Is it compulsory now to put the word 'literally' into every other fic and tumblr post and random TV show ( Read more... )

If today's Fuck Yeah, Fandom Flamingo wanted to polarise, they certainly achieved their goal. That's the most passive-aggressive thing I've ever seen there.

ETA: No, really, this bothers me. I spend hours, often days and weeks writing a story. Then, most of the time, I bug poor Kate (or half the internet, if she doesn't have time) to invest her ( Read more... )

That super-sekrit organisation you keep writing about is called SHIELD ( Read more... )

I've yet to read a single Avengers fic prominently featuring Darcy Lewis that doesn't remark on the size of her breasts. Sometimes it's a throwaway sentence, but it's always boobs this, tits that, and-then-Darcy-flashed-Loki-and-saved-the-day.

Just. WhyIs this some feminine liberation thing? All hail the female breast? Because if so, I'd like to ( Read more... )

What. The. Fuck.

No, seriously. What. You don't flounce and put the largest community in that entire fandom on a three-week hiatus. And hey, here's a thought: if you find moderating your comm too stressful, how about making the rules less mind-blowingly ridiculous?

Also, where has fandom moved to, is what I'd like to know?

ETA: And since the ( Read more... )

Consider, if you will, the following bit of German:

Schenke mir Geduld wenn die stunden sind sehr schwer verletzt; oder die Enttäuschung geben mir Mut.

I apologise for singling you out, anonymous author, but you have the dubious honour of finally having broken my brain. The above sentence is supposed to mean "Grant me patience when the Hours are ( Read more... )

This might just be the stupidest idea I've come across since the whole finish-someone-else's-WiP-without-asking-first comm ( Read more... )

debris_k valiantly figured out why seemingly random comments at various comms we co-mod kept being screened despite the posts being set to leave all comments unscreened. LJ, in its great wisdom, has decided to set the default for all private journals and communities to screen comments from non-friends with links. Thanks for the announcement there, LJ ( Read more... )

Signal boosting:

LJ's IP is listed in the Spamhaus Blocking List because LJ is allowing Russian pharma spammers to abuse their service. Spamhaus is one of the most respected anti spam organizations in the world, and being listed there means they've ignored spammers on their network for quite a while and virtually no large ISP/email host wants ( Read more... )