( In which I point out consent issues in an otherwise awesome trope )

And a friend sent me this link and drove me to tears:

http://yfrog.com/h02gvclj

I checked out the other recent photos in there, and it's heartbreaking what we're seeing in the actual news.

( On when, and why, I read graphic porn )

Okay, here we go!

( Writing Stuff )

Okay, two questions for you folks out there in LJ/DW/IJ/GJ/blogland.

Question the first ( Read more... )

Is there a middle ground between 'hide it or die (or be fired, or whatever)' and 'so accepted we must act like infatuated teenagers'?

I don't know, maybe it's a limitation of the fandoms I indulge in. Most seem to have rules against either homosexual relations or fraternization or both, or at least strong prejudice against them: military (SG-1, ( Read more... )

Le sigh.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty, let me point out that I'm going to be using Fandom, capitalized, to denote the entirety of all fandoms (By your powers combined...), while fandom(s), not capitalized, denotes universe-specific corners of Fandom (i.e. HP, Star Wars, etc.).

Okay, fine.  I've been reading a lot of back metafandom posts.  A ( Read more... )

...a lot.

I know this has been done before - synecdochic had one here. But it's old. And I wanted to do my own, so. Here's mine.

( Fandom has taught me... )

( On why consent issues in fandom tropes irk me. )

( Holy cow, I think I metaed. )