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[swatkat]

I should not be online. I have Things To Do. But I am online, and I read this on today's metafandom and I just... don't know what to say. I don't want to argue with the OP on her LJ, because she isn't exactly being inflammatory or crazy, just stating her opinion. So I'll just rant here. Because this is my LJ, and that's allowed, right?

So. Lilac Day. Some Discworld fen got overboard with the celebration. Others were annoyed. There was wank, as I'm sure you must have seen. But what I don't understand is all this hostility towards celebrating a fictional holiday by fans in fandom. Again I repeat: fans. Fandom. This is how it goes. I say happy birthday to Harry Potter and argue over whether Ron Weasley makes a good Pisces (he does. trust me). We wank because JKR got Bill and Charlie's birthdates mixed up and spend days discussing the House timeline. Why do I do this? I don't know. Maybe because I like to? Maybe because I'm a fan and because these characters somehow touched my heart and I'm expressing my love for them this way? And it *annoys* me that I'll be criticised for this in *fandom* of all places - RL yes, they're mundanes, they don't understand. But in fandom? Where our primary purpose is obsessing over the sex lives of fictional people? It is alright to argue whether Remus is gay or not (he's bi), but it's not to celebrate a fictional holiday?

I'm perfectly aware that Sam Vimes doesn't exist. I'm perfectly aware that Night Watch did not happen and no one ever died. I KNOW. But the book made me laugh and cry, like most Pratchett books do. And we show our appreciation for it in fandom by using our lilac icons and saying 'Were you there?', though I'm perfectly aware of the fact that I wasn't there and I will never be there because it's fiction. How is that creepy and crazy? How is that wrong? *Why* is that wrong? And why do I have to be criticised for it in *fandom*, of all places?

There's something I'm missing in here. Or maybe I'm just, you know, obsessed. But hey, guess what? I'm fine with it. That's what I'm here for. *shrugs*

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All this drama over Discworld. What would Vetinari say? *sigh*

Here, read some House pr0n: Hot Lesbian Sex and Other Misnomers by ijemanja. House/Cameron/Cuddy. Hot and fluffy, with perfect banter. I just went to a very happy place. [she says in her best House voice]

Comments

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

All I can say is that it did annoy me to have friends of mine forget my birthday, but remember something from a fantasy novel. Way to make me feel loved.

Besides - I thought Discworld didn't have the same months as us?

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Ack. That's sucky. 25th May was your birthday? *sheepishly offers belated birthday wishes*

Besides - I thought Discworld didn't have the same months as us?

No, I don't think they do. But unless it's possible to figure out which day it is, we're stuck with this.

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

So, how did Discworld fandom decide on 25 May in that case? A Discworld fan friend of mine (who couldn't work out what I was talking about when I mentioned lilac, not that I was probably explaining it well) thought it was something from the Diary/Almanac.

*is curious*

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how they decided, really, but I suppose they went by my logic and used our 25th May. *g*