Good things and bad

[hils]

*says prayer of thanks to my muses* I now have copious notes on the entire plot of my mpreg fic so I can just crack on and write it *feels pleased*

And there is nothing better than waking up to amusing fic in your inbox ;)

Maybe it's just me but who write brutal non-con as their first fic? I saw it on one of the comms (and didn't read it) but the disclaimer just baffled me.

And if I hear Alexandra's version of Hallelujah one more time I might break something! I've got nothing against her. She was clearly the best singer on The X Factor but the song just doesn't suit her voice

Also, someone was telling me that Simon Cowell owns the rights to Hallelujah now so all of us who bought the Jeff Buckley version in protest were just lining Cowell's pockets even futher

*is annoyed*

Comments

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

She was clearly the best singer on The X Factor but the song just doesn't suit her voice

I completely disagree!

Also, someone was telling me that Simon Cowell owns the rights to Hallelujah now so all of us who bought the Jeff Buckley version in protest were just lining Cowell's pockets even futher

He also owns the rights to the Leonard Cohen version. He is making millions off this song no matter what.

[hils.livejournal.com]

God, I hate him!

And do you disagree that she's the best singer or that the song doesn't suit her voice?

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

I think you already know the answer to that given my very loud support for Alexandra over the months - but I must admit, I am a little bugged by all the people who claim that the song should only be sung by a white male. Her rendition was fantastic IMO (although I imagine, overplayed on certain radio stations).

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, I certainly wouldn't say it should only be sung by a white male. OMG, do people actually think that? *is scared of the human race sometimes*

I'm just not overly fond of it, although it might be partially down to the fact that Radio 2 seems to be playing it once an hour every day.

I wasn't being facetious in my question btw. I tend to skip over X Factor posts because I don't watch it. Saw a couple this year, but only enough to help me decide I wanted her to win

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

Hee, they're not really saying that, but I am inferring it because I've seen a lot of comments along the lines of: "She sings it with no feeling! The only good versions are Leonard Cohen's or Jeff Buckley's!" And I have made the executive decision that they are being either racist or sexist.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe!! I think there's as much feeling in her version as there is in anyone elses, it's just the vocal style and the way the song has been arranged. I dunno, there's just something.

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, it's not going to be to everyone's taste. I actually like all three versions of the song now that I think about it.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever actually heard the Leonard Cohen version

[otw1980.livejournal.com]

What were people buying other versions in protest against exactly?

[hils.livejournal.com]

The existence of The X Factor I think. LOL! I think they just wanted the 'proper' version of the song to be Christmas number one.

[otw1980.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, how very silly.

And you would think that those people would actually want the original version by the writer to be number one rather than a cover version?

I blame mulled wine!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I've never even heard the Leonard Cohen version

[awehla.livejournal.com]

I think Listen would have been a better single for Alexandra but there is no way JLS could have sung that, lol. I think her version is fine technically but I find it a bit soulless.

Oh and I think Simon Cowell is clever buying all the rights to the song.

Lisa
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[awehla.livejournal.com]

I think it was in protest against the X-Factor winners almost being guaranteed Christmas number 1 every year.

Lisa
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[awehla.livejournal.com]

David and I heard it on the radio the Sunday before Christmas, it's a bit creepy.

Lisa
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[hils.livejournal.com]

Clever but evil. LOL!

[lisson17.livejournal.com]

I have to say, it does really annoy me that the Xfactor people get xmas number 1 each year. They play to the kids who watch it, and whatever happened to having a nice happy xmas song as number 1?

I watched the xfactor this year, so i don't really have anything against that, but I actually hate Alexandra's version of the song, almost as much as I hate Leona Lewis's version of Run.

SC really is an evil genius hey?

also: the non-con as a first fic is a little strange, and it is rather violent...

[hils.livejournal.com]

I wanted Terry Wogan and Aled Jones to be Christmas number one ;)

I'm so glad I didn't read that fic

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

...who writes brutal non-con as their first fic?

Subject was my first fic and there was some very brutal non-con in it, but it probably was not all that good (I've since gotten better at writing I believe), so maybe it's not uncommon to do that...

*shrug*

[hils.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure it's not that uncommong. It was just funny (or not) that the disclaimer read something like 'This is my first fic, and Arthur rapes Merlin'

Maybe I'm just naive but I started writing fanfic because I wanted to tell nice stories. LOL!

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

I think my warnings at the time were like "Okay, this was my first fic but it's extremely dark and contains violent non-con" or something to that affect...

*shrug*

It was a huge undertaking, so I'm still proud of it, but some of the dialogue was awful...

[hils.livejournal.com]

I'm too scared to look at my first fic. It's bad. LOL!

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

I don't want to delete it or anything, but I'm afraid to finish the long promised epilogue for fear people may go back and read the rest of it!

LOL!

I think it's pretty terrible now.

*grins*

Oh, well, it's a learning process.

[hils.livejournal.com]

It certainly is

[dm-wyatt.livejournal.com]

I guess one thing I honed working on that was my ability to write good cliff-hangers.

The best thing about that story was the cliffies.

I think it had some pretty good ones, but it's long and probably laborious to read...