Abbey Annex III

swipeatronspark is a Transformers ficcer most known for writing, requesting, and promoting Sideswipe/Megatron fic. She puts herself up in an anon meme with a number of others. The results are somewhere between mixed and strange, with slapfighting anons galore.

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This is one of those wanks that kind of speaks for itself, so that makes my job easy!

On the FurAffinity forums, Enoki posts a list of rules all furries should live by originally composed by a guy known as Sammyfox:

1) By joining this fandom, you agree that you will get ridiculed someday.

1a) You agree that you will act responsibly and maturely. This means that you won't, for example, try to blank that Encyclopedia Dramatica article you don't like. Not only this doesn't work, but it'll get you ridiculed even more.

2) Three words: Orthography, grammar, and punctuation. This fandom doesn't need idiots who can't greet someone without replacing entire words with abbreviations.

2a) I'm dead. Fucking. Serious. Writing like a mongoloid pisses off EVERYONE, especially those whose native language isn't English and who learnt it - be it entirely by themselves or with help. See, I learnt English ENTIRELY by myself, and while it's still not perfect, I'm doing my best to be comprehensible.

3) You will NEVER bother an artist with requests unless said artist SPECIFICALLY states he takes requests.

3a) In an art site which allows you to comment on an artist's work, you will NEVER ever type shit like "murr I'd fuck her/him/it/whatever" and the thousands of derivatives which are just as stupid and retarded. There are better ways to praise art.

3b) You are allowed to diss shitty art without restraint. Wannabe artists have the duty to use their judgment to assess the quality of their own art and to decide whether or not they should upload it. This is even more important when said art is drawn porn. If you can't draw anything correctly, DON'T UPLOAD IT. Do this fandom a favor and do not pollute the internet with your sub-par excuse of a drawing.

4) You will not take photos of yourself in a fursuit, no matter the costume's quality, where you are engaging in sexual acts, be it with another person, a sexual toy, or your hands. It's people like these who give this fandom a bad name.

4a) Diaper fetishists, stay the fuck away from this fandom. "Diaperfurs", get the fuck out. You are not liked in here. We hate you. You guys are awful even by furry standards.

4b) You are responsible for what you say in there. If you say that you diddled a kid or that you fucked a dog, you must accept the consequences.

4c) You will not take the defense of people convicted of serious crimes, and you will not complain if they get banned from a website even though their crime has nothing to do with it. (I'm looking at you, Frank Gembeck fans.)

5) Upon achieving fame, you will not act like a snob at others. You may be famous, but you are only known in the furry fandom. There's far better people out there, so don't let your ego take over.

5a) You will not rip off people. Your customers are most likely what helps you pay the rent. If you commit a fraud, and people gets word of it, you're pretty much dead in this fandom.

5b) You will accept responsibility for giving the fandom a bad name if you end up saying that you fuck your mate in a fursuit and proceed to parade with it on national TV.

5c) You will accept that we are entitled to hate you just as much as you hate us. You will not use substitutes to names (the usual idiots instead of liberals) to make your rhetoric sound more manly. It does not. All it does is make you sound like a pompous asshole.

6) You will not threaten to sue a website for failing to live up to your personal expectations. This means that you won't threaten to sue just because a site will not force your set of beliefs down the throats of others.

7) If you fail to follow these rules, we have the right to insult and humiliate you until you leave this fandom.

Guess how well this goes over?

( Quotes over this-a way. Including good 'oil Godwin's Law! )

I lived in the Philippines for years and I sincerely love the place, but news like this just makes me despair for that country; A bit of background info: Mindanao is a predominantly Muslim region in southern Philippines that's still very much a throwback to the days of the warlords where old clans rule the political scene (not much difference from mainstream Filipino politics, tbh), and the place is divided up into 'territories'. This recent news is remarkable in its utter brutality, pointlessness and...well...I just don't understand how someone could bring about something this evil all for the sake of politics and their sense of ownership over their 'territory'.


( Politico sends in wife and sisters where he fears to tread- wife, sisters and their 36+ companions end up dead.... )

Twilight Brand Heroin. As in...well, see for yourselves! No source for the image though.

And if you're in the mood to get your hackles up there's also 7 Threatened fanboy responses to New Moon. Be warned, some of the quotes are pretty fuckedheaded.

DP Scanlations has released an Outsiders doujinshi called Kuchibashi ni Cherry (Arsenal x Nightwing). Even if you're not interested in the pairing, it involves cherry chapstick.

• irana: On BDSM, Part II - Today we're going to look at some other terms - negotiation, limits, contracts - break those down, and hopefully provide those reading with a better understanding of what those terms mean. -
  
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• irana: On BDSM, Part I - Consent is a vital element in all psychological play, and consent can be granted in many ways. -
  
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• the_minx_17: Hi! My name is Minxie...¦ - [...] if a piece of fiction disregards the basic principles of safe, sane, and consensual they really are more trouble than they're worth. -
  
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Not all of the titles and writers are here but some of the information is making me jump in excitement and some is making me rub my hands in the inevitable wank that will happen.

( Cut for everyone who think episode titles are spoilers. )

Source.

Alright, I need some help. There are two books that I've been trying to re-find again, and I can't for the life of me remember what their titles are.

The first is science fiction set in a conflict between people on earth and spacers, who either live on the moon or in space ships. The main character is captured by aliens who have a ridiculously advanced stealth ship who are trying to stop the conflict for some reason.

The other is a fantasy series. The main character and his dog are part of a people who are stuck in this labyrinth death trap world, except he has escaped and is running around trying to figure out a way to bust the labyrinth open. He has swirly tattoos on his forearms which help him do magic (I think?).

Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know of the existence of an "anti-slash bingo card"? Something similar to the This is Gay bingo card or the No Racism in Fiction F/SF Edition bingo card or the Anti-Fanfic bingo card? (And here, have an entire Flickr group of these cards, which has an Anti-Gay bingo card but it's not quite specific enough for what I want.)

There's got to be an anti-slash bingo card out there, but if not...would anyone like to help me make one? :D?

EDIT: Okay, so here's what I got so far. Still open to rewordings and suggestions. There's some that I'm waffling over because I think there is a valid grain of truth in them, but as I said to lady_ganesh, it might only end up being a problem if those particular arguments along with others were hit up on the card.

Anyway.

-"They never said he was LGBT, so he must be straight!"
-"He had a girlfriend once! Ergo, he's straight."
-"Slash is sexist because it's all about men."
-"Slash is icky."
-"I just prefer canon relationships."
-"The canon LGBT relationships are boring."
-"The writer supported my ship in an interview/commentary."
-"I don't care what the writer said - all that counts is what's the canon."*
-"He can't be gay! He's too masculine!" (Alternatively: "He was in the Army/Navy/Marines!")
-"Why do you have to ruin their friendship with sex?"
-"You just don't understand how friendship works."
-"I'm straight, so I only like het porn."
-"But she's clearly his soulmate!"
-"Slash dehumanizes real gay people."/"You're exploiting real gay men!"/"Exploitative, unrealistic porn is only okay when it's my kink/het ship/Mary Sue/Gary Stu!"
-"Real gay people don't talk like that/act like that/fuck like that!"
-"Why won't you give het a chance?"
-"All slash fans are mindless rabid yaoi fangirls."/"Fangirls ruined the genre for me."
-"You're clearly heterophobic."
-"You're just writing them together because they're hot!"
-"You're sullying the canon/insulting the creator by turning their characters gay!"
-"You don't see anybody writing gay characters as straight, so why is it okay to do the opposite?"
-"Works aimed at guys/kids couldn't possibly have gay subtext!"
-"All slash is porn!"
-"It's OOC!"
-Ignores Sturgeon's Law when discussing quality.
-Claims slash ship is icky/improbable, ships their members with underage characters/mortal enemies/their moms.
-"You're just a misogynist!"/"You just hate your own gender!"
-"You just hate the girls because they're in the way of your ship!"

Looking for two completely different kinds of recommendations, from the people who are so incredibly helpful with recs!

I just re-watched LOTR this weekend and I've really got a yearning to read more fiction that's like that in certain ways:

-epic in feel and scope, full of both hope and despair, with many memorable characters
-needs to have at least one major battle
-dragons and magic are welcome, though the former isn't really necessary, just nice to have
-something I'm likely to find at the library-- I don't have a lot of cash for books right now, but I do have a very good library. Unfortunately, it's lacking when it comes to many of the feminist, small press, and written-by-POC books that I have seen recced on 50books_POC and blog carnivals. I'm still happy to know about them, but I'm concentrating on books I can read for free right now-- unless they're really that good
-please no urban fantasy, I'd like to concentrate on older settings.

(Have read: Lots of stuff, but off the top of my head, Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy (the first trilogy are my favorite books ever written), Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (loved it), Ellen Kushner, the Belgariad (disliked it quite a bit), Witches of Eleannan (sp?), Cheysuli series (loved at the time, would probably hate now), Greg Keyes' Thorn and Bone series (loved it!), Butcher's fantasy series about furies (liked it), Sarah Monette's Melusine books (hated them), lots more that I can't recall at the moment-- hopefully this info will help in reccing books!)

The other thing I'm looking for are podcast recs. I just got my first iPod. Progressive, feminist podcasts would be great, news with a left-leaning tilt, anything geared toward prospective writers, anything related to Doctor Who or fantasy fiction or... well, anything you think is neat. I'm also looking for good Pagan podcasts and WoW podcasts, but I think I've got the last one covered.

Thanks!!

TGWTG's Chester A. Bum reviews New Moon

The longer, but still hilarious, Spoony's review of New Moon

I'm sort of surprised that nothing has exploded in the comments yet. I suppose both of them are unknown to the Twihard crowd.

Remember RaceFail? I remember RaceFail.

All of you who participated in it? Wi11 $h*tt*1y has this to say:

forgiving everyone in RaceFail 09
ETA: I hesitated before making this a public post, but RaceFail and its fallout were so very public that this seems necessary, especially if Tempest and sparkymonster and anyone else are truly concerned I'm carrying a grudge and hoping to act on it.

I forgive everyone involved in RaceFail 09.

Perhaps that should be the whole of this post, but I'm not that kind of writer. So:

I can't even sum up what he has to say. The comments quickly turn into reminding us how hard it is to be W.$.

*sigh*

( HELLO SELITA )

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...

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. )

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.

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''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. )

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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.