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Megolas ([info]megolas) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-03-10 14:37:00


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Current mood:bitter, much?
Current music:Pulp Fiction - Pulp Fiction Theme

Is it wank if the show doesn't exactly exist yet?
I bring you future wank! Proof that you don't even have to have anything concrete, like a actual episode, to be wanked!

So, Dominic Monaghan has that pilot that he's filming for ABC called 'Lost'. The pilot script has been bought and they want the next six episode scripts too. Plus, with JJ Abrams at the wheel, it's unlikely to be a hideous flop, but I digress.

There's fan interest so Mcee sets up two communities for the show, one is for news and the other one is for fic of the rpf and fpf kind. This is of the good. She also posts a little note to a Dom/Orlando community she moderates as a heads up.

Wank ensuses. Garbarella gets all snitty and decides that Mcee has only set it up because she's trying to be the first one on the fandom bandwagon. Mcee replies and points out that not everything in fandom is a popularity contest and she's hardly holding a gun to their heads and making them join. Garbarella goes silent (for the time being). Then Autotomy chips in to say that she agrees and that Mcee is trying to force a 'Lost' slash community hierarchy on the fandom. Other people bring the smackdown on Gabarella and Autotomy in a 'wtfeth!? is wrong with fannish interest and who pissed on your cheerios?' way.

Because you know, heaven forbid you have fannish interest in an actor and might want to support any of their future activities by setting up somewhere to store news and any fanfic that pops up.

It's a small wank but it the possiblities of further wank are ripe if the fandom really kicks off.



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[info]mirabellawotr
2004-03-10 05:14 pm UTC (link)
Jesus fuck, and I thought I was a jaded, bitter old fandom queen. I bow before the people who think the only reason to set up a community is to secure your position in some sort of BNF arms race.

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[info]megolas
2004-03-10 05:21 pm UTC (link)
You and me both. I might have to hand in my BOFQ toaster because obviously I Am Not Worthy of it anymore.

Of all my years in fandom, I don't think I've ever been in a fandom quite like Lotrips (and it's offshoots.) It's mind boggling.

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[info]endoftime
2004-03-10 06:51 pm UTC (link)
I am a BOFQ and I bow to the bitterness in this bunch. Entitlement issues, much?

Crikey!

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[info]mariagoner
2004-03-10 06:53 pm UTC (link)
BNF arms race, eh? Nobody does them better than the HP online community.

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[info]rann
2004-03-10 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Indeed, you gotta love the "When I do it, it's just for teh fans, when you do it, OMG ATTENTION-WHORE!" mentality.

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[info]littletort
2004-03-11 06:50 am UTC (link)
BNF arms race *snerk* it's the Cold War of the 21st century.

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[info]els_chan
2004-03-10 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Holy crap. That's all I can say. Holy crap. How stupid can people be?

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[info]eiviiaru
2004-03-10 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Not that this isn't teh funney, but I personally cannot stop laughing at the name "dorli." It's an RPS pairing and the frilly thing under your candy dish!

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[info]megolas
2004-03-10 05:29 pm UTC (link)
Omg, you have a Puma Man M3KST icon! :sings: "Puma Man, he flies like a mooooron..." My favourite episode ever. It had that guy from James Bond in a shiny gold jacket! /end icon squee.

You mean a dollie? 'cause skip the candy bowl, I'll have them under the candy, please. :g:

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(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-03-10 10:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rowan, 2004-03-11 09:49 am UTC
Puma Man - [info]gairid, 2004-03-10 11:17 pm UTC
Re: Puma Man - [info]eiviiaru, 2004-03-11 02:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]yadda, 2004-03-11 01:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2004-03-11 01:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pirotess, 2004-03-11 02:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2004-03-11 03:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rowan, 2004-03-11 09:48 am UTC

[info]sesana
2004-03-10 06:31 pm UTC (link)
We have a new record for quickest fandom to be wanked! Some people's children.

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[info]mariagoner
2004-03-10 06:52 pm UTC (link)
I really have to grope feel for all the actors (and especially the hobbits!) of the LOTR movies. The wank really is going to follow them around for the rest of their lives...

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[info]judyhazeleyes
2004-03-10 06:54 pm UTC (link)
yeesh. now that's what i call touchy.

who wants to lay their bets that the wankers involved are bitter that they didn't think of it first? ;D

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[info]mariagoner
2004-03-10 07:07 pm UTC (link)
Hell, I'm bitter I didn't think of that. I could have had so much fun!

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[info]mcee_squared
2004-03-10 07:11 pm UTC (link)
seriously, this has to be some kind of record.

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[info]machiavellian
2004-03-10 07:39 pm UTC (link)
My favourite comment was where it was suggested that this person actually write something to secure their place in the fandom hierarchy. Gotta love it.

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[info]janegraddell
2004-03-10 08:02 pm UTC (link)
I admit, I'm usually the first to gnash my teeth and mutter in a BOFQ-ish way when fans start writing stories about a show that hasn't even aired (mostly because I'm a canon/characterization whore and it's hard to get those right before, you know, they exist), but even I'm not so jaded and bitter that I assume merely creating a discussion/fic group for a show--in which people are already, apparently, showing interest--is for some subtle Machiavellian fannish power grab.

Because you know, heaven forbid you have fannish interest in an actor and might want to support any of their future activities by setting up somewhere to store news and any fanfic that pops up.

Yep. And given the size of the Lotrips fandom, I'd be darn surprised if there wasn't already some RPF to put there. :)

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[info]iczer6
2004-03-10 08:18 pm UTC (link)
I admit, I'm usually the first to gnash my teeth and mutter in a BOFQ-ish way when fans start writing stories about a show that hasn't even aired

I know what you mean. Nothing wrong with enthusiasm but I think it'd be better to wait and make sure said show doesn't suck like a nuclear powered hoover.

That and I it would suck to be stuck modding a community dedicated to a show you hate.

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(no subject) - [info]janegraddell, 2004-03-11 05:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sagralisse, 2004-03-11 06:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcee_squared, 2004-03-11 08:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sagralisse, 2004-03-11 11:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]starkeymonster, 2004-03-10 10:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]acari, 2004-03-11 02:53 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-03-10 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Obviously she's being a thoughtless cunt, just like Dom.

/ for the sarcasm impaired.

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(no subject) - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2004-03-10 08:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cesare, 2004-03-10 08:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2004-03-10 08:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cesare, 2004-03-10 09:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2004-03-10 09:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2004-03-10 09:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcee_squared, 2004-03-10 09:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cesare, 2004-03-10 09:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]esorlehcar, 2004-03-11 01:05 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2004-03-11 06:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]a_sockpuppet, 2004-03-11 06:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fl_watermelon, 2004-03-15 06:31 am UTC

rum_tum_tum
2004-03-10 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Oh, Lordy. But seriously though. People are whining and wanking over it already? If there were already a record set under a category such as "Quickest Wank To Appear Over A Fandom That Hasn't Really Officially Begun Just Yet" in the Guinness Book of World Records, then this would've broken it. I fear that this will only get worse and wankier as time passes.

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(no subject) - [info]eiviiaru, 2004-03-11 03:00 am UTC

[info]sillywalks
2004-03-11 01:09 am UTC (link)
Exclamation mark!

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YES! More Python! - [info]singe, 2004-03-11 01:50 am UTC
Re: YES! More Python! - [info]sillywalks, 2004-03-11 04:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2004-03-11 02:46 am UTC

[info]miracalix
2004-03-11 01:54 am UTC (link)
That's it, I'm going to start a fandom community for hypothetical lotr news/pairings - things people might possibly star in with some other random people perhaps someday in the future - that way I can be first at everything omg.

Aside from that, yay new Dom-related community. </fangirl checking in>

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(no subject) - [info]cleolinda, 2004-03-11 02:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miracalix, 2004-03-11 02:59 am UTC
Re: - [info]cleolinda, 2004-03-11 03:00 am UTC
Re: - [info]miracalix, 2004-03-11 03:04 am UTC
Re: - [info]cleolinda, 2004-03-11 03:05 am UTC
Like a distraction, maybe? - [info]skijg, 2004-03-11 08:16 am UTC
Re: Like a distraction, maybe? - [info]vanilla_tiger, 2004-03-11 12:41 pm UTC
Re: Like a distraction, maybe? - [info]skijg, 2004-03-11 08:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sewingmyfish, 2004-03-11 09:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kindest_demon, 2004-03-11 03:01 pm UTC

tocomfortyou
2004-03-11 02:52 am UTC (link)
OMG!!liek!LOLomgwtfOPPRESSION!!!

"I didn't know we had a BNF. I thought we were a new fandom."
"You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the het shippers -"
"Oh there you go, bringing ship into it again."

"Random women surfing LiveJournal forming communities is no basis for a hierarchy of fandom. Supreme BNFdom derives from a mandate from the fangirls, not from some enthusiastic, well-intentioned gesture!"
"Be quiet!"
"Well you can't expect to wield supreme omnipotent power just 'cause some inspired fangirls liked your idea!"
"Shut up!"
"I mean, if I went around sayin' you were a BNF just because some excited fans had joined your community, they'd put me away!"

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(no subject) - [info]singe, 2004-03-11 03:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]meatfight, 2004-03-11 04:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sillywalks, 2004-03-11 04:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]musette, 2004-03-11 08:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kindest_demon, 2004-03-11 03:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2004-03-11 03:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sagralisse, 2004-03-11 06:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - rama_snark, 2004-03-12 12:50 am UTC

[info]evilgmbethy
2004-03-11 04:41 am UTC (link)
Awww, it makes me all warm and squishy inside to see, for the first time, someone from my LJ friends list starting her own wank.

*wipes away a tear*

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(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2004-03-11 10:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]evilgmbethy, 2004-03-13 08:47 am UTC

[info]birdoffire
2004-03-11 05:55 am UTC (link)
Heh. This is going to be one hell of a record to beat.

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(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-03-11 04:58 pm UTC
Re: - [info]birdoffire, 2004-03-12 04:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-03-14 01:43 am UTC

[info]sagralisse
2004-03-11 07:01 pm UTC (link)
Damn. If it was me (and I've set up my share of communities), I'd be all "Suck my cubes, bitch. You snooze, you lose."

But sometimes I'm not very diplomatic.

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