I think the last thing (okay, one of the last things) we should do is restate that discussion. I don't want to sound flip, but you should read the link Kat provided and ensuing discussion. I know I couldn't explain it without doing it disservice and antagonising people.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - May 13, 2005 6:48:14 pm PDT #4086 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat - May 13, 2005 6:52:46 pm PDT #4087 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sadly, there's no Cliff Note's version, but....
t edited because ita explained why an explanation wouldn't happen much better than I did in my explaining what did happen
As a person who has been accused of being an activist poster or to having de facto power, I'm continually amused by the idea that there is an activist Buffista Bitch cabal running the community. I figure since I was accused of being one, and since I should be offended but I'm not, I'm perfectly capable of at least laughing at the concept.
I posted a link somewhere in there to the original kerfuffle which makes good, if lengthy reading.
Surprisingly on reread I didn't post very much at the time. Thus, knocking myself out of the Go14!
Go team having a life! (except not. I'm more busy than life having at this point)
ita, check email please.
Jessica - May 13, 2005 7:11:34 pm PDT #4088 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I will defnintely see the film, even though I don't really like horror.
I might too, if/when it comes out. The finale was adorable.
And, re: secret bitch cabal -- in every internet community, there comes a time when accusations are made to the effect that there is a core powerful group who run everything merely by being loud and pushy, and kerfufflement ensues. We've had a few of those. The one Kat linked to was unique only in its staying power. It was not the first, and I'm sure it won't be the last. The result of these kerfuffles is that many of us who have been implicated in this so-called cabal (for lo, I am a loudmouth bitch, and ever will be so) find the idea of having power in a community such as this completely hysterical, and can't help but joke about it from time to time.
Jesse - May 13, 2005 7:13:35 pm PDT #4089 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Except me. I am still angry that you people won't bow to my will!!!
Jessica - May 13, 2005 7:14:37 pm PDT #4090 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, and my best friend growing up moved to Columbia MD when we were 10-ish. I remember it being very clean and pretty and having funny street names.
Lee - May 13, 2005 7:18:43 pm PDT #4091 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Except me. I am still angry that you people won't bow to my will!!!
I will, if you say pretty please, and wear your cowboy hat.
Kat - May 13, 2005 7:19:16 pm PDT #4092 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jessica's post is leaving me with an incredibly strong desire to shout "fnord!"
Kat - May 13, 2005 7:19:48 pm PDT #4093 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse, it's because your ring doesn't work. If only you'd get the pink decoder ring!
Jesse - May 13, 2005 7:19:56 pm PDT #4094 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You know I always wear the hat when I post.
Kat - May 13, 2005 7:20:19 pm PDT #4095 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse, speaking of hat, did you get the package?