So, I haven't been posting anything here at LJ for almost a year now. Whoops. Honestly, I took a break from fandom for a while, and only logged in occasionally. But I'm back in the swing of things, just not on here. I'm somewhat active on tumblr, but now I'm more into Supernatural than Star Trek. I still love 'Trek with all my heart, don't get me ( Read more... )

I believe that this is relevant to our interests:

The Boy Who Lived Forever, by Lev Grossman.

Thanks to catalenamara for posting the link in her journal! The article discusses fanfiction and its history, as well as the diversity of its authors and readers. It goes into some of the legal and ethical issues, and even talks about a few of the genres. There are even ( Read more... )

D:So, I went to a K/S-themed slash party yesterday (woo!), with the plan of watching slashy TOS episodes, maybe a movie or two, and fanvids. But, well, things did not go as planned ( Read more... )

(found at madamluna's lj ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd plug this comm: ksrelativity. From their userinfo:

Relativity is a Star Trek community challenge that explores the different perspectives fans bring to the Kirk/Spock relationship ( Read more... )

NOTE ('cause one can never be too careful): I like and understand the idea behind some reboots (and re-visitings, and re-imaginings, etc.), and I like some reboots, as well (STXI, anyone?). Taking an old franchise and breathing new life into it is a great way to garner it some new fans and to rekindle the old ones' love for it. But, as with most ( Read more... )

If a ship is canon, I generally tend to ignore it. This means that a lot of het ships get little attention from me, because in my fandoms, most canon ships are het ships. This doesn't meant that I don't like them, I just don't really read or want to write fic about them. Why? Here's where things get a little complicated. You see, I usually, for ( Read more... )

I made a post about common kissing phrases (mainly, "A's tongue licked B's lips, seeking entrance,") over at fanficrants , complete with illustrations! I've decided to post the pics here and spread the creepy joy!

Onward to anthropomorphic tongues!

( Cut for pics, SFW )

I totally got me some Pon Farr Perfume for Women, 'cause I'm a dedicated fan batshit. It comes in a mauve-y, burgundy-y box, with T'Pring in the foreground and Spock plaktowing in the background. "Drive him crazy," is the tag. "Crazy" is one word for it, I guess. And the bottle has the IDIC on it. I think it smells okay, a little soapy maybe (but ( Read more... )

There's a "Jim" in each of my current favorite fandoms.

Most obviously, Star Trek, with Jim Kirk. There's Jim Moriarty from Sherlock, and finally there's Jim Ellison from The Sentinel.* Is Jim/James a popular name, or what? Then there's the issue of pairings. K/S can be seen as Jim/Spock, or J/S (I know that looks really weird, but bear with me); ( Read more... )