: Tuesday, April 29 2008
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hector_rashbaum: Band + Fandom = Bandom. Wait, no. Specific, Majority-Approved Bands + Fandom = Bandom. Better![..] metafandom links a post talking about how diverse "bandom" is. The post has a point, if you read "bandom" as "FBR and associates". I write a post about how in different areas of "bandom", diversity is sorely lacking. metafandom tags it as "rockfic"- penknife: Auntie Penknife's Guide to Flirting for Men - you may meet someone at a con or festival or other large public event, and one of two things is true. First, you may want to explore the possibility of some no-strings sexual activity[...]Second, you may [...]want to explore the possibility of dating her -
- joyful_molly: Writing/Meta: The Balance between Facts and Fiction and Characters Behaving Badly - Too much realism or historical accuracy can ruin my work. I write historical naval adventure with supernatural elements and male/male romance, not a history book or a naval manual. Reading about a supper the heroes enjoy is probably more enjoyable than th -
- emily_shore: The X-Files, the Other, and the Mutant Enemy - As a show, The X-Files is very much a product of its time. It began at a time when the Cold War was just finishing, and America was looking around for new enemies. It reflects fears not of the enemy without, but the enemy within, drawing on anti-governmen -
- hebrew_hernia: facer-hating (or, the episode that broke the camel's back) - But seriously, how do they air an episode like "Ghostfacers" and not notice the rampant prejudice/discrimination? I understand that there's meant to be a certain amount of humor in it, but the truth in it makes it decidedly not funny. -
- sidewinder: Fascinating... - I pretty much just wanted to point out a very curious sequence of events which seems to suggest that the spur behind OTW was not just FanLib and/or Strikethrough...and that the idea of working with FanHistory and the people involved in it was never going -