Asking the question first posed by me here.

Poll The Sawyer Family of Riverboro

( a promo pic from the movie or something, i dunno )

My post the other night on person and tense was, admittedly, about equal parts tl;dr and navel-gazing (but then, that can describe most non-fiction posts in this journal), but its contents did also point towards a conclusion that I didn't draw then but will now: that our talk of "tenses" and "persons" in reference to fiction are oversimplifications ( Read more... )

The book I ordered, Alice's Adventures: Lewis Carroll in Popular Culture by Will "I'm Not Allowed to Say I Think Hayden Panettiere Is Hot" Brooker, has arrived. I'll tell you what I think of it when I've finished. That means, so far, I've gotten books by this guy, henryjenkins, and rozk, but I'm still waiting for kbusse_blog's book to show up. Woes ( Read more... )

This is how it works: Comment on this entry that you'd like to play, and I will give you a letter.Write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.

From wisdomeagle, the letter E:

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Because I know that time is always time
And place is always and only place
And what is actual is actual only for one time
And only for one place
I rejoice that things are as they are and
I renounce the blessèd face
And renounce the voice
Because I cannot hope to turn again
Consequently I rejoice, having to construct something
Upon which to rejoice

Title: Requiem at Reichenbach
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Summary: It is as if the whole universe were set in motion to bring us to this moment, Holmes.
A/N: Written for yuletide. The version of this story in the Yuletide Archive (and the corresponding comments) can be found here.

( Requiem at Reichenbach )

Title: 2+2=5
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Main Character: Principal Snyder
Other Characters: Rupert Giles, Harmony Kendall, Xander Harris, Andrew Wells
Rating: G
Summary: "To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from ( Read more... )

When I was at the Best Buy looking for a birthday present for my brother, I came across the BBC's The Bernard Shaw Collection on DVD and of course I had to have it, seeing as Shaw is my favorite playwright. I ended up watching The Millionairess first because I haven't read or seen the play and because Maggie Smith rules ( Read more... )

Consider some texts, all of which count as fannish on my flist (if nowhere else):

• Veronica Mars: A sixteen-year-old girl defies parental authority in many ways including, but not limited to, having sexual relations with three different individuals. (Admittedly this behavior led to her death, but the show consistently portrayed Lilly Kane in a ( Read more... )