I got your random fannish babble right here, punk.

So, I adore justpopemotion. And I love reading other people's writing or character soundtracks, and I want to make my own, but I never, ever will.

( The reason I can't make character soundtracks )

I usually try not to do memes here- I have weird mental rules about what is "fandom" and what is not- but this is my favorite poem of all time, anywhere, ever.

( Skunk Hour, Robert Lowell )

My fandom fights The Man.

thete1 is talking, with both wit and eloquence, about why queer women like slash. Jessica Ruth came up with a wonderful theory here, and a lot of what she said is similar to what I'm gonna say. I think we all think about it, on some level, and for me, it's part of a series of bigger, interconnected questions- about slash, about fanfiction, about women, ( Read more... )

Would anyone be willing to look at a fandom-at-large meta post in the next few hours? It's a bit of a riff on- well, fandom-at-large, and I'd like to show it to at least a couple people before throwing it at the world.

If you're interested, IM me at the name in the user info? Thanks, guys.

Just saw Harry Potter; must sleep; full recap tomorrow, for anyone who leans in a Hogwarts-ly direction. But rest assured...

( cut for spoilers )

I'm doing the WIP meme now because I'm late to every party, and because my desktop has treasures that my laptop just doesn't. I think I've somehow consolidated a meme and...WIP Amnesty Day, maybe? Anyway, these aren't the fun snappy dialouge summaries everyone else did; they're just excerpts. Make of them what you will.

( Harry Potter, copfic )

lcsbanana, who is thoughtful and apparently shares my love for geography, said:

I love what ratcreature said about Gotham and Metropolis being "aspects" of real-world NYC.And then I typed out a comment that tried to eat the entire DC universe, and so I moved it over here. This is actually only a fraction of what would no doubt turn into a friggin' dissertation if I ( Read more... )

Bad fic is the ultimate crack. That is all.

Watched Batman Forever today because I am a huge dork and because I missed The Ten Commandments (apparently it was on on Palm Sunday, bah.) and Val Kilmer seemed like a fitting substitute ( Read more... )