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Anne of Green Gables fandom: Rilla Blythe's Wedding: A Not Entirely Comprehensive Account. I cried and cried when I read Rilla of Ingleside as a teenager. But this story has a tone that acknowledges the grief that the Blythe family and the world are trying to forget in the wake of World War I, and at the same time, makes it RIGHT. (Plus, the gossiping of the Four Winds/Glen St. Mary's matrons is spot-on.)

Sports Night fandom: The Offside Rule. This is Dan/Casey fic, and I love the banter. Plus, SOCCER.

Bandom: One Step Forward (Two Steps Back). This is early-Panic fic. It was written for the 2009 Bandom Big Bang, but since it's a sort of weird pairing (Jon Walker/Brent Wilson), I didn't read it for the longest time. I like the outsider view of the Discos and TAI as they got popular and started to fall apart.

Tennis RPF: Ferris Wheel Lights On. Novak/Rafa. Not explicit. I pretty much love any fic that captures Rafa's playfulness and young wisdom.

Atlas Shrugged fandom: Breaking Dawn. Oh, man. There is so much I like about this fic. It's what we DON'T see in the book when Hank Reardon leaves "civilization" for Galt's Gulch, what happens when he gets there. I love the job he takes, I love where he ends up living, becoming better friends with Francisco D'Anconia, and there's a scene with John Galt that is just perfect.

Temeraire fandom: Gemology. Emily Roland is going to be an amazing Long-wing dragon-captain when she grows up. But this is not that story. This is about the garnets that Laurence's mother sent her, and about what they mean.

Weekend/Monday things:

• We finally finished watching Angel. \o/ Seriously? Joss Whedon should have stopped around season 2. Had to watch Serenity to renew my love for Joss. Also, I should concede that Angel would have made much more sense if I had ever watched Buffy.
  
  
• We set up the new tent, just so that the first time we did so wasn't at the campground in the middle of the night. It is HUGE in comparison to the old one. The old one was a hiking tent, just big enough for two sleeping bags. This one is enough for six, probably, and it can be divided so there's a little outer area and an inner one.
  
  
• RIP George Tiller. (I would seriously like to know how someone who claims to be be "pro-life" can justify celebrating this death. Hypocrites.)
  
  
• Got sucked into reading Star Trek (reboot) fanfic. *facepalm* Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the things you make me do.

♥ Henry Jenkins' blog posts about gift/shared economies. LJ what?

♥ Gabe Saporta. IDK, guys, I'm listening to Midtown's stuff again, just for the lyrics for characterization purposes, and I don't understand - he out-emo'd Pete Wentz, how does everyone not love him? Why is he always characterized as skeevy and gross?

Speaking of Midtown, does anybody have their split albums? I've got the four full-length ones to trade, if you're interested.

♥ WGN and its rebroadcasts of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Q!

♥ the sweet new out-of-lab office space I will have when we move

My serious LOL moments in the last twelve hours:

1. While we were sitting in the theater before Prince Caspian started last night, I complained about the over-air-conditioned-ness and pulled on my Black Parade hoodie. MrIris asked about the MCR concerts, and somehow we got around to the fact that the MSG show was the last of the tour, and that was their last tour for a while. Somehow, he hadn't quite caught on to that when I flailed about going. (More evidence that he zones when I talk about music or books he's not interested in; that's okay, I make appropriate noises when he talks about his video games, but mostly it's in one ear and out the other.)

When he asked why the hiatus, I ennumerated the various reasons band members have cited, ending with, "And they've all got married now except the drummer, so they probably want to spend time at home being, you know, couples."

I figured he'd get that, since we spent three years living 1200 miles apart.

His response? "I thought they were all gay."

OMG you guys, I about fell out of my chair laughing.

See, it is not just slashers with tin hats who buy into it!


2. My iTunes Shuffle took me from MCR's Welcome To The Black Parade to The Five Four Of Us Are Dying by NIN. Dear Ray Toro, what would your superstitious mind tell you about that coincidence?

So many things to like about music as a hobby and as a fandom.

There's new stuff to squee about every day. ( Like... )

Anyway. This fandom. People are mostly friendly. And there are lots of shiny pretty things to admire.

But at the same time, there are some not-so-cool things. ( In which I babble about one of these things. )

So, there are some things I don't really get about the bandslash fandom. Like, why would you want to have an "Unpopular Bandom Opinion Meme", anonymous or not? That's inviting wank. Does anybody really need that?

I mean, I don't mind sharing my opinions, unpopular or not. But I'd rather not stick them out there as a bull's eye for sniping.


( unintelligible science babble below )

Also? I'd really like it if the Chief and ex-student S would stop being so damn passive-aggressive and TALKED to each other. It'd make my life so much easier.

( just to be adored )


ALSO: slashfest Round VI is open for prompts. YAY! Any fandom, any pairing.

[Rules] [Fandoms #-G] [Fandoms H-Q] [Fandoms R-Z]

Hey, are you guys following the discussion of gender and fan studies over at Henry Jenkins' blog?

Today's bit is part of a discussion between Catherine Tosenberger and Geoffrey Long, and includes discourse about fanon vs. canon, touching on differences between fandoms and how some items that are really fringe in some fandoms have become mainstays in others.

One of the things I find interesting about Tosenberger in particular is that her 'ships in HP fandom revolve around the Weasley twins and include twincest, and her current fandom obsession is the gen vs. incest divide in Supernatural fanfic.

ETA: Oh, hey, and while we're thinking about all those published novels like Wide Sargasso Sea which could be considered fanfic but aren't, have y'all heard that there's supposed to be a book published that's Rhett Butler's POV of Gone With The Wind? That is wrong, wrong, WRONG. Rhett is a man of mystery; I don't want to know what he's thinking. He's the strong, silent type. The other "sequels" were bad enough. Scarlett, leave Tara? As. If.