This is the earworm thread, right?
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Polter-Cow - Feb 02, 2007 11:20:42 am PST #8451 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P.M. Marc - Feb 02, 2007 11:35:28 am PST #8452 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
::cough::
t /natter
Volans - Feb 03, 2007 10:14:06 pm PST #8453 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Really, my ONLY point was that negative feelings about a show/movie/book do not necessarily imply an inability to contribute to a discussion of said work in an intelligent and worthwhile fashion.
Wrod. (See tag line). In fact, sometimes I think it helps. TV shows, like books and movies, are fully constructed things. What's shown and not shown are both active choices. Criticism should be just as active a creative process: instead of saying "BuffyNAngle4EVAH!!!1!" tell me why that relationship was more compelling than Buffy/Riley or Buffy/Spike.
I've felt a bit of community pressure to never say anything negative about the ME shows, but not a lot. This group, unlike most other people/groups I know, never says, "Gawd, why can't you just sit there and watch the show without thinking?!?" I have definitely felt pressure to avoid saying negative stuff about Tim's shows, but I think that's because he's a Buffista and we tend to avoid saying negative stuff about each other's work.
However, as we know, there's a difference between, "UR SHOW SUX" and (not a Tim-show ref) "Her character would never have done that in the first season. We never saw anything that indicated she'd changed. Why is she doing that now?"
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2007 10:19:08 pm PST #8454 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I remember the furor when Billy aired. Good times, and I'm not being sarcastic. Tim can and will go to the mat if he cares to, and he got laid into more than once about Angel.
I also remember Totem Mole being bitched about, and maybe also Safety Canary. No reason for people to stop being honest now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 04, 2007 9:21:28 am PST #8455 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I can't recall... what was the point at issue in "Safety Canary"?
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2007 11:33:56 am PST #8456 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's some discussion here: Frankenbuddha "The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress" Feb 7, 2005 6:12:50 pm PST and here: Kat "Lovesick, my Ass!" May 3, 2004 7:03:21 am PDT
Kat - Feb 09, 2007 4:43:14 am PST #8457 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
New Natter title for 50?
United States of Natter of course.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2007 4:48:27 am PST #8458 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Natter 50: The other half of the ways to leave your lover.
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2007 4:59:50 am PST #8459 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Natter 50: The other half of the ways to leave your lover.
Or!
50 Ways to Leave Your Natter
SailAweigh - Feb 09, 2007 5:03:52 am PST #8460 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ooh, I like Steph's idea, leave the Natter gets my vote.