Judge Spotlight - Rameau

As written by Leanne Golightly

I first stumbled across Rameau while she was organising the Silence of the Wolves Contest earlier in the year.  The contest was really well organised and entertaining, and as such I decided this Finnish filly would be an ideal person to have on board for the OC Awards. I have to admit that I gave her and her judging partner some of the hardest categories to judge, and so I had best make this a good write up to make up for it!

You can find Rameau on Fanfiction.net, Wordpress or Tumblr. Her Tumblr is mainly for inspiration, but you can read her multi-chapter, Amorous Conundrums for Dichotomous Creatures, on her Wordpress, or you can find a number or Twilight one or two shots on her Fanfiction.net profile—amongst other things.  You can tweet with Rameau, who is on Twitter as le_rameau.

Rameau also does some beta work.  She betas for fellow Silence of the Wolves Contest organiser and OC Awards judge, Nolebucgrl, and speaks very highly of Nole’s work (this I can wholeheartedly second.) Word Ninja has also benefitted from Rameau’s beta skills, amongst others.

Amorous Conundrums for Dichotomous Creatures, or AC/DC for short, is a WIP currently on hold, following six people and three couples in the city.  Rated M, AU, extremely OOC and HEA not guaranteed—but dang, if it isn’t exceptionally well-written judging by the four full chapters posted so far! You can already feel the complicated relationship webs being spun.

Rameau has a number of short stories posted on Fanfiction.net, as listed below:

Dinner Dates (Rosalie/Emmett AH, Rated T, Collab with Nolebucgrl)

Good Conversation (Carlisle/Jasper non-graphic slashy conversation which I ADORE, Rated M)

Ashes Are Burning (Alice/Jasper emotional Eclipse AU, again—I adore! Rated T)

A Morning Run (Jasper/Female to be revealed later...the first Rameau one shot I ever read.  Guess what?  I adore it!)

Her Weakness, His Breath (Maria/Jasper—short but beautifully written, Rated T)

Breaking Through gets a bit of a longer mention from me...a) because it’s her most recent posting, and b) because I love Leah fanfiction! Rated M, it’s a Jacob and Leah Breaking Dawn AU, picking up after Renesmee’s grisly birth leaves Bella dead on the operating table. Jacob rushes downstairs intending on destroying the hybrid baby, but instead of imprinting, the child’s eyes, which are like Bella’s, dissuade him from taking his frustrations out on the child.  

Rushing off into the wild, Leah—my favourite character in the saga—follows him and offers some helpful advice.  Leah has already had to deal with heartbreak and the person you love being with another.  I don’t like her being portrayed as a two dimensional bitch. Rameau’s Leah is incredibly insightful about the similarities between her and Jacob’s situations, but what really makes this one shot stand out for me is Leah’s intelligent and unique view of the whole imprinting phenomenon.

"But the imprint-"

"I don't believe in it. You men may have convinced yourselves that it's destiny and survival of the wolf gene in us. You can tell yourselves that it's the imprint that ties you to one woman and that's why she's the centre of your universe you can't help but gravitate to. You can blame the magic all you want, but it is just love. Plain, simple love. Everything Sam feels for Emily now, I felt for him before he'd ever consider that the old legends could be true. He was the centre of my universe and my life revolved around him. Sam loved me in his way, he was ready to commit himself to me and lie the rest of our lives about who he really is, but in the end he chose to love Emily more."

Leah was shaking her head as her strength was drained from her.

"Sam, Jared, Quill, Paul. None of them knew how to love until it was shown to them. I don't know if it's a difference between men and women or if it's an individual thing, but for me it's easy. It fills my heart, my body and soul to the brim. It's the most natural thing in the world to me, to love someone, to care for them, to commit myself to them and to do my damndest to ensure their happiness. Unfortunately, very few people are worth that kind of love."

"Sam isn't."

"Neither is Bella."

"Do you really want him back?" Jacob asked and forgot to breathe.

Leah tilted her head and world before letting out a chuckle and shaking her head. "No, I don't."

This section completely killed me dead and I fell in love with it.  Oh, and there is a particularly sweet lemon, too.  I would heavily recommend any Blackwater fans or those who think of Leah as a complicated, strong character to check this out. Like, really.