS. Exactly what I was hoping for! I know it was EVIL to include that but Gee is still so CLUELESS at that point so juggling between her being aware of Frankie's reactions without knowing WHY she was reacting that way was kind of stupid amounts of fun.
MIX CD OF CHICKS KICKING BUTT. I fucking love that Frankie is basically heading a full-on LOVE ASSAULT and Gee still thinks it's just bonding.
OLD SCHOOL WOOING. I mean, that phrase just popped into my head and I knew it would end up in the fic. FRANKIE TAKES HER WOOING SERIOUSLY. She would totally have graduated to a boombox on the front porch if Gee kept being clueless - you KNOW it.
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It means a RIDICULOUS amount to me that you liked the story so much, because I know how much you love the mix. Hell, I know how much I love the mix, but I was so NERVOUS about writing this, because femslash isn't exactly my forte - hell female characters are not so much my forte - and like, I didn't even particularly set out to make it f/f, I just really wanted to write always-a-girl!Gee, because IDK, I guess SHE was kind of in my comfort zone to start with after having written her before with the whole Punk-Ass Threesome 'verse. So when I knew I had to write a female protagonist I started with HER.
Even after I'd started writing the fic - the whole front part with Pedicone, I still hadn't absolutely decided if Frank was going to be Frank or Frankie. But after listening and listening to the mix there was something about the songs - New and Like A Virgin in particular - that made it feel RIGHT to me that it COULD be this mix is about Gee getting together with a girl, as someone who hasn't maybe done that before, or who hasn't had a lot of experience. So with that in mind, Frankie was born.
I had WAY to much fun writing Frankie. I surprised myself, because once upon a time in my old fandoms I was all snobby about the idea of genderswapping characters, (because I lot of the early genderswap I read felt very Mary Sue-ish) but bandom has some really AWESOME genderswap fic out there (some of it written by you!) which totally changed my mind. So I wanted Frankie to still have FRANK at her centre, but I had a lot of fun playing with the details. Dear god I want someone to draw this Frankie, I can see her so clearly in my mind, with her sweated-through wifebeater, and black bra strap showing and her low-hanging jeans just all tiny and hot and awesome. Yeah, okay so I maybe fell a little bit in love with her through this process - but COME ON, girl Frankie with the skunkhawk - YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.
Oh god your reaction to the interrupted conversation when Frankie was warming up to put the hard word on Gee at the party - PRICELESS. Exactly what I was hoping for! I know it was EVIL to include that but Gee is still so CLUELESS at that point so juggling between her being aware of Frankie's reactions without knowing WHY she was reacting that way was kind of stupid amounts of fun.
MIX CD OF CHICKS KICKING BUTT. I fucking love that Frankie is basically heading a full-on LOVE ASSAULT and Gee still thinks it's just bonding.
OLD SCHOOL WOOING. I mean, that phrase just popped into my head and I knew it would end up in the fic. FRANKIE TAKES HER WOOING SERIOUSLY. She would totally have graduated to a boombox on the front porch if Gee kept being clueless - you KNOW it.
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