Rant: Is There a DSM-IV Category for Fan Fiction Induced Insanity?

[thefourthvine]

I haven't been sleeping much lately. This means I've reading a lot of FF. (Yes, even more than usual. But, on the bright side, not quite enough to qualify me for an intervention at the Fan Mental Health Clinic.) Which means that it's time for another damn rant. (If you're new here: in rants, the cut tag indicates mean-spiritedness and general

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[theamusedone]

This amused the hell out of me, thank you so much!

[thefourthvine]

I have amused the One Who Is Amused. YAY!

[theamusedone]

Hey, did that disc I sent your way play okay for you?

[darthfox]

1. TFV, so much love. (although i blame the boyband fandoms [the plural of which i really always think should be fanda] for the grafted pairing names, because i first became aware of the phenomenon when i saw people talking about "Timbertrick".)

2. TMD, icon! [flails flailishly]

[bethbethbeth]

Fraser thinks "cock," but he *says* "penis." *g*

[brooklinegirl]

god, fraser is IMPOSSIBLE. He ALSO always wants to say "buttocks," and, man, Fraser, least sexy thing ever.

[brooklinegirl]

With Fraser, I'm prepared to accept any term up to "Winky the Wonder Horse," and I'm betting some of you could make me happy with that, even.

...okay, now I want someone to write that in a compelling manner. Damn, I wish lynnmonster was still writing DS.

And if you decide that Vecchio/Kowalski is now called Chicago, that is even worse. It conveys no useful information at all. (Well, okay. Some. I mean, I'd be thinking in terms of the right fandom;

oh god. I'm sorry, and I'm SO RIGHT THERE WITH YOU on cutesy pairing names, 100%, so really, it's pretty much your fault that somewhere in the back of my brain, I'm going to be thinking of Vecchio/Kowalski as "Chicago" from now on.

[thefourthvine]

...okay, now I want someone to write that in a compelling manner. Damn, I wish lynnmonster was still writing DS.

I KNOW. It is so unfair, because she's the person who immediately leaps to mind for that task. Hmmm. Perhaps you should post a challenge in your journal. It could be one of the Three Tasks to Appoint a Successor to the dS Crackthrone! (Crackthrone. OMG. Worst made-up word ever; feathercock is nothing to it.)

I'm sorry, and I'm SO RIGHT THERE WITH YOU on cutesy pairing names, 100%, so really, it's pretty much your fault that somewhere in the back of my brain, I'm going to be thinking of Vecchio/Kowalski as "Chicago" from now on.

I think this is pretty much where I defriend and ban you and then set up a community called we_hate_blg, isn't it?

But, alas, I cannot. For one thing, I could not stand to live without your cooking adventures, which make my kitchen failures (like the seriously mealy new potato recipe I tried last night) seem, um, really really good in comparison. (The kale and cannellini soup was excellent, though, and

[lynnmonster]

OH SEE THIS IS REALLY FUNNY. Because I had *already* highlighted and copied this portion of your entry:

You would not write a story in which cocks hold hands and go on a picnic and declare love for each other and maybe whisper sweet nothings in each other's ears.

to say, "Oh, yes, I probably would" before I even saw that my name was being taken in vain...

[thefourthvine]

You are NOT ALLOWED to complain about how we're using your name, because you brought it on yourself, Miss Pregnant Angel Ray. Plus, you made MMWD and me write crossover tentacle porn. So let us hear no more complaints from you, young lady.

That said, I'm not entirely sure that even you could write the story (you know, in which cocks hold hands and go on a picnic and declare love for each other and maybe whisper sweet nothings in each other's ears). I just - some things are impossible, you know?

[thefourthvine]

Oh my GOD. I would LOVE YOU FOREVER if you wrote Wagner/Nietzsche. I mean, yes yes yes.

*begins plotting Descartes/Schopenhauer*

[bekijane]

Someone is going to mention Wittgenstein. I won't be here when it happens.

[laylah]

*hearts hearts*

It would have to be full of misunderstanding and angst and thunderous arias, and omg, it would be fabulous.

[brynwulf]

ROFLAMO!! I swear I used something along the lines of "sucking coherent thought out through his cock" in Highlander ten years ago. I figured it would have grown up and moved out by now.

[thefourthvine]

Hmmm. I think I love you anyway. I mean, the coherent thought line is good. So I guess I can't blame you for inspiring, you know, a slightly shortened version that just happens to be infused with essence o' zombie.

I do wish I could find someone to blame, though. That is the first step in healing, isn't it?

[brynwulf]

You can blame me. I'm used to it.

And far be it from me to stand in the way of the healing process.