I remember my junior high librarian having a "Frodo Lives" plaque above her office door. I had to ask her what it meant, since I didn't read LotR until high school.

tommyrot, what makes that noteworthy?

Well, you mentioned it was a woman.

tommyrot, what makes that noteworthy?

Well, you mentioned it was a woman.

She was, though, (or identified as such) when it all started, wasn't she?

Heck, I got the "psychic marriage" thing wrong, too, so I'm not the most reliable source of LotR wacko fandom info.

She was, though, when it all started, wasn't she?

Yeah.

I get confused on whether gender identity should be backdated in cases like this....

tommyrot, what makes that noteworthy?

It was helpful for me, I just popped the link open and skimmed for a few seconds. The contrast between names and pronouns was confusing.

ION, this io9 headline confused me for a second: Were-Monkeys? Were-Fish? Were-Ferrets? New Anthology Is Open To Going Any-Were.

I get confused on whether gender identity should be backdated in cases like this....

I always think the best way to proceed is to use the pronouns the individual person prefers, but fandom_wank isn't exactly set up for that.

get confused on whether gender identity should be backdated in cases like this....

I totally don't know. Not doing it helps delineate the time period, but doing it maintains continuity. I assume everyone's preference on that varies, but if you're talking about someone not present, you often might not know their preference.

There should be a handbook. That would make things so much easier.

t edit Or, what Jess said.

Twilight won, really? I feel like that's such a pop culture blip. Or am I just super hopeful that twenty years from now, we'll have forgotten about all that?

I think you might be right. It seems like the big fandoms have a lot more to play with in terms of made-up cultures, settings, languages, and what not.

Alas, my porny Tolkien pun got nothing.