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tehlils

Mmmmm chocolate and Discussion

Aug 04, 2005 22:06

Today has been pretty good. I had a craving for rum truffles last night, but of course, everywhere was closed by the time the craving hit. But I got some today and they are to die for. I sooo want to go buy more (not that I need more, I've still got quite a few!) but I want them to be like a treat, you know? I can afford more, but then they lose ( Read more... )

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workingclsshero August 5 2005, 03:14:16 UTC

I LOVE your icon!

tehlils August 5 2005, 03:22:24 UTC

Thanks!

cherryboiy August 5 2005, 03:23:09 UTC

hey babe, just wondering if you could post this in your journal,

but some bitch just called me a "faggot" in my journal.

brandypantz

She said It Here

Id really appreciate it if you posted that, its disgusting that people still think they can get away with anti homo bullshit like that.

MuahZ hun

atrata August 5 2005, 03:34:57 UTC

And unauthorized biographies. Those get written all the time, and sometimes they're truth, but just as often they are full of tasty lies.

tehlils August 5 2005, 03:37:48 UTC

Oh yeah, those too. But the public doesn't seem to cry in outrage about those either like they seem to about RPF.

...you've got me thinking here. mad_maudlin August 9 2005, 03:19:50 UTC

I think it's a matter of packaging. Culturally speaking, we write "fiction" about "characters" and "nonfiction" about "real people;" however (as you can tell by my stunning use of scare quotes) the defintions of those terms aren't clear-cut. Many "real people" have created public personae as carefully as an actor or author developes a character--a number of athletes and musicians come to mind. That blurs the whole distinction between fictional characters "real" people, and I've met plenty of people who are technically considered RPF writers but who don't view themselves as such because of their subject matter. (Professional wrestling fandom comes to mind.)

The divide between "fiction" and "nonfiction" is just as fuzzy, and actually doesn't seem to be related to content. The DaVinci Code and The Thirteenth Warrior are both loaded with factual information--the latter is actually based on fragments of a manuscript written by a medieval Arab diplomat about his travels in Scandinavia. (Michael Crichton had it translated, filled in the ( ... )

Re: ...you've got me thinking here. tehlils August 9 2005, 03:35:37 UTC

Yeah, I would say packaging has something to do with it, but it just reeks of hypocrisy, to me.

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tehlils August 5 2005, 08:56:58 UTC

Oh, I thought it was very very weird, even though I understood and loved it.

Most RPF tends to fit into the friendship/romance category, but there was a fair amount of that in BJM.

Perhaps, that's the only thing I can gather about it.

tipgardner August 5 2005, 21:31:12 UTC

It was well received critically, and I think in limited run it has done very well (ie, in places like NYC, LA, etc it plays well), but I'm not certain beyond that. Don't forget, though, that it has a lot of star power to help in ticket sales.

tehlils August 6 2005, 01:20:16 UTC

Yeah, that's certainly true. Hmmmm.