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This Cannot End Well. [22 Nov 2009|08:39pm]

sparklefield

[quietladybirman]


Didn't we try something like this once before, Livejournal? Because I'm sure we did, and I don't remember it ending well last time either...
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Robert Downey Jr. [22 Nov 2009|11:52am]

hot_daily

[puipui]
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Seems like we're in "The Catholic Church Bares Its Ass" week... [22 Nov 2009|12:16pm]

unfunnybusiness

[ardath_rekha]
Their latest antic? They're not quite excommunicating a congressman (a Kennedy, no less), but they are, apparently, forbidding him to take communion because he's pro-choice.

Linkophobes can click here to read. )
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Harmonian Deathly Hallows posters [22 Nov 2009|08:07pm]

the_hms_stfu

[mariem_1]
Old School Movie Poster Manip

Deathly Hallows Poster # 2 and Alchemy-Inspired Graphic
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Tawdry tale of banker tangled up in blonde [22 Nov 2009|07:46pm]

unfunnybusiness

[dana]
I do not know what to make of the story this article is reporting on (apart from boggling at the money that some people earn), but the writer, Peter Stanford, what the hell? Is this suppose to be funny, am I missing something. Maybe my sense of humour is broken.

---

''IS IT the 'dumb blonde' hearing you're looking for, sir?'' someone asks as I wander the corridors of Victory House, home of the London Central Employment Tribunal. Just as he is pointing out the right door, a procession topped by various shades of blonde goes through it.

It is hard to imagine him, as Ms Wimmer has alleged, cavorting in front of her with a lap-dancer in a Paris burlesque club. )

Source
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So, Moé... [22 Nov 2009|01:35am]

fandom_rant

[sparkthatbled]
Moe anime is pretty much the hot issue running throughout fandom these days. It's kind of hard not to be, due to the fact that it's mostly about cute or sexy teenage girls in endless general permutations. Everybody knows about it, and it's hard not to have an opinion on it.

For me, moé anime is a genre that is pretty schizophrenic, because its definition changes depending on the person you're talking to about it. And therein lies the problem that I have with moé. Generally, I don't hate it that much. I hate the creepy fanservicey moé anime and the weak harem anime with a burning fury of a Chapter of Space Marines, but the light, cute and innocent stuff I let by, even enjoy, most of the time.

No, what gets my goat is the big "war" between pro and anti moé factions in fandom, with wank flying about the place and people ranting and raving about "greasy slimy pedos" and "angry screaming whiners". I just want to plug my ears sometimes and wish all of them would shut up. All of them. They're seriously giving me trouble trying to be an anime fan.

Soon I hope, this whole moé wank would die down, and maybe I can actually enjoy anime without feeling guilty for it.
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[21 Nov 2009|07:42pm]

random_rant

[sarajayechan]
[ mood | *Snarl* ]

So Livejournal refuses to load for me possibly because of a DDOS attack on my end. Is there any quick fix method or do I have to sit and twiddle my thumbs until it passes? I mean, I cleared my cache, deleted all my cookies, restarted my computer TWICE...dammit, I've got RPing to do and I was on a good active streak until it went all psychotic on me!

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I'm Rowling's battered wife: she better not waste the last chance I'm giving her. [22 Nov 2009|12:51am]

the_hms_stfu

[mariem_1]
Copied and pasted from [info]wank_report:

Are you still a fan of JKR's even after book 6?
http://talk.portkey.org/index.php?showtopic=21196&st=40&p=419533&#entry419533

Read more )
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Alice Braga [21 Nov 2009|11:52am]

hot_daily

[puipui]
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slow-mo panda is slow [21 Nov 2009|10:46am]

fandom_wank

[inquisition]
We begin our saga on the fair hills of [info]house_wilson, where the grass grows green and the House/Wilson shippers occasionally throw shit fits over whether or not David Shore is dicking around House/Wilson shippers.

One day, this (relatively) peaceful comm is visited by [info]slow_mo_panda, who had arrived to bring to everyone her thoughts on yaoi The Contract, a love-it or hate-it extreme-whump fic amongst House fandom.

The masses do not react well. (And [info]euclase wins the "most over-the-top reaction to criticism" award for this week.)

Having been thrown out by her ears, [info]slow_mo_panda once again continued her travels, landing on the shores of [info]fanficrants, where she hoped to be greeted with open arms and kind words telling her how everyone else is a bunch of mean bitches.

Alas, she had no luck on that front, either.

After a number of negative comments, she deleted that post and was banninated from [info]fanficrants. And there was much rejoicing.

Hearing the commotion, [info]ffrantsrants and [info]sf_drama arrived on the scene so that they could point and laugh.

However, this is not the end of our story. [info]slow_mo_panda, apparently having not learned her lesson yet, appeared once again, this time in [info]ffrantsrants in order to talk about how oppressed she is. Or something. ETA: Now locked down, but here's a text-version:
also long )
ETA2: And now [info]doire brings the screencaps.


Caps courtesy of [info]xayeidemon.

ETA: Removed links to locked [info]fanficrants content.

ETA2: Apparently, our friend has left a review on ff.net on the original fic:
cut for length )


ETA3: Now a tl;dr post in her personal journal. Man, she really doesn't know when to stop, does she?
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Sometimes, Karma does work [21 Nov 2009|06:16am]

unfunnybusiness

[cat_mcdougall]
Remember the 8yo in Arizona who was gang raped?

Her parents have been arrested on Child abuse charges

For the linkphobic )

It won't help the little girl get over what was done to her, but I can't help but feel just a tiny bit glad that this happened.
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Friday, November 20, 2009 [20 Nov 2009|11:10pm]

metafandom

[p_zeitgeist]
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Desert Bus for Hope has returned! Charitable Schadenfreude a-go-go! [20 Nov 2009|10:46pm]

fandom_lounge

[jkefka]
I hope all of you know about Desert Bus for Hope. If you don't, it's a group of sorry bastards who play the most tedious game ever made (it was specifically designed to be tedious) to raise money for Penny Arcade's "Child's Play" charity. The live feed of the guys is hilarious and the live feed of the bus is delightfully mellow, and you can make special requests with your donation! (E.g. have the crew sing a particular song or put on a silly hat). The bus is rolling again, and as of the moment they started they were committed to drive that bus for 97 hours. That's from money raised before they started, over $10,000! Roll on you crazy fuckers.

ETA: For those of you on Twitter, there is an effort to keep #desertbus up in the trending topics! Come on, let's beat out New Moon!
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This is not a parody, I repeat, this is not a parody. [20 Nov 2009|06:35pm]

political_wank

[platedlizard]


I like how they find the one black teabagger and focus on him.
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the grandest XO of ALL [20 Nov 2009|08:39pm]

fandom_lounge

[researchgrrrl]
X-posted from [info]sparklefield since this is pure multi-fandom awesomeness:

The Simpsons's 2010 Hallowe'en special will feature a segment in which Lisa falls madly in love with a vampire boy named Edmund. Cast as the voice of Edmund?

Daniel Radcliffe. ♥!
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the grandest XO of ALL [20 Nov 2009|08:39pm]

sparklefield

[researchgrrrl]
The Simpsons's 2010 Hallowe'en special will feature a segment in which Lisa falls madly in love with a vampire boy named Edmund. Cast as the voice of Edmund?

Daniel Radcliffe. ♥!
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Pedophile priests should get ..... wait, WHAT?! [20 Nov 2009|02:18pm]

unfunnybusiness

[staroverthebay]
Cut for triggery WTFery )

That headline is ridiculous. The article is not much better.

*quiet rage*

ETA: Forgot the link, had to hunt through my browser history for it.

Also, I'm still trying to figure out that line about "alleged abuse victims" -- what, the priests are convicted as pedophiles, but that doesn't mean the victims are telling the truth?
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Dammit, Who fandom, be wankier! [20 Nov 2009|05:55pm]

clairvoyantwank

[beejium]
Shockingly, despite all the new episodes and previews and filming of a new series, Doctor Who fandom has been relatively wank-free for quite a while. (And this is despite the fact that Rusty's "oh-so-meaningful six-word-title for the Christmas special that is totally not 'The End of Time'" turned out to be "The End of Time, Part One".) Stupid agreeable fandom.

Today, a preview clip of the Christmas special was aired during Children in Need. (Which can be viewed here, for those who missed it.) In a throwaway joke, it was implied that...

Slight spoilers under the cut (for preview only) )

Oh, apparently there was Barrowman in pants, as well. I missed that bit.

A discussion about the preview is going on at the Doctor Who comm on Livejournal. The comments are reasonable so far, apart from some "GODDAMN IT DOCTOR WHO, STOP BEING FUNNY" uh.. ness. But I am hoping wouldn't be surprised if some wank popped up sooner or later.

Me, I'll just be over here laughing forever. (So as to avoid thinking about what's to come at Christmas. D:)
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[21 Nov 2009|12:25am]

sparklefield

[mariem_1]
The 30 Most Disturbing Twilight Products
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Fan tore her clothes off at an autograph signing... [20 Nov 2009|02:59pm]

sparklefield

[das_mervin]
....because Robert Pattinson made an off-hand joke that she should.

Source.

Okay. You have done some Awesome things, but that was just Stupid. You'd think he'd know by now that his fans are batshit.
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