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	charabok 2003-08-31 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	Because nothing makes you elite like being able to answer deep, intellectual, searching questions like "Who [what, surely?] would your animagus be?" and "What's your favourite scene in the movies?" It's like the personality section of a beauty pageant for fen. (Reply to this)

	dawnswalker 2003-08-31 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	"_#_if you had the opportunity to ask J.K. Rowling one question, what would that question be? -" Dear Ms. Rowling, Does your fandom make you cry yourself to sleep at night? Sincerely, Arcian Dawnswalker (Reply to this)

	hugsnkisses 2003-08-31 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	Bwha, these people crack me up. Less mean means more passive aggressiveness, yes? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	arabel 2003-08-31 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, just less of a sense of humour. (no, I didn't think that was possible either) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	limyaael 2003-08-31 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, Harry Potter fandom. Where people are judged on their language and their answers to random questions, and the fandom is so wide you can find almost anything to suit your tastes. All that's missing is a sense of irony. (Reply to this)

	jar 2003-08-31 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	I'm really tempted to fill in their application form very sarcastically and see if they take it ~~siriusly~~ seriously. (Reply to this)

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dafnap
2003-08-31 06:09 pm UTC (link)

maybe you'll be smarter and become a better fan :D.

...and maybe you shouldn't use ":D" when trying to come off snobby and in-duh-lectual, 'cause you just look stupid.

And capitalization? It's your friend, it helps you to sound smart and elite and shit.

And being "elite" from "potterabes" (stupid, stupid word, jesus, it doesn't even sound mean, it just sounds like a fucking sports drink)?

Just makes you sad.

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	Re: and maybe... pradaloz 2003-08-31 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	And capitalization? It's your friend, it helps you to sound smart and elite and shit. No no no. The truly elite don't need proper capitalization. Or proper ellipses. Tangentially, what exactly is this ".." thing supposed to mean? I see it everywhere in online fandom circles. It's more than a period, and it's not quite and ellipsis. It's a perillipsis! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: and maybe... eljuno 2003-08-31 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	But the problem is that "perillipsis" sounds like some horrible face-rotting disease you'd get from South American fish or anteaters or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: and maybe... dafnap 2003-08-31 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	I think I have three there, lemme go back and count... squints eyes one...two...three... Yeah, it's an ellipsis... but perhaps the perillipsis is a typo? Or a quirky new dance move sweeping the nation? Dude, and the icon? Mucho with the coolage? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	ciceronianus 2003-08-31 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	I think the application bits about the films are trick questions - if you even have a favourite song from the pictures you mustn't be elite enough. After all, you like the films and think DAn RaDClIFFfFf is SoooOOO HAWTTttttt. (Reply to this)

lucky13
2003-08-31 09:24 pm UTC (link)

I was bored, so I posted an application just to see if I could make it in... Apparently I am not 1337 enough to be a 1337z0rz comm member. Someone give me comfort sex. XD

My favorite part of this, though, is how some people reject applications because they're "clichéd"... because, you know, if one person states an opinion, everyone else who states the same opinion must be a copying poseur. Damn those Harry Potter plagiarists. X3;

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	bitchysmurf 2003-08-31 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. They're so elite no one I've ever heard of is part of their group... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	fandom_bitch 2003-08-31 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	I noticed the same thing. I'd so not make it in myself, because after question three, I'd just make shit up to mock them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	arabel 2003-09-01 01:00 am UTC (link)
	But...but...they told me being in there would make me a better fan! sobs (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lulinda 2003-08-31 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Snooooooooort! Maybe they should join forces with antiplebe. Hahahahahaahaahaha! (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2003-09-01 09:36 am UTC (link)
	Are you all really this bored to sit around and discuss another community? Sad.. truly, truly tragic. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sorchar 2003-09-01 10:43 am UTC (link)
	That's one of the oldest putdowns in the book, and one of the lamest. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	sorchar 2003-09-01 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	And you know what's really tragic? The fact that you people insist on dismembering the poor ellipsis. What did he ever do to you, that you insist on chopping off an entire third of his body? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2003-09-01 09:47 am UTC (link)
	doesn't seem like you lot are much different (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sorchar 2003-09-01 10:43 am UTC (link)
	That's because you're not loooooking hard enough. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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(Anonymous)
2003-09-01 08:10 pm UTC (link)

*sniffle*
I don't have a Journalfen account, so I must post anonymously. I go by Tviokh over on livejournal; arabel, don't you dare deny knowing me! ;)
Heh, I'll probably get my ass kicked out of the community for this one, but it seems that 95% of the community is nothing but applications.
Very little real discussion actually happens.
The few that have have been pretty good, but honestly, I get the same thing over in the Purebloods and Mudbloods communities.

I also get a kick out of the one certain user who claims to vehemently hate fangirls, yet will tell people 'no' if they say they don't like slash or her personal favorite pairings. That sounds pretty fangirlish to me. :D

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(Anonymous)
2003-09-02 12:55 am UTC (link)

Pretty much all the discussions that go on over there are ones that you find on hptheories, sane_potter, parryhotter, and the likes.

I got bored enough to shake things up and post an application in character... which got accepted to my surprise... but when my friend decided to do the same- they get bitchy with her.

This entire new application thing with the latest "troll" has almost made me think of the people there as nothing but uptight people. I mean honestly... can people joke around without getting their arse bitten off?

Oh well... whatever. If you make a comm like that you should expect to get wanked and expect trolls. It's the internet. Take it with a grain of salt, laugh, and move on.

- Michelle [orlystar]

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eljuno
2003-09-02 09:02 am UTC (link)
Holy...you aren't over here, Tviokh? I always assumed you were one of us (OneofUS! OneofUS!) I see you over on lj communities all the time.

You want a code? I got them coming out of my ears, and I consider it righting an injustice...
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arabel
2003-09-02 02:52 pm UTC (link)
Deny knowing you? I am honoured to associate with such snark! *bows* ~_^

I had reasonably high hopes that the comm would be fun, but as you say, it's mostly applications. The response to the 'in character' apps had me baffled as well - I've always enjoyed a little bit of role playing in snarky communities, and some people just seem a leetle highly strung. The members who use netspeak and fangirl all over the place in any case cracked me up - and convinced me to post this stuff here. ^_^
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