Mock. Mockmockmock. Mockity-mock-mock

12:10am: Camp Fuck You Die is a crack RPG which doesn't take itself all that seriously. When harukami brings up a point about character activity coordination in the OOC branch, however, sarahtheboring - with her RP journal rational_shadow - doesn't really get it and thinks - again - she's being referred to and brings - again - up how uninvolved she is and how difficult it is to get involved with the "elite" circles of the RP.

People are understandably - considering it's the fourth or fifth time for her to do that - tired and react snappish and annoyed. She replies, pitying herself. Cue to wank. Replies have since been frozen, but it's still an entertaining read into an insane a weird person's mind.

I mostly stood on the sidelines, but right now I feel like cracking out the world's tiniest violin for her poor shrink. Sob. Woe. Emo. And all that.

Disclaimer: Technically I'm involved with my RP journal but since STB was wanked at least twice before - and once in the same community, too - I figured you'd get first dibs anyway. Have fun.

ETA: Aaaaaand she's gone

12:17pm: Browncoats Wank
Browncoats, for those of you who don't know, are fans of the cancelled series Firefly and the soon-to-be-released movie Serenity. Nathan Fillion, aka Captain Mal, is the star of said movie and somewhat of a geek himself.

Recently, the first comic book in a three-comic series bridging the gap between the TV show and the movie was released, with three variant covers. They sold out quickly and are going into a second printing.

Our Captain (what? I'm a Browncoat, too.) had a bad experience at an Edmonton comic book shop when he went to get a copy of the Mal cover for his mother and discovered that the cover price had been marked up.

( The post, in full )
Some fans rationally debate whether Nathan went too far in posting his rant to the Internet and including the name of the shop. Some say that this particular shop has a reputation for treating customers badly, and they're getting what they deserve. Some call or email the shop to complain.

Another local comic shop chimes in.

An employee at the shop posts about the fans' reactions. The wank flows.

Edited for clarity: Nathan Fillion's post may or may not have been wanky (I'm inclined to say no, myself, but I'm a fan and therefore biased) but the real wank explodes at ivica's journal.

4:45pm: Metrocon: When Sore Losers Attack!
Looks like we have a Brakus-in-Training on our hands.

Scandia makes a forum post at the Org asking if anyone else has been truly scared by an AMV before. As an example of what s/h/it means, s/h/it cites IcyCloud's Yami no Matsuei AMV that won best comedy at Metrocon 05, claiming that it "OMGZOFFENDEDHER!!!11one!" and that the mere thought of the video is enough to induce a panic attack (which makes me wonder whether s/h/it has ever experienced an actual panic attack, but anyway).

The response is very much Not Amused.

Tiny, but tasty. Enjoy!

9:16pm: Because there can never be too much HP wank. Oh, wait....THERE CAN.
A Harry/Ginny fansite, the oddly-titled Sink Into Your Eyes* (or SIYE), has instituted an "obscenity ban", which somehow has to do with JKR's agents and Janet Jackson's breast. Yeah, I don't know, either.

LaFeeMechante, aka ginny_weasley, receives an e-mail from one of the site maintainers, Lord Somethingorother, that contains pointless emoticons and plenty of condescension :). Ginny_weasley is not happy. Cue petition.

Keep repeating after me...one more book. Just one.



* Frankly, all that name does is make me have a flashback to being very drunk in a bathroom and being unable to keep my balance. Just sayin'.

11:03pm: Small and tidy HP miniwank
Honestly? This is barely a wank. A wanklet. If not for the outraged cries of the devoted Harry Potter fans, this would have been just a series of amusing articles in the media.

The Time Magazine interviews JK Rowling and manages to make a number of inaccurate statements about the fantasy genre and fantasy writers.

BBC comments on Terry Pratchett's rather sarcastic letter to the Sunday Times that pokes fun at inaccurate reporting and, rather cheekily, at JKR Herself.

Little wank so far, until we get to the comments on Leaky Cauldron. Apparently Pratchett is just jealous of JKR's fame and fortune!

Thank you, Neil Gaiman, for putting things in perspective again.

Edit: And the same sad song over at MuggleNet. Also, thanks to also_not_a_pipe, a link to the wank from the other side.

Revenge of the edit: From the blog of diane_duane comes Pterry's response. [Insert some rather OT Rihannsu-flavoured squee, because, well, Diane Duane.]