From Russia With Love

[oloriel]

Fandom, it seems, is not without a certain sense of irony.

For the last two days, I've been stewing in a bit of self-pity because my would-be epic War of Wrath artwork for the Silmarillion 40 collection hasn't been getting the attention I'd been hoping for (which sucks particularly because I've been waiting for the reveal for two months). I mean,

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[elenbarathi]

"Seriously, I've lost all ability to even can."

I'm totally enchanted by the perfection of this sentence.

As to whether you should blush and hide, or squeal: I pick 'squeal', even though a seemly, ladylike squeal. Because you DO rock, liebchen. You really do, and it's time to square with that: geeky young chickies grow up to be women of power, and so you have. Now's your time to enjoy it, before you turn into a crone like me (which is also a lot more fun than it sounds.) ^^

[oloriel]

I cannot claim responsibility for it, alas - it's been used by a journalist writing about web language (and she had it from a friend as well, IIRC). But it sums up the feeling so well!

Awww, thank you so much. (I AM blushing though.) Turning into a crone like you is my life aspiration though, so that doesn't sound half bad ;)

[macalla_]

Ich finde das klasse! Du hast allen Grund stolz zu sein :)

[oloriel]

Eheh, bin ich ja auch. Irgendwie. Auch wenn ich's immer noch nicht richtig verarbeiten kann!