urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet Really, I'm just here for the wank Who knew Armageddon could be so barbecue-tasty 2007-07-25T01:00:29Z urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:2834 2007-07-25T00:55:35Z 2007-07-25T01:00:29Z ...okay it won't embed, but watch the video <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y1qG6m9SnWI">here.</a><br /><br />And I'm in love <a href="http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/07/simpsons_coutur.php#more">And with the Simpsons too.</a> Fashion spreads a la Simpsons, courtesy of Andrew Sullivan of all people. Don't miss Marge with her hair down, and Linda Evangelista as a Simpsons character! urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:2733 2007-07-19T02:18:27Z 2007-07-19T02:18:27Z <a href="http://oyceter.livejournal.com/619213.html">Details here.</a><br /><br />Spread the word! urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:2527 2007-03-04T02:52:32Z 2007-03-04T02:52:32Z Because it makes me happy. Base from revenus over on LJ, who has some damn hot Kanda icons. urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:2226 2005-07-27T14:35:13Z 2005-07-27T14:35:13Z Nine other people have 'babies falling into volcanoes' as an interest.<br /><br />I love Journalfen. urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:2019 2005-07-16T18:47:29Z 2005-07-16T18:47:29Z From <a href="http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/760935.html?thread=70487143#t70487143">this wank.</a><br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/mistressrenet/pic/0003ye2d"><br /><br />Want, take, have, share. urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:1589 2005-07-14T14:17:48Z 2005-07-14T14:17:48Z On NPR yesterday, there were a bunch of young kids-- probably 12 at most, though I didn't catch the introduction-- talking about the next Potter book and their theories. It was just like reading Potterwank, only in a crazy catch, the kids who disagreed didn't pull out their intellectual credentials or get violently angry. Huh.<br /><br />(Someone still wanted Ron to die, though, which I found amusing.) urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:1431 2005-07-04T02:23:28Z 2005-07-04T02:23:28Z <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/mistressrenet/121187.html">More icons here,</a> all shareable, pls credit kthks. urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:725 2004-10-21T02:50:23Z 2004-10-21T02:50:23Z <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5377&amp;forum=151&amp;viewmode=flat&amp;order=ASC&amp;start=0">Applegal posts a question about fanfiction</a> at the <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">Nanowrimo</a> boards.<br /><br />People reply, the thread is happy, and then...<br /><br />Grammar con Queso and Holbrook tell everyone how much fanfiction sucks, at great length, and also how illegal it is because they've talked to lawyers.<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />Grammar started it off with this:<br /><br /><i>Detest isn't quite strong enough. There are myriad reasons I loathe fanfic.<br /><br />1) It's theft of intellectual property. The characters are not yours whether you want to write about them or not. They do not belong to you.<br /><br />2) It's copyright infringement. Like it or not, it is.<br /><br />3) It's in extremely bad taste. The original author crafted characters and should have the right to do with those characters what he or she wants. The author should not have to put up with a bunch of wannabees co-opting those characters for their own purposes. The author should have the right, even beyond copyright and intellectual property, to decide how his characters behave. As much as you may love them, you don't know them better than the author.<br /><br />4) It's lazy. You want to write? Create your own damn characters. Can't do that? Watch TV.<br /><br />5) It's hypocritical. It absolutely boils my blood to see people who have stolen characters from an author whine about other people stealing their ideas. That, dear reader, is known as a karmic smackdown. It's equally hypocritical to see someone put a copyright symbol on something containing characters and ideas from someone else's work. If you don't respect copyright, why should anyone respect yours?<br /><br />6) It's lousy, or at least the grand majority of it is. Why wade through that much chaff?<br /><br />I have, to date, never seen a single legitimate reason for fanfic. It is, on a moral level, equivalent to film, software, and music piracy. "But I wanna..." or "That's not the story I really want to read..." are crappy reasons.<br /><br />Good enough? Please, let the flaming commence.</i><br /><br />And oh, it does.<br /><br />And then there's this little gem if you keep going on:<br /><br /><i>On the other side are, well, I'm not about to start slinging mud, because we all have our little twists, but on the other side are ... the others. Slash. *shudder* And if you think I'm anti-slash because I'm anti-gay, you're wrong. I would shudder just as much if someone wrote (and come to think of it, they probably have) some kind of reverse slash where they turn gay characters straight.<br /><br />And finally, don't get me started on Japan. Japanese sex culture is f'd up. And if that makes me a racist or something, then I guess I'm a racist. But you look at some of the popular hentai stuff on J-List and tell me pre-pubescent rape scenes aren't f'd up. Seriously, dude.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Ah, November. You're gonna be a <i>fun</i> month. urn:lj:journalfen.net:atom1:mistressrenet:469 2004-10-21T02:49:43Z 2004-10-21T02:49:43Z <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5377&amp;forum=151&amp;viewmode=flat&amp;order=ASC&amp;start=0">Applegal posts a question about fanfiction</a> at the <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/">Nanowrimo</a> boards.<br /><br />People reply, the thread is happy, and then...<br /><br />Grammar con Queso and Holbrook tell everyone how much fanfiction sucks, at great length, and also how illegal it is because they've talked to lawyers.<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><br /><br />Grammar started it off with this:<br /><br /><i>Detest isn't quite strong enough. There are myriad reasons I loathe fanfic.<br /><br />1) It's theft of intellectual property. The characters are not yours whether you want to write about them or not. They do not belong to you.<br /><br />2) It's copyright infringement. Like it or not, it is.<br /><br />3) It's in extremely bad taste. The original author crafted characters and should have the right to do with those characters what he or she wants. The author should not have to put up with a bunch of wannabees co-opting those characters for their own purposes. The author should have the right, even beyond copyright and intellectual property, to decide how his characters behave. As much as you may love them, you don't know them better than the author.<br /><br />4) It's lazy. You want to write? Create your own damn characters. Can't do that? Watch TV.<br /><br />5) It's hypocritical. It absolutely boils my blood to see people who have stolen characters from an author whine about other people stealing their ideas. That, dear reader, is known as a karmic smackdown. It's equally hypocritical to see someone put a copyright symbol on something containing characters and ideas from someone else's work. If you don't respect copyright, why should anyone respect yours?<br /><br />6) It's lousy, or at least the grand majority of it is. Why wade through that much chaff?<br /><br />I have, to date, never seen a single legitimate reason for fanfic. It is, on a moral level, equivalent to film, software, and music piracy. "But I wanna..." or "That's not the story I really want to read..." are crappy reasons.<br /><br />Good enough? Please, let the flaming commence.</i><br /><br />And oh, it does.<br /><br />And then there's this little gem if you keep going on:<br /><br /><i>On the other side are, well, I'm not about to start slinging mud, because we all have our little twists, but on the other side are ... the others. Slash. *shudder* And if you think I'm anti-slash because I'm anti-gay, you're wrong. I would shudder just as much if someone wrote (and come to think of it, they probably have) some kind of reverse slash where they turn gay characters straight.<br /><br />And finally, don't get me started on Japan. Japanese sex culture is f'd up. And if that makes me a racist or something, then I guess I'm a racist. But you look at some of the popular hentai stuff on J-List and tell me pre-pubescent rape scenes aren't f'd up. Seriously, dude.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Ah, November. You're gonna be a <i>fun</i> month.