I'm gonna slap a warning on this link-you know, what with that dipshit Bakhtanians making excuses for his inexcusable behavior, the sheer volume of willful ignorance and unexamined privilege in the discussion thread, and all that.  But I've got two words for ya:  Stay awesomeThat's all ( Read more... )

While searching for the perfect link for a "reason you suck speech," I ran across this.  Basically, it's about how to write a "reason you suck speech" without putting one's foot in one's mouth.

Yes, I know: that sounds weird and counter-intuitive.  It's...really not as much so as you'd think.

And yes, disapproving!Tyn is blotted out by way of ( Read more... )

Warning!  Trope!

Keep in mind, first off, that even in games where I can customize my characters, I never attempt to create "myself" in the game:  For one, I almost never play humans.

That said:  on principle alone I agree, wholeheartedly, with this article.  I find it fundamentally weird that you're more likely to be able to play a blue alien ( ( Read more... )

...I find myself perusing the StarDoc series.  And in looking around to see if anyone else has read them and might want to talk about them, I find myself disgusted with what they've got for a fanbase.

( If you don't want spoilers for a series of popcorny s-f/drama novels, read no further.  Also, tropes. )

Let's take an ideology that's done a helluva lot more good than harm (if, indeed, it's actually done any harm at all).  And let's say that its antithesis-which has really done no good at all, and a helluva lot of harm even to those it favors-is still around, much as a certain percentage of people like to deny it ( Read more... )

Okay.  Looks like if I want cargo pants that aren't too baggy but don't look utterly derpy, I may have to just buy a pattern and make the damned things myself.  Because while I was considering going through MakeYourOwnJeans.com once that became feasible, I've seen enough negative reviews to be forced to conclude one of two things ( Read more... )

People's stories were told-and not always with their prior knowledge.  Further accusations were made.  The project, of course, got trampled in the scuffle.  And the Internet, as is its wont, ran rabid.

( General human shittiness under the cut. )

The writing in WoW?  Really going downhill.  Twilight of the Aspects...well, from what I'm hearing, it could drop the last three words off that title.

I started following the lore...why?  Because, in a game that story-oriented, it felt like the right thing to do.  For some time, I even enjoyed it.  And I still enjoy the game ( Read more... )

No, it's not more fanwork ban crap this time.  Would that it were anything so tameIt's a fairly well-known fiction author strawmanning, throwing tantrums, playing the victim, and calling some blogger a liar.  This was apparently spurred by a kerfuffle between them a couple of years ago ( Read more... )

Warning: big post.  Also, trope.

Been meaning to get around to this for a while now.  Although I've attempted to be as sympathetic as possible, I'm sure someone is going to cry "fan entitlement."  Which is ironic, considering what actually motivated me to get this out in the open...but that's another story that shall be told another time ( Read more... )