With the proviso that I'm terrible at these things because I can never remember what happened in which year ( Read more... )

Because obviously, 5am is the perfect time to have perfect inspiration for an awesome vid. No, really.

Ahem. *dusts off iMovie and Explicit*

One thing that's totally been making me happy: Leverage. It's a smart, engaging heist caper show that presses all my buttons.

In short: if you like the kinds of things I like, you'll probably like this.

( In long, here's why. )

Nothing annoys me more than being told I am reading a book wrong because I'm seeing things the author thinks aren't there. Authorial intent should not be privileged over reader experience ( Read more... )

I've noted discussions about fandom and fanfic popping up in a few non-fannish locations of late, prompted largely by recognition of the Organization for Transformative Works on more mainstream blogs like BoingBoing and John Scalzi's Whatever. It has, of course, prompted the usual debates from detractors and defenders, and really there's nothing ( Read more... )

This week's fannish5 Friday Five is: What are your five favorite canonical friendships?

1. Danny Ocean & Rusty Ryan, Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen. The way they're so perfectly in sync with each other, from "Ten oughta do it, don't you think? You think we need one more? You think we need one more. All right, we'll get one more." all the way through ( Read more... )

First up, here is a really interesting meta essay by kaellana about the post-credits scene in PotC: AWE, and what it means for the people involved. Spoilery, obviously, if you haven't already seen the movie.

Secondly, herein are my thoughts, not particularly organised.

( This way to the meta. )

So, um, bandslash, eh?

Hook a sister up?

Those of you with fandom types on your friendslist may have caught some or all of the brangle over FanLib.com, a newly-created commercial fanfiction archive whose creators seem to have bungled things as badly as possible.

If you're interested in catching up on the whole story, icarusancalion has written a really good summary here.

Hooray! Finally, thanks to a discussion in calathea's LiveJournal, a theory that gets rid of Tony's Annoying Girlfriend for us!

( May spoil future eps! )