Well, isn't other choice Dike?
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 7:16:49 am PDT #662 of 10434
brillig
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 7:17:59 am PDT #663 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh, for the love of Moses... Spawn? The fuck?
I HATE ALL PORTMANTEUS WITH THE FURY OF THOUSAND SUPERNOVAS! KILL! KILLLLLLLL!! I HATE IT SO MUCH IT'S REDUCED ME TO ALL ASSCAPS!
t takes a valium
shrift - Aug 02, 2005 7:26:12 am PDT #664 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I honestly have no idea how and when and why portmanteaus have become so pervasive in fandom. Why, back in the day, we hardly ever abbreviated! And when we did, it was just the first initial! And everyone in that fandom knew what it meant!
Or maybe I should just give in to the trend and go label my last few stories McShep and Spicious and Dusty.
Dana - Aug 02, 2005 7:36:43 am PDT #665 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Plus, Spawn? Is actually a comic (and a movie), right? I mean, I have no idea how big the fandom for it might be, but your portmanteau isn't allowed to be an already-existing fandom!
Plus, my story is not Spike/Dawn, but Spike & Dawn. I wonder if this person knows that.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 7:40:25 am PDT #666 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's spilled over to the mainstream rags, what with Bennifer I and Bennifer II and Brangelina, etc. I suspect there is no help for it now.
I didn't mind it too much when it was just Clex and Spuffy (although I personally think Clex sounds like some bathroom cleaning product and Spuffy like a brand of fabric softner), but then it became just rampant. Most of the smooshed names also sound 1) ridiculous and 2) fugly, so it mystifies me as to why people insist using them. I guess they think the names are cute. t makes a gagging noise
Bah. Never mind me. I'm not rational about the whole thing.
Fay - Aug 02, 2005 10:23:51 am PDT #667 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Kock.
Spork.
....still making me laugh.
Michele T. - Aug 02, 2005 11:34:16 am PDT #668 of 10434
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Spuffy started out as a way to make fun of the pairing, as I recall.
Now we have "Brangelina." Make it stop!
Gris - Aug 02, 2005 12:24:19 pm PDT #669 of 10434
Hey. New board.
Just so long as we don't get JudAnythingThatMoves I'm okay.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 12:51:03 pm PDT #670 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Nah, I get the thing where a few certain portmanteaus can be funny. Overexposure to some truly revolting examples (the whole "LoVe" thing for Veronica/Logan from VM for example just makes me throw up in my mouth) kind of robbed me of all sense of humor though. Now, I'm all, portmanteaus must die! t /Hellish Sigh.
JZ - Aug 02, 2005 2:01:30 pm PDT #671 of 10434
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I just don't know... if the simple "A/B" descriptor is doomed and it's a choice between portmanteaus and freaksome abominations like The HMS Pumpkin Pie, portmanteaus seem like the (very, very slightly) lesser of two evils.