Waiting, waiting....

[drakyndra]

Dear Lord, I hate Daylight Savings. First it managed to completely and utterly bewilder me the other night (But why is 2am gone?), but now, when I have woken up in order to "obtain" the last Torchwood ep, it means that my old normal time is no longer suitable.

Bastard clocks. And I can no longer get back to sleep. Thus, I shall sit up and make exceedingly random posts until I can find a downloadable copy.

Henceforth:

- If one has a poster above the head of their bed, please ensure that it is well attached to the wall. Waking up to a poster on your face is creepy as all fuck.

- Tinhats. In the Doctor Who fandom. Why, I ask you, why? *is currently refraining on commenting on the icon of "Bitch, please"-ness

- For some suitably wanky entertainment, the HP fandom never fails to provide. Thus, we have this and this to check out.

- Rec up. Two to go. If the effing download takes too long, I might do one during the wait, even.

- torchwoodcoffee has over 120 members. Egads.

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Ahh, tinhats!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Just what every fandom needs.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

The RPF for Billie and David was raising all my red flags, but there's nothing in the rules against it, so I'm just bleeping over. But no, there has to be someone who can't tell the difference between friendship and sex. (And probably has such a hate on for Sophia that they'd do anything to break them up, not that the whole Reinette bashing hasn't left a bad taste in my mouth.)

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Why it take them so long?

[raptor-au.livejournal.com]

If one has a poster above the head of their bed, please ensure that it is well attached to the wall. Waking up to a poster on your face is creepy as all fuck.

As someone who once woke up with Harrison Ford lying on top of him, I wholeheartedly agree...

Why oh why couldn't it have been the Jessica Alba poster right next to the Indiana Jones poster?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely no idea, in all honesty.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

;)

Mine was my Emily the Strange poster. The other one at my bed head was a Serenity movie one.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I can live with the fic - they seem to at least accept it's fiction, and I don't read it. It's the people claiming "they get on so well, they must be a couple" that annoys me. That and the Sophia bashing.

Though I do feel rather sorry for Billie's boyfriend. He seems to get forgotten because he doesn't do the social stuff.

[fannishnonsense]

Ah, tinhats. No fandom is complete without them. Or something. Anyway, I know I should probably be offended by them, but they're just so stupid that I can't work up the outrage. I do feel bad for poor Sophia and whats-his-name though.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

RPF bugs me on a variety of levels, but since there's nothing against it in the rules, I'm biting my tongue. It's not my place to force the comms to my views.

But "they get on so well, they must be a couple" - that REALLY rings my bells. I went through that shit back in Beast fandom; everyone thinking that it was just sooooooo romantic for Linda and Ron because they were Truly In Love. And I'm like, "Not so romantic for his wife, her husband, or anyone's children, ya think?"

Different show, same shit. I don't feel sorry for Billie's boyfriend; keeping a low profile has kept him off cafepress. (There are anti-Reinette T-shirts now.) It's smart to not be dragged through the papers and the more rabid/less of a grip elements of fandom.

I'm waiting for the RPS to start up. (Although... from what I hear about John Barrowman, it might not be fiction...)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Like you, I find them too pathetic to be angry about. Aside from the general annoyance I get from stupidity, that is. I just find it a bit depressing that it's showing up in this fandom.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I have no problems with RPF, so long as the writers accept that it is entirely fictional. I just don't really read it.

And, yeah, the "getting on well = couple" thing shits me off, possibly because my personal experience is that being a couple just makes frienships get horribly awkward.

The anti-Reinette shirts are courtesy of someone at TWoP, if I recall correctly. Idiots. And, yeah, it might be better for his sake. But I think I'll be amused when Billie shows up to a non-Who premiere with him, and the tinhats freak.

Isn't Barrowman supposed to be marrying his partner sometime soon. I read that somewhere.

[fannishnonsense]

Oh yeah, it's certainly depressing. But then, there are several segments of this fandom that I find depressing, so that's nothing new. :(

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

The fact it's all over tennant_love depresses me most. If they are going to be stupid, can they keep it out of my sight?

[doona-rose.livejournal.com]

Yay! Tinhats! And it would have to be in bloody [Unknown site tag]. It would have to be a couple of hours before that horrendous chemistry exam. Yep, I sat there and lamented it for half an hour. That and the RP fic that's popping up. Which is weird, because sometimes I quite love RPF. The latest just don't feel like the author knows it's fiction. And it's not particularly good writing either. There've even been a few complaints so I'm contemplating banning RPF and just directing it over to the RPF comm someone just made. But then we wouldn't get the scattering of good ones.

As for the tinhats. I can't delete it without banning speculation on David Tennant's personal life. And then we wouldn't get important conversations about his pants and whether he likes tea or coffee.

I keep myself happy with just deleting all the bad spelling. You'd be surprised at how much I've quietly removed.

[fannishnonsense]

Yeah, really. Not to mention the fact that there's a good chance that someone involved in making Who could see it. I mean, these morons don't even have enough sense to lock their posts! WTF are they thinking? I remember when I first got on the internet, RPF was this shocking thing that no one ever admitted to, and was kept hidden away for fear of the real people ever seeing them. Now, it's almost impossible to be on some comms without being inundated. I just don't understand that at all.

(Wow, I sound like an old fogey going on about the good old days, don't I?)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

You do a bit. ;)

That said, it's understandable. The production team is familiar with fic and slash and shippers and the like, but RPF is something a little different. And for those unfamilar with it, it can verge on being a bit creepy. Though I think the "they get on well = TWU WUV" posts would just make people laugh.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

They are in the Billie comm, too. I don't know enough about that comm to comment on whether that is a regular occurance or not.

The latest just don't feel like the author knows it's fiction.

Yes, that's exactly it. It's the carry over of the Doctor/Rose shipping into RL. Like the bloody Dan/Emma shippers in HP. Complete with Sophia-bashing instead of Reinette bashing. That's your issue rather than mine, though. Unless the Ianto comm spits up Gareth David-Lloyd RPF

I can understand why the speculation must be kept - it's logical. If you want the fact stuff, you have to put up with the occasional bugfuck insane speculation.

Go you and your l33t mod skillz!

[fannishnonsense]

for those unfamilar with it, it can verge on being a bit creepy

Yeah. I'm just having these visions of David (or worse, Sophia) stumbling across some of these stories and being horrified by them. Not a happy thought.

Though I think the "they get on well = TWU WUV" posts would just make people laugh.

True enough. After all, that's pretty much what the tabloids do, isn't it?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I sound like an old fogey going on about the good old days, don't I

My first convention was in '76. Let's start hitting all the irritating newbies with our walkers! :>

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I'm just having these visions of David (or worse, Sophia) stumbling across some of these stories and being horrified by them.

*winces* And thus we get a downside to the very thin fandom/creator line these days. (I am already sympathising for Freema and what she'll get in upcoming months)

But yeah, I'm sure the tabloidy stuff is a source of endless amusement.

[doona-rose.livejournal.com]

Thank god it's not just me who reads it and thinks: This is Wrong. I honestly loved the few RPF fics on lifeonmartha that I read because they were obviously completely fictional and the authors knew it and were writing, always, from a slightly cracked angel. And then I skimmed this one and it just gets worse and worse and worse. The latest review is just obvious Sophia hate and that's possibly the most annoying thing. Can't delete it because it's not on the page. I suppose it's grounds to delete because it's linking to real person hate. Can I do that?

The tinhat thread is dying down. Hope no one resurrects it and then we can just pretend it never happens.

I've finally gone and joined torchwoodcoffe. I think the fact that seing the Monosanto Catalysis on my exam made me instantly think of Ianto is reason enough. At least the people over there seem sane.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Am I even allowed in this conversation any more? ;)

[fannishnonsense]

Hooray! Let me just get my cane...

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Isn't Barrowman supposed to be marrying his partner sometime soon. I read that somewhere.

The British equivalent of a civil union, as I understand it, and all the more power to them. I am a romantic sop at heart and want John to live Happily Ever After.

It's just that from some of the interviews I've been reading - particularly the way John always dances around a straight answer as to how monogamous his relationship is... well, I've got my theories. None of which have any bearing on his actual life or relationships.

RPF... I've got rules for what I like vs what creeps me out, and like a commenter down the thread, I'm getting the definiate feeling that at least one of the authors has no grip on the line between fantasy and reality. It's one thing to have a person in the background of a story, or to write about them doing their job. (Actor sucked into show's universe or vice versa is a subgenre of RPF I've always been a bit fond of.) But the ones that speculate on sex lives... that crosses a huge line for me. It's one thing to say "I think someone might be an alleycat" and quite another to start masturbating in public graphically spell out what who should be doing to whom.