#Janet rights anon 💜

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greetings dearest author! can I ask for an 6 + 56 + 47? thank you also for the timsteph fics, especially the ‘Tumblr Ask Game Prompts’. I particularly loved the ‘And So The Sun Fled The Sky’, ‘Never By Choice’ and ‘Sleep It Off’ 💜❤️

Oh thank you! That's so kind! I am giving you a giant hug you know! I'm so chuffed you like them.

Fanfiction Writing Asks

6. What’s the last line you wrote?

Stephanie had managed to thread her arm through Tim’s as they walked, listening with far more intensity that she realized. Tim did as he always did, tensing up then immediately sinking into the hold. Even in the rain and cold, she seemed to be emanating warmth. He tightened his arm, and Stephanie moved just a little closer. He did not feel particularly guilty. Friends linked arms. That was a thing that people did. Right?

56. Are there any fics that you would change or rewrite if given the chance?

See here anon!

47. Is there a trope that you’ve written before but are now sick of?

Bad/evil Jack and Janet. Flawed is more interesting. Love and neglect going hand in hand is harder to write about but it tells us more about Tim and how he views the world and relationships. It informs more about his character than any caricatured depiction of evil nasty parents who kick puppies and have ice in their veins. So yes. That's one that comes to mind.

[coriintucker]

Tell me the goss on Carrie...she annoys me

Carrie found Hollywood and brought Hollywood to Sleater-Kinney. When they ended their hiatus back in 2015, this became an ever present factor when Carrie wheeled out her famous friends for the No Cities music video. To me, this feels like the turning point in the band’s legacy and longevity. No Cities was a pretty decent reunion album in my opinion because it still felt like a band effort and had the SK musical brand.

Drifting through the No Cities era, Carrie became more and more vocal, fed into by Portlandia, shifting more and more towards egomaniacal front-woman status. One thing I always loved and respected about the band was that there was an equal share between duties with Corin (mostly) leading. This began to fracture, splintering as the reunion era progressed.

(The other thing that was weird was when the band grew from a 3-piece to using stage musicians which still seems so dumb and pointless when the powerhouse of the SK trio, another sign of the beginning of the end. I do wonder who’s bad idea it was to bring in back-up.)

Carrie’s personality reeks of ego and she reminds me of Susanna Hoffs, who treats her bandmates like trash, holding the ability to constantly frame herself as the most important, ‘me me me’ (but at least Carrie doesn’t trash Corin).

I’ve always disliked Carrie but her ego has only grown and grown, Sleater-Kinney now a solo effort. I am really happy Janet got out of there, freeing herself from such toxic egos, and that’s before the steady decline in writing and music. The Center Won’t Hold is a terrible, terrible album in my opinion, same with the newly released material. The title of the former is somewhat fitting for ending the power and highs of SK.

The decline of the band’s quality is directly tied into their failing relationships. Carrie’s initial “statement” about Janet was disgraceful, and shame on Corin and Carrie for treating her so carelessly as “The Drummer”.

I truly loved this band but their shadiness was fully on display the second they deliberately waited until tour tickets had gone on sale before the announcement of Janet’s departure, a very calculated move, only for them to play the faux ‘oh Janet surprised us’ shtick.

I’m the biggest SK fan but damn, I wish they had stopped after No Cities. It’s the Carrie Brownstein Band now.

I remember reading this article: ‘Sleater-Kinney has long symbolized a feminist utopia. What happens when things fall apart?’ and I think it captures things pretty well.