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The good thing about having a wedding in the family is that you get to meet a lot of cool people you don't generally meet otherwise, and some new cool people you're glad you got to know, and have a lot of fun (and food). The bad thing about having a wedding in the family is that everyone, including the said cool people, start with the invariable "You're all grown up!", "Just like your mum", and "When you get married..." routine. *sigh*

In case I haven't mentioned before, a cousin – a girl I've known all my life and love dearly - got married on Sunday, and there was much celebrating. Cousin's Husband is a great guy; the little bit of my heart (a really tiny and almost invisible one) that was still slightly cynical about him was completely won over when he took us out to dinner last night and regaled us with fabulous stories and alchohol. *g*

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The [livejournal.com profile] ship_manifesto M/N essay. Good (nails all the points about the M/N dynamic), but I'd have preferred a little more... passion, I guess (read the Buffy/Faith, or Wes/Lilah essay to get what I mean). I have thrown in fic recs, since the author seems to think there are no good fics out there in the fandom (heh. What can I say?).

Could someone please dig out the link for the old SB3 and rec Leigh's Jericho? Throw in *your* recs as well, will you? Do this for your fandom. *vbeg*

Also, will [livejournal.com profile] msgenevieve and [livejournal.com profile] nell65 *do* something about their AU WiPs so that people can actually, like, link to them?

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And. [livejournal.com profile] idol_reflection. Go and sign, my pretties.

Thanks for the reminder

Date: 2004-10-12 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sk56.livejournal.com
I'd read about this site earlier, but didn't investigate till you posted this link. It's very interesting to read something by someone who hasn't really read any fiction -- I came late to the party, and have become more interested in the fiction than the program itself, so this is a fascinating perspective.

I was also interested to see the LFN fandom described as "feral". Since I don't really read anywhere else I can't make any comparisons, but her explanation of the characterization seems to fit. It sounded a bit condescending to me, but that could just be my ignorance.

You might want to

Date: 2004-10-13 11:55 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] swatkat24.livejournal.com
browse around that site a bit more - it has some really interesting essays about various pairings. *g*

As for the term 'feral' - yes, it did annoy me a bit. It came across to me as a patronising slam from someone who has no idea what the fandom is like NOW.

Swatkat

Date: 2004-10-12 08:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com
Er, can you explain the idol worship comm, please? I clicked on the link and there are no entries -- I assumed it must be all friends-locked, but then I clicked on the userinfo and there were hardly any friends. So...quoi?

Eeek!

Date: 2004-10-13 11:59 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] swatkat24.livejournal.com
That should be [livejournal.com profile] idol_reflection, a sister comm to [livejournal.com profile] ship_manifesto. Go and see for yourself. *g*

Swatkat

Re: Eeek!

Date: 2004-10-13 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com
Aha. Thanks for fixing that. *g*

So...

Date: 2004-10-13 06:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] swatkat24.livejournal.com
have you seen?

Swatkat

Re: So...

Date: 2004-10-13 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com
Just went and looked.

Looks quite interesting, and I'm looking forward to reading a lot of the HP ones. I'm surprised they don't have more representation in some of the big fandoms, like the various Star Trek incarnations.

I'm sure it will...

Date: 2004-10-13 07:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] swatkat24.livejournal.com
like [livejournal.com profile] ship_manifesto, which gradually gathered pace. Meanwhile, someone needs to write about Paul and Madeline, don't you think?

Swatkat

Re: I'm sure it will...

Date: 2004-10-13 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com
Go ahead and volunteer. Or pester Cyanide, except that she's too lazy. LOL.

I'm sure the mod feels she's seen more than enough of me.

Date: 2004-10-13 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nell65.livejournal.com
I think she definitely meant 'feral' in a condescending way.

As for my AU WiP? Soon, soon, I think. I'm closing in on the final revisions/additions. I've been writing a lot on it recently, actually.

Date: 2004-10-13 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com
Yes, I'm quite sure feral was intended condescendingly. She could have chosen to say "insular," but preferred to use a word that conveys images of stray children raised by wolves, unable to speak or engage in normal human social interactions.

Good to hear about the WIP, Nell. *g*

Date: 2004-10-13 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nell65.livejournal.com
Thanks!

As for feral - to me it raised the image of a small group of us living in caves on the distant edges of net-civilization, wearing rags while hunched over our tiny smoking fire, gnawing on the bones of badfic and cackling with glee over phrases like "pulsating penis" or "velvet vagina" or "weeping walls."

Which - I suppose - might not be wholly inaccurate. ;)

Nell

Date: 2004-10-13 11:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] swatkat24.livejournal.com
As for my AU WiP? Soon, soon, I think. I'm closing in on the final revisions/additions. I've been writing a lot on it recently, actually

Oh, goodie! *g* But do you think you could archive it somewhere soon? Because it's damn difficult to rec a fic that's spread all over the storyboards to a newbie.

Swatkat

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