Well, we are pretentious. And stuff.
Why, because we post in complete sentences?
Mal: Does.. um.. does this seem kind of tight? Kaylee: Shows off your backside.
'Shindig'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Kathy A - Sep 01, 2011 9:19:05 am PDT #7328 of 10434
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 9:22:09 am PDT #7329 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Why, because we post in complete sentences?
And we rewrote one of those Buffy episodes, the crappy one, over a summer hiatus. And Tim posts here (good thing they don't know about cferg). Though I couldn't tell you how long ago Tim posted here, not since the Minear thread became the knitting-and-home-crafts thread...
sumi - Sep 01, 2011 9:41:39 am PDT #7330 of 10434
Art Crawl!!!
It's been ages. . . don't let them know about the one or two times that Joss posted here.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2011 9:48:06 am PDT #7331 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I live in fear of being called out in anonymemes. I've been mentioned a couple of time in fic/art threads, but no one has ever talked about me personally, and they've said mostly neutral to nice stuff about me.
The SPN one can turn pretty nasty, and I've stopped following it consistently, but it can also be really funny and thought-provoking. I just never want to mention anyone by name, in case they get torn down. But Amy does get mentioned positively from time to time, and I sure did start up a cheerleading section for her.
Ah, they just get that we're the coolest. t / Alice Cooper
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 9:52:45 am PDT #7332 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The SPN one can turn pretty nasty
They all can. Especially if there's someone with unpopular opinions, like they don't like incest or whatever--because disliking someone else's kinks is the ultimate crime, I guess. There's very little room for nuance in there, and nobody ever has to support an argument with facts.
The only truly positive thing I've seen is when someone I know was being stalked really openly by a known crank, the ffa was watching, and seemed quite supportive of her, even though some of them had earlier said unpleasant things about her. They are, again, not a monolith, and I suspect it only takes a couple of people with long-standing grudges to set off a flamefest. But they do occasionally stick up for the underdog.
Amy - Sep 01, 2011 9:58:21 am PDT #7333 of 10434
Because books.
But Amy does get mentioned positively from time to time, and I sure did start up a cheerleading section for her.
Aw, thank you! But never ever tell me about the negative stuff. I never go into those things, so I'll never know, and I like it that way.
Amy - Sep 01, 2011 9:58:26 am PDT #7334 of 10434
Because books.
But Amy does get mentioned positively from time to time, and I sure did start up a cheerleading section for her.
Aw, thank you! But never ever tell me about the negative stuff. I never go into those things, so I'll never know, and I like it that way.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2011 10:12:07 am PDT #7335 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some very cool things have come out of the SPN anon meme. The reversebang, for one. Also, the spnartsupport community--I was bitching that there was nowhere for middle of the road artists to go (because the good SPN artists are fucking brilliant, and I don't want to be shown up). Cut to a few months later, I'm co-modding a decently thriving community.
Juliebird - Sep 01, 2011 1:32:57 pm PDT #7336 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Oh god, someone found my long abandoned (but not forever abandoned) SPN D/C AU WIP.
Then recc'd it.
I'm about to piss off a lot of (two) people in about ten thousand words.
Oh god.
P.M. Marc - Sep 01, 2011 1:43:15 pm PDT #7337 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I had a long debate on my lj some time ago about the anonymeme thing, and while I still think that it's abused as a cover for grudgewanking (because some of that shit is flat-out wrong), apparently there are people who feel (rightly or wrongly) that they can't talk in public without being anonymous. They're crippled by social anxiety, or they're just too scared of being asked to support their assertions.Or just find the atmosphere for discussion in fandom too toxic to want to deal with outside of an anon space where the crazy people can't follow you home.
All the interesting social justice discussion is taking place anon these days, and it gets heated at times, but rarely outright wanky, despite the reputation the ffa has. It's a moderated anon space. It has rules and regulations. You'll actually see differences of opinion instead of people keeping their mouths shut because they don't want to deal with someone deciding that they're on the wrong side of truth and justice or something else.
She's a fantastic writer (one I full expect to see listed at Amazon at some point), and she dropped out of online fandom several years ago, so I don't know why these folks have their knives out for her, other than possibly boredom.
Same reason people still mutter about the Welsh when discussing other high-profile abrasive personalities, honestly. Or why TV Tropes pisses a bunch of us off, not that faking your death on a forum is the same thing, but people who've caused serious raised hackles over an extended period of time or in a serious enough manner are seldom forgotten.
I mean, I didn't actively dislike her, and occasionally appreciated her attempts to discuss, but did find her disingenuous enough on some issues that thinking of her causes a mild blood pressure spike, so imagine what it's like for someone who couldn't stand her.