Comments | ileliberte: Stuff, stuff and a poll

ileliberte

Stuff, stuff and a poll

Jul 13, 2010 13:58

• Still no fanart sorry :( Lots of ideas, no time at all. Spirit is willing, flesh, totally weak. I need a time-turner...

• Rizzoli & Isles: Anyone watched the pilot? Opinions? It's somewhat inexplicable because I've only watched her in a handful of NCIS episodes and one sort of entertaining movie, but I seem to have a lot of fondness for Sasha ( Read more... )

blather, links, poll

Comments 12

ratcreature July 13 2010, 18:45:03 UTC

Bad graphics are certainly a point against fic, but for me not a dealbreaker. Also frequently people who post bad banners forget to give them size attributes, and because I block large and unknown size images on my flist to avoid breaking the layout, I often don't see the graphic when I'm deciding to click or not. However if they make such an image the only link they've lost me, because the placeholder on LJ then isn't clickable.

ileliberte July 14 2010, 04:19:07 UTC

Ah yeah, I do the same (blocking large images on flist) and have the same problem as you when the images are the only links. Bad idea.

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ileliberte July 14 2010, 04:20:32 UTC

Yeah, me too. I like them on the lj itself on something like the masterpost. That can be interesting, but a banner with every update is really annoying, especially when it's inconsiderately huge.

Oh whatever, nothing to feel bad about. Your lj, your rules :)

rishabree July 14 2010, 03:26:35 UTC

Oh my god, that WWII show post is brilliant. But the sheer number of commenters that just. don't. get. it. makes me want to weep for the future.

ileliberte July 14 2010, 04:21:11 UTC

It really, really is. And agreed on the weeping for the future too :/

mashimero July 14 2010, 04:14:43 UTC

The only really horrible fic header graphics I've seen have been linked to really horrible fics, so yes.

And I didn't even know you could adblock user icons!

ileliberte July 14 2010, 04:23:08 UTC

Haha, yeah, pretty much the case for me too.

Apparently you can, although I've never tried it myself, but I know friends who have. There are a couple that I've been debating blocking myself because they're just too freaky D:

stereowire July 14 2010, 04:57:58 UTC

I started Rizzoli & Isles! I didn't have time to finish watching the ep today, but really, all I was hoping for was that it didn't totally suck balls, and so far it hasn't. Since Numb3rs was canceled and Criminal Minds got fucked over, the number of awesome law enforcement ladies in the shows I watch has dropped by like 75%, so I'm hoping R&I gets a good season :(

Ahahaha, I never click on fics with headers, because half the time they're part 378/? and the header is posted outside the cut with EVERY SINGLE UPDATE on fifteen different comms and I just don't read fic by assholes like that-- but I always sort of wonder, what do you do when you write a fic and someone makes you a really terrible but really earnest banner as a gift? Do you feel obligated to post it somewhere, or point people towards it, or what?

ileliberte July 15 2010, 17:06:16 UTC

I watched the episode and it wasn't mindblowing, but it wasn't bad either. And I liked the chemistry between the two leads, so, tentative thumbs up for possible future viewing.

Hahaha, I feel your frustration. I think you would feel obligated to point to it somehow, but banners with fic are a personal posting preference thing, so it would be easy enough not to have to include it in every update. The nice thing would be to link from the masterpost because, well, even if the author didn't love it, if it's made with sincerity, I feel sentiment trumps aesthetics :)