Someone wrote an academic paper on Josh/Donna shippers in The West Wing fandom. Even if you didn't watch the show it's still an interesting read on the culture of fandom.

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1. There is a Tumblr dedicated to cats that look like Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation. And then Vulture called up Nick Offerman and got him to comment on some of the posts ("You wouldn't guess it, but that's a look of abject pleasure on both the cat and Ron," says Offerman. "That would be Ron sitting by a burbling stream, redolent of trout."2 ( Read more... )

So, like everyone and their mother, I saw Inception. And I thought it was pretty good. Great concept, great cast, great costumes, and great effects. However, I think Nolan isn't as skilled when it comes to dialogue and characterisation as he is with plot. Luckily, that's where the Inception fandom kicks ass and takes names. There is so much good ( Read more... )

There has been a lot of fandomy talk on my flist in the past couple of days, but I don't want to re-hash that here. I'd rather just tell you how much I think you all rock. If I had the time I would write something nice about you individually but Hellenistic Greece (not to be confused with Hellenic Greece) demands to be studied and written about, so ( Read more... )

Veronica Mars got renewed for a third season!

I was so happy that I put on 'We used to be friends' and did the extended version of my VM credits dance. Which caused me to hurt my back.

Still.

YAY!

Thanks to all my fantastic fellow fans who helped out with the various campaigns but particularly the team behind
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