The Colonnade.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2010 9:40:48 am PDT #3042 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kathy A - Jun 01, 2010 9:54:54 am PDT #3043 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I know someone who lives at Marina City, and she just loves being in such an iconic building (its corncob buildings are #10 on that photo gallery). She's lived there for decades now, and one of her favorite things about the unit is the balcony.
ChiKat - Jun 01, 2010 10:01:28 am PDT #3044 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
was keeping myself amused watching hulu but now the internet is down! Oh noes! I am posting from my phone.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2010 10:10:11 am PDT #3045 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was thinking about the Wil Wheaton / John Scalzi contest over lunch. I'm thinking of calling my (possible) entry "The Secret Life of Walter Kitty."
Is "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" available online somewhere?
Polter-Cow - Jun 01, 2010 10:12:16 am PDT #3046 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2010 10:12:43 am PDT #3047 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Awesome! Thanks, P-C.
§ ita § - Jun 01, 2010 10:14:35 am PDT #3048 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think there's value in saying "Hey, I'm sure you didn't mean to sound homophobic there, but slash doesn't mean porn" to give the authors a chance to correct themselves.
I don't know if that was what was happening elsewhere (which is a silly place for it to happen), but what happened on Scalzi's blog was someone throwing a snitfit and calling him a homophobe. Which? Doing too much work to get offended. And I don't think that thinking slash means porn has anything to do with homophobia. I totally fail at that. I think it means they're oversexualising a fanfiction definition, that's all.
Jessica - Jun 01, 2010 10:21:54 am PDT #3049 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
what happened on Scalzi's blog was someone throwing a snitfit and calling him a homophobe.
I didn't see it that way at all - I thought the whole conversation was pretty civil on all sides, compared to your average comment thread.
§ ita § - Jun 01, 2010 10:27:23 am PDT #3050 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm guessing you didn't get as far as this comment:
Really? Hello homophobic people.
You want to raise money for a Lupus Foundation but you don’t want the gay to come in the way.
This is insulting and disgusting.
I understand no NC17, but that would be for any kind of fiction.
I would be sure to let everyone know how homophobic you all are...
What does the "a lot of flack from the fannish community" consist of? Is that the civil conversation? I thought you meant more umbrage was taken than that. I agree that it's not much of anything other than pointing stuff out.
Unrelatedly, my shoe straps are breaking. I feel like a slob.
ChiKat - Jun 01, 2010 10:32:24 am PDT #3051 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
slash doesn't mean porn
Not being a reader of fanfic, I thought slash did indeed = porn