Georgia's state bird is the brown thrasher, a nondescript brown bird that gets its name from thrashing about in leaves to find insects. Georgia also has a state game bird, the quail.
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Apr 28, 2010 7:46:29 am PDT #25821 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Toddson - Apr 28, 2010 7:48:04 am PDT #25822 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
From the story about fandom:
Yeah for star wars it’s definitely the light saber. The extent to which people wield these at conventions, weddings, premiers and jedi-themed bar mitzvahs clearly illustrates the symbolism of this weapon. It’s not a costume but it’s definitely a totem
made me laugh (jedi-themed bar mitzvahs?)
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2010 7:51:01 am PDT #25823 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
IO9 had a post about craxiest fandom, and I really should have voted for Star Wars. I forgot about how much they'd encroached into religion.
Dana - Apr 28, 2010 7:53:18 am PDT #25824 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I dunno. I'm not sure anything beats LoTR.
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2010 7:56:14 am PDT #25825 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strong contenders were Twilight, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Firefly (although I think they should have rolled it all up and called it Whedon). LotR wasn't even on their poll. Supernatural got write in votes.
Gudanov - Apr 28, 2010 7:56:28 am PDT #25826 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm not sure anything beats LoTR.
Tolkien, never underestimate the appeal of a cunning linguist.
Dana - Apr 28, 2010 7:58:40 am PDT #25827 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, I'm thinking they didn't take the tinhat contingent of LoTR fandom into account. I guess it's the difference between external and internal perception of fandom.
Harry Potter, also a strong contender in my book.
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2010 8:04:01 am PDT #25828 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Twilight won, now that I look it up again. They had some inane choices. Neil Gaiman? Penny Arcade? Seriously? Crazy how?
I think the pervasiveness and persistence of Star Wars speaks to a lot of crazy. But the tin hats of LotR scared me more than any bit of any other fandom did--but I'm not sure if it would have if I hadn't been a bit of a fan.
Dana - Apr 28, 2010 8:06:14 am PDT #25829 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I feel like LoTR has the advantage of old-school crazies who speak Sindarin (not that there's anything wrong with that) and new-school tinhats. And then the factions argue.
Gudanov - Apr 28, 2010 8:08:16 am PDT #25830 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I wonder if Twilight won simply from being the "uncool" fandom among fans in other fandoms. I don't know much about the Twilight fandom, or some of the others for that matter.