Nope, like "Shawn-un." Although I have another friend named Seanan who does pronounce it that way.
Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.
Xander/Buffy ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - May 22, 2012 9:30:47 am PDT #18881 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jesse - May 22, 2012 9:39:31 am PDT #18882 of 28333
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks! I don't know why that wasn't obvious and also why it was sticking in my head so much.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 9:54:59 am PDT #18883 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
NY Times on the quandary of stocking "50 Shades of Gray" in public libraries: [link]
Given that I found John Norman's Gor novels in the high school library, I suspect that there's plenty of erotica stocked in public libraries, it's just that librarians & politicians don't know about it...
sj - May 22, 2012 9:58:48 am PDT #18884 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
A couple people on my facebook friends list are talking about ordering "that" book. They're too embarrassed to post about it by name, but I assume they were talking about 50 Shades of Grey.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 10:00:46 am PDT #18885 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are there not assumed to be books which have sex in them in public libraries, or is it just that no one's supposed to admit they exist?
Kat - May 22, 2012 10:04:24 am PDT #18886 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That's ridiculous!
Odd fact: there is a very large collection of pornography in UCLA's Clarke Library. It's in special collections and needs to be checked through a librarian. The librarians who handle the special collections (absolutely no pun intended) hate dealing with it because it gets checked out regularly by sort of sketchy shady characters (public university, anyone can use the library).
Consuela - May 22, 2012 10:08:31 am PDT #18887 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
no one's supposed to admit they exist?
This.
Atropa - May 22, 2012 10:11:47 am PDT #18888 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
no one's supposed to admit they exist?
So everyone is conveniently forgetting the SHELVES of Jackie Collins books that could be found in every library? Not to mention the Gor books (ew), Laurell K. Hamilton (boring, but smutty), or countless others? Hell, what about Forever by Judy Bloom?
Jesse - May 22, 2012 10:12:03 am PDT #18889 of 28333
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Anne Rice S&M books.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 10:12:40 am PDT #18890 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They've all convinced themselves that those books aren't read for the sex. Whereas the only apparent appeal of the James books is the sex. I guess.