I read that "overrated XF fic" thread in fandom_hate and was like to cry with laughter. The best zingers were the ones that are undeniably true, in stories I actually like.

I mean, some of the others were just gimmes, so those one has to rate on how entertainingly bad they are.

Okay, having paged through the XF thread (I hate getting sucked in to fanfic_hate, but I always do), Laurie Haynes *died*?

Just recently, Dana. She'd been sick for a while, so I hear.

There were some memorial posts on the Haven.

I'm very sorry for her family and friends. She was far from my favorite person in the fandom, but she died too young.

Wow.

Oh, dear. I have to share this, because it's just too frightening for words.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh dear. I just looked at the url and I'm already afeered.

Undo it! Undo it!

Or pass me the spoons with which to remove my eyes.

I don't even need to click on the link to go blind. Sadly, I have encountered that brand of insanity (though not that particular instantiation) before.

I mean, sadly in the sense of "guess who totally misses the point of the source text!"

eww ewww ewww!!!

t dies