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| Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_wank [ miss_padfoot ] |
6:38p | Implosion in Simworld! Boy, oh boy. May I present to you one of the most epic wanks ever to befall the Sims 2 community - the revolution involving Insimenator.net. Thanks to ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} simscribe (Devilfish) and simmiesworld for the writeups. I've just made a few minor tweaks.Be warned that this is a wank of epic proportions. It's hard to tell what happened when and who said what. I've given most attention to the facts that can be supported by screenshots. Hundreds of people were involved in this wank, everyone has their own opinions on it and events may or may not have occurred in the order described. ( Viva la Revolucion! ) Have fun! Current Mood: *thud* Current Music: my sister playing Mozart downstairs |
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fandom_lounge [ insanitys_place ] |
5:03p | RDR gets smart. I think we can now safely say that Lexicongate is finally over... to everyone's relief and satisfaction. |
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fandom_wank [ caito ] |
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| Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | ||
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fandom_wank [ the_sun_is_up ] |
10:02a | Mini-sized BSG wank Once upon a time, there was a BSG fan named starpollo who ran a Kara/Lee themed icon contest, karalee_ic. At some point she got burnt out on running the contest and announced that there would be no more rounds.Then some time between then and now, starpollo decided to go and delete the comm, a fact which was discovered by anastashial. Alarmed by the loss of all those K/L icons, anastashial sent a message to starpollo urging her to undelete the comm.However she also felt the need to announce this to the entire battlestar_blog community in a post that included a copypasta of her message to starpollo, a message I might add that smacks a little of fannish entitlement and self-importance.This goes over about as well as you'd expect. Small for the moment, but hopefully will grow. Edit: Good grief, the OP also posted the same post, complete with copypasta, to the sasa_hq comm. Somebody's awfully determined.Edit 2: And on beyond_insane as well. And that last link is likely to get especially wanky since starpollo herself has gotten involved. |
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fandom_lounge [ miraba ] |
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| Monday, December 1st, 2008 | ||
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titti |
5:46p |  The Primeval is still not finished, but at least I've written most of it, and I'm hoping to finish it soon. |
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fandom_lounge [ hallidae ] |
5:23p | We can haz fucking awesome scene composition, plzthnx? I'm surprised no one has mentioned this bit of awesome: Genndy Tartakovsky joins crew of Iron Man 2 as a storyboarder. |
| Saturday, November 29th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ jkefka ] |
3:36p | Charitable Schadenfreude So, many of you have probably heard of this or saw last year's, but I thought I'd share it all the same. Desert Bus for Hope is a charity event for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. It goes like this: They play the most monotonous video game ever, the legendary Desert Bus for a certain number of hours, with the number of hours based on the donations they get. The donations continue while they play, adding more time. Each hour costs more. They have live streams of the bus, the drivers, and a chat where you can talk to them. Every thousand dollars there's a bit of macrospam on the site in celebration. As of when I'm posting this, they've been playing for almost 22 hours, out of 101 currently paid for with over $13,000 in donations, and have one point, working on 2. Last year they got $22,800 and six points, the world record. They're looking to break both. It's good fun for us, torturous for them, and hey, if you're going to contribute to the suffering of others, might as well do it charitably. ETA: Well, they broke the important record. They just broke $25,000 and counting, committed to 110 hours, of which they've played about 64. They haven't gotten more than 6 points though. They keep crashing. ETA2: So Gabe and Tycho decided to match the next $10,000 that came in after about $25,500. Current count since the announcement? $5000 has already been donated, bringing them up to 30K and something like 113 hours. There will be at least $5000 coming from PA, probably more as more donations come in. The boys almost cried when Tycho called and told them about it. ETA3: PA's Operation: Infinite Bus has come and gone. The current total is over $51,000 and they're less than $200 away from 121 hours. Their suffering tastes like candy. Delicious, charitable candy. |
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painless_j |
9:41p | HikaGo recs. Vol. 2: Arboretum and Aja A Resolution of Territory, by Arboretum (has a sequel, A Pretty Good Year, but it's unavailable ATM) # Akira/Hikaru, NC-17, ~10K words. Brilliant all the way through and very amusing. While being highly advanced in Go and renown in the official Go world, Hikaru finds that he's very much behind in the areas of life that interest 'normal' teenagers the most. Namely, sex. Hikaru's Life-Changing Discoveries and Steps on the Way are accompanied with lots and lots of Go and relationship counselling from the unwilling Waya. That's the kind of fic that gives you real pleasure while you're reading and puts a happy smile on your face when you remember it. Awesome! Quote: They fight so loudly all the time eventually three different guests from three different countries all suggest imposing a restraining order on Hikaru. "No way," Hikaru and Touya say at the same time. Well, Hikaru says, "No way," and Touya stiffens up and says, "Absolutely not." Same thing, whatever. Waterloo, by Aja (bookshop) # Akira/Hikaru, PG-13, 8000 words. This story shows us a very interesting situation: Touya Jr. is on the brink of a victory which would better (much better) be a loss. One victory he's not ready for. Think of him and you'll know which victory it is. The way it's shown to us is, while not unheard of, interesting. Aja reveals necessary details one by one so that we construct the whole picture from them gradually. It's not a puzzle though, nor is it an annoying formal trick. Instead, it lets us connect to the characters and their emotions slowly and the more inevitably the more we learn. Wonderful piece, masterfully written and very intense. It will make you love the pairing and Go even more: how they work, what things mean between them, what the game is for them, what secrets they harbour and how those affect them, everything. Wonderful! |
| Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ napalmnacey ] |
2:12a | Does anyone here watch The IT Crowd? It's a very, very funny show that's on British TV and is currently in its third season. The second episode aired tonight and I laughed so hard, I nearly broke something. Here's the link of the new episode. This has been an incredibly funny series. That there episode? Pushed it into "legendary" status for me. Apparently a lot of other people feel the same way. Just wondering if any of my favourite wankas share this special love? Current Mood: Amazed |
| Friday, November 28th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ onyxnoir ] |
11:26p | Nooooooooooooooooo WTF? Why would you do this to Batman? |
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fandom_wank [ wtf ] |
5:49p | "So long, suckers!" Zac, aka Anime News Network's Answerman, has announced his retirement in the form of an epic flounce. As a crusty old douchenozzle myself, I gotta say - I LOL'd. |
| Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | ||
| sinick | 9:56p | m33m sh33page I swear I didn't cheat. Cross my nonexistent heart. Your rainbow is slightly shaded black. What is says about you: You are a powerful person. You appreciate mystery. You may meet people who are afraid of you. Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com. |
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fandom_lounge [ luthe ] |
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| Friday, November 28th, 2008 | ||
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painless_j |
3:10a | HP rec: Yearning, by Mandy (Snape/Harry, NC-17, EWE) Yearning, by Mandy (geneticallydead) # Snape/Harry (Harry/Ginny mentioned), NC-17, novella, EWE. Summary: Harry buries Snape at Godric's Hollow. As he was in life, so he would be in death. Alone. But not forgotten. When I saw this fic posted in the snape_potter comm, I immediately spammed my friends with squeeful emails. One would think that I should have read the fic first, right? But whether it was going to be wonderful or a disappointment, it was an event anyway because this is the Mandy who wrote Möbius 2.5 years ago, her first and only posted HP fic until now and the story that is still among my most favourite HP fics of any pairing, the riveting, highly original one (what? haven't read it? run, don't walk!). So was Yearning a disappointment? Not at all! I'd even say "Of course not" but that would lead me along the twisted path of babbling about writing in general which I'm unwilling to do at the moment. To avoid spoilers, let me put it like this: don't let the summary frighten you off. This is by no means a fluffy fic but it's not a tearjerker. It's serious and gritty or unpleasant sometimes -- don't forget who are the main characters here. Which main characters are written really, really wonderfully here. But what I like even more in this story is that it's full of small things that stick to your memory and that make you see very vivid images. To name a few: how Hermione nearly but not quite looks down to check if she leaks milk; how flakes of dead skin are suspended in the air after said skin is dried off with a towel; what grass under fingers feels like, etc. Lots and lots of them. Really wonderful story! Go read if you missed it! |
| Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ supersyncspaz7 ] |
11:42a | in case you missed it... The entire country was Rickrolled during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Current Mood: Spiffy |
| Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_wank [ gusty ] |
9:46p | A little Thanksgiving-themed wank for those celebrating the holiday! And heck, I guess those who don't can enjoy it too. I'd like to think of myself as a fair gal. So Furaffinity, a website for furry-themed art, changed its top banner for the holiday. Rather than the usual theme for these sorts of things like some character chasing a turkey/a bunch of people sitting down to a meal/a disappointed dude watching the Lions lose game number 5 million, they decide to instead go a different route. Namely by having their two mascot characters laying on a couch looking morbidly obese. On the original artist's upload there are both positive and negative comments along with much proclaiming that their fetish is NOT OK. Within minutes there are many journals on the subject. Some displaying total disgust about the subject manner while others tell everyone to (pun intended) lighten up. In one journal the head of the site, Dragoneer, mocks the people who are complaining about the banner: "Thousands of angry furries who can not take a joke are lining up!" He also edits the news post announcing the banner change to have what is supposed to be a link to a forum post discussing the subject, but is instead our old friend the Rickroll. There IS an actual discussion thread in the forums however, with the title "New Banner is tastless and disgusting". The poster of this thread, Rilvor, wants to start a petition to have the banner removed. Rilvor: "I would like to start a petition to have it removed. That banner makes me physically ill every time I see it. I do not appreciate having such content in this fandom, which I make a point to avoid, thrust into my face." The thread so far contains five pages of arguing over whether the banner is disgusting or not and people reminding others that it's only going to be up for 24 hours. ETA: Thanksgiving is over, and as expected, the banner is gone. However journals about it continue to appear! "All this pissing and moaning about the banner. I like the banner. I don't like the banner. Journals and forums and fucking petitions. You know what? People in DR Congo and Somalia are being attacked by rape gangs and war lords, their families are being murdered. People in North Korea are starving to death on the street. Massive terrorist attack in India. Etc." |
| sinick | 6:42p | Snucius drabble by torino10154The lovely torino10154 took prompts for drabbles to celebrate 200 mutual friends with kabal42.As is becoming a habit of mine when other people have already requested Snarry, I asked her for Snape/Lucius, with the prompt "ambition". She's delivered a nicely adult glimpse into Lucius' mind, New Recruit |
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fandom_lounge [ jar ] |
6:49p | LJ appears to be down. Or is it just me? Right when I was doing something important, too. (Comment fic is important, it really is). [ETA]: It's back for me! |
| Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ esclaramonde ] |
9:39p | Twilight I see that there have been many posts about Twilight lately! I'd just like to point out that I created a comm a little while ago, ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} sparklefield, which is not part of the F_W network and is therefore not mandatory, but might keep people from getting fed up from an overload of Twilight-related posts. |
| Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | ||
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painless_j |
2:28a | HikaGo recs. Vol. 1: Pru and Mirabella New fandom, new fandom, yay! I don't know how long I will spend reading HikaGo fiction or anything but I'm going to dip my toes in it, most definitely. Because I'm not ready to say goodbye to these characters. Oh no, not ready at all! Expect a squeeful rec of Hikaru No Go manga and anime from me soon when I make the jumble of thoughts, emotions, and impressions in my head into some sort of a coherent whole. For now though, my first HikaGo recs. I've read only four fics so far and liked them all. What amazed me was that they had very different characterisation of the same characters, but all of them were absolutely believable. I loved it! The Relative Value of Things series, by rageprufrock # Ogata/Shindou, some Touya/Shindou, NC-17, series of short fics. It so happened that the first ever HikaGo fic I read was Ogata/Shindo. Not my first pairing of choice but I certainly don't object, and this is why I love Pru's writing. A writer like her can turn you to any pairing, tested and proved by pj. Because I loved Remus/Sirius fics of hers in HP fandom and I don't even like Remus/Sirius. The same happened here. The story grabs you, makes you see with Ogata's eyes (3d person), and just try not to like him -- or him paired with Shindou! Scorchingly hot, too. You feel the air charged with desires, covet glances sliding past you from one incredibly intense guy to another, rivalry, jealousy, and victories. Absolutely wonderful! Inertia, by rageprufrock # Touya/Shindou, Touya/OFC, NC-17, oneshot. Summary: Touya has always been a quiet, mature child. Touya Akira is married and has a baby. Can you imagine it? How do you see it? Myself, I now can see it only like in this fic! It's perfect. Yes, yes, I believe that this is exactly what Touya's adult life must look like. 'Cos come on, does he even know anything about life except Go? Is he even aware of anything besides Go, well, and Shindou. Or is it Shindou and Go? Anyway, the story is absolutely wonderful. Angsty and funny in turn, and moving. And the writing is better than Hikaru's Go <-- forgive me, I couldn't resist my first Go pun :) Issues, by Mirabella (or here, locked) # Shindou/Touya, PG-13, short. Summary: Five things about Shindou, Touya, and sex. By request. This is, IMO, what good writing is about. I don't like "five things" kind of stories but couldn't help liking this one. Hikaru is having a rather belated sexual identity crisis. The story, or five scenes more precisely, is/are built around it. Amusing, moving, spot-on in characterisation and the details chosen to speak instead of large blocks of text, and pushing all the right buttons. I can only call storytelling like this elegant. Quote: It actually takes Shindou a long time to realize that he has Issues. He's got Go and manga and the occasional pick-up basketball game and he jerks off in a sort of desultory way, and it takes Akari yelling at him to get him to realize that when you're eighteen years old, have a successful career, and live on your own, you're really a long way past the point in your life where you should be convinced that girls have cooties. The Art of New Games, by Mirabella # Touya/Shindou, PG-13, short. Summary: Touya really doesn't think his clothes are all that bad. Shindou and photographers disagree. Touya wouldn't really care, except that there are advantages to humoring Shindou once in a while. The story addresses Touya's fashion sense (lavender suit OMGDEAD). Amusing and so charged with teenage hormones (and awkwardness) that I was really surprised to recall after reading it that it hadn't been rated NC-17. Wonderful! Quote: "There is nothing wrong with that suit," Akira says between his teeth. Shindou gives him a Look and rummages in his backpack. "Touya, there are so many things wrong with that suit that finding them all should unlock a secret level. When I get the Honinbou title I'm going to burn it as a present to myself." Ah, now to find and read some fabulous Sai/Hikaru! And Isumi/Hai Yang or Isumi/Shindou. Thank you all for the recs, guys! |
| Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ caito ] |
11:20p | His hair is like an anus that way 'Twilight' vampire Pattinson considers stakes of fame Q: What is all this talk about you not washing your hair for months on end? |
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fandom_lounge [ mariem_1 ] |
7:55a | SVA gave a new interview, in which he spoke about Lexicongate in details and claimed that he had been misled, misrepresented etc. - Steve Vander Ark wants an agreement with J.K. Rowling. |
| Monday, November 24th, 2008 | ||
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painless_j |
1:33p | HP and PSOH rec: And Then It Bit Him, by who_la_hoop (Snape/Count D) And Then It Bit Him, by who_la_hoop # Snape/Count D, PG-13, ~10K words. HP/PSoH crossover. Warnings: Epilogue-compliant for HP, but with live!Snape; contains a massive spoiler for PSoH Volume 10. Summary: When Snape's first Animagus transformation doesn't go entirely as expected, he finds himself plagued by a mysterious being, who – in the company of a pet man-eating goat thing – proceeds to thoroughly turn his life upside down. A/N: painless_j's prompt asked for Snape's first Animagus transformation, and Snape and Count D discovering unexpected magical worlds and clashing personalities with gusto. I'm one happy fan now 'cos not only has my prompt from way back been picked but the story who_la_hoop made out of it is absolutely delightful! Severus in it is a bit less paranoid than how I see him but I think it's stylistic or genre requirement rather than characterisation issue. Which style is humorous: maybe it won't make you guffaw but it's hard not to smile or even chuckle. I want to quote it here almost line by line, especially dialogues. Like here: He was shorter than Severus by some inches, and when he looked up into Severus' face, Severus noticed that his eyes were different colours – neither of them natural looking in the slightest. "What are you?" Severus asked, tensing. "I am known as Count D," the man said, a half-smile on his lips. "What are you?" Severus felt marginally more certain that he was talking to a man. He also felt marginally more irritated. What sort of a way was that to answer a question? "I am Professor Snape," he said, scowling down at the enigma in front of him. Legilimens he thought, focusing hard. For a moment he was pulled into a dazzling, incomprehensible slide-show of images – before a sharp, sudden pain on his cheek shoved him back out. He blinked, raising a hand to his face. He was bleeding. "My apologies," Count D said. Severus thought he didn't look very sorry. "Is it not normal to knock before entering?" Severus frowned at him. A Muggle would not have been able to detect Legilimency. He felt strongly though that this Count, or whatever he was, was no wizard. "You didn't answer my question," he said, finally. "What are you?" Count D licked delicately at one finger. Severus shuddered when he realised he was licking a drop of blood – Severus' own blood – from it. "I own a pet shop," he said. "What are you?" Severus reached for his wand again. "Tired of this," he said. "Oblivi—" Wonderful reading! If you are into PSOH at all, head there! |
| Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ heartsalliance ] |
8:23p | With only hours left until the offer expires, Dr. Pepper's website is down/crashing and I don't have my coupon yet. I even called the number they have on the site and all I get is a busy signal. >:( ETA: From the website - "Everyone in America has until 6 PM EST on Monday, November 24 to get a free 20 oz. Dr Pepper"
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