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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
hot_daily
[ puipui ]
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1:43a
Picspam Poll Reminder, Layout Issues
Despite serious questions of voter fraud (which may or may not eventually engender several manual recounts to be handled by the Minnesota state government, y'know, while they're at it), I would be remiss in my duties if I did not remind you all that there is only one week left to vote in this month's mockery of a travesty of a sham of a poll. Go Lizard People Tickybox!
Also, as some of you may have noticed, we're having a bit of layout trouble here lately. That's because JF in general is having a bit of layout trouble here lately, which has to do with LJ's server move, and although there's supposedly a workaround for it, I haven't been able to get it to work yet, sorry. Currently all layouts based on the Bloggish and Style Contest styles are affected, so basically anything with a tag list by default, which is annoying but should be resolved soon, one way or another. Thank you for your patience! You are all fab. <3
PS: GO TICKYBOX!
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fandom_lounge
[ seraphtrevs ]
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2:27p
Looking for Twilight article
I remember reading an interesting lj entry about the parallels between Twilight and Mormonism - does that ring any bells for anyone? It was linked at one point in the comments of one of the Sparkledammerung posts, but that's all I remember.
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pyratejenni
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2:03p
Masque of the Red Death has updated twice in the past two weeks. After only one or two updates a month, this is a pleasant surprise. I have to wonder about the speed-up -- the print version of Volume One just came out in October. A fear of losing their momentum (and therefor their audience)? Or did Wendy just have the most recent chapters backlogged, and other business matters were responsible for the slooow schedule before?
In any case, the party's started. And there's BOOBIES!
current mood: Interested
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clairvoyantwank
[ kuromitsu ]
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5:49p
Renowned anime director, Miyazaki Hayao makes some potentially controversial comments about the current Japanese Prime Minister emphasizing his liking for manga, anime/manga/games/etc. as a cultural export, and the dangerous effect of media on Japanese children. Also, the dangers of nationalism. Over at Anime News Network forum, people discuss this. Some agree with Miyazaki, others disagree partly or completely, some people express disappointment in Miyazaki and question the quality of his works, but overall the discussion is quite civil. The harshest comments so far:
"One keeps promoting manga.
One keeps making shitty anime. (...)"
"The political comments are just elitist bs. (...) if he has stated publicly that other people's work in anime is crap, then that definitely qualifies him for a big [ignore] tag."
Nothing too bad, right? Well, according to penguintruth, the thread is full of fanboy outrage and people are making "absurd, baseless accusations" and twisting Miyazaki's words "into a personal attack on them so they can get all riled up for no reason." And as we all know, "Making assumptions about Miyazaki based on a pretty reasonable statement and not supporting those assumptions with anything of substance is what we call "trolling", and it is the result of either willful ignorance or the intent to stir things up needlessly."
Knowing the ANN forums it might be worth keeping an eye on this (unless a mod steps in).
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fandom_lounge
[ j_crew_guy ]
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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.
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fandom_lounge
[ 50ft_queenie ]
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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.
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