(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.
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.
Title: The Needs of the One
Fandom: Harry Potter
Warnings: It has that so-called fourth Marauder in it. You know, the unsmexy one.
Rating: NS/P for No Smut/No Slash/No Pairing
Disclaimer: JKR created the world and characters. Suck it up and deal.
Summary: Wormtail has to make a decision.
( The Needs of the One )
I found this on my hard drive. I can't remember if I wrote it, or if someone else did and I just snagged it. Anyway, I'm posting it. If it's yours, let me know so I can credit you. :D
***
Sometimes Muggle artifacts weren't all Arthur Weasley brought home from work.
Sometimes he brought home wizarding artifacts. He hadn't expected to find anything as unmagical as black roses hidden under the drawing room floor of the Malfoy house but there had been bushels of them down there. Black rose petals were only used to make satchels for keeping Doxies away from your knicker drawer. They were just terrifically unevil for a Malfoy.
The stack of bills, also found under the floorboards, told the rest of the tale. Arthur clucked his tongue in unwilling sympathy. The extensive renovations, all part of a misguided effort to turn a quite-nice house into a "manor;" the incredible amounts of cosmetics--the "Lush" bills alone would strain any man's income; the odd Muggle artifacts from "Wiccan" bookshops, whatever those might turn out to be--the Malfoys had obviously been living beyond their means for years.
Arthur had even found a veedeoh tape tucked behind a bag of crystals (for jewelry making?). It said The Craft across the top and featured scantily-clad Muggle women looking sultry. Nothing dangerous for the Ministry to take care of here. Tonks might like the veedeoh, though, and there was a witch in who made jewelry as a fund-raiser for St. Mungo’s who could use the crystals.
Of course, the real stunner had been the lockbox protected with an Out-Keeper Charm. He’d been a little confused as to why Malfoy would bother with such a thing; the Out-Keeper was something little girls used to keep snooping brothers from their diaries. Surely anything of the Dark Arts would be better protected than this! Arthur broke it easily, and opened the lockbox.
The contents were even more confusing: more lotions, and a book titled Tantric Magick. Arthur felt a twinge of disappointment. Muggles might be able to make airplanes stay up in the air, but apparently some of them couldn’t spell. He flipped through a few pages.
Arthur blinked. “Oh, my.” He flipped through a few more pages. “Really!” A pause. “You know, I think Molly would like some of these…”
A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fired a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience.
Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson told CNN affiliate KTVU-TV in Oakland, California, that the officer is presumed innocent and described him as devastated.
Attorney John Burris called the shooting "unconscionable" and said he filed a $25 million claim with BART on Tuesday, alleging wrongful death and violation of civil rights by use of excessive force. BART has 45 days to respond, Burris said.
"It's a clear shooting in the back that should not have taken place," Burris said, characterizing the incident as a case of "overagressiveness by police."
They have two videos of the officers forcing this guy to the ground and shooting him, and they call it 'overagressiveness by the police'? That's the understatement of the year. What really gets me is that further down in the article it says that he was trying to calm everyone down and get them to do what the police said.
Guess who's feeling vindicated? Hyatt, that's who!
I don't think anyone called the deal that Hank and Celia struck, and it's better than most predictions. Hope for the future: To further increase the Guild's rep, they will start funding a charity to free their imprisoned leader, Ian Starshine, and all of Haley's Guild dues go into that fund.
Also, gotta love the last three panels. Belkar's smile really is scary...
Taylor Lautner.
Good news about New Moon from director Chris Weitz:
I'm very happy to announce that Taylor Lautner will be playing Jacob Black in New Moon and that he's doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit Entertainment, the producers, and Stephenie Meyer.
The characters in Stephenie's books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part. I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I'm looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film.
very best
Chris Weitz
I'd just like to add that I was very much a part of this decision. My first priority was always what was best for New Moon—what was going to give us the best possible movie. I'm truly thrilled that Taylor was the one who proved to the director, to Summit, and to me that he is the best possible Jacob we could have. And I'm very much looking forward to seeing what he's going to bring to Jacob's character this year.
- Steph
http://stepheniemeyer.com/
So there we go. Thoughts? Dang, just noticed it was already mentioned in an edit of earlier. Oh well, here's SM's comments.
Thought you guys might get a kick out of this:
An Open Letter to Twilight's Stephenie Meyer
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.
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.
Salute to Twilight
http://www.creationent.com/cal/twil
Ooh, A costume contest... I can hear Bedazzlers every where clicking with anticipation...
So it begins......
ETA; I kind of feel like a Hypocrite. I go to LOTR conventions, Jane Austen week in Bath and Dragoncon... :P
And it doesn't stop the lovely members of ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
lion_lamb from wanking about it before it even comes out.
From the EW article: This week, Summit is expected to announce its decision for the next film based on Stephenie Meyer's wildly successful series of vampire romance novels. Kristen Stewart, 18, is set to return as Bella Swan, the beautiful human who falls for a softhearted bloodsucker. And Robert Pattinson, 22, has a lock on his job too; his turn as Edward Cullen, the hunky, soulful vampire, has made him an overnight superstar with young female moviegoers around the planet. But Lautner, 16, has a more uncertain future. That's because the character he was so perfectly cast to play in the first Twilight film—a slim, baby-faced teenager—will be greatly expanded in the sequel. And by greatly expanded, we mean into a hulking, snarling, seven-foot Lycan.
''Jacob is a totally different character in New Moon,'' says Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter of both Twilight films. ''He's a foot taller and huge—and he's supposed to look 25. It's really a question of whether or not the same actor can play the role.'' Rosenberg is quick to add, however, that ''everyone would love to keep him. We all think he's the loveliest person ever.''
Fans of the Twilight novels—specifically those who identify themselves as ''Team Jacob''—are divided over whether Lautner has the machismo to carry New Moon. In fact, pro-Lautner/anti-Lautner fights have been breaking out on the Web for weeks. As screenwriter Rosenberg puts it, ''He has to play a romantic lead against Rob, who's a 22-year-old man. That's a tall order.''
( Cue the choruses of ROB'S HOTTER, NO TAYLOR, NO U! )
ETA: It is officially announced that Taylor will continue to be Jacob in 'New Moon.' And there was much rejoicing in TwiLand.
Also, arcaneshinigami - the browbeaten Jacob fan - posts a rant about all the mean lion_lamb people ganging up on her in sortofbeautiful.
While gamer sites are doing the "Best/Worst of 2008" awards, Zero Punctuation decides to do one too... but a little bit differently.
Back when Strikethrough was happening, I started using Semagic, and found instructions on how to use it to post to more than one journal at once. Of course, I forgot how to set it up, and the directions I'd bookmarked were on Greatestjournal. I have a new computer and I'd like to be able to simulpost; does anyone know how I can set that up again?
Thanks in advance!
ETA: Copious thanks to whiteserpent and tephra!
Here, have some stupid Twilight merchandise.
Twilight lip butter
Twilight bandaids
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."
On Anime News Network's Chicks On Anime, this week's topic is censorship/editing in anime and manga. (Gee, this sure isn't going to cause wank at all.) The participants talk about different kinds of editing that North America and Japan do including nudity, violence, sexuality, smoking and alcohol, racism, AIDS, homophobia, loli/shota, and anything editors/publishers force the creators to change because they say so. It doesn't take long for the forum to become unfunny. (Ex-Answerman Zac is in there too. I am so surprised. Really.)
Speaking of censoring, ANN also posted about Kodomo no Jikan's second season promo being streamed. (Zac, the one blamed for KnJ being canceled for release in NA, in this one too.)
Edit: For anyone who wonders whether KnJ is pedo or not, all you have to do is look at the official merchandise. (Warning: Keep Brain and Eye Bleach near you, you'll need it. Oh God...)
( Water. And bubbles on water. Fun. )
BTW when I asked what people would see in the ice picture I was curious if I was the only one who would see the bovine face. Turns out it maybe wasn't as obvious as I thought, but I wasn't the only! \o/
This is pretty and elegant. And Chinese. Flowing. I wish the audience would save all that clapping for the end though. I mean, I can understand being excited, but still.
Look at those kittens from the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee.
I wanted to write more but I'm busy playing around with animated gifs, so maybe I'll attach an ETA or two later.
ETA: In a complete reversal of the way the things are, it turns out that P!cat makes great icon-sized animations, while D!cat's turn out lousy. I guess stripes just don't do the resizing so well. :P
( 6 animated gifs )
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.
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