Or maybe I'm too cloistered and away from the main HP fandom.
They're too busy racewanking.
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§ ita § - Aug 02, 2007 2:31:24 pm PDT #2213 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2007 2:35:07 pm PDT #2214 of 3301
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
They're too busy racewanking.
Ahhh, I know that's been all over the blogsphere, but I stopped thinking of it as a specific HP wank soon after it broke, so it didn't register. But yeah, the wanktasticness of it is such that petty ship wars probably pale in comparison right now.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2007 2:42:09 pm PDT #2215 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Normally the racewanking annoys me from all ends, but this one is so onesidedly clear that I can almost not believe it's happening.
Then again, you don't need to be certified to post on the interwebs.
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 2:53:12 pm PDT #2216 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think HP/Spooks would work nicely. Kingsley could be having interesting conflicts with Adam and Harry while guarding the muggle PM, for example.
go old school! choose Tom!
Dana - Aug 02, 2007 2:54:00 pm PDT #2217 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I've seen some really implausible crossovers that have worked really well. I think it's probably a fandom that you can bring people into easily. Melding universes, maybe not so much.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2007 3:03:41 pm PDT #2218 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What is the racewanking about?
Dana - Aug 02, 2007 3:09:02 pm PDT #2219 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, dear, I knew someone would ask.
A Harry Potter kink comm used the word "miscegenation" as a prompt, and further defined it to mean all interracial and interspecies relationships, meaning that stories with Neville/Parvati were classed in the same category as Aberforth/goat.
A fan, who happened to be African-American, noticed this and wrote the moderators of the comm, asking if they realized that the word and the concept were actually very offensive, and could they change it to something like "interracial"? The mods said no, because they weren't going to let anyone censor them.
Then hell broke loose. Two days later, they took the prompt down and sort of apologized, but not before a lot of ugly stuff happened.
Scrappy - Aug 02, 2007 3:59:49 pm PDT #2220 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh yeah--I did read about that.
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 5:12:28 pm PDT #2221 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't know where this concept that the word "miscegenation" was in itself offensive came from. It simply refers to the intimate involvement (marrying, dating, having children with, etc) of two people of different races. I mean, I'm not saying that the person wasn't offended, but I don't see it.
Laga - Aug 02, 2007 5:18:59 pm PDT #2222 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I didn't know miscegenation was often considered offensive when I was censured for using it not too long ago. I found a lot of usueful information on the wikipedia page.