ladymirth

I can't believe how many people watch Supernatural. When I joined the fandom two years ago, it seemed like it had a very small cult following.  Only a couple of people on my flist even followed it regularly. 

Now that I've left fandom and lost interest in the show, the internet feels like its exploding with it. It seems like at least 3 quarters of all fandoms watch the show and I think almost everyone on my flist follows it now. 

W.T.H?? *is bemused* 

Well, looks like they're doing something right. I doubt I'll ever become as invested in it as I used to be, but I might just catch up on the rest of the season. Rock on, Winchsters! 

Anyone here who doesn't watch Supernatural? 

Dear Nolanverse Batman fanfic writers,

For the love of God, ENOUGH with the Batman/ Joker pairing already! I mean, I have nothing against BDSM slash but did you even see the same movie I did?! I find it extremely disturbing how many of you find a garish, green-haired sociopath with no concept of dental hygiene sexy. Also, I know Gary Oldman's Gordon is very cuddly, but IMO, Gordon/ Batman is about as wrong as Alfred/Bruce.  (And don't let that give you any ideas!) 

Also, FYI, Harley Quinn is the most annoying piece of shit that ever appeared in The Animated Series and nearly all your OCs are Mary Sues who make Bella Swann seem like a revolutionary brand of feminist heroine. I'd venture into the Batman comics fandom, but my tolerance for spandex-clad superheroes only stretch to Lois and Clark and the X-Men cartoon series. Also, there is not enough DO NOT WANT in the world for Dick/Bruce slash. Can you say Daddycest?

However, I am willing to feed an unholy amount of reviews to anyone who wants to write  Dick/ Bruce father-son fics, or fics pairing  Brce with Harvey Dent, Selena Kyle or Andrea Beaumont. Or any half-way decent OC, really, presuming those are allowed to exist in this fandom. 

I wouldn't mind, really, but  it is severely trying to belong to a half-a-dozen Batman Begins communities and still have to dig through FF.net to find decent fic to read. 

Regards, 
A fanfic deprived fangirl.

P.S:  Appropos of nothing, but have you guys noticed that Christian Bale has sexy helmet hair? How does the guy do it? 


 

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LET ME HAVE YOUR BABIES ERIC KRIPKE!!!

Dudes, he's writing CRACK COMICS about his OWN SHOW, complete with WINCEST REFERENCES and J2 JOKES!!

My love for a man who will parody his own work, characters, lead actors and the entire fandom KNOWS NO BOUNDS!!!!

I AM HAVING AN ANEURYSM HERE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Oh GOD I LOVE BEING A SUPERNATURAL FAN!! I CAN'T TAKE THIS LEVEL OF AWESOME!!! 

I am in tears. Screaming.

All because of this.

Although I feel sorry for all the people who haven't read Twilight, because this level of self-wanking lolariousness has never before been seen in the realms of Earth, I've always felt that Midnight Sun (Twilight told from Edward's POV, which was to have been Smeyer's next novel before she threw a fit about it being leaked to the Internet) was the one book I would have been better off not having read. Not just because the level of unintentional creepy hits record highs and Edward's cess-pool of self-hating angst makes Bella sound like fucking Anne Shirley, but because it is boring. Something I never thought SMeyer was capable of being, whatever else.

However, between Growing Up Cullen and Cleolinda's recap, it has managed to inspire the most LULZY of all lulz yet. I am in LOVE with Cleo, I tell you. I'll imbibe as much crack as SMeyer can stuff down my throat as long as she continues to write these recaps.

That said, though, it is absolutely not necessary to have read the books for you to enjoy the recap. It's just that the non-readers, no matter how jaded they have become to the world, invariably chuckle and think, "She's probably exaggerating. It couldn't possibly be as bad as that, right?" while the actual readers know that yes, it really is that bad. Worse, even.

I'm hoarding all the moments that had me falling out of my chair here, so I can adore them in my own plot of cyberspace:

( Can you feel the LOLZ tonight... )

How do I love thee, Twilight? Let me count the ways...

Why is it that every single time I try to leave fandom, something like this happens?

Why must you be so batshit crazy wonderful, SPN fandom? How am I to ever leave you?

WARNING:Link contains material unsafe for work, general sanity and all your childhood memories. Don't SAY I didn't warn you.)

This is a post that all who purports themselves as feminists should read. It makes me happy in my pants. 

Please also follow the comments for more evidence of intelligent life in fandom.

Thank you times a million to

layne67 for linking me. 

And Oh My God, WHERE has this post been my entire life?! - A Modest Proposal: Dean Winchester is a Very Bad Man, yo. *dies and is ded of LAFF* 

Suddenly, I remember why I love this fandom. To the death.

 

 

Dear SPN fandom,

Quit. It.  (Link contains spoilers for the season finale)

I happen to think that both sides have valid points. What is made of grand amounts of FAIL is that none of you seem to have the maturity to sit down and have a civil debate/forum about it rather than hurl invectives at each other in this fashion. Just because the other person has a different opinion than yours does not mean she is a party poopin', Show-hatin', misogynistic bitch who should be wanked out of fandom. 

I am having far too much fun with the phrase "misogynistic bitch". Hehe. Is that an oxymoron or just hypocritical? 

Wank aside though, the argument is extremely interesting. It covers  the areas of fan culture, anthropology and mass media. A really juicy research topic completely wasted on a spate of what essentially boils down to "don't you dare tell me to shut up, bitch!" posts. This is the case with many wanks, I have noticed. The last wank, centred around ficwriter1966 was inflammatory, but she did raise a couple of points I wanted to explore. Unfortunately, I discovered the wank a month too late. 

Just try to be civilized, at least? As far as I can see, nobody who has posted anything involving this wank so far can be in a remotely civil light. What do people hope to acheive by, "I don't give a fuck what you people think" posts, anyway? I agreed with many of the points both esorlehcarand sazzlettemade, but found their manner of putting them across extremely repellent. 

And for God's sake, stop bandying about words like "misogyny" and "sexism" so carelessly. Those are extremely inflammatory accusations you are making.

P.S: According to puipui, SPN fen are all pretty damn fucked up for liking such a misogynistic show. We quail before your feminist hellfire! Here's a hint: watch the fucking show!

P.S2: This wank, it is not even remotely funny. It's heartbreaking.

After HOURS of painstaking work, I am finally satisfied with my profile page. I fear it looks ridiculously self-important, though. But that's okay, since I AM kind of self-important. 'Twas the flaw the universe handed to me - what to do?

Still, the profile looks like it belongs to somebody who writes reams of fic and makes userpics and does episode reviews and is generally quite interesting about things. I shall have to live up to it in future. I can't see myself writing SPN fic anytime soon (mainly because of the Suetastic impulses it brings out in me) and I CAN'T continue Woman in the Mirror as long as I am this invested in the SPN fandom (although I am collecting material for that like a magpie), so I guess I should start brushing off on my Harry Potter fics.

Hmm. I may start taking a leaf out of kroki_refur's book and start doing mini episode review/meta/picspam thingies of my own, mainly because it looks like so much fun.

Meh. Now I need new icons. And a new layout. I am getting thoroughly sick of this clouds business.

I don't think these are usual activities for 3 o'clock in the morning, though.

I mean, what did I think was going to happen?

I blame it on the emotional see-saw I've been on for the past few weeks. Usually, I would have had a quiet rant about it on my own journal and left it at that, but I was too PISSED OFF to leave it at that.

So I beard the lions in their den and try and teach them the 'error of their ways'. You'd think I was a fandom rookie or something.

Plus, they are right. I do sound rather insufferable and condescending. Well, of course I do, I was pissed off. So was not making as much sense as I otherwise might've done. I should have just left the rebutteals to  Dodger. She's better at it, and a good sport about it besides.

In retrospect, I can't quite remember WHY I got so steamed about it; it really doesn't rate more than a minor annoyance. Still, in my current apathetic state of mind, I can't even remember why I feel mad at George Bush.

Not my shining moment. I KNEW I was going to end up on some busybody's fandom_wank post, but I couldn't stop myself somehow. And the more defensive I get, the less rational I sound. Eugh. I'd delete the comments, but some idiot is sure to put up screen caps or have them saved in their email account. Better just suck it up. It's not like I don't totally deserve it for  flaming somebody's personal journal, no matter how big of a wanker she is.

Here's something ironic. Saith I: I don't know, maybe there are some idiots out there who's using the icon to be snobby and push their own personal agenda. There's always a few people who you wish would get off your side because they make your side look bad. We can't help that.

I kind of feel like maybe I'M one of the people who should do my side a favour by defecting. Or maybe that's just the blues talking.

Still, if I was going to make myself look like a class nutcase, at least I might as well have done it over something that actually mattered, and not over a bunch of dumb icons that some idiot thought up after going, "RESPECT, geddit? Hur hur." Now that rankles.

Actually, some very good things have come from this wank. One is that it distracted me from all the bloody emo I was wallowing in. The other is that it made me realize that I am still able to laugh at myself. As long as I can do that, there is hope.

Of course, the real cheerer-upper came in the form of this: Cat! Dean and Cat! Sam.

Nobody could fail to crack a smile at that. They ought to distribute it as a form of therapy. 'Tis a pity, if I wasn't on my personal emo high, I would laugh for hours at that.

I even feel kind of fond of fandom_wank. Anything that snapped me out of The Bad Place deserves love. Not too much, of course.

PS: To those of my flist that I scared the bejesus out of by my last couple of posts - I am fine. Well, getting there, anyway. Not suicidal, never was. I feel better, and I'm seeing my counselor tomorrow. Sorry- really, really sorry - for the scare. I love you guys too much to do anything stupid. Who knows what havoc you might wreak on LJ if I left you alone?

*hugs flist* * is sheepish*