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anarchicq, posting in clairvoyantwank @ 3:00pm: I de-friended you for a SAMMICH!
(See what I did there?)

Anyway, Facebook has a new application, where you de-friend 10 of your facebook friends and get a free Whopper.

Considering how srz bzns friending can be, and to throw it all away for a sandwich, I predict WANK.

oddnari, posting in daily_snitch @ 3:39am: Daily Snitch: Thursday, January 8, 2009

• Actors and Movies: Timothy Spall, who assayed the role of Peter Pettigrew, talks of the Harry Potter films and his career
  
  
• Challenges: Snarry100 have posted Challenge 144: Music Challenge
  
  
• Communities: Vidders, authors and artists are invited to sign up for the hd_worldcup. Sign-ups will close on January 9, 2009.
  
  hp_april_fools have put up their sign-up post. Sign-ups will continue till January 31, 2009
  
  Mod post on lupin_snape about Snupin Santa gifts
  
  
• Participate: Contest to win Collector's Edition of Tales of Beedle the Bard. The contest closes on January 20, 2009
  
  
• Searches: daily_snitch are looking for fan-works and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange
  
  

Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch!

tunxeh, posting in spitting_image @ 10:58am: Fanartist rips compositions off other fanartists, news at 11
The curious case of Omar González (some images NSFW), a Spanish-language fanartist whose art seems to have been entirely copied (though perhaps not traced) from other fanartists. Ho hum. The more surprising part: he charged $25-$150 commissions for his work.

mariem_1, posting in the_hms_stfu @ 9:02pm: Two Snapedom discussions about Snape and Harry
Severus and Harry Potter

December Challenge: Snape and Harry

bewarethesmirk, posting in daily_snitch @ 12:53am: The Daily Snitch: Wednesday, January 7, 2008

• Actors and Movies: Half-Blood Prince gets PG rating in US
  
  Half-Blood Prince tops MTV Surefire 2009 Blockbuster List
  
  Robert Pattinson keeping a low profile
  
  Emma Watson doesn’t want to be skinny
  
  Hi-res Half-Blood Prince behind-the-scenes set photos
  
  HP Fan Trips goes to the world premiere of Half-Blood Prince
  
  
• Communities: springtime_gen has started sign-ups, which continue till January 20, 2009
  
  
• Hot Recs: The Remainder of Their Days, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Remus/Petunia, Remus/Fenrir, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Pith and Resin, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, R, see warnings)
  
  Shifting/Suspicious Minds, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Remus/Sirius, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Blood Moon, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Then Again, Maybe “I Do”, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, PG)
  
  And Days of Auld Lang Syne, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Severus/Regulus, Severus/Remus/Regulus, NC-17)
  
  Wedding Bells, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, PG)
  
  How to Save a Life, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, R)
  
  
• Participate: Azkatraz is looking for more proposals
  
  
• Resource: The Snupin Santa 2008 Masterlist has been posted
  
  

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sistercoyote, posting in fandom_lounge @ 3:26pm: LJ, redux
Is LJ being exceptionally robust, or is it just me?  Vandalism by pissed-off ex-employees?

It's probably just me.  But I can't get to LJstatus to find out for sure, so I thought I'd post here.

Sorry to bother everyone (okay, I'm not.  Not really.)

Edited to add:  Okay, not just me, then.  On the one hand, Phew.  On the other hand...I bet this has the potential to become epic.  Even when it turns out to be just a hiccup.

Edited again to add:  Now when LJ comes up it shows the following message:  LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance. Don't worry, this has nothing to do with our recent company layoffs! It's a technical problem, not a lack-of-personnel problem.

Thank you for your patience.

Final edit:  It's baa-ack.  And I'm going to the bookstore.

sushi, posting in fandom_lounge @ 5:15pm: RIP, GJ.
And GreatestJournal is dead.

http://www.greatestjournal.com

A week in the new year, and two journaling services are already dead? That's harsh. Check out the 403 error.

hypno_jango, posting in fandom_lounge @ 11:31am: While gamer sites are doing the "Best/Worst of 2008" awards, Zero Punctuation decides to do one too... but a little bit differently.

mariem_1, posting in the_hms_stfu @ 2:39pm: Snape is Harry's spiritual father
Snapedom - Snape as a father

See also the comments to this fanfic by mary_j_59.

ziasudra, posting in daily_snitch @ 10:12pm: The Daily Snitch: Tuesday, January 6, 2009

• Archive: Walking the Plank, a Harry/Snape archive, has been updated with new stories and art.
  
  
• Challenges: catchmysnitch posts its January Challenge: Invisibility Cloak
  
  fwhg_ldws announces Round 2 signups for Fred Weasley/Hermione Granger Last Drabble Writer Standing.
  
  Prompt claiming is open for the do_me_veela Veela Fest 2009. More information here.
  
  
• Communities: hp_beholder will begin signups for Round 2 on January 29.
  
  hp_rarities posts information about its upcoming fest.
  
  Nominations are now open for hpgw_otp's Fourth Annual Best Of Awards.
  
  springtime_gen posts Springtime Gen 2009: Rules, FAQs, Guidelines.
  
  sshg_exchange has started posting.
  
  
• General Interest: LiveJournal Inc Press Release
  
  
• Have a Laugh: regan_v posts HP on LJ: how would HP characters have used LJ, if it had been available at Hogwarts? And its sequel: Harry & Co. on LJ.
  
  
• Hot Recs: Forbidden Passion: A Soap Opera in Five Acts, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Taste, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  
• News: Emma Watson talks life, Deathly Hallows & more in new interview
  
  High Res Weasley Wheezes, Trio and Slughorn Half-Blood Prince Photos
  
  HP Fan Trips Including London and the World Premier of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  
  
• Participate: bottomsnape is looking for helpers to gather art and fic links.
  
  
• Resources: metamorfic_moon has posted the Pink Christmas Advent Index.
  
  snapeartcontest posts the masterlist of past contests.
  
  
• Search: daily_snitch is looking for fan works and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange.
  

Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch!

anarchicq, posting in fandom_lounge @ 6:54pm: Portollies.com poll
Doubtless you saw this in Metafandom, but I thought I'd post it here too.
Portfollies.com poll

"Portfollies will be a social networking website where people can upload their portfolios (text, image, video and audio files), both original and fan works. The website will also offer communities/forums, and a variety of tools to help with creation and communication."

dogbite12, posting in fandom_wank @ 12:54pm: So Transfan, I Herd U Liek Pedo Bear?
Transformers comic book fandom wank.. Early this morning, it was about pedophilia.

My doppelgänger from the IDW fan forum Skwege learned that he had been accused of having sex with children by the IDW forum fantards on Transfans.net. Sprunkner is a real internet tough guy. Unfortunately, he made it quite easy to find his dox.

Skwege was not happy to find he'd been slandered as a pedo. So he calls (yes, as in calls Sprunkner's landline) to tell him to take it down. No yelling, just something along the lines of "call me whatever you want but accusing me of child fucking is not cool."

What does Spencer (Sprunkner's IRL name) do? He freaks out and hangs up!

That's right-he's a coward. So Skwege leaves him a voicemail:

"Hi Spencer :

You like to make libelous accusations about people having sex with kids? That is really grown up of you. Oh wow, you live in Washington State as well? What a coincidence! Bellingham is only an hour from here.

It's not funny! I know little punks like you think they can run around all anonymous on the internet and think nothing can bite them in their ass. However let me tell you little man, you are going to retract your statement, and then apologize. Talking shit about someone is one thing, but making a disgusting and FOUL comment like that is libelous. I have the time, money, resources, and most importantly the fucking patience to see this through so don't toy with me little man."

Then Sprunkner has his wife (yes, someone actually agreed to marry him) respond. He doesn't have the balls to answer Skwege himself-he makes his wife call him back and tell him not to call. Unfortunately, Spencer posted her phone number and email as his contact information.

Some PMs get exchanged on the IDW forum and Sprunkner accuses Skwege of threatening him (although I doubt the police consider being asked to take down a post or telling someone you're suing them for slander are violations of any particular laws). He makes an announcement on Transfans.net, crying that Skwege is harassing his family and that he called the po-po on him.

Sprunkner did call the police and they in turn contact Skwege.

The result? The police are highly pissed off-at Sprunkner. Because this is much ado about comic books.

All this name calling and wank is over whether or not the comic book series All Hail Megatron is in continuity.

The police were not too happy about being called to mediate a dispute over Starscream's alt mode.

They lecture Sprunkner and felt Skwege was somewhat justified. Skwege apologizes for dragging the wife into the mess because being accused of fucking children is serious business that involves the IRL banhammer.

The wank continues on Tranfan.net where Sprunkner whines some more (I guess his wife made him sleep on the couch) and Skwege threatens to post a scan of the police report.

These fine examples of male adulthood continue to fight about giant robots. I believe Sprunkner's wife summed it up succinctly in an email to Skwege: "This is a fight over made up robots-let it go."

Unfortunately, everyone ignores her.

Edit: I accept this is total fail. Need more recipes and fail macros, please.

arionhunter, posting in fandom_lounge @ 11:16am: Your Daily Dose of Adorable
2.1-Meter-Tall Pine-Cone Totoro Unveiled in Japan.

If only that had been in the Rose Bowl Parade, I might have watched.

ilya, posting in fandom_lounge @ 9:57pm: LJ going under?
The bubble in social networking has burst, decisively. LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian Internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no severance, we're told.

The company's product managers and engineers were laid off, leaving only a handful of finance and operations workers — which speaks to a website to be left on life support. Matt Berardo, a Yahoo executive hired on last summer, is also believed to be gone.

Source

Can you imagine the amazing bitchfest wankery that would go on if anything happened to LJ??? The internet would implode...

jrandomlurker, posting in fandom_rant @ 12:25am: Astro Boy's Caucasian Makeover
Note: This rant and the linked article refer to the upcoming Astro Boy CGI movie. If you are at all familiar with the source material, you will probably be offended by this article. Also, I hope none of you out there are big on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, as Imagi promises that since "it is not as well known as Astro Boy, the project, about five super-powered teens fighting monsters, is open to interpretation. 'We’re kind of making up our own version based on the original 1970s cartoon.' "

http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/4/movies/2871865&sec=movies

At the risk of pushing this into i_wank territory, WHAT THE FUCK. I mean, seriously. WHAT THE FUCK are you people thinking?

You did not just seriously say that you want to make Astro 'less feminine' because he has large eyes and, oh no, EYELASHES? He's a FREAKING 6-year-old-analogue ROBOT. What, are you worried about robo-pedophiles or something? It's not like he has tiny little robot-boy nipples to put pasties over, or a tiny little robot e-peen to cover up.

You did not just seriously argue with the goddamn Tezuka estate about the size of his ASS.

You did not just seriously say that you didn't MEAN to make a legendary Japanese iconic character look "American" but that it just kinda happened.

Just plain fucking NO. A huge bag of no.

(edit to fix URL)

padme_kenobi, posting in daily_snitch @ 11:53pm: The Daily Snitch: Monday, January 5, 2009

• Actors and Movies: Tom Felton visits Universal Orlando Resort.
  
  Gary Oldman marries fourth wife.
  
  Rupert Grint enjoys New Year drink with his co-star girlfriend.
  
  
• Communities: Signups are open at hd_worldcup.
  
  The Snupin Santa 2008 Guessing Poll ends this Wednesday, January 7, at lupin_snape.
  
  The 2008 Master List has been posted at smutty_claus.
  
  The Fall Fest Exchange Reveal List has been posted at ron_draco.
  
  lupin_snape has Snape's Birthday Challenge.
  
  
• Hot Rec: The Gryffindor Gambit by Anonymous (Rated NC-17, Remus/Charlie)
  
  
• News: Games company denies new Harry Potter Lego game rumors.
  
  
• Searches: daily_snitch daily_snitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange.

Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch!

shark, posting in fandom_lounge @ 8:32pm: A Request for Recs
This one is for my mom - she just finished reading Phantom of the Opera (book, obviously) and wants to know where the fandom is - or at least where the fanfiction is: if anyone could rec me some good bookverse fic* I would be very, very much obliged. Good mimickry of Gaston Leroux's style (in the puffin classics translation) is a gigantic bonus.

Also one from/for myself - now that I've exhausted Yuletide's offerings and am already in the middle of the Dragonchoice duology (it's good!) - is there any other good Dragonriders of Pern fic on the net? I'll read most anything, although I really like metay fic.

* (gen or het, ideally; I think she would freak if I linked her slash. Also, non-porny, since I would freak at sending links to porn to my mom)

aeka, posting in fandom_rant @ 1:57am: Bad placement of subtitles
Dear Fansubbers,

I appreciate all the hard work that you put into subbing anime and other international titles not available in the English language.

But for the love of god! Please use common sense when you decide to get creative and place text on random spots of the fucking screen. While I don't have a problem with a line of text appearing occasionally on top to translate signs or to briefly explain certain phrases unique to that language, I don't however want a whole freaken paragraph that covers up half of the characters' faces, while at the same time translating their dialogue at the bottom of the screen.

If you must write a full explanation for a particular idiom, or a particular event in the story, please DO so at the beginning of the episode before the actual opening credits start. Do you have ANY idea how it annoying it is to see a paragraph of text over a character's face JUST to be able explain a reference that you noticed early on? It's not only distracting, but if I'm reading a paragraph of text on the screen, I'm not seeing the action that's taking place, nor reading the dialogue that's being said. I can notice events for myself without you having to point them out to me, and if I missed a reference to something, it's very unlikely that I'll give a damn. I just want to watch the damned show.

Another thing bothers me: please, please, PLEASE! Keep the subtitles at the bottom of the screen? I don't think it's asking too much to not want my eyes to have to follow a trail of text appearing on different sides of the screen at random times. That's also really annoying and really distracting. I'd like to be able to focus as much on the action as possible rather than the actual text thank you.

Sincerely,

A Lover of Foreign Entertainment

negativecosine, posting in fandom_lounge @ 6:25pm: Disney Buys Fanlib
Written up here by stewardess.

(May shortly be wanky, but not provocative enough for clairvoyantwank just yet, I thought.)

queencallipygos, posting in fwgreatesthits @ 6:02pm: Time Sensitive FW flashback...
...I'm asking on behalf of someone who's doing a..unique trivia contest, so there's a slight time-sensitive element.

I'm trying to find more info on the old "Fandom Unite!" LJ controversy that used "Hoist The Colors" as its theme song -- i.e., exactly what was fandom uniting about? I'm vaguely remembering details -- which of the "scrapping communities" stunts LJ pulled did it pertain to?

Thanks in advance. I'm kind of sleep-deprived and can't function too well.

titti, posting in daily_snitch @ 4:48pm: Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Fic Edition - R and NC-17)
( R and NC-17 )

If you have more fic rated R or NC-17 that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here.

Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen

titti, posting in daily_snitch @ 2:36pm: Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Fic Edition - Gen through PG-13)

Fics:

( Gen )

( G and PG )

( PG-13 )

If you have more fic rated Gen through PG-13 that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here.

Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen

titti, posting in daily_snitch @ 2:15pm: Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Art and Resources)

• Art:
  
  ( G to PG-13 )
  
  ( R and NC-17 )
  
  
  
• Resources:
  
  - nqdonne's Master List of all my Percy fic recs
  - Tag on H/D Hols for all fics featuring Percy as a featuring secondary character/pairing
  - The Percy tag on Daily Deviant
  - Percyness: The Percy Weasley Archive
  - Prefect?
  - snape_percy is for fiction, art, and discussion related to the pairing Severus Snape/Percy Weasley
  - weasleys_wood - A Percy/Oliver Community
  - percy_ficathon - A Percy Fic/Art Exchange
  - allie_andromeda's Percy Weasley recs
  - percy_fans - for everything Percy
  - billxcharliexpercy club at deviantART
  - percy-x-penelope club at deviantART
  - lucius_percy
  - percy/draco, percy/george, percy/harry, percy/hermione, percy/kingsley, percy/lucius, percy/neville, percy/oliver, percy/penny, percy/tonks tags at hp_springsmut
  - Percy/Snape at the Snape/Weasley Archive
  - Essay: Excuse Me, I'm Head Boy: Percy Weasley by strangemuses
  
  If you have more art or resources that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here.
  
  Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen

staroverthebay, posting in fandom_lounge @ 8:31pm: Pratchett recs?
Okay, I think this is the place to post this, but if it's not, let me know and I'll delete it. It seems to pertain to "fandom" as a general rule.

Anyway, the news about Terry Pratchett being knighted has inspired me to pick up the books I've had sitting around waiting to read. I've finished "Mort" and I'm most of the way through "Wyrd Sisters" and while I can say that I love Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, the character I'm really in love with is Death himself. (God that sounds weird!)

Being that I'm pretty much broke right now (car payments, credit card payments, car repairs and now I'm going back to school... I has no money to spare on things like novels!) I have to reserve them at the library through their transfer system, and the transfer system is not very good at giving decent book descriptions beyond author, title, year published and format (hardcover vs softbound). So what I'd like to know is this: which books focus most on Death and his household? Because I seriously love his laid-back everything-in-due-time attitude, and I'd love to read more of his escapades. I'm sure I'll enjoy any Pratchett book I pick up, but I'm really eager to read the books about Death. (Why do I get this weird feeling that I sound like an emo-gothic-wannabe when I say that?)

anarchicq, posting in 6a_cornfield @ 6:50pm: Not to cause mass panic but I have to ask....
I don't mean to rouse people into a tizzy but I thought I'd inquire...

I've heard mumblings on my LJ friends list of malware (Specifically vundo) infecting people via LJ's ads. Is this really happening?

I have adblock so I think I'm good but still...