I wanted to make an actual post to say that, yes, there is more to my life than fanfiction and Avengers feelings... but that would be a lie. I would apologize, but this is my journal. I can plaster it with my ridiculous fannishness if I want. <3 Just be glad you're not following my tumblr ( Read more... )

1. Here's an interesting article about fair use and transformative comedy. (The writer calls it "parody", but I think there's a fine distinction.) The article draws on the example of My Little Ponies and Hasbro's openly positive response to fan works. One thing I thought was interesting, and that I didn't know, is that "parody" is protected under ( Read more... )

1. It's a two-for-one special over at Frenemy Cosplay. This week's cosplay linkspam is up, but you should really go read 's post-mortem on her amazing Dr. Orpheus costume, which received a hug of blessing from Mr. Jackson Publick himself ( Read more... )

1. Several disparate ideas came together in my head, today, and now I need to learn to make puppets and write music and figure out how to build a miniature radio station set.

2. If you haven't seen this video of awesome women in science fiction, you need to. You have to have a YouTube account because, for some bizarre reason, the video is content ( Read more... )

So I went to see Harry Potter, today, and ADVENTURE occurred ( Read more... )

So, in 1976, the year of the US Bicentennial, high school students in Grand Prairie, Texas wrote letters to the people of 2076, 100 years in the future. Read it, see what they have to say, and then I have some thoughts ( Read more... )

1. If you're trying to explain fan fiction and why it's awesome to some one, this article is a great place to start. I'll be holding onto it for reference in my next paper. What's interesting to me, though, is that it's written by Lev Grossman, who I saw on a panel at SDCC last year where he made some disparaging remarks about fan fiction. The good ( Read more... )

So, this guy said some dumb stuff about women writers, which you don't really need to read because it's dumb, but then we get fun stuff like a quiz to see if you can guess a writer's gender or a computer program that calculates an author's gender based on a selection of text. It's pretty sure I'm a dude.

In mostly unrelated news, I saw X-Men: ( Read more... )

I have successfully moved out of my apartment. Huzzah! Actually, I moved out of my apartment last Thursday, but then I had a weekend with my ENTIRE FAMILY, so I only just now got everything out of my car and tucked away in my parents' house. I'm effectively going to be living out of my suitcase until July, when I put everything back in the car and ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit better, but still kind of blah. Still taking drabble requests (did a lovely Doctor/TARDIS one for
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