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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 | ||
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the_hms_stfu [ mariem_1 ] |
12:42p | Harmoanian stories for the grandkids Copypasta from ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} wank_report:Broomstick flyer is a fanfic writer who, along with her husband, writes HP fanfic that she like to read to her grandkids. One of her best works was a fic where Hermione dies and is confronted by the children that she was supposed to have with Harry - and she realises what a shame and waste her life has been, and how terrible her kids with Ron are (Heaven sent). Something even viler than that: The Potter blood feud ( Possibly triggering content under the cut ) Bet the grandkids will love that. In a reply to a review to this very story, she writes: Note to smedman, First I would like to say thanks for your highly intelligent review. Second I dont recall asking you to read this story, if you read my profile you will see that I write for my grandchildren, who it seems are far more intelligent and are able to express their likes and dislikes without being insulting, at least they dont resort to the sort of rubbish you posted as a review. which means that her grandkids have read this very story. With her blessings. |
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the_hms_stfu [ mariem_1 ] |
11:08a | Snape is not a mean teacher!1!!eleventy-one!!1 Snape and His Fears. The original post is more or less okay, but there is a lot of insanity in the comments, especially about the incident with Hermione's teeth. |
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 | ||
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deathwatch [ altoidsaddict ] |
6:18p | The 501st will be wearing black armbands... Shel Dorf, founder of Comic-Con. |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 | ||
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otf_wank [ ladylauren ] |
1:54a | NaNo: not just for wordsmushing any more! (As an aside before I begin, marienbadmylove has been AWOL since November 1st. Either he picked up So, there's a new troll on the NaNo block, specifically in the Saskatoon (and sometimes Melbourne) regional forum. ( The batshit began... well, it's hard to say exactly where it all began. ) ( But it doesn't end there. It continues in the Saskatoon/Melbourne region war thread. ) ( Of course there was a final hoorah. ) TL;DR: Bizarre troll is bizarre. Really, really bizarre. Sadly (or not) this is AlanHolman's last contribution to NaNoWriMo, as he finally got banned for being a complete knobhead, amongst other things (such as repeated violations of the site rules and the code of conduct). He has threatened to come back under another name to carry on his posting. I respectfully suggest 'ArseHoleman'. It's an accurate description, after all. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: The Format -- 'Dog Problems' |
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 | ||
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otf_wank [ mydemand ] |
4:37a | so wanky it's illegal! Lime Crime Makeup is a line of eyeshadow and lipstick by fashion blogger Doe Deere (Xenia), mainly known for its strong and unusual pigments. Recently Lime Crime's come under fire for allegedly repackaging pigments by other companies such as Beauty of the Earth and TKB Trading. As more and more blogs post their own comparisons, others pop up to speak about past customer service experiences, including a post from Lillian who claims that Xenia called her mother an "asshole" for buying a dress of hers that was hemmed with duct/gaffer tape. There is apparently a long history of Xenia's shenanigans, sparked by comments on an article on Lime Crime in the Examiner. The comments haven't all been positive (a lot of them have been deleted), but most damning is a comment allegedly by Xenia calling her customers stupid for choosing her overpriced products. This saga inspires Lipsticks and Lightsabers to ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} peonypavilion explains more) which highlights and supports companies that make their own mineral makeup. Meanwhile, there's been some investigation into her lipsticks, with Xenia's post on making lipstick (as well as the later one on making eyeshadows) attracting strong skepticism. Yesterday, Xenia posted a video speaking out against the "haters", which rubs Lilian the wrong way as she feels she's unfairly being considered a liar. Xenia's response to her was (to Lilian's surprise) civil and composed; however, the same can't be said of Doe Deere commentor Mary, who thinks Lilian's only got a grudge because she's fat and that Lilian's on a power trip. (edit: Lillian's video about her issues with Xenia.) Edit: Xenia's entry with her video is closed to comments! (The ones already posted are still there though.) eyeshadowsluts' posts about Lime Crime, as mentioned by eleutheria.Blasts from the past via meanestbastard: The duct tape dress (Xenia's comments have been deleted), Where has the raffle money gone?, "violation of copyright", the mystery raffle winner, her journal's gone friends-only, relisting things that didn't sell. Oh and also Internet & copyright law fail.Edit 2: An insider's look at LBG drama. (The post itself is drama-free but does give some background.) Edit 3: A lone objective voice about this whole shabang-a-bang. I'm somewhat surprised Xenia hasn't found this yet and threatened to take me down! does otf_wank do anon comments?Edit 4: I posted a non-wanky version of this on MetaFilter (mainly to highlight the video of Miss K/Aromaleigh making eyeshadow) and they call shenanigans: ( cut for length ) |
| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | ||
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the_hms_stfu [ quantumreality ] |
9:09p | In Which Dumbledore Is Supposedly Omnipotent and Self-Aggrandizing... I give you The Dog that Didn’t Get Exonerated in the Night in which the usual Manip!Dumbledore paradigm is once again trotted out for display. For bonus lulz, marionros got good and wound up and blasted a few screeds about how that horrible fucktard Harry Potter is NEVER WRONG AT ALL NO SIR THE BOOKS NEVER SHOWED THIS (never mind that, uh, we do indeed read that in the "big reveal" scenes at the end of the books, that the gaps in Harry's (and therefore our) knowledge are filled in); she also doesn't seem to grasp the concept of a POV character who introduces us to the world in which he or she inhabits.As seems to be par for the course, trying to find ways to prove that the Death Eaters weren't really all THAT bad and such, we get this bald-faced assertion: So Grindlewald was the Dark Lord of his time, and Voldemort did a bid to the title a couple of decades later. Bagged it too (although I still don't get why everybody was so afraid of him. All that talk of 'he did great things.. Terrible, but great' and what do we get? A few murders of muggles and old women! A two-bit muggle crook can do better than that! The DE's would faint at seeing 'Silence of the Lambs'!). *coughBULLSHITcough* Voldemort did a hell of a lot more than "A few murders of muggles and old women", Ms Ros. He founded a terrorist organization devoted to overthrowing the lawfully constituted government of his nation. He counselled the commission of murder, torture, vandalism and property destruction by the members of his organization. Every action proved that power for its own sake no matter how convoluted the pathway was his basic justification. Else why greedily snatch at all elements of immortality? Even though he had his Horcruxes he wanted a Philosopher's Stone and had no compunction about drinking Unicorn blood. But hey, why let the books speak for themselves when you can make stuff up? Example by means of this detour: Sirius loathes Snape and calls him 'Greasy Git'. Harry loathes Snape and calls him 'Greasy Git'. We might assume that Neville also loathes Snape, but as far as I know, he never referred to him as 'Greasy Git'. Just because Neville loathes Snape but doesn't call him Greasy Git doesn't mean that those who do call him Greasy Git don't loathe him. It's amazing how these fen can make it all about Snape amid meta about Dumbledore. The making stuff up is that the words 'greasy' and 'git' never occur together once in the books. Chew on that, Ms Ros, and quit substituting fanon for logical analysis. Then The Corruption of the House System in which terri_testing takes a little sideswipe or three at James by insinuating he didn't respect his mother, and then goes on to basically portray Dumbledore in a manipulative light again. The actual logistical underpinnings of her assertions seem quite weak. How would, as she claims, a mass Obliviate work on twenty some thousand people? (Since that is, in effect, what she's proposing as the reason why nobody remembers what House Dumbledore happened to be in; she says (paraphrased) 'the spell works on books and memories')My spork is in storage at the moment so I can't do more than take a few feeble stabs at these meta-pieces which probably have grains of truth, but which seem to be built on a helluva lot of speculation and more than a bit of fanon. ETA: Oh for chrissakes mary_j_59 came along and managed to bring in some of that ridiculous Four Elements of Nature theory as well as demonstrate just how badly she excels at Missing The Point.Her comment is here and I'll be over in my corner of the universe, karate headdesking at the ridiculousness of her ability to ignore what the Sorting Hat and Dumbledore both said about Slytherin traits. Son of ETA: I noticed a segment of the LJ comments over there segued into some very revealing comments made by the Snapefen. My JournalFen entry regarding what I saw is linked. |
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fandom_lounge [ sandglass ] |
6:11p | Just in time for Christmas, Blizzard has started selling World of Warcraft in-game items for real world money! That's right, you can get a Pandaren pet or mini version of the the terrible Kel'Thuzad. In addition to being adorable, they cost $10, and do absolutely nothing useful in game. $5 from the sale of the Pandaren goes to charity, at least. I know at least five people who have already bought them and I am ashamed for every one. |
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fandom_lounge [ ilinana ] |
10:32a | Rifftrax The next live Rifftrax show will be December 16, with an encore on the 17th. This time the theme is Christmas shorts! Tickets are already on sale at some theaters, but I guess the 13th is when they will be widely available. ...I love shorts! Also, this reminds me that I need to find my copy of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, which is required Christmas viewing at my house now. More here |
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fandom_wank [ tetradecimal ] |
7:52a | Hideo Kojima to judge Twilight fanart contest Just a light wanky snack. Facts: (1) Hideo Kojima is the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series. (2) He is a fan of Twilight. (3) He will be in ur Pixiv, judging ur Twilight fanart. Also, winner gets an autographed copy of MGS4: Guns of the Patriots. ( Metal Gear fans: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ) ETA: ONTD post. Thanks to: vitalitat. |
| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | ||
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wankitywank [ hypno_jango ] |
6:25p | Blame the woman, not tradition! Thanks for the mansplaining! |
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fandom_lounge [ cinnamonical ] |
5:52p | Okay, I've seen a number of book rec posts here every now and again, so I was wondering - is there a community (either on LJ or JF - or both) that specializes in people asking for book recs (on fiction or non-fiction)? If there were something like that, it'd be great to see what people thought were good reads on any given topic. Thanks! |
| Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | ||
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the_hms_stfu [ quantumreality ] |
11:21p | Harmoanian Indoctrination: It Exists PSA: Snippets taken from the wank report. Old Portkey had a forum, and on this forum they had a thread. And with a self-righteous bleat here and some srs bsns there, the Harmoanians had their say. PJLikesAUfanfic: I even got little one trained to say 'ron is icky and yucky and mean to Hermione' and she is so adorable when she says it too. At school they play the HP movies *1 and 2 only since the movies 3 & 4 and up would scare little kids in her Special Needs class* sometimes and she stands up and points at the TV and says it in the middle of her class and her teachers smile and nod and give her a sticker. I guess they have read the books too and know which couple is the right choice rather than the 'easier' choice. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS I DON'T EVEN-- *stares* I think my face looks like that dog that's trying to comprehend the sheer level of stupid up close he's witnessing. What kind of person uses their children to validate their world of batshit? I mean, that's just a million degrees of Fucking Creepy, in my book. I don't even want to try and wade through the rest of it but I imagine some of you will be more than ready to take out your sporks and apply some deserved ego reduction to these folks. Meanwhile, I'll be over here. *karate headdesks* ETA: I want to point out that this icon from littleshebear is so very appropriate. |
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fandom_wank [ istaerlus ] |
8:43p | I refuse to return your stolen tablet until you buy me a better one Over on FurAffinity Kitara makes a journal about the theft of her tablet (the original journal is on the bottom half and the update is on the top half). She says she lent it to Recca_se_li and it was then either stolen by Razr or Recca lent it to Razr. Either way Razr refuses to answer any of Kitara's emails or text messages on the subject. Kitara then updates same journal (top half) when she manages to contact Razrs roomate/master/girlfriend/sockpuppet knowstobite. Knowstobite insists that the tablet was given to Razrs by Recca as a parting gift and that he will only return it once Kitara gives him another tablet of same or better quality. Recca says Razrs has also stolen from him and owes him money ICEman goes on Heidi patrol and internet lawyers Kitara posts another journal where she shares a conversation she had with Knowstobite The conversation is tl;dr but the gist of it is Knowstobite thinks Razr has done nothing wrong by willfully accepting and keeping property he knows is stolen and again insists Kitara sends a new tablet to Razrs before she receives the original back. Knowstobite shows up to share her two cents Knowstobite also posted a journal on the subject of the tablet The edited version Screen caps thanks to Nightfurson of the original version in which knowstobite tries to raise money to buy Razr a new tablet. Screen capt comments from Knowstobite's first journal where we find out Razr just made over $200 dollars on a commission and can easily buy himself a new tablet with that money. the furbuy auction (half a NSFW picture) At some point Recca also started taking donation money to buy Kitara a new tablet even though Kitara explicitly said she doesn't want a new one, she wants her old one back for sentimental value. Questions are raised as to what happens to the donation money after Kitara receives her old tablet back. Unfortunately I can't find the original post where Recca says this, just a comment referring to it. There is much internet lawyering throughout. ETA: There appears to be a happy ending after all Kitara posts a new journal saying she got the tablet back. |
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clairvoyantwank [ pointandlaugh ] |
6:49p | Stephen Fry Flounces From Twitter? From the Beeb: He sent a message - or tweet - to the user with whom he fell out, saying: "You've convinced me. I'm obviously not good enough. I retire from Twitter henceforward. Bye everyone." (I can only imagine that there is a row going on about this somewhere, but as I am not a Twitter user, someone else may have to provide). |
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fandom_wank [ galateus ] |
9:23a | This wank based on true events. [now with baleetion] I read the strangest rant today. How strange you say? So strange no one can agree just whether it's even a rant at all! OP replies to requests to clarify, a few times, while a brave idealist attempts first contact, before realizing only a sucker would try to breach such impenetrable walls of WTF. A random potshot at someone's fic-writing skills prompts the best simile ever. The more persistent commenters dig through the layers of Bizarro-talk until they uncover the truth: OP is... 'anti-criticism'? And shattered idealism is shattered. ETA: aslongasitlasts has studied the people of FFR. He's like a magic 8-ball, in a way. And ETA2: Modly intervention. But he wants to be banned. No, really. ETA s'more: Post got blanked and F-locked. Comm membership is open, though. The ETA Apocalypse Now: Comments are being baleeted at random, and the original post is replaced by the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's the final troll blowout, people. ETA Captain Obvious:: Oh, so that's what started it. Taunting the mod, and then deleting comments (A no-no in ffr^2). He's banned now, but you wouldn't know because the mod comment that said that is... deleted! ETA Cry For Justice: There are 409 Google caches of the wank still with pre-baleetion comments. Saving the ones I can before they update. |
| Friday, October 30th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ darksumomo ] |
11:26p | A Revolutionary Girl Utena themed wedding from down under From Offbeat Bride via Kotaku and solarbird</lj>. Anli & Laura's Lesbian Gamer Geek WeddingHere's the music the couple used for their processional: Hikaru sasa niwa. Go click on through to the Offbeat Bride story. There are lots of lovely photos, including a slide show. As for the Portal part, a commenter on Kotaku pointed out, "So the cake wasn’t a lie afterall…" Current Mood: Happy-Dance |
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fandom_lounge [ researchgrrrl ] |
7:21p | Stay classy, Twilight merchandising. Stay classy. After some consideration, I've decided to x-post this from the sparklefield because it's a very special kind of transcendent, as in...how is Twilight the first fandom to actually Go There with this sort of merchandising? Srsly.*** I think I'll let the product speak for itself since I cannot -- well and truly cannot -- find the words: You can now have RPattz's face buried in your crotch any time you wish. Think I'm kidding? Check out the completely classy detail painstakingly created for the panty lining. *just looks at y'all* Current Mood: In Denial |
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fandom_lounge [ cygnia ] |
2:10p | Because YOU demanded it (or not)! Anthony Bourdain gets his own cartoon. :-D |
| Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ hypno_jango ] |
9:10p | Just Valve being awesome some more. This weekend, Team Fortress 2 is having a Halloween themed special with free hats to take from dead players. There is an egg* on the page which leads to TF2's backstory. Yes, this game now has a plot deeper than just two sides trying kill each other. As a bonus, the new page has another egg** that gives a nod to a popular TF2 character fanart. ~Egg spoilers~ * Zepheniah Mann ** Barnabas Hale |
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the_hms_stfu [ maximuski ] |
2:27p | "100 Reasons to ship Draco/Ginny" (Sorry if this has been posted before :P) I was curious about why people at Portkey have Draco/Ginny as one of their "official" ships, so I went looking for their D/G forums, and found this list. I've selected the most lulzy reasons out of the lot to avoid the tl;dr. ( LOLWAT ) |
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otf_wank [ ladylauren ] |
9:07p | My word count is pastede on yay, back for 2009! Some of you may remember this wank from last year, revolving around a certain individual who decided to claim he'd 'won' NaNoWriMo by copying and pasting pages from Wikipedia and so on into Word and then using find and replace until it was a 'completely new and unique literary work'. Well, he's back. With his profile page proudly boasting of last year's 'achievement' thusly: My debut with NaNoWriMo was in 2008, when I completed a 2.5-million-word draft titled "The President Who Exploded." This work is what I call a “non-linear literary collage.” It consists of materials I mined from various blogs, chat rooms and fan fiction sites. I'm a word rustler. I prowl the talk pages of Wikipedia, the reader comments on io9.com and various venues frequented by anonymous bloggers. I shamelessly plagiarize their words -- even their misspellings and gramatical errors -- then transform the stolen content into a new and unique literary product through a series of computer-assisted modifications (cut-up engines, Markov generators, search and replace functions, etc.) and combinations with recycled content from my own writings. These are techniques I first explored in “Marienbad My Love,” the world's longest novel. Released in 2008, this 17-million-word creation also sets records for the world's longest word, sentence and book title. Which, notably, is copypasta from his own website. Self-plagiarism must be the literary equivalent of sitting on your hand until it goes numb before masturbating. Modus operandi announced, he trots into the 'Reaching the MILLION ...... NaNoWriMo 2009' The following exchange ensues: marienbadmylove: I logged 2.5 million words last year. I'm swinging for 999,999-plus again this time. Let the good times roll! Kateness: you know I don't think your words count, on the basis of our disagreement last year. BUT because the rules explicitly say I can't call you a cheater, I won't, because god knows that rule has helped me in the past, and we'll just leave it at that. If you think it's a win, it's a win (Just kindly keep your hands off any excerpts I may post, and my blog if you're so inclined), and that's all I'm going to say about this. marienbadmylove: Ah, but how can you stop me? *snip some drivel about William Burroughs* Dragonchilde (forum moderator extraordinaire: marienbadmylove: *more gibberish about Burroughs that is kind of really not applicable in this situation at all* Rest of responses: *dogpile without explicitly calling him a cheater* The best of which is Angolera's: There's a huge difference between writing 2.5 million words and using 2.5 million words. marienbadmylove: *disappears from thread* But where is he now? Oh, here he is, announcing his intention to hit 50,000 words on Day One to give himself a 'little cushion' on his way to the million. Please note he never states he's going to write these words, and is yet to return to the thread to pass comment on whether he is typing these words or using a voice recognition system. Funny about that. And it's not even November yet... Edit: Classic response from painkillers regarding the need of someone shooting for a million to sleep: Sleep? SLEEP? sleep is for writers, I'm a conceptual artist I am. ga ga goo goo ga ga, gin gang gooly, see it is the conception of the words that matter, not the words themselves. i don't need to sleep, because i don't use my brain -- for anything. Son of edit: He reaches 50K! Current Mood: Dramatic Current Music: Crowded House -- 'There Goes God' |
| Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | ||
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deathwatch [ eleutheria ] |
11:40p | Ted Andrews dies Ted Andrews, author of Animal Speak and countless other Pagan, New Age, and animal-spirit related books, has just passed. That book and associated tarot deck have been a big part of my life for quite a few years, this is really sad. (Unrelated: What the hell is up with the comments on Wild Hunt? Firefox suddenly won't load them. Anyone else having this issue?) |
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fandom_lounge [ jkefka ] |
5:41p | EA gets one over on Yatzhee It was really pretty goddamn clever. ( For those who dislike links ) Also, this was an ideal excuse to bust out my brand-new ZP icon. |
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fandom_lounge [ nopseud ] |
3:48p | Popslash SeSa Yep, popslash is still around, and it's still the best! And there's still a popslash SeSa -- not the original DWNOGA, but the authorised sequel, Make the Yuletide Gay. Even if you don't usually take part in challenges (like me), then SeSa is the one you shouldn't miss. There will be resources and mentors for all, and all the cheerleading you could want. Plus, at the end of it, you get your very own lovingly hand-crafted story to enjoy, something written especially for you. If you've drifted away from popslash, SeSa is the perfect time to get back in touch. Sign up and have a lovely couple of months of nostalgia. Sign-ups for Make the Yuletide Gay are open until Oct 30th. |
| Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ tehrin ] |
2:02p | On spitting_image, we're going to have a special Halloween post called Night of the Bad Comic Artists. Submissions will be compiled and the post will be up on October 30th at 5 p.m. PST. Please submit images here! |
