What smonster said. I think a lot of the fans have no idea fic is even out there, and what I've seen of the fic usually comes from writers who were already writing in other fandoms.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
Amy - Jan 19, 2010 11:47:09 am PST #2638 of 30001
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2010 11:49:29 am PST #2639 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, P-C, they didn't use the long-winded titles on the second album, and don't appear to be using them on the third, either.
Oh, but I love the long-winded titles! Fall Out Boy has a song called "Champagne for my Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends," which I think is brilliant.
I do like "Nine in the Afternoon." I also like their version of "This Is Halloween."
It confused me when they lost the exclamation point, and I didn't take it out in my mp3s because I wanted them to sort together properly. Although if there was a big lineup change between the first and second albums, then maybe they should sort differently? I AM ANAL ABOUT THESE THINGS. It's like Santogold changing to Santigold. Should the songs from the album where she was Santogold still be Santogold? Should everything be Santigold? Should everything be Santogold? I DON'T KNOW.
Trudy Booth - Jan 19, 2010 11:49:34 am PST #2640 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah, I think fic sort of extended into bandom and not the other way 'round.
It makes me wonder where else fic will go. Which professional sports? Olympic fic? Politicians (of course, we have the tabs for that...)
Personally I'm not very comfortable with RPF. There is a careful vetting process before I will read it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2010 11:50:25 am PST #2641 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It makes me wonder where else fic will go.
I just discovered that there is Threadless shirt fic.
Atropa - Jan 19, 2010 11:51:59 am PST #2642 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Is fic a defining characteristic of bandom?
My answer is much the same as smonster's. In fact, I resisted reading bandom fic for a very long time, and the only bandom fic I read with any regularity is the wacky AU stuff. (Give me fic about MCR and vampires, and I will be a happy girl.)
But no, I don't think that fic is a defining characteristic of bandom. Not by a long shot.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 19, 2010 11:52:45 am PST #2643 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Polter- the ! is back!
Atropa - Jan 19, 2010 11:53:37 am PST #2644 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It makes me wonder where else fic will go.
Everywhere. It already has. There was GCS fic *before* Fay started writing her (adorable! brilliant!) story. "Don't Google Yourself" is a very good rule.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2010 11:55:15 am PST #2645 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Polter- the ! is back!
Oh good! But then...do songs from the second album NOT contain the !??
I wonder what Godspeed You Black Emperor! fans do.
SuziQ - Jan 19, 2010 11:55:28 am PST #2646 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Which professional sports?
I have bumped into baseball RPF. Not my cuppa, but it is out there.
Has anyone seen the USPS commercial for their priority rate boxes with the scary clown? Makes me think of Belinda and the stories I have heard of JZ and Juliana (?) mailing it to Nicole.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2010 11:56:01 am PST #2647 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm curious about the term "bandom". It's only some bands that fall under that rubric, right? Does every ardent fan fall into bandom? Every ardent fan that's part of a community? At what point does it tick over and get the title "bandom"?