You guys are making me want to join this list, just for the trainwreck of it all.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Consuela - Feb 11, 2003 4:57:36 pm PST #3572 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
P.M. Marc - Feb 11, 2003 5:00:23 pm PST #3573 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If you read Buffyverse, it's a good list. Most of the time.
It's also about 1,000 members strong.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2003 5:02:01 pm PST #3574 of 10000
brillig
I don't get the emails, but I peek into the group occasionally. And, yes, I search from my nom de plume to see if anything of mine's been recced lately.
Yes, I am shallow.
brenda m - Feb 11, 2003 5:41:51 pm PST #3575 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think I have the site bookmarked somewhere, I may have to go check this out. Not like I have anything better to do.
Jacquelyn Mitchard had a column in the paper this weekend about how calling the shuttle astronauts and basically everyone else who dies tragically a "hero" is stripping the word of any meaning whatsoever. The last few posts brought this to mind for some reason. Heh.
Lyra Jane - Feb 11, 2003 7:07:28 pm PST #3576 of 10000
Up with the sun
calling the shuttle astronauts and basically everyone else who dies tragically a "hero" is stripping the word of any meaning whatsoever.
Yep."Hero" or "courage" should indicate choice, which is why I didn't think Bill Maher was entirely wrong when he was being pilloried after 9/11.
It's like how at one point, survivor meant someone who had been through a genuinely life-threatening experience, like a POW camp. Now anyone who's had a career lasting more than five years or gotten through a difficulty more severe than a hangnail is a survivor.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2003 11:32:24 pm PST #3577 of 10000
brillig
Athletes are not heroes. Athletes can be incredibly gifted, honestly humble, and sterling examples of good citizens, but there's nothing heroic about playing basketball, jumping over a vaulting horse, or hitting a baseball. Firemen and policemen and other folks who risk their lives for others are heroes.
(Hubby was a fireman, please do not lump him in with Michael Jordan. How many lives has MJ saved, hm? /end rant)
§ ita § - Feb 11, 2003 11:51:05 pm PST #3578 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With, of course, the obvious caveat that some athletes are heroes.
And, I wonder, if I look up at someone, anyone, and see in them an example that helps me change my life for the better, does that make them a hero?
Lee - Feb 12, 2003 12:00:54 am PST #3579 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What ita said. There are many many ways people can be heroes. While fireman may be braver, I think the amount of good MJ does and the impact he can have makes him somewhat heroic too, and one should not negate the other.
brenda m - Feb 12, 2003 1:06:40 am PST #3580 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Amount of good he does for Nike or for the Vegas economy?
Lee - Feb 12, 2003 1:16:02 am PST #3581 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I was thinking for Hanes, actually.