architeuthis proves that being a language nerd is extremely contagious over the internet. I've adapted the fic preferences meme into this new shiny words in fic preferences meme.

+ Your fic length of choice ( Read more... )

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

That would be hiatus.

I have thoughts about My Bloody Valentine beyond "Oh my God, that was awesome!" thisbrain has patiently explained to me that I am warped, which is why episodes like this ( Read more... )

When I read a genderbender fanfic, it has always made me queasy when I see that the author has chosen to play the pronoun game; that is, change the pronouns to align with whatever the character's current physical sex is, regardless of how they think about themselves internally.(1) It wasn't until I read pandarus's Not Time's Fool that I was able to ( Read more... )

Even though I was trying not to, I am reading fandomsecrets at work. Why do they pay me I am such a massive tool.

Not quite as bad as the time my boss walked in on me reading mishaland, but then again few things are...

CLEARLY I HAVE REPENTED.

Except, you know. With the not.

chasingtides wrote an interesting meta commentary on ablebodiedness, fandom inconvenience, and Supernatural representing a minority believably: Brain Trumps Legs.

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try making an arbitrary brainstorm word listthud, thump, clunk, clonk, crash, bang, clump, clomp, wham, whump, clang, chime, ring, smack, chop, whack, crack, clatter, clank, clink, rattle, hum, boom, rumble, growl, hiss, wheeze, fizz, snick, click, snap, pop, tick, dink, chime, toll, ding, dong, bong, beep, burp, huff, sniff, snuff, rustle, swish, ( Read more... )

There's a story I like to tell, where I spent some hours trying to select the perfect font (and all associative choices thereof) for the word "book"; after about twenty or thirty minutes into it my brain started to detach the shapes of the letters from the sounds and from the meaning, until I was absolutely positive I was spelling it wrong since ( Read more... )

In a fit of dementia because the evening got surprisingly shitty, I am watching the pilot of Gilmore Girls. To distract myself.

I. Cannot deal.

ETA: First words are "Rosemary's Baby. That's a great movie." GOOD TO KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE ( Read more... )

Jared, how the hell are you losing to Tom Welling?? At least the Sci-Fi bracket brought their A game.

Also, go go gadget shooting pregnant chicks. \o/ Actually, I'm very proud of you for that one. Too bad it wasn't Kate MilliganThe Ken-doll girls are out in force today and being all "I HAVE 4000 pictures of DEAN saved" (direct quote) and "Eric ( Read more... )

THE ASSASSINATION OF JENSEN ACKLES BY THE COWARD JARED PADALECKI

IS THIS WRITTEN AND IF IT'S NOT WHY THE FUCK NOT.

I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THE TITLE HOW IS THAT NOT COMPLETE WIN.

I am currently downloading the real one so I can figure out how much it needs to be modified (i.e. how gay it is). If it's anything like 3:10 to Yuma (WHICH ALSO NEEDS ( Read more... )