HEY YOU! Poll time :D

[badjujuboo]

So I have this completely angst owie Merthur to post in a few and I'm WONDERING where people are reading nowadays? When I started out way way in the long ago of that vampire fandom of which i shall no longer speak - it was all Fanfiction.net and now... well it kind of seems pointless there?

and of course there is Eoin porn under the cut for your

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[magnolia822]

Again, started on ffn (and posted there for years) before finally moving to LJ, and it had more to do with a fandom shift than a platform switch initially (yes, juju, we were in Twi fandom--don't hate! I'll save everyone a lengthy digression here but I have thoughts on this, and they may be condensed in essence to the famous words of Rodney King.)

Honestly I think there are quality fics at ffn, but it depends what you're reading. Merlin and Sherlock are here on LJ, HP is here and on Hexfiles, etc. AO3 seems all over the place, but I've never read something good over there that wasn't cross-posted on LJ. For my current Merlin and Sherlock writing, I'm doing the same, because I like to give people the option of downloading the PDF if they like. That's a great AO3 feature. Otherwise, I stick to LJ and to recs from my delightful fandom friends.

[badjujuboo]

aww your the first person to ever call me juju!!

I don't hate the fandom - its just changed SO much from the early days and the crazy that people are there - it was so SO refreshing to be thrust into reading HP and finding a fandom that wasn't insane (well... until it made me realise that i have virtually NO hard limits when it comes to kinks hehe).

There are, but I think like you, that nearly everyone crossposts SOMEWHERE. I always did with my twi stuff - twilighted and even at the writers coffee shop - and ffn is still where I upload everythiing because it is the easiest way to get your HTML coding to post everywhere else!

I LOVE friend recs and comm recs on LJ, tumblr has become a GREAT resource too as well as the odd tweet!

[magnolia822]

Oh I always think of you as juju! I don't know why. lol. But no, I know you were just teasing about the Twilight thing. I think I'm just sensitive b/c as a writer relatively new to other fandoms (I've only been writing Merlin since October), it can be hard to feel accepted if you've been in the Twilight fandom and people know that. Anywhoooo.... I have no kink hard limits either, thank you very much HP fandom.

The LJ comms are really a boon, especially since a lot of the writers I love aren't on Twitter. Tumblr I like to look at, but the average age of the average tumblr user seems very young, so I try not to engage too much over there except for the odd rec.

[badjujuboo]

HA! it's kind of funny because in my head i'm always "Boo" because noone knew how to pronounce Miztrezboo (ye olde fanfic name) and would constantly call me Boo in review so... then I became bad with the juju and kept boo lol

Oh I totally feel what you're saying with the twi fandom acceptance in other fandoms - I felt the same way when it came to even preparing to write for HP fandom - then i just went with screw it, they can only hate my words right? I think the whole Twi embaressment thing comes from where the fandom has gone, not where it began :D

Lj Coms are AWESOME! There is ALWAYS a plethora of PLACES to go and see and people to meet and chat to!! Tumblr is a bit young (but hey i'm 30+1 and find it HILARIOUS - maybe I follow older people? or am just completely immature LOL!

[magnolia822]

I'm 31 too! Woot! And not very mature myself. ::grins:: But when I see girls posting things like, OMG I can't believe I like so many actors twice my age . . . .OMG they're thirty, I feel oooooollllld.

[badjujuboo]

BAHAHA I KNOW!!! It's like finding out that my newest pretty FETUS crush is only 20.
TWENTY
but LOOK AT HIM!

[magnolia822]

Oh gods he's gorgeous! Who iiiis that? Yes, thank the Lord for Eoin and Bradley. Also, Angel is 31 and she gets to make out with Bradley so . . .

[badjujuboo]

its obviously a viable option that we too can make out with brad/cols/eoin/tom/rupert/ade etc HEHEHEHEH

um he's Douglas........ something!!! (brb checking my tumblr)

BOOTH! DOUGLASS BOOTH! He was in the BBC's new adaptation of Great Expectations

[badjujuboo]

now THAT is pretty! I haven't ever watched the UK's QAF, I fell too hard in love with the US version - which for me is a HUGE change!

[badjujuboo]

I stream everything, watch-series.co is REALLY good for that! But I did watch all of QAF on tv here in oz at 10pm every tuesday night. IT IS SO GOOD! and has 5 seasons to the UK's .. was it one?

[badjujuboo]

http://watchseries.eu/serie/queer_as_folk the best place to watch is Gorillavid. It streams fast if you hit pause once it starts loading, give it about a minute then you can hit play and FALL IN LOVE WITH JUSTIN AND THE GOD THAT IS GALE HAROLD AKA BRIAN KINNEY!

and Emmett i love him

and Deb is the best mom in the world

[magnolia822]

OMG, Why haven't I watched that hmmm???

And yes, I am of the opinion that any of those boys would be happy to make out with us. Preferably many of them. At once.