05 April 2008 @ 05:50 pm
QAF Fandom InsaneJournal News -- 4/4/08  
I'm pretty sure I've figured out why the feed for this newsletter has been misbehaving, but there's no real way to know other than to try again. Also, I have the most terrible flu ever, so this issue will be a bit shorter than usual. My apologies!


Queer as News
The newsletter of the Queer as Folk Fandom on InsaneJournal
For the week ending April 4, 2008
Busy, Busy
It was the first International Brian Kinney Week on InsaneJournal, and who could complain about that? In other news: There's a new QAF asylum on InsaneJournal! Visit [info]qaf_squee! And as always, if you have news, please post it here.

Pimp This
The challenge this week at [info]qaf_drabbles is... Gay-stastic? Seriously! Or, you know... not so seriously. Come by and write... and read. Drabble prompts change every Wednesday.

Marathon: 112!
Every Monday, [info]qaf_marathons watches and discusses an episode. This week is 112... icons here from [info]brianslave68 plus [info]aramina's very funny 112 picspam here; discussion here.

Next week: 113! Not-hot!Kip Thomas! Hot-hot!Marianne! Silly!dancing!Justin! And Brian finally sticks his dick where it didn't belong.

Meta, Meta Everywhere
First: Visions of blowjobs. Next: Reflections on Brian's strength. Then how fanon and meta can mess up fic writing. Thoughts on [info]luceononuro's "Fly" from givemetehlove; Rage's fatal weakness; Gale vs Brian from firehead30; thoughts on the Brian and Michael friendship.

Ongoing Happenings

Fic Updates
This newsletter posts fandom news, including news about fic, such as challenges. But we don't post fic updates -- those go at [info]_love_qaf_fic.

Quiz This!
[info]qaf_scavenger plays a weekly game matching quotes to episodes. Because they change themes on the same day this newsletter comes out, our news is always a week old -- but be sure to drop by and see what's new this week, and play!

Fanfic Reading Club
The new Fanfic Reading Club at [info]qaf_coffeeclub will begin a new discussion on April 13: [info]rhiannonhero's post-414 reunion fic, "Forever Changes Everything," led by [info]singlewoman. The complete schedule is here.

Current Challenge
Sign up to make graphics (due April 11), write fic inspired by the graphics (due May 16), or both, in the "Challenge in Two Parts" at [info]qaf_challenges! Sign-ups, rules, and more info here!

Icons in this issue by [info]brianslave68 ("come hither" from 112); "It was love to me" by [info]ohfreckle; Brian icon by LJ's lauradumb; Marianne icon by [info]rebeccama; angsty Brian icon by LJ's furriboots; icon from "You Look So Fine" scene from LJ's no_apologies_86; Brian/Rage by [info]testdog65; "Write This" icon by [info]stephmck.

Ooooh, Shiny!
All the things we can't resist!

Great Videos
It's time for some Brian-centric vids, in honor of International Brian Kinney Week! And [info]qafmaniac kicked things off with her new vid, Sexy Boy. [info]plasticine_star recc'd schschu068's WOW, I repixed two Brian vids both set to Jewel's "Foolish Games," [info]happier_bunny repixed [info]sra_black's vid set to Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars, and [info]4cupcakes rounded things out with another Brian vid, by IHeartJakeToo, set to Poe's "Walk the Walk."

Fic Recs:
[info]qaf_retread recc'd the beautiful "All He Knows" by Ethan (xhaleslowly) as well as the angsty series "Hold On" by kimberleyqaf. This week's dose of crack starts with a favorite of mine, Out of Shadows", also by kimberleyqaf, then some really wrong MPREG (well, if it's MPREG it's wrong, duh) recc'd by [info]4cupcakes, and then a visit to the Gayboy Mansion followed by an introduction to Brian's Lost Sister. Last in the crack department is something you will have to see to believe... there are no words.

Contest!
Nominations are open in [info]iconics' first contest -- with a King of Babylon wild card category. Voting begins April 7!

Icon Challenge!
The theme this week at [info]qaf_icons was "Kissing," and new theme is "Toys!

More Icons

QAF quote icons by [info]ohfreckle; Mel/Lindz icons by [info]foreverbm; more Brian/Justin goodness through the seasons from [info]youbetterwiseup; [info]rinmonster's hilarious bad!fic icons; QAF icons from [info]pfodge here. It's [info]testdog65's first time: check out her virgin effort! Then [info]brianslave68 gives us Brian's tongue plus more Brian; [info]qafmaniac offers many Brian icons plus some dirty!feet!Brian ones, too!

More:
[info]happier_bunny wants to see your favorite Brian icons; [info]nerilka24 has a Brian colorbar, and so does [info]foreverbm, in two versions, plus two Brian headers and a Justin colorbar; a Season Four picspam with some cracky commentary from [info]happier_bunny;a Brian picspam from [info]plasticine_star; a cheek-pinching vid clip and a hysterical "don't touch me" picspam from [info]besamislabios; [info]kata_ny's King of Babylon picspam with a Brian focus; another great QAF graphics tutorial, this one featuring Brian and his camera, from [info]zaipixie; two count 'em two Brian!tongue picspams from [info]rosy5000; an interview with Brian Kinney in the form of a picspam from [info]plasticine_star; and a stunningly beautiful Season One green apple picspam from the [info]bitchesofbritin.

 
 
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secretsolitaire: hugs[info]secretsolitaire on April 6th, 2008 03:17 am (UTC)
Feel better soon, Xie! *hugs*
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NotEverything: BKCoatIlaria[info]noteverything on April 6th, 2008 03:51 am (UTC)
Feel better soon!! I had the flu myself a while back, along with a nasty case of strep.

And I don't think I've ever said how cool this Queer as News idea is. I know I miss things and now I have a place to catch up.
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[info]ex_pinkfrict656 on April 6th, 2008 11:45 am (UTC)
Hope you get better soon Xie. *hugs*

Thanks for the mention of my asylum! *loves you*
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brianslave68: brian in bed sick[info]brianslave68 on April 6th, 2008 05:05 pm (UTC)
Another great issue!

So sorry about the illness thing. I'm still sick as well. I'm on day 9 of it. I think I need to go to the doctor tomorrow and find out if I have an infection. :(
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