That was incredibly creepy. Was it supposed to be creepy? I didn't get the impression it was supposed to be creepy... but it was really creepy.

Google safe search, how could you let me down like that?

going to bleach my eyeballs, brb

Dear Fanfic Author,

De-aging to an infant? Permanently? Why? Why would you do that? Why would you do that to a character you purportedly love? How is that--

I'm going to go sit in a corner and shake, now.

This morning I was reading a fandom overview. The overview was very vague and general, it said, because of the source material's many plot twists and surprises; the thriller aspect is so important, it said, that we should be sure to enjoy the source material before exposing ourselves to any spoilers!

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Another random fic-related comment: I think I see permanent de-aging -- character being turned into a child and having to grow up again -- as one step above death, especially if memory loss is involved. Because it's all very well to talk about second chances, but is it really a second chance for the same person if years and years of what makes ( Read more... )

Dear fanfic author,

God knows I can sympathize with the desire to take a bunch of TV shows I like and throw all the characters together in a fanfic which really doesn't make any sense but is lots of fun for me.

But titling it a portmanteau of all the fandoms involved? No. NO. DO NOT WANT. And having the same portmanteau as your screenname? ( Read more... )

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...are you gonna try and put all the toothpaste back in the tube?

You can't actually un-publish something. Once it's out, it's out, even if you change your mind later. I can understand where you're coming from to some extent. There are a lot of perfectly good reasons to want to erase some or all of your works (in retrospect you find it ( Read more... )

Ran across a LJ community called "We Love the Women That Fandom Hates". Which, yes. I know immediately what they're talking about. Except, reading over their list, I'm not sure I do ( Read more... )

However, apparently my dreams were not informed of this. I had a dream in which I was reading about the replacement team member. In my dream, the new team member had just been revived from cryosuspension, and had been frozen after being killed by a poltergeist. In the dream, there was a vaguely positioned adjective phrase, so I wasn't sure ( Read more... )