So, I see on fleur_de_liz's journal that she's signed up for comicsbigbang. As I'm skirting the edge of my old haunt, I hadn't even realised this was going on, but I took a look at the sign-ups and...wow ( Read more... )

It's the obligatory 'oh my life, where did the last ten years go??' post. However, seeing as 2010 marks my tenth year in fandom, I thought I'd ramble a little bit about how I got here and how it just isn't like the good old days...or perhaps it's better?

( My Fandom Decade )

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helsinkibaby wanted a post about my het ships for the shows I currently watch!

Firstly, I need to gather in my head what shows I currently watch - let's say: Doctor Who, Torchwood, CSI, CSI: NY, Fullmetal Alchemist, Battlestar Galactica and Stargate Atlantis.

( Ships and Giggles )

I flicked through the LJ policy, looking for sources of fannish interest. I believe these two tenets will affect the fandom most:

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Tonight, I watched Amazing Grace for the second time this week. And it's a brilliant film, as I have stated beforeAnd I cannot find any slash for it ( Read more... )

Am I in a minority when I say I quite like the flagging system ( Read more... )

So, I got this e-mail today, filtered to my junk, but it has the subject line: Your Fan Fiction & A Brighter Fan Fiction Future‏

I immediately think FanLib and what-the-hell-I'm-curious, so I open it.

This is what it says:

( E-mail (plus comments) )

This is how fandom responds to threats:

Writing crack fic in official posts

I love this community.

In a now-deleted post (faithfully reproduced here), burr86 -the man who's been posting in lj_biz about the illegal posts etc etc basically called ponderosa121 a paedophile.

Oh, of course, it's hard to prove, but it's certainly unprofessional and completely stupid.

Which explains a lot.