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    Thursday, July 24th, 2008
    10:58 am
    On fannish expectations and privacy
    Outing someone is inarguably wrong.

    Nonetheless, I still think the best way to protect one's privacy is not to give out personal information in the first place. ( Read more... )

    Current Mood: whiny, wanky, OMG JELLUS, etc.
    Saturday, March 15th, 2008
    10:12 am
    "Incompetent after-the-fact mourners"
    So here’s the thing about fandom. For many folks, it’s all about the shiny. They want porn. They want lots of userpics and new features to play with. They want to be reassured in their likes and dislikes, their personal prejudices and unspoken assumptions, not challenged on them.

    And there is nothing wrong with that. We all need a place that is just for fun in our lives.

    The problem, instead, is when these people extrapolate from their understandable desire for a pleasurable low-stress environment and make that into a moral stance.

    ( There is no greater principle at stake than the squee.  )
    Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
    7:56 pm
    ...
    My tl;dr on this thread at the latest wank.

    ( Read more... )
    Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
    2:54 pm
    This is just venting. That's what I do here.
    Can someone please explain to me why it's fine and dandy for female academics to make money off of fandom, but not for male venture capitalists?

    ( Acafen, FanLib, and the politics of disavowal )

    Current Music: Jenkins/Was a hero to most/But he never meant shit to me
    Monday, May 7th, 2007
    7:10 pm
    The fuming! It never ends!
    I love how the compliments for that foul Snarry fic are continuing to pour in. As are the author's excuses.

    ( Me ranting about the author's supposed humor, plus link to SNL Digital Short for great LULZ )
    Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
    7:39 am
    >:O
    A month or so back, I caught a bit of that SGA race wank, and I was so grateful that it didn't happen in HP.

    Not because I thought there was anything in HP that would *prevent* such wank from happening, mind you, but simply because I couldn't bear to see people I otherwise like defend being so ignorant. And all the justifications that come along with that.

    ( Ranty McRantypants ahead. )
    Friday, March 16th, 2007
    6:21 pm
    Now is the time
    So I saw this clip on youtube ages ago, but I wanted to wait for the right moment until sharing it.

    Judging from Clairvoyant Wank, that time would seem to be now.


    A joke that Cassandra Claire cannot steal

    Cassandra Claire goes into a bar.

    She says to the barman, "I'd like a pint of beer. please."

    And the barman says, "Why don't you just come around the bar, help yourself to the beer, and then walk off without paying for it?

    "After all, you are Cassandra Claire.

    "Or perhaps send in someone else to steal the beer for you and then deny that beer can actually be owned.

    "Say that you find the very concept of the ownership of beer hard to understand.

    "Or better still, insist that it is your beer and that you brewed it at home in your house.

    Even though your home lacks the most rudimentary of brewing facilities."

    -- Gacked from UK comedian Stewart Lee, talking about fellow comedian Joe Pasquale, who has a similarly "liberal" attitude towards intellectual property rights.

    It's funnier when he does it, obviously. I don't have the cool accent.

    Stewart Lee also has some really smart things to say about why ripping off other people's material doesn't even work comedically, which is something I wish folks would pay more attention to.

    Don't sacrifice structural consistency for a one-liner, kids. It's not worth it!

    ( Another link )

    Current Mood: HAHAHAHAHA
    Current Music: the sound of grudge
    Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
    2:55 am
    I could say something about how irritating and disingenuous I find all the OMG I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE PUSHED DAN RADCLIFFE OUT OF MY FLACCID VAGINA angst about the publication of tasteful semi-nude pics of a 17 1/2 year old.

    But instead I thought I'd celebrate the occasion. In my own special way.



    Feel the love. Feel the goddamn Snarry mpreg manip love.
    Sunday, August 6th, 2006
    1:41 pm
    Wow. I don't get all the fuss about plagiarism. I mean, it's just fanfiction. And fanfiction is pastiche. We're all stealing from JKR anyway and plenty of people love to play spot the quote.

    Hello? Get a life. You're all just jealous.

    Anyway, it reminded me that I have this fic I've been meaning to post. It's Draco/Pettigrew. Hope you like it!

    (Also, I want to thank [info]bnfshavemorefun for taking down her own Draco/Pettrigrew fic, which she wrote directly after reading this one.)


    Title: A Hell of a Season
    Pairing: Draco/Pettigrew
    Disclaimer: Inspiration for the Graphorn goes to a fic called "After the Flood" … alas, I no longer remember who wrote it.

    ( Wormtail's hesitates for a moment, but only for a moment, and only, it seems, because his stomach is growling. Then he lunges for him, mouth fierce and seeking, and their tongues mash together with a sound reminiscent to Draco of a wet bath sponge slapping against Dumbledore's saggy balls. )
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