Jesus. Can I apologise unreservedly for bringing up the subject of RPF in the first place? That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut. Or at least to keep my Meta ramblings to my LJ. I am really, REALLY sorry (about almost provoking embitca to do the link thing).

Well, I think I explained in my LJ comments yesterday why I decided against linking to fandom_wank so I'm surprised many of you are so worried about it now.

Bless you for holding fire on the fandom_wank linkage. It's mad, isn't it? Because yes, of course I know that everything here and in the LJ etc etc is in a public forum. But....argh...

(tries to articulate feelings, without much success.)

The thing is, I know I really treasure this community. I totally welcome lurkers delurking/your good self tracking the link and coming to chip in, but the prospect of an avalanche of people busting in with a specific agenda, in reaction to one comment that's been linked to - this pushes my isolationist buttons. We've had a little taste of that lately, with Joss and Tim posting about the Firefly cancellation. But in point of fact the mad shouty people were few and far between - and indeed we got a number of people who had a look around, liked what they saw and joined in. So I should chill my boots and stop worrying, probably. Argh.

I think I feel a bit like a maiden aunt taking tea with the vicar in some Oscar Wildean drawing room where the conversation is cheerily fluctuating between porn and politics and Hello Kitty toasters. Yes, it's open to anyone, but I'm still horrified by the prospect of big-ass groups of random people showing up to shout and piss on the china.

Er.

In breaking news, it appears that I am some form of Luddite. Or Tory. Shoot me now.

Anyway - yes, good, glad you're here.

eta.

Wooo! Inadvertant Number Whore! Go Me!

It's just that this is a community familiar with itself, and so our responses to one of our own may be different from a stranger's responses. Does that make any sense?

Yes, of course, that absolutely makes sense. But you seemed to be implying that because I am a stranger to this community and therefore do not know her and cannot put her remarks in historical context re the Buffistas community, that it is rude for me to comment on her remarks in another forum. All I can say is that I disagree and that despite the missing context, I should still be able to take her remarks at face value.

Shrift, you weren't supposed to see that.

What can I do to make it up to you?

currently wondering if re-reading the WIP would make things worse or better

I'm apparently inable to explain myself clearly without offending people these days.

So I'm going to stop trying to explain myself.

Nice of you to drop by, feel free to join the conversation.

You! You Eminem slashing freak!

Err, hey, I resemble that remark and damn proud of it!

Can I apologise unreservedly for bringing up the subject of RPF in the first place? That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut.

FayJay, I guess I was a little perturbed that you were so hesitant to Rec someone's fic because it was RPF like we're the retarded cousin that's kept in the attic with the two other platinum blonde childen who have an incestuous relationship. "In with both feet" is what I say. If you like something well enough to rec it, don't apologize for it and thanks for bringing Calico to my attention.

writers just write way too slow

t crawls to Plei's feet begging sympathy for having to work for a living

But if you wanted to give me the inside scoop on the Powerball lottery, I wouldn't complain. I'd slide you a couple of million in gratitude, too.

All I can say is that I disagree and that despite the missing context, I should still be able to take her remarks at face value.

Fair point, well made. Out of interest, how did you first get into the RPF thing? I very much enjoyed the AtS/Eminem story you posted to Silverlake the other week - part of the ongoing Fay's-Head-Exploding thing that's going on at the moment with regard to RPF. (See also LJ slash, LotR RPS etc etc.) Is it just a straightforward thing for you, then, writing the RPF? Because I find that it does my head in in a way that writing fictional people doesn't. I mean, the fictional people don't exist. I can know them totally and utterly with the same degree of authority as the show's writers, if I do my research. But the real people - whole different ballgame. I know that there are lots of AUs for the SDB and LotRiPS, and this whole bring-your-own-narrative thing makes me conceptualise the stories in a different way from the fiction-based stories.

....hang on. Am I making any sense here?

Hahahaha!

I've killed off EVERYONE, written a trilogy of fluff, and a Seekret Slasha piece all in the last three weeks.

While WfaL.