Well, that explains some of the posts in the Buffy thread, at least. I was really confused.
Trudy:
All in favor of rubbing my temples and taking this very big knife out of my hand step right this way!
billytea:
Trudy, the knife says it loves you. But it is not your friend. Frankly, it's kind of codependent too. This is why I never set foot in the kitchen now. Just can't take all the passive-aggressive whining. Honestly, you use chopsticks once...
Erm. Anyway. This knife is not worthy of Super Porny Pants. It's not even worthy of an alter ego. Nay, forsake the knife; return it whence it came. You'll feel better for it. Honest.
From the Fanfic thread:
Fay - Only, from what I've gleaned, the name/appearance/speech patterns/biographical details/whatever of the RP in question are being appropriated in the manner of players of Fantasy Football.
Hil - But Fantasy Football pretty much just uses the players' performance on the field. The players' personalities, private lives, sex lives, etc., don't make any difference in which team wins.
connie neil - I dunno, if he got laid the night before it could have a big influence on how he plays.
ita - (Is that true? Does sex really affect that? Maybe I've been having the wrong sex)
connie neil - If it were really, um, athletic sex, he might be tired.
ita - (good for him. but he needs to work on his conditioning)
Susan W, over in Buffy, but non-spoilery:
It does, however, piss me off that there are people out there taking my views to such an absurd, morally indefensible extreme that I feel the need to justify holding the reasonable version.
Allyson in Natter pn pet choices:
I hate cats. They poop in a sandbox in the house, eat all your food, and never say thank you. They could at least do the dishes. There's already one arrogant bitch in my house, I got no room for another.
Katie M., in Angel:
Dammit. If I ever do a heist, I'm going to have to buy a wig.
FayJay in NAFDA Angel (non-spoilery):
Captain Logic is not just absent from the wheel of the Slayer Raison D'etre Tugboat, he's slit his own throat, flung himself overboard and been devoured by ravenous Screaming Eels of Sentimental Guff.
Katie M:
My first (and only) experience with RPS was "huh. This is about Gillian Anderson, not Scully? Weird, I wonder what... oh, now she's getting on the Internet. And looking at... M/S fanfic... and... oh God what is she doing with her hand? Back, back, back!" It felt rather like someone had lost their grip on the separation between actor and character, and it gave me the icks.
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Although, RPF, not RPS.
From NAFDA Angel, I don't think it's spoilery, but I'm whiting-out, for just-in-case:
Alibelle: Look, when making a heist, you don't dress for practicality, silly. You wear heels, skin tight clothes, big tousled hair, and show cleavage, because female thieves are sexy.
joe boucher: No, no, no -- it's completely practical.
Police: "What did she look like?"
Witness: "Big hair, lotta lipstick, not a lotta clothes."
Police: "Tall? Short? Big build? Thin?"
Witness: "Thin, very thin... but curvy. Had big heels on so I couldn't tell how tall she was."
Police:"White? Black? Asian?"
Witness: "Her stomach wa very white. Didn't get much of a look at her head beyond the hair and lips."
Police: "Distinguishing characteristics?"
Witness: "Nice rack."
Police: "I was thinking more along the lines of birthmarks, scars, tattoos."
Witness: "Uhhh..."
Police: "Eye color? Hair color?"
Witness: "Sorta... and... She was pretty hot."
Policeman sighs, shakes head.
Lesson: if you're going to commit a crime go with the fetish wear, the more distracting the better.
Oh, sorry! Is it white now? It's something about the order of the HTMLs, I think. And I can't make it look OK, no matter how I play with it.
