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franny ([info]franny) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2003-12-23 08:31:00
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Entry tags:bnf, elitism, fandom: harry potter

Keep an eye on this one
There's a new "inner circle" journal on LJ called The Foundation of HP Slash. It purports to be a way of helping everyone "discern the difference between BNFs and the little people. This will allow any random person or fandom newbie to check who he/she should follow, and who writes the best fiction. The lurker will then have a guide by simply checking out this journal's friends list."

This is bound to explode into wank any minute now. They're already lining up to say "But wait! I'm *not* a BNF!" And it should be very interesting to watch people recommending their favorite BNFs for inclusion. But my favorite part of it is the userinfo page, which makes it sound like the "BNFs" the journal follows are somehow part of it.


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[info]eyebrowofdoom
2003-12-23 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Surely this is an Act der Troll.*

Not that one puts anything past people, etc. But commenters thus far seemed mystified to have been added.


*faux fangirl foreign language

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[info]bitca
2003-12-23 04:21 pm UTC (link)
I think it's someone trying to stir up some wank. Or a Christmas joke.

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chaoskind
2003-12-23 06:35 pm UTC (link)
I have lived all my life under some centipede infested rocks (Germany and Denmark are these rocks), so will someone please explain: What is a BNF?_?

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(Anonymous)
2003-12-23 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Big Name Fan. Faux celebs of a fandom world.

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Re: - chaoskind, 2003-12-24 12:43 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2003-12-23 06:36 pm UTC (link)
But by perusing beingbnf's friends list I am instantly and conveniently apprised of the BNFs' opinion of said wank. I declare the journal a success!

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[info]sorchar
2003-12-23 06:54 pm UTC (link)
Looks to me like an attempt at parody/satire by some bitter person who doesn't even know most of the people on the friends list. But that's just me.

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[info]alpheratz
2003-12-23 06:54 pm UTC (link)
I'd point and laugh, but I found a screencap of oiled Faramir on that journal's friendslist.

...

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[info]bohicamouse
2003-12-23 07:37 pm UTC (link)
On my way! *zoom*

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(no subject) - [info]virago, 2003-12-23 08:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bitca, 2003-12-23 08:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mariagoner, 2003-12-23 10:29 pm UTC
Re: - [info]alpheratz, 2003-12-23 10:30 pm UTC

[info]oxydosic
2003-12-23 07:01 pm UTC (link)
For my own sanity i'm assuming it's a joke. "Welcome to HP fandom! Now, here's a list of people's stuff you should read. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THIS LIST. ALL OTHER WRITERS SUCK."

Uhhh...yeah.

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[info]rann
2003-12-23 07:24 pm UTC (link)
"You wouldn't want to associate with the wrong sort of wizards. I can help, there."
"I think I can spot the wrong sort for myself."

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-12-23 08:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]calluna, 2003-12-24 05:39 am UTC
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ataniell93
2003-12-23 07:42 pm UTC (link)
This amuses me because I used to be (still technically am) a moderator for the infamous HPSlash yahoogroup and only one of our past, present, and future mods is even on there, and some of the people who are on there, are not exactly known for their slash.

*yawn*

Of course neither am I, until recently, and how I ended up modding that group at the time when my best-known fic was Snape/OFC is kinda funny.

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[info]kijikun
2003-12-23 08:15 pm UTC (link)
*ahem* There all going to laugh at you! *points and laughs Nelson style from the simpsons* HaHa

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(no subject) - [info]gairid, 2003-12-24 05:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sparkysrevenge, 2003-12-25 09:03 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2003-12-23 08:32 pm UTC (link)
You know, I really don't care whether it's a troll or for real. It's just stupid. BNF status means nothing. I have lots of methods of picking what I read, and many times I go by various recs (http://www.livejournal.com/users/rusalka_reviews) journals (http://www.livejournal.com/users/nmrecs) on (http://www.livejournal.com/community/goodfic) LiveJournal, or on people's individual websites.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-12-23 08:59 pm UTC
No, really?! - [info]raisedbyhyenas, 2003-12-23 09:34 pm UTC
Re: No, really?! - [info]phosfate, 2003-12-23 09:56 pm UTC
Re: No, really?! - (Anonymous), 2003-12-24 02:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mariagoner, 2003-12-23 10:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-12-23 11:44 pm UTC

allen
2003-12-23 08:48 pm UTC (link)
I love how they claim that if you're not a Harry Potter BNF, you're not a BNF. Uh, welcome to the real world, folks. More than one fandom, enough wank for everyone.

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(no subject) - [info]starfish, 2003-12-24 06:18 am UTC

[info]redina
2003-12-23 08:59 pm UTC (link)
LOL! It's gotta be a joke... Although, you never know.

However, either she requested removal or Aja has been demoted to LNF by this journal.

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(no subject) - [info]machiavellian, 2003-12-23 09:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]redina, 2003-12-23 09:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kijikun, 2003-12-23 11:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]machiavellian, 2003-12-24 01:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]delcj, 2003-12-24 12:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darkrose, 2003-12-24 06:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ieatpeople, 2003-12-24 10:36 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-12-28 10:30 pm UTC
OT - [info]ruaki, 2003-12-24 07:00 am UTC

[info]embitca
2003-12-23 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Ahhahha. Best thing ever. This week was way too slow. Now I can wait for the wank to start.

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wizzard
2003-12-23 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Oh, it cracks me up to see so many people listed go on about not being a BNF. What's the false modesty law again?

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(no subject) - [info]redina, 2003-12-23 10:39 pm UTC

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(no subject) - [info]kijikun, 2003-12-24 03:11 am UTC

[info]psychoaddict
2003-12-24 01:42 am UTC (link)
Apparently this obsessed fangirl goes by one thing:

If she is mentioned in a BNF'S LJ that is mentioned in a BNF'S LJ that is recced by a small little girl who has a crush on a homosexual fanboy who is married to the priest who is cheating on him with the pope---then it's a BNF.

Yes, I figured it out, all by myself!

*gives self Tom*

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tocomfortyou
2003-12-24 05:33 am UTC (link)
Why don't we ever have any funny wank? I say it's about time the HP fandom got some tinhats of its own. Trolls and BNF wars are boring.

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(no subject) - justdigahole, 2003-12-24 05:56 am UTC

[info]squeakytoy
2003-12-24 05:46 am UTC (link)
Oh, you gotta love the BNFs that claim they're not.

"But I'm not a BNF! No, really I'm not! Really! I'm not!"

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-01-03 09:44 am UTC

[info]schoenschoen
2003-12-24 09:53 am UTC (link)
Okay, not sure if that's a troll or not *they seem too... dumb to be actually trolling O_o* but, *man* are they ever lame. "Hey, lookit these LJs, as they are the LJs of the fan authors you all know and love!" Uhh, right. Whatever.

And I can't believe people are still *replying* to these in all sincerity! Didn't [info]violator_lurks teach people *anything*?

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(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2003-12-24 07:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]schoenschoen, 2003-12-25 05:46 am UTC
Har-de-Har!
(Anonymous)
2003-12-24 11:12 am UTC (link)
I'm looking on this as my Christmas present!...there's too much possibility there for us who have to actually work over Christmas/New Year to WANK UPON! YAY!

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[info]erinmiran
2003-12-24 03:36 pm UTC (link)
Am I the only one who is SO TIRED of stupid newbies posting going "am I not a BNF? Add me! *whines* JK jk!!! :D :D :D :D" ON EVERY SINGLE 'FANDOM LURKER' JOURNAL BECAUSE HELLO, YOU ARE NOT JOKING. NOBODY KNOWS YOU, NOBODY REALLY CARES THAT NOBODY KNOWS YOU so go post a "u sux" post and cry your little prepubescent heart out because we all know that's what's going to happen.

-_-

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