Fandom Lounge's Journal

(misachan)

12:35PM - Looking for Spanish-language music recs!

Next week my gaming group is kicking off a new Supernatural RPG campaign. As the last step of character creation the GM is asking all of us to put together playlists for our characters. Now I'm lousy at this under the best of circumstances, but I'm particularly at a loss here.

My character is Latina (Michelle Rodriguez would be my PB if this was an LJ game), speaks Spanish and listens to Spanish-language music. I'd like to have some of the songs on her playlist to be in Spanish; unfortunately, I speak only a little Spanish and only have a handful of Spanish songs in my library.

So I'm asking for recs! Give me your favorite bluesy, rocking or otherwise suitable songs for a Supernatural style hunter! (or any other songs you love and think I should know!)

ETA: You guys are awesome! Keep the recs coming!

(churri)

8:30PM - Saying Yes! A Sex-Positive Art- and Ficbitathon

I figure this is as good of a place for promotion as any, so here goes!

So on Ye Olde LJ, I'm running Saying Yes!, a sex-positive art- and ficbitathon. Our first round will begin on January 4, 2010, and conclude on January 18. We're running the challenge in prompt-tree format (further explanation here and here, and more examples and demonstrations will follow) in order to give participants the most flexibility in what prompts they'd like to work with, and how detailed they want those prompts to be.

Saying Yes! is a challenge designed to showcase characters who like sex, enjoy sex, and want sex -- characters fully capable of giving informed consent, and giving it enthusiastically. It's about characters who don't view sex or any of its aspects as something demeaning or shameful and don't pass similar value judgments on their partners' choices. There are a lot of stories out there, both fanfic and published, where characters enjoy sex despite themselves, and where a character who takes on a certain role or performs certain behaviors during sex is thought of as weaker or lesser. Sex and sex roles become imposed rather than sought out, and desire is passive, the result of things done to a character rather than things a character actively seeks out and wants.

In contrast, stories and art for Saying Yes! show how being the submissive or bottoming partner during sex is FUN and not demeaning -- and that bottoming and submission are far from the same thing. In these creative works, characters shout "Yes!" instead of "No!," and characters can get up to all kinds of kinky crazy fun without ever being made to feel shamed for their desires.

To lead up to the challenge, I'm hosting a feature on the community called UNDONE SUNDAYS. Every other Sunday, I'll make a post in this journal that's somehow related to Saying Yes! and its aims, and that'll let you guys jump in on the discussion, too. Whether it's sharing links to sex-positive websites/blogs/writing/fic/organizations/toy stores/etc., holding flashficathons or round-robin writing events, or simply swapping stories, there's going to be something fun to do. Participating in these posts is hardly mandatory, but they'll be there for anyone who's online and feels like joining in.

I hope you'll consider participating in this challenge, or cheering our participants on when this goes live. We need as many yeses as we can muster, after all.

(sqbr)

6:54AM - Mercedes Lackey allowing Fanfiction

http://www.mercedeslackey.com/news.html

As you folks already know, my agent, Russel Galen, has in the past been opposed to fanfiction. However, he is also Cory Doctorow's agent now, and Cory is a persuasive little gnome.

As a result of this, I am happy to announce that we are officially permitting fanfiction to be licensed as derivative fiction under the Creative Commons umbrella.

What this means is: NO, you cannot make money on it. NO, you cannot self-publish a fanfiction novel of Valdemar (or any of my other stuff) and try and sell it on Amazon. And NO, I still am not going to read it, because I am already so far behind on my research reading I barely have time to read that.

But YES, you may write and post away, folks, so long as you license it as derivative and under Creative Commons. If it is anything other than PG-13, please take all the proper precautions to stick it somewhere that innocent souls won't be corrupted. Do not scare the children or the horses. Have fun!

(j_crew_guy)

3:08PM - ReBoot getting uh, rebooted

ReBoot is getting rebooted with a theatrical movie arriving in 2010.

Season 4 of ReBoot ended on a famous cliffhanger. While some aspects of that cliffhanger were resolved in a three-part web comic series, the theatrical feature film will be a departure from the series in this regard. It is our intention to create a new ReBoot adventure that seasoned fans will enjoy exploring while simultaneously introducing the rich world of Mainframe to a whole new audience.

(kayla)

11:03PM - Looking for Fic Rec

Once upon a time, my teenage self fell in love with a movie series called Subspecies. I have recently rediscovered my love of these movies and find myself desiring more of Radu/Michelle. Unfortunately, my search for fic has not been very fruitful. And since this is usually the most knowledgeable source of obscure fandoms, this the most likely area for some good recs. So do you guys have anything for me?

(freezer)

8:53AM - This one appeals to two fandoms

(American) Football fans and bird watchers.



I've watched this at least a dozen times. It hasn't gotten old yet!

(aloysius)

3:13PM - looking for RPS fics

Or not even necessarily fic, RP logs will do, too, and I'm asking on JF because I know a lot of you do RPS RPs.

Are there any out there featuring Alexander Siddig? This fine gentleman who was on Trek, and who has been in in movies with Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and other actors I know people write RPS about and RP.

I'm desperate, will take any ship, any length, any kink, even gen!

(coffee_mug)

1:21PM - Pegg-Frost-Wright tweet Hot Fuzz slash, win internets.

Some of you may know movies such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and the makers behind them, specifically Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. If you don't, you should, those movies are entertaining and incredibly well-made.

Hot Fuzz is also the slashiest thing without featuring canonically gay characters you could imagine. It is amazing.

Yesterday (also known as The Best Day of My Life So Far) Edgar began discussing slash on twitter. Naturally the subject turns to Hot Fuzz slash, and people throw links at him, and he tweets two of them (the story called "Missing Out" is one of my favourites, glad it got the rec of a lifetime)! He, Simon and Nick end up discussing and then, as you do, writing it. 140 character, hilarious little slash ficlets. If you managed to follow the thing unfold in real time, good on ya.

If you didn't, Edgar compiled all of the discussion into a blog entry.

He ends the blog entry by saying: I cannot say how much we all enjoyed writing these. You slash fiction writers are having way too much fun.

Oh I just noticed my favourite tweet isn't in the entry, it was Edgar equating the whole of Hot Fuzz as one giant slash fic.

(kaen)

3:03AM - Recs for light-hearted fantasy novels?

So, my mom is stuck in the hospital right now and won't be leaving for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to make sure that she had a big old pile of books to read while she's stuck lying around in bed. Does anybody have recommendations for fantasy novels that are cheerful/hopeful/basically won't depress someone who's going to be stuck in a room for ages without much to do but brood? It doesn't need to be Chicken Soup-style fluff, just something that leaves you feeling happy when you put it down. I've already been through my own bookcase picking out things she hasn't read already, only to realize that most of those are bleak as hell (or involve a major character being seriously maimed, which is another thing I want to stay away from). Pratchett's unfortunately right out; I've tried to get her into him before but she just doesn't like him.

Recs for books that aren't fantasy are fine too, it's just preferred because she always borrows the fantasy novels she reads from me so with them I'll know if a book is something she's already read or not.

(fryingpanofdoom)

7:09PM

I don't know how many of you are fans of the show Glee, but I think this link deserves some recognition for those of you who still break out into spontaneous renditions of 'A maaaaaaaaaaaaan's gotta do what a maaaaaaaaaa's gotta do!' in the shower.

Also, I think I am in love with the first commenter.

(makeshyft)

11:40AM - But what are your thoughts on sandvichs?

Now go figure, but I thought of you guys when I saw this.

Proof that even in an all male character game, some slash expectations.. just ain't happening.

(eleutheria)

7:38AM - looking for SF recs

I'm working on a SF original fiction idea right now (decided to file the serial numbers off my SW fanfic and RPG background), and I'm realizing that when it comes to SF profic, I'm at something of a loss. I've read widely in mystery and fantasy and I've watched a lot of SF TV and movies, but I haven't read many SF novels beyond spinoff novels for my two SF fandoms (Star Wars and Halo). I'm not a big hard SF person, the greater the focus on the tech and the science, the less interested I am.

So I'm interested in:
-what you'd recommend as an introduction to SF for people who don't read a lot of SF, including "hard SF for people who don't like hard SF"
-space opera
-social/cultural SF (the science interests me less than the politics of alien cultures, how being humans on an isolated planetary base influences their society/how they relate to each other, that kind of thing)
-anything with precursor races (especially where they're more of an influence than simply leaving behind cryptic artifacts) and anything with sentient planets

Thanks!

(hallidae)

10:57PM - Oh noes, another rec post.

'Sup, guys. I admit, I don't watch near as much anime as I used to (the last thing I watched beginning to end was Code Geass, and it was the only series I was bothering with at the time), and it just occurred to me that I might be missing out on some badass music because of this. Therefore, I need anime soundtrack and general Japanese pop/rock/rap recs. I'm not picky at all, if you liked it, I'll hunt it down and at least try it. The only thing I ask is no Yoko Kanno, because I already almost have a complete collection of her.

(purple_sammich)

10:37PM - RIP Lou Albano :(

Wrestler, personality Captain Lou Albano dies at 76

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As an avid Super Mario Bros. Super Show fan, this is very upsetting. :c

For you, Lou, I shall do the Mario.

(feenix)

10:08PM - This is not a Twilight post.

Or a rec post.

Instead...( hay guies beta plz )

(tez)

9:00AM - George Takei counts as fandom.

The fact that they would be appearing was noted earlier, but since it has come upon us...

George Takei and his husband will be appearing on the Newlywed Game tonight, October 13, at 6pm Eastern/Pacific time.

I am SO THERE.

ETA: AND THEY WON! AND IT WAS TOTALLY ADORABLE!

(platedlizard)

7:32PM - Red Dwarf to get tenth season?

Linky.

(mcity)

1:21PM - "These are the bandages of a killer!"

Penny Arcade gets ahead of the curve.

EDIT: Okay, maybe they're not ahead of it. Maybe the second point on the curve.

(platedlizard)

7:09PM

Is FF.net down for anyone else? Aaaaand it's back up.

(darksumomo)

4:08PM - Calling all 007 fans.

Dr. Shatterhand's Botanical Garden

I particularly recommend Moneypenny's Leaflets.