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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
fandom_lounge [ j_crew_guy ]	9:24a	Han Solo was a furry?!?! Han Solo originally had a Wookiee wife. Screenwriter Lenny Ripps (Star Wars Holiday Special): What was interesting to me was that Lucas started talking about Star Wars as if it was a real world. He said things like "Well, you know Han Solo is married to a Wookiee. but we can't say that." Now that was 20 years ago [in 1998], so my memory may be wrong. According to starwars.com's Ross Plesset, however, his memory is surprisingly good: As outrageous as Ripps's recollection sounds, there is evidence supporting it. Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses. Proft also remembers learning that Han was raised by Wookiees, which is verified on pages 46 & 131 of Laurent Bouzereau's Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays. (15 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ 50ft_queenie ]	12:23p	I have a friend who is quite new to fandom and like me, is a total masochist. This is where you guys come in. I need some badfic. Horrible, yet hilarious Mary-Sues, inaccurate and terrifying sex scenes or just plain crazy pairings. EVERYTHING IS WELCOME. Especially the Care Bear fic where one of them contracts HIV and another bear says, "Jesus-Bear is punishing us." I will give my first born to whoever finds that. LJ links preferably, since we're both intending to save every link to our memories to pull out on a rainy day, but if there's none, then we'll make do. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ mariem_1 ]	1:03p	Twilightmoms.com now has a movie review forum and a movie discussion forum. Here is some gold from "I didn't like it" thread: ( Read more ) (22 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 21st, 2008
daily_snitch [ saraannette ]	8:46p	The Daily Snitch: Friday, 21 November 2008 Actors and Movies: Richard Griffiths to attend Macy's Herald Square Tree Lighting New photos of Emma Watson at Somerset House Ice Rink tree-lighting ceremony New Dan Radcliffe interview in the Daily Mail (scroll down) Challenges: hermionesirius has announced the 2008 Christmas challenge. Communities: sbhg_awards is a new awards community for Sirius/Hermione fanworks. The fic and art at snarry_holidays has been rehosted and is once again available to view. Discussions: suntzu_s asks Who do you ship Neville with, and why? News: Amazon Germany is giving away ten signed copies of Tales of Beedle the Bard JKR talks critics, fans, and shippers Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ cleolinda ]	1:53p	I just... I don't even know what to say. Teen wins 'Twilight' car on 'Tyra Banks Show.' The Vampire Volvo. In a pie-eating contest. While Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner watch in disbelief. No video yet. Also, here be sparkling, although you can't see anything worth a damn. Warning: not safe for brains. ETA: Finally, Pattinson agrees to bite someone. (OMG VIDEO) (139 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ also_not_a_pipe ]	12:13a	Twilight gets its greasy little claws everywhere, doesn't it? I was listening to NPR on the way home from work today, and "Marketplace" of all things had a story about Twilight. Specifically about how Twilight is, shockingly enough, causing a huge boom in the teen markets. Nothing really new here, but I found it really funny to listen to the Marketplace reporters talk about Twilight like it's actually something important and novel. Current Mood: *sporfle!* (23 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
daily_snitch [ wieimmer ]	7:49p	The Daily Snitch: Thursday, November 20th, 2008! Actors and Movies: Even more HBP photos have appeared online, including Ginny in her Quidditch robes, Dumbledore, the trio, Ron, and more! Film executives for Harry Potter have reportedly wrapped up scouting locations around Scotland for the upcoming Deathly Hallows two-part film. Danradcliffe.com has updated with several new articles about the actor, one of which he talks of his love for the books. Emma Watson has been named as one of the top 20 best dressed people of 2008 by Teen Vogue Magazine! You can also vote for her for the Best Dressed of the Year award 2008. Communities: There's one week left to submit prompts for the hp_crackdealers crack!fic fest. Prompts can be submitted on Livejournal or on Insanejournal. Fandom: PotterCast 173: Are You There God? It's Me, Harry is now available for download. Snitchseeker.com has uploaded almost 500 HD screen caps of the full US trailer for Half-Blood Prince, which can be found in their galleries. Have a Laugh: A new 'Yes Man' promo image featuring the stars Jim Carey, Zooey Deschanel, Rhys Darby parodying the Trio has surfaced online. News: Two new reports have emerged about pirated Harry Potter audiobook CDs and Blu-Ray DVDs. Polls and Discussion: 5k, 10k, 20k.... kestrelsan has a post and poll about on story length and reading habits. Searches: The daily_snitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge! Updates: dmhgficexchange has posted its entries for the week: Sunday Nov 9th - Monday Nov 17th! Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
system	4:46p	S2 Layout Issues Hi, Guys. I know a good many of the S2 themes are kinda hosed right now. Something changed with the LJ migration to their new data center. The Bloggish and Style Contest themes have their CSS hosted at LJ. That's by LJ's design, with how the code is distributed. The code is set to use LJ's CSS proxy to handle the access and display of the CSS settings. Since LJ's move, though, the CSS proxy has been kaput. But the CSS itself at LJ is still working. Until we can find a way around all this, a couple users have a way that you can use the Custom CSS in your customization area to get your layouts pretty damn close to the original for that layout and theme. You'll enter two sets of code in that area. The first one would be the code from this URL: http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/common/base-weblog.css Just go there, copy it, and paste into the custom CSS box. And the second set you enter will be from the direct CSS URL for your specific theme. You can locate this URL by viewing the source of your journal in your browser (View Source code). If you scroll down to the <link rel="stylesheet" section of the source code, you'll see the direct url to your theme's CSS at livejournal. Go there, copy that code, and paste it after the base-weblog.css code above. Make sure you have "No" selected to use the included base code (it's a dropdown), and that the URL field above the custom CSS box is empty. Click to save changes, and your theme will display much as it is supposed to. There is occasionally an element like a border that doesn't come through, but it's pretty close. As an example of the CSS URLs, this is the one for the Baby theme for the Bloggish layout: http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/lilia/theme-baby.css The CSS URLS will be start with http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml with the rest varying by theme and layout. I'll still be looking for an alternative to having to futz with custom CSS, but in the meantime, that method of applying the CSS will get your Bloggish and Style Contest journal themes put back together pretty well. Thanks, Robin
fandom_lounge [ anarchicq ]	12:31p	Fandom Next of Kin So, OTW has a new policy, which when I first read about it, it sounded pretty damn cool. B. Fannish next-of-kin Registered archive users may designate a fannish next-of-kin. A next-of-kin agreement allows the transfer of content maintenance in the case of a user's permanent incapacitation or death. Both parties to the agreement must be registered users of the Archive. The Archive's role in this agreement is only to act as a facilitator. If the person designated as the fannish next-of-kin activates the agreement by sending a message to the Archive, the Archive will not do any independent investigation to confirm the necessity for the transfer. A fannish next-of-kin agreement is confidential and accessible only by designated members of the archive team, who may only use it for purposes of implementing the agreement. And then you get down to the FAQ... 12. What if my fannish next-of-kin decides s/he's tired of being my fannish next-of-kin? 13. What if I decide I don't like my fannish next-of-kin agreement? 14. What if my fannish next-of-kin does something I wouldn't like? These are all perfectly valid questions...but could you IMAGINE IT? ( Cut for hypothetical capslock of rage. ) ETA: Link (63 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ shallow_kid ]	12:06p	RPattz is dead :( Okay, not really! Morbid move by Summit to hype up the hype some more? (22 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ julesnoctambule ]	11:15a	'Twilight' in handy, condensed MS Paint format Actually, now that I've given it a bit of thought, I have to say it might be a little unfair of me to compare this to the book since it's well-written, intentionally funny and displays a clear lack of taking itself seriously. Then again, tripping over the cat and bruising my ribcage on the edge of a bookcase was also better than what I've read of Twilight, so make of that what you will. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ hangingfire ]	8:16a	Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck There are a lot of amusing things about this piece, which describes the guidelines that "Painter of Light" (TM) Thomas Kinkade laid out for the makers of his direct-to-video film The Christmas Cottage. ("Create an overall sense of soft edges, strive for a 'Barry Lyndon' look." Or, "Hidden details whenever possible, References to my children (from youngest to oldest as follows): Evie, Winsor, Chandler and Merritt. References to my anniversary date, the number 52, the number 82, and the number 5282 (for fun, notice how many times this appears in my major published works).") You can also boggle over the fact that somehow they got Peter goddamn O'Toole to work on this thing. Of relevance to Fandom On the Internets, however, is the fact that this thing stars Jared Padalecki. One wonders what, if anything, the SPN fans make of it. Current Mood: amused (46 Comments |Comment on this)
daily_snitch [ bewarethesmirk ]	12:23a	The Daily Snitch: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Actors and Movies: Robert Pattinson, One Sexy Hufflepuff Video Now Online from Dan Radcliffe, Richard Griffith Interview on "Charlie Rose" Show Tom Felton talks comedies and Draco Malfoy WB Adds New Trailer to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Website New Quidditch Half-Blood Prince video game screencaps Communities: dramione_awards opened Round 4 of nominations through Dec. 4 snarry_games posted the 2008 Art Games Medal Ceremonies Essay: darth_gojira wrote about why s/he ships Neville/Hermione Fandom: shoebox_project was hacked again. Users are advised not to click on any links that are posted there or on dorkorific News: Video: Arthur Levine talks Harry Potter books & publishing Winners of Harry Potter costume contest announced First Mary GrandPre Harry Potter exhibit report online Participate: New contest for UK residents to win a trip to the Beedle the Bard release party with JK Rowling PotterCast is looking for editors Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
fandom_lounge [ arionhunter ]	9:04p	Really, Anne? "We have to love the person in the New York Times who says mean things about our book. We have to love him. We have to have an attitude of love and not one of competitiveness, or vengeance, or anger, or spite." -- Anne Rice, speaking of her return to Catholicism (From her interview on Interfaith Voices). Apparently, you're free game as long as you're not in the NYT! Oh, it's good to know that even though the hot new kids like Twilight have sought to dazzle us, the oldies-but-goodies are still kicking. (16 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ purple_sammich ]	6:01p	I had to share this. I regret nothing. You remember that article about Twilight in the New York Times? There was an entry about it posted here on Monday? Well, I have a paper for my writing class due tomorrow and we pretty much have to find an article in the New York times and write our reaction to it or an analysis or something. You probably guessed which article I'm using. <3 My thesis? Twilight fans are crazy. I hope my writing teacher doesn't fail me, ahaha. Current Mood: Spiffy Current Music: Still Alive - GLaDOS (29 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ lyrangalia ]	12:00a	The First Trickle... Twilight reviews (non-pro) Hope this is okay, but someone on my LJ f-list won tickets to a Twilight advance screening, and here are some choice bits of her review of the movie that really rather amused me. (Don't want to flood her LJ) Well, I did like the movie. It was a good movie. The book was way better, without a doubt better. Well, I'm afraid already. ( Do I dazzle you? No? Well damn. ) ETA 1: Thanks to shallow_kid for pointing out the lion_lamb review thread. ETA 1.5: Thanks to sistercoyote for reminding me that Rotten Tomatoes should be getting their reviews in soon. ETA: 2: Reviews just keep pouring in. Will continue adding as time allows. Chicago-Tribune says fwoopy! Ebert thinks it's a metaphor. Variety lays the smackdown. The V247 thinks KStew's face was stuck on "sulk". Defamer thinks it'd appeal to fans of cheesy Sci-fi. (Oh Sci-Fi network, why didn't you sign the deal first?) Village Voice swoons, then falls asleep MetroMix Chicago says "meh". Even Twihards aren't loving it?! Inconceivable! Entertainment Weekly tries to gush. Fails. The San Francisco Chronicle thinks watching the movie will help you understand the hype. (except not) Nolan's Pop Culture Review confuses the Cullens with beer. The Naperville Sun wants to laugh at inopportune moments. Fangst calls a duck a duck. Gawker introduces us to the mental image of Twihards' groin tingles. (DO NOT WANT) Slant wishes Edward and Bella would drop dead. The Examiner wants to sic PETA on the Cullens. A TwiMom takes issue with RPattz. World implodes. Montreal Movies is disgusted sortofbeautiful (homebase of Team Jacob) also has a review thread. Jam snarks about Edward's Volvo. The New York Times: Doing its damnest to legitimize OMG. The AV Club thinks Twilight suffers from an identity crisis. Montreal Gazette disagrees with Montreal Movies. The Arizona Republic proves that Phoenix has taste. (And that's why SMeyer moved away) FlickFilosopher sez: AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING MOVIE. Eric Snider doesn't think Twlight is a vampire movie. ScreenIt decides to count the use of "boobs" instead of pay attention. Salon thinks Edward Cullen's possessed RPattz. Oregon Live is split on the subject. Houston Chronicle tries to convert fangirls to the light. Fails. Montreal Mirror says it out loud: Twilight is terrible. Wank has already started in (surprise!) Twilight Lexicon And ilya brings us a clip of SPARKLE MOTION. ETA n+1: Thanks to everyone for making my inbox explode for linking to reviews, especially mariem_1, who is a review finding machine. RT's at 43%. ETA n+2: I'll update links one last time on Friday, then collapse in a post-Twilight heap. Someone send my inbox some first aid? (Dear Gmail, I love you) ETA the last: If anyone else wants to compile the monumental amounts of wank in the reviews' comments (there's some good stuff at RT), please do. So, any bets on when the wank level reaches 9000 and f_w will have to step in? (My moneys on Friday morning) (355 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
fandom_lounge [ keri ]	11:43p	hey anyone know what's up with the skyehawke fic archives? i was in the middle of reading when POOF the site's down and the lj community doesn't have any news about it. i mean, maybe it's just a matter of not updating an expired credit card for billing purposes, and it'll get fixed in about eight to twelve hours, but dang it's irritating as hell when you're in the middle of a novel (and one that's actually pretty well written, too! i think. maybe my memory is giving me rose-colored glasses) and can't continue because the only place you can find it is on the one site that's currently down. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
daily_snitch [ oddnari ]	7:02a	The Daily Snitch: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Actors and Movies: Emma Watson turned on Christmas tree lights in London to mark the opening of the Somerset House Ice Rink. Daniel Radcliffe appeared on The Early Show in New York to discuss his Broadway play Equus. His Inside the Actors Studio interview is scheduled to air on December 1, 2008. In a new interview with Digital Spy, Tom Felton talks about some of the bizarre gifts he's received and the fan reactions he gets across the globe. Challenges: pphp_challenge is a new community featuring Pansy Parkinson/Harry Potter. They have announced prompts for their first challenge. grangersnape100 have posted their Week 45 Challenge: Grey Night Shirt. colourful_bat have announced the Winter Solstice Challenge. draco100 posted prompt #15: Shadows. dramione_awards have opened have announced a special winter one-shot challenge. Communities: draco100 made a round-up post for Prompt #14. Nominations for the fourth round of have dramione_awards have opened and all are encouraged to nominate their favorite art and one-shots through Friday, December 4, 2008. Only one week left to submit prompts for the Drapery and Snarco Fest. You can submit prompts at livejournal and insanejournal. Discussions: iulea_linnea has posted a poll on fic prompts. Fandom: The Leaky Cauldron has announced a major sale underway at the official Harry Potter shop, which includes pieces from the Tonner Doll collection and the Noble Collection. heidi8 has made a post asking people in fandom to submit proposals for programmes for Azkatraz 2009. Hot Art: First look at Mary Grandpré's art exhibition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The exhibition also showcased an alternate cover for Deathly Hallows. Updates: son_of_darkness has updated The Comprehension Series with Chapter 61. elfflame updated The Sultan's Slave with Chapter 28 (Harry/Draco, Sirius/Remus, Harry/Tonks, others implied; PG-13) bamachick updated Severus Snape Revealed Part I with Chapter 82 (Severus Snape; Mature). Searches: mewmar is looking for bottom!Draco recs in German and/or Spanish. daily_snitch are looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
fandom_wank [ seca ]	2:48p	Gay is Bashing! Bit small compared to the past couple of wanks but full of fangirl rage and lulz. Some information to better understand the wank. In Japan there is an agency called Johnny's that is the major male idol agency in the country. Most of the most popular boy bands are signed with them, one of these groups is called NEWS. A few days ago a German NEWS fan chyco_chan decided to share scans from a German J-Pop magazine, that is notorious for poor research and nabbing whatever pictures they can find on the net for their magazine, as this time they snagged two pictures of NEWS/Kanjani8 member Ryo Nishikido for an article about gay life in Japan. In the words of chyco_chan: BUT why??? Ryo = gay??? XDDDD That's bashing XD (not even by us sou~ XD) She then tries to get people to contact Johnny's about the magazine to tell them about it in the comments as she's afraid of being blamed if the magazine goes out of business. And then cue the fangirl rage and lols at the article in the seven pages of comments this post has spawned. There is someone that questions the 'calling someone gay=bashing' of the OP but then goes on about homoerotic the pictures are, despite them being, y'know solo shots. And we have some minor capslocking of rage against other fangirls by bugattack. Plus rage against the magazine as this would 'hurt' Ryo if he ever saw it from yamapilovergyal. And many, many 'Poor Ryo' and 'Johnny's should sue' than it's worth counting. (139 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ virgo ]	2:08p	DBZ lawl. Hay itz Goku! Who else is having major childhood flashbacks? I can't wait for this campy goodness to come out. (35 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ lied_ohne_worte ]	8:03p	LJ is back. An hour early, even. http://status.livejournal.com/ says: "LiveJournal was down today for a period of time due to migration to a new server facility. We're back now. As the site comes back up pages may load slowly; this is expected and should resolve within the next few hours." (14 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ sneer ]	12:35p	A suggestion for passing the time while LJ is down PICSPAMS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND LOTS OF THEM. 1. Pick someone hot 2. Make a picspam on your own JF 3. Comment here wif link (and NSFW warnings if necessary) 4. ???? 5. PROFIT To get the ball rolling, I present: Rahmspam. [ETA oh my god, you guys, you guys I think LJ is back.] (14 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ wtf ]	10:39a	*twitch* OH GOD. Now Twitter is down, too. C'mon, Internet, don't make me resort to Facebook for time-wasting purposes! Also, any Gaia users around here? zOMG is lonely because I have no Gaia pals. edit: Twitter and LJ are back, but the Gaia party's just starting. ;D I (jurijuri) just friended the whole thread! Hooray! (37 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ greycoupon ]	11:30a	LJ is down for maintenance My first post here, hope this is okay. This will likely spur me to use JF more. Livejournal went down at 11am EST as they are moving their servers to a data center in Montana. Current LJ status page I made a silly LJ downtime poll Feel free to spread the link around. I wonder how much workplace productivity will go up today? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
fandom_lounge [ singe ]	10:26a	Well, hell. LiveJournal is down as it moves cross-country and Insane Journal isn't loading. Probably due to its servers becoming robust thanks to the extra traffic from LJ. Don't fail me, JF! If I don't refresh something constantly I start to sweat. Current Mood: In need of withdrawal therapy. (35 Comments |Comment on this)

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