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§ ita § - Jul 27, 2007 8:23:27 am PDT #3509 of 28197
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

Aims - Jul 27, 2007 8:27:33 am PDT #3510 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.

EW Blurb:

This book is awesome. If it wasn't, we wouldn't have put it in our HP issue. You go buy this book now.

Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 8:28:35 am PDT #3511 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I imagine there are a lot more words and details, but that's TERRIFIC!

Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2007 8:33:01 am PDT #3512 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

I knew I should have brought it with me! I was going to transcribe it last night, but A) I was tired and B) I figured it would be online soon anyway.

lisah - Jul 27, 2007 8:36:21 am PDT #3513 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate

Will someone please transcribe the EW blurb?

Sorry! I didn't bring it with me. My best friend did just email me with this about it though:

have you seen the new Entertainment Weekly? (Or are you avoiding it like the plague because of the Harry Potter spoilage?) Anyway, there's a little thing in there about the buffista founder's new book. Awesome!

Toddson - Jul 27, 2007 9:45:46 am PDT #3514 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

From Entertainment Weekly:

Ultimate Fandom Slices of "Slayer" Cake

In the Buffy-verse, there are fans, and then there's Allyson Beatrice. In Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? (paperback), the message-board maven recounts how she found a new family in the show's devoted online community - and even a new home for series crator Joss Whedon's cat. Here are some of her lessons in cult fandom. -Mandi Bierly

  • THE BIG CHEESE MAY NEVER REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
Even after she campaigned to get Buffy an Emmy nomination and Whedon's Firefly a stay of execution - and met him numerous times at events like his 2004 "High Stakes" Fund-raiser for John Kerry and John Edwards - he couldn't place her. In fairness, Whedon didn't know that his assistant had contacted Beatrice to help relocate his kitty after his son developed an allergy.

  • BUT THE LITTLE GUYS YOU PISS OFF WILL.
Beatrice had e-mailed Angel scribe Tim Minear many times but got no response until she posted an online diatribe detailing why she thought one of the episodes he'd written was sexist. The subsequent exchange led to a complex friendship; he even encouraged her to write a book.

  • IN THE END, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FANS.
In March 2004, Beatrice witnessed "the greatest random act of PayPal," when Buffistas.org regulars raised $3,000 to bring an Israeli fan to the U.S. for a five-city tour.

Aims - Jul 27, 2007 9:50:54 am PDT #3515 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.

That is so awesome.

Allyson, I for one would like to thank you for your wonderful body of work. I have to say, that's now that there's a book about our on-line family, my family and RL friends finally realize that I'm not making up 100+ friends.

Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2007 9:51:00 am PDT #3516 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I wonder how Tim feels about being called a "little guy."

lisah - Jul 27, 2007 9:51:24 am PDT #3517 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate

BUT THE LITTLE GUYS YOU PISS OFF WILL.

It's not clear to me if the writer is talking about Tim or paperdol here.

Polter-Cow - Jul 27, 2007 9:52:44 am PDT #3518 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

It's Tim, lisah. She's referring to the fact that Tim didn't talk to Allyson until she pissed him off.

It's a weird moniker to give him, considering she says in that essay that writers are the rock stars of fandom. Not the little guys.

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