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Well, the magic that is Fandom_Wank (and associated comms) currently seems determined to give me some Harry Potter fandom flashbacks at the moment. And not exactly in the good way.
For starters, FictionAlley is asking people to vote for it as a charity deserving grant money! Instead of, you know, the actual charities it is competing against which including things like animal shelters, combating human trafficking and supplies for homeless children.
I'm fairly certain my opinion on this has already expressed by someone else far more eloquently than I could managing, but dear God, FA, what the hell are you thinking? I haven't been to FA or it's forums in years now, but back in my pre-LJ days it was one of my introductions to the social part of fandom. And to see something that once mattered to me demonstrate this sort of audacious and utter shamelessness is horrifing. I just... how could anyone possibly think that this was the right thing to do?
Egads.
A less horrifying flashback to the glory days of HP-dom is Aja's grand and glorious TL;DR about the difficulties of being a BNF. I think I speak for us all when I say, oh Aja.
Truly, a week for first world problems.
And to get away from bizarre Potter flashbacks, News.com.au would like to apologise for getting their Star Trek facts wrong. And to inform us that Patrick Stewart is hot. No, really. I am not lying about that last bit.
Also, what the hell has LJ done to comment formatting, and what happened to all my icon names?
For starters, FictionAlley is asking people to vote for it as a charity deserving grant money! Instead of, you know, the actual charities it is competing against which including things like animal shelters, combating human trafficking and supplies for homeless children.
I'm fairly certain my opinion on this has already expressed by someone else far more eloquently than I could managing, but dear God, FA, what the hell are you thinking? I haven't been to FA or it's forums in years now, but back in my pre-LJ days it was one of my introductions to the social part of fandom. And to see something that once mattered to me demonstrate this sort of audacious and utter shamelessness is horrifing. I just... how could anyone possibly think that this was the right thing to do?
Egads.
A less horrifying flashback to the glory days of HP-dom is Aja's grand and glorious TL;DR about the difficulties of being a BNF. I think I speak for us all when I say, oh Aja.
Truly, a week for first world problems.
And to get away from bizarre Potter flashbacks, News.com.au would like to apologise for getting their Star Trek facts wrong. And to inform us that Patrick Stewart is hot. No, really. I am not lying about that last bit.
Also, what the hell has LJ done to comment formatting, and what happened to all my icon names?
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(I also remember seeing a very similar book to the one reviewed in the original article [I don't think they actually read it] in the library at one of the high schools I attended. I found it once, and then it disappeared, lost to the realms of L-Space.)
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The comment on Patrick Stewart's looks is hilariously unexpected, though.
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Some of Aja's posts are genuinely good and interesting, but honestly she needs to learn when to restrain herself from giving her 2 cents (or in this case $2.00) on everything. Paradoxically anyone pointing out her tl;dr will just make her tl;dr more. Conclusion: use the scroll button.
(As an aside: I fucking love Inception fandom. Many a time there's been almost-wank but the fandom's reacted amazingly well and defused the situation.)
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(You say that now. I'm sure sooner or later it's all going to implode horribly. I've seen it before.)
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I'm going to read the wank now. I had no idea it was this extensive.
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I was going to go to sleep but now I'm writing a post about this. SEE WHAT YOU DID YOU TURNED ME INTO AJA.
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Ajafication: It is now contagious.
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Also, lol apology is lol. :D
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Left HP fandom years ago but... wow.
And who the fuck is Aja?
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Aja is an old school BNF. Hung out with Cassandra Claire.