No, author of article in Star Trek collection, the fandom term for self-insert character is not "Betty-Sue". It's Mary-Sue, damnit, or in the case you're citing, Gary-Stu would be more appropriate.

My confidence levels on writing this article have just gone up 3000% because, lord!, at least I know the lingo!

Okay, intrawebz, I am officially annoyed about fandom-y things, inspired by a recent rec at crack_van. And a story listing the other week over at sv_ledger (though that I was able to get the editor corrected after I explained the mistake). So I will rant ( Read more... )

In searching for an apt Latin tag with which to deliver a mock smackdown to my dear friend in snark, crankygrrl, I stumbled on this site: Latin Proverb of the Day.

Glee!

The blogger not only gives you a cunning Latin proverb, each day, but a phonetic pronunciation, the English translation and a lovely, rambling discussion of the proverb.

Spoilery for BSG Episode 2.16 "Sacrifice" ( It's a human sign when things go wrong )

Historians really shouldn't watch historical movies. They always end badly as we rip up the unbelievable bits, the incredible ignorance or the anachronism piled on anachronism. If it isn't the costume (the English and Americans can't do costume dramas to save their lives), it's the timeline or the tactics or something ( Read more... )

Suggested by musicforcylons I bring you the deranged creation of an overactive imagination.

Here's a variant that I also enjoy.

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Ah, bloody heck, someone over at the ApolloStarbuck fic Yahoo group has butchered one of my favourite icons

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Cally just seemed perfect for this sentiment. I will share this icon with anyone of a sufficiently snarky or p-o'd temperament. (You know who you are!)

Fannish past that is. I was perusing some recent posts on fanthropology and ran across mention of some early 80s SWars zines I knew that I had. In between loads of laundry, I checked out the zine shelf and what to my wondering eyes would appear but. . . . a Battlestar Galactica TOS zineOMG! And, I don't think I ever read it, because, it's like a total Mary Sue ( Read more... )

Because somedays I feel like Edna Mode. (And I'd love a super suit that breathes like Egyptian cotton.)

Additionally:
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