So, you know when you've been in a fandom for eons but it's sorta burnt out and you feel a little lost without something to nerd-out with? And you start to feel like you'll never love something enough to ever 'fan' again? I mean, people grow and change. Some folks just grow out of fanning silly tv shows or movies or comic books. And you start to ( Read more... )

So.

I've reached Crisis #27 in my writing life (this number may seem sorta high or unbelievably low depending on your own relationship with the critical weasels in your head).

I'm a fanfic writer. I've been doing it since 2007 (holy shit, right?). Almost all of my fandoms are dead (V for Vendetta, La Femme Nikita (TV), Person of Interest, White ( Read more... )

I'm never gonna finish the fic I've been *this close* to finishing for the past 3 months. My focus is shot to hell, and I'm more looking forward to having this 200, 000-word HELLSCAPE done than I am ever having written it ( Read more... )

Given the current international climate, many LJ users are deciding whether to stay or decamp for other platforms. Almost all of my friends left this site years ago when it first changed hands into foreign ownership. The concern back then was data skimming and identity mining by hackers, and later the concern switched to political censorship and ( Read more... )

During an adventurous Google search, I discovered that fanfic content has proliferated to tons of weird proxy servers that *look* like Ao3, but aren't. Then I found out pretty much all of my stories live on these proxy sites.

Cue the panic.

Then I did more Googling. It turns out that Ao3 KNOWS about the proxy sites and is letting them exist so ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, the idea of rebooting Criminal Minds was floated by CBS and their streaming service, Paramount Plus. At the time I was skeptical about this ever happening (but secretly hopeful, ya know? 'cause I'm a sap). I just read an interview with Paget Brewster about her turn in the new animated mini series, Birdgirl (and honestly, I can't ( Read more... )

Just imagine if you could define your love of oddness as easily as you could your love of your favorite band, or movie, or actor ( Read more... )

So, I vicariously watch a lot of YouTube videos because my husband is an audio engineer and he watches a lot of YouTube videos by other engineers, music producers, musicians etc. It seems like YouTube is always on my tv when I pass through the living room, and sometimes I stay and watch. This means I've learned a lot of really weird things during ( Read more... )

The internet has just informed me that CBS is looking to revive Criminal Minds after the show officially ended in 2020. The rumor has been confirmed by some of the ex-cast on social media and comes a few months after the late Harry Bring (executive producer) teased about a "reboot" on his Twitter account ( Read more... )

Another day in fandom...


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