via jengrrrl:
musesfool has finally found the basis for a true Theory of Everything: badfic. Because badfic is the same whether it's Alex/Olivia, Wincest, or whatever those hets write about (Harry/Hermione?). Her badfic theory unites all of the fandoms across scales and time. All hail musesfool and her Theory of Everything (badfic). Or as jengrrrl put it: ORBS!!!! and I'd ( Read more... )

Two of the links today are to thelastgoodname's LJ. If you haven't already friended her (I think there may be 2 of you left), you're missing out.

First thelastgoodname take on the recent 'bromance' girlsquee with Someone at metafandom has a wicked sense of humor and the ongoing 'erasure' of lesbians. Why is it that it's cool for women to be friends without sex, but when men ( Read more... )

Yes, I've been falling down on the job, but so many others are doing so much:

over at passion_perfect, ralst just posted a bunch of South of Nowhere and SGA recs.

thelastgoodname shares her extensive list of The Devil Wears Prada recs. Or should I call it her 'Best of Telanu's fic' recs?

And femficrecs is back in action with even more SGA recs.

projectjulie responds to runetraverse's question, "Is it a law that ( Read more... )

Some supercool writer friends of mine in the scifi world are considering proposing that the SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.) create a new form of license that would essentially allow us to write fan fiction for any work that carries it without fear of lawsuits, cease and desist letters, nastygrams, etc. They asked for my ( Read more... )

So, someone wrote and asked me if I care about titles. Of fic. And I thought I'd answer for the whole class. Of course it's not a simple answer:

Yes. If I don't know you or am not familiar with your fic, titles can make a huge difference. For example, I'm really not likely to take a chance on an 'Untitled' fic from someone I don't know, but if it' ( Read more... )

So, this was originally added to the previous (un flocked post) regarding Teresa Nielsen Hayden's incredibly smart response to the fanfiction vs. authorship debate, but I thought it deserved its own post:

In comments to my first post on the subject: partly_bouncy points to a page that details the now legendary Marion Zimmer Bradley vs. fanfic author story and ( Read more... )

Teresa Neilsen Hayden (senior editor at Tor) pwnz those who equate fanfiction with theft. My favorite bit:

In a purely literary sense, fanfic doesn’t exist. There is only fiction. Fanfic is a legal category created by the modern system of trademarks and copyrights. Putting that label on a work of fiction says nothing about its quality, its ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm hooked on the whole debate and fox1013's What Makes Female Characters Interesting? had me writing out my own list of fav female characters when I realized that my fic reading has seriously altered my view of these canon characters. Femslash fills out and spackles the enormous cracks and fissures in these women. So I can't really say which ( Read more... )

fox1013 and twinkledru 's LJs are the home of some lively discussion about femslash and its station in fandom here, here, and here. Many of my fav writers and smartypants are piling on the discussion and I encourage all to join in. I won't be (except in the lurking sense) because I just don't feel the need. Femslash is teh hawt. *points at Buffy/Faith, Starbuck/ ( Read more... )

I was scheduled (by the voice/calendar in my brain) to do a lengthy SG1 rec tonight, but I'm lazy and tired, so it's a BSG rec and some meta.

jennyo talks (and asks interesting questions) about BSG femslash and why it's the redheaded stepchild of fandom .

and Harper's back in amazing form and thankfully applying her superpowers to BSG with Intrinsic ( Read more... )