Okay, this is gonna sound nuts, but it's the internet so I'm allowed to... I accidentally clicked on your journal name instead of a rec link for Pants on Fire (which I just read and it kind of made me die or hyperventilate or reevaluate my Arthur/Eames relationship or a combination of all those things but in a very, very good way. Fuck.). Anyway, the point is, I read this even though I don't know you, and I have to say that this:
Magic Mike is like that story by someone you’ve never heard of that you click through because whatever, you’re bored, and you get in there and the person’s all “Oh yeah, and this is a 3659157560 word AU about textile manufacturing and also macaroni salad.” And you think “Macaroni…blankets…the fuck is this? These people aren’t even my fandom! I bet there are seven typos in the first paragraph.”
But you read the first paragraph and…you know, it’s pretty good. No typos. The next thing you know, 3am, face down in the fandom gutter, sobbing incoherently about merino wool, texting your friends all TOO MUCH MAYONNAIIIIIISE IN THE SALAD, THERE WAS TOO MUCH, and then you can never think about blankets or macaroni salad without laughing or bursting into tears of joy.
... THIS.... is, like, the best summary of fandoms and reactions to stories/movies and unexpected good stuff that you randomly find and it makes me want to hug you (and, since I agree with your description of Avengers, I feel like I trust your judgement and now I want to see Magic Mike, too). See? Nuts.
Magic Mike is like that story by someone you’ve never heard of that you click through because whatever, you’re bored, and you get in there and the person’s all “Oh yeah, and this is a 3659157560 word AU about textile manufacturing and also macaroni salad.” And you think “Macaroni…blankets…the fuck is this? These people aren’t even my fandom! I bet there are seven typos in the first paragraph.”
But you read the first paragraph and…you know, it’s pretty good. No typos. The next thing you know, 3am, face down in the fandom gutter, sobbing incoherently about merino wool, texting your friends all TOO MUCH MAYONNAIIIIIISE IN THE SALAD, THERE WAS TOO MUCH, and then you can never think about blankets or macaroni salad without laughing or bursting into tears of joy.
... THIS.... is, like, the best summary of fandoms and reactions to stories/movies and unexpected good stuff that you randomly find and it makes me want to hug you (and, since I agree with your description of Avengers, I feel like I trust your judgement and now I want to see Magic Mike, too). See? Nuts.
That is all.
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