#redemption 17

And that’s me done for a while, Tumblr-wise--I’ll be leaving for the Redemption ‘17 convention in Sheffield, UK, in a while. The weather’s terrible all throughout, so keep your fingers crossed I’ll even arrive in Sheffield in one piece! Really looking forward to seeing all you wonderful people over there-- @filmforfancy​ and @originallonemagpie​ in particular--and hoping and praying my health will allow me to enjoy the event as much as possible. It’s going to be tough on my system, but it’s basically the highlight of my life every two years, so I can’t not go--it’s the best con ever, after all.

This year, I’ll be hosting talks on writing queer het/dark het and taking part in panels about Old Hollywood slash (this year’s Ghost of Honour, Basil Rathbone shall feature heavily), a celebration of femslash finally having made it into the mainstream of fanfic out of the ghetto, panels about wizards and the moral complexity of villains and also hosting the traditional (and hysterical) Slash Pictionary and much more besides. You can find all the convention items listed here, so just look for “Snowgrouse” and you’ll find descriptions of my items, especially the “Queering Het” and “Villains as Liberators” ones--these are the queer het and dark het panels and the synopses explain what the talks are going to be all about.

Het’s a much-maligned genre, often brushed off as just heteronormative crap, but as a writer of really diverse het that’s everything but normative, I want to smash that stereotype. These talks are all about utilising and resurrecting and leading het to subversive, LGBTQ-friendly and overall more diverse directions (dark het fans often preferring not only un-patriarchal but all kinds of “Other” male leads--”un-masculine” like Jareth and Jaffar, “deformed” like the Phantom or The Beast, etc). And queer het’s the sort of thing I write with Jaffar and Torsten--writing both of them as bisexual/genderfluid/kinky, just like their lady loves. That kind of thing. I’m really looking forward to those two talks. At Redemption, these talks are always interactive with the audience as well, so it’s that I present my basic stuff first and then it’s opened up to discussion between the audience, so everyone can join in!

So! If you are at the convention (and it’s still not too late to join!), do come and say hi! I’ll be the short, curvaceous ginger with the gothy/cleavageous outfits and the walking stick (or a riding crop) who responds to calls of “Conrad Veidt” by falling over and frothing from both ends. (FFF’s the darker and taller chick who’ll fall over and froth from both ends.) I’d be really happy to meet other fans there:3

I haven’t queued up anything on my Tumblr because I don’t trust the sodding thing, so it’ll be quietish over here until I get back onto my computer on Tuesday, so see you all then.

Me: I love you.

Him: I know

Me: OK, so you're the one getting frozen in carbonite, right?