I was wondering if you were behind it somehow, Hec.

Well, behind it in the sense that I was offstage clapping my hands with glee when I heard about the casting of V for Vendetta.

I just saw my first full-length teaser for The Inside. It didn't bother me in a sucky way at all. I can see how it would be a broader-based approach to a prospective audience.

I will admit, I could call to mind any number of shows from Millenium to Profiler and say this might end up being derivative just from the teaser but I liked the graininess of the shots and I was intrigued (and not just because of the discussion going on here).

If I was completely unaware of Tim's other work, I'd still be intrigued. I'd be ignorant of the fact that I might stand a chance of getting my heart and guts ripped out while having my brain completely stimulated but they do say that ignorance is bliss.

If I was completely unaware of Tim's other work, I'd still be intrigued.

This is me- I like procedurals like CSI, but for me, they're "when it's there" viewing instead of "must see tv". There's nothing to keep me captive. Even from the teaser we get the idea that there's something more going on.

We just don't know that the "something more" will tear us up and kick us in the teeth.

Natalie Portman is hot with no hair.

Would you do this?

Lie and die.

404, dude

404, dude

Still? I did a thing that may have been a fix.

I'm sitting down to write The Misery Effect, an essay about crazy fen, the ones who write hatemail in defense of a fictional character, who feel an unholy ownership over a show.

I hate this. It's Too Hard.

I hate this. It's Too Hard.

Because you have too many detailed examples?

Because you have too many detailed examples?

Because it's like shooting fish in a barrel, yes. Trying to make it interesting is difficult. I did an email interview with Jane Espenson and just got off the phone with Tim discussing this sort of thing, about the storyteller's responsibilities to the audience and vice versa, about power, about What Hurts and What Doesn't, and overall experiences with fandom.

But I put together an outline and found myself so acidic and angry, that I'm worried about why I'm taking it so seriously and it seems to just roll off their backs.

Which means getting personal about me. And That's Hard.

Back to the drawing board.

So I'm looking for thoughts on it.

Ah, the Irrational Investment issue. You have my sympathy, Allyson. I don't know how to talk about that without being too critical and implying that the crazy fen are, in fact, crazy.