I very much fear that if I want fandom now, I'm going to have to break down and join Tumblr.

I HATE TUMBLR YOU GUYS.

(This entry was originally posted at my dreamwidth.)

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Grab a bowl of popcorn and get your latest AO3 wank here!

Short version: AO3 announced that it's rearchiving a whole siteful of stories (from an old archive considered "at risk") with the permission of the archivists but without the permission of the authors of said stories, who will then somehow be allowed to claim their stories (and opt out if ( Read more... )

Just in case you thought (hoped? feared?) that my last post means I don't believe in ever mocking badfic (with or without Mary Sues), I hasten to assure you that's not the case. In fact, last night I encountered the following line in the depths of the Star Wars section of the Pit of Voles:

"Fill me with your love seed."You know, as one virgin ( Read more... )

He hates them as much as I do:

[Fans] give all four of us these horrible love abbreviations! We're RigsPelt, which is bad enough, but they're Jisbon, which sounds like something you might have to go to the dry cleaner to deal with. (TV Guide 11/16/09)

ETA: Sorry, but I only have an Agent Cho icon at the moment. There's no business like Cho

So fall TV is starting already. As in next week. How the hell did that happen ( Read more... )

So many first sentences that go something like "[Character A] was [Emotion Y]" or "[Character B] remembered when [Character C] did [Action Z]." The flatness saps my very will to live, let alone continue reading ( Read more... )

It's one of those days. You know, the ones on which you feel that certain segments of fandom - whether or not they ship as you do (the real divide as I see it is not between different ships, but between the overly invested and those who keep a sense of proportion/humor) - need a good smack upside the head with the mighty cluestick of "YOU ARE NOT ( Read more... )

I'm really starting to despise the bulk of SPN fandom (my delightfully sane flist excepted).

Apparently I don't hate myself vaginas women enough to really fit in.

ETA: Yes, this is about the casting-spoiler hysteria.