I was googling the second I finished watching all of BSG! I was an LJ member already. I mainly followed the Devil Wears Prada fandom Miranda/Andy pairing. I suppose before that I did read other fanfic, Whoniverse (no particular pairing, gasp, it didn't even have to be romantic at all! innocent days!) and Jane Austen fanfics were the earliest stuff I read...!! pre-LJ days. Again really quite innocent
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what i don't understand is why?! WHY WHY WHY would you do this??? D: i heard a friend of mine used google translate to do the other way round (translating in italian english fanfics) and she was terribly frustrated and kept asking me: what does it mean? could it mean something else? LOL
Well, to be kinder, I would guess it is just a sign of enthusiasm for the fandom and wanting to share & be part of the community. I guess there's a whole world of non-English language fans out there, I don't know what it is like not speaking English, perhaps those of us that do have it easy in fanfic world!
as one of the non english language fan i can tell you my english improved reading and participating in fandom activities, way more than just grammar study in HS =P you're right, probably it's the need to be read and to express yourself... still i die a little inside thinking about all those years i spent on books studying foreign languages and people trusting their comunication to google translate ;_; funny, i think i wrote one or 2 fanfictions in my own language and at least 7 in french XD
Perhaps it's EJO who's tweeting, but I would still presume it's MM's PA. For some reason I just don't see her sitting at the lappy doing it. Perhaps one of her kids do it for her. *snort*
I'm not rl me on twitter either. Just Aussie. *snort* I'm only rl me on FB and I very rarely, actually never, use it. RL me is boring. Hee.
Tumblr is not really scary, but I just don't see why so many people are thrilled with it and raving how wonderful it is. It's okay. But I'll cross my fingers they change a few things to make it easier to use.
Yes, I'd call it a bit of an exodus. Or rather people going there and becoming lazy. They have the 'like' buttons and you can happily lurk. The fun thing about fandom is people talking to each other! I don't want lurking!
Mmm...Yes, I think Dr Who might be in a class of its own. Perhaps bsg might last a little longer than DWP because it was a 4 season show and not just a movie. Let's hope! I love writing for Bill and Laura and can't imagine a time when I don't. *sniff*
Yeah I wouldn't be at all surprised if either of them had someone else tweet for them, EJO goes through bursts of lots of tweeting and retweeting, all campaign-related really. He's so intense! But it is quite fun (both MM and EJO) to get the occasional photo. It's like they are real people OMG! :-D
i can read the most heated discussion on tumblr and it's all reblog+comment, much more than on LJ (and they're all so judging LOL XD) sometimes it's really entertaining because you can use images to make your point, moving images!! =D i dunno, i am touched by images more than words probably =P
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I'm laughing imagining you saying, 'I have a better copy of that chibi...' I bet you were way too sweet to add 'BITCH' to the end of the sentence. ;)
One of the major problems I have with tumblr is that there seems to be nowhere to go when you can't work out something! If I didn't know you girls from LJ first, I wouldn't have a chance of knowing what/where/why/how.
Plus, it's the whole instant gratification generation thing. 'I can just press a like button!'
But, I can see, from a person into graphics like yourself, that it must be much more satisfying than LJ.
=P i asked nicely and she was nice enough to the extent she followed me when i posted the right image LOL i had no such luck with a YT user who uploaded one of my vids some months ago... but we flagged him so many times he had to take it down or they'd close his channel -,- funny enough he used google translate because he didn't understand the mail i sent him: 'could you please remove the vid, there is my name on it' *rolleyes*
I posted your new caprica constellation in my FB album "call me a nerd and throw me out an airlock" With a few EJO and MM pictures:) And it's the back ground on my I-phone Hope you don't mind, I did crop it alittle but left your "Kami" watermark! I can add a link too! let me know where to link to and I will add it!
well, there's still my signature there is there not? =P so it's ok! i mean, as long as no one calls it their own work i'm ok with whatever they wanna do with my drawings =) don't worry all my BSG chibis are posted on my LJ if you wanna take a tour, i don't post much more than my own drawings and vids so you'll find it easily =) and you can tag me on FB! i'm there! i'm everywhere!!! (but not foursquare... i hate the geolocalization thing ok?!)
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you're right, probably it's the need to be read and to express yourself... still i die a little inside thinking about all those years i spent on books studying foreign languages and people trusting their comunication to google translate ;_;
funny, i think i wrote one or 2 fanfictions in my own language and at least 7 in french XD
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I'm not rl me on twitter either. Just Aussie. *snort* I'm only rl me on FB and I very rarely, actually never, use it. RL me is boring. Hee.
Tumblr is not really scary, but I just don't see why so many people are thrilled with it and raving how wonderful it is. It's okay. But I'll cross my fingers they change a few things to make it easier to use.
Yes, I'd call it a bit of an exodus. Or rather people going there and becoming lazy. They have the 'like' buttons and you can happily lurk. The fun thing about fandom is people talking to each other! I don't want lurking!
Mmm...Yes, I think Dr Who might be in a class of its own. Perhaps bsg might last a little longer than DWP because it was a 4 season show and not just a movie. Let's hope! I love writing for Bill and Laura and can't imagine a time when I don't. *sniff*
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One of the major problems I have with tumblr is that there seems to be nowhere to go when you can't work out something! If I didn't know you girls from LJ first, I wouldn't have a chance of knowing what/where/why/how.
Plus, it's the whole instant gratification generation thing. 'I can just press a like button!'
But, I can see, from a person into graphics like yourself, that it must be much more satisfying than LJ.
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With a few EJO and MM pictures:)
And it's the back ground on my I-phone
Hope you don't mind, I did crop it alittle but left your "Kami" watermark!
I can add a link too! let me know where to link to and I will add it!
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all my BSG chibis are posted on my LJ if you wanna take a tour, i don't post much more than my own drawings and vids so you'll find it easily =)
and you can tag me on FB! i'm there! i'm everywhere!!! (but not foursquare... i hate the geolocalization thing ok?!)
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