Mock. Mockmockmock. Mockity-mock-mock

3:19am: There be wank here.
In the tradition of the current anonymous posting fad, nostalgia_lj invited everyone to "Say the thing you always wanted to say about fandom, but were scared of getting flamed for."

Buffy, Angel, SG1, Harry Potter, LJ... All the fandoms, all the wank.

Of course, you all probably know about it because you're all over there wanking your little hearts out.

I know I am.

4:39pm: Jane Austen is spinning in her grave
And I bet you thought that the Jane Austen fandom would be endlessly polite...

Hyacinth Gardens is a community dedicated to racier fanfics based on Jane Austen's novels and the adaptations thereof and it seems to be rather prone to wank (unlike some other communities in the fandom). Perhaps this is because HG attracts some of the more fatuous and self-absorbed authors who like to think of themselves as famous and above criticism.

One of the peculiarities of the fandom is that it is considered bad form to publicly criticise an author. Any feedback given must be positive, thus stifling any form of constructive criticism and creating a vacuum where authors' egos can run rampant.

( We're wanky, but we're polite with it )

6:03pm: Political ex-Wicked wank
Posting here, but might be more appropriate under political_wank. You make the call.

( I read in the NY Post today that Kristin Chenoweth is performing at Bush's inauguration later this month. That makes me like her less as a person )