My dermatologist is a hottie. Yes.

[effervescible]

Looking forward to the next check-up.

I'm at work and a bit bored, despite the fact that I'm only here for a half-day. Stupid pen tool and wall-stretch thingie. Removing an otter from an ocean scene should NOT be easier than this. In a good mood today, and feeling creative--so maybe I'll actually write something tonight instead of blasting the shit out of mobs in CoH, which is fun but not all that stimulating. Or maybe I'll watch TAR and Nip/Tuck. Or maybe all of the above. Maybe a drabble or something first--everything I'm writing right now is kind of depressing.

New com was joined yesterday--fanficquotes. Looks like fun. I can think of a few I want to add, and I've already found a fic form it that I'm enjoying so far. HP/Buffy (Willow, really) and it's pretty good if you pretend the uberbrutallyabused!Draco is a transplant from Bizarro World and doesn't count, which I do.

I was thinking about how some people think fic is evil and wrong and grievously injures the original author and--goddamn, how can you not think this is fun? Without fic, I wouldn't enjoy certain fandoms half as much as I do, and I wouldn't have met half of you. Also, there would be no funny Knives penis lines from scathachdhu's fic, and the world really needs funny Knives penis lines.

Is it obvious I'm in a better mood today? I'm sure I'll flip-flop more than once in the next 9 months, but I'm actually feel a strange burst of confidence today. Like instead of assuming I suck and will never find a job, I think, well, who wouldn't want me? Once I find the right job, of course they will. And you can shut up about hubris. There's a difference between being arrogant and being positive and believing in yourself.

Ow. Cramp. I hate cramps. Pack your bags and get lost, Aunt Flo.

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Without fic, I wouldn't enjoy certain fandoms half as much as I do,

Fanfiction is my biggest avenue into fandom-- while I enjoy making icons and I love watching vids, it's fanfic that really drives my fandom participation. Primarily reading, and some writing.

Especially now that Buffy is over completely-- I used to talk about Spike/Buffy on the Crumbling Walls board, and later on the We Band of Buggered board too, but I do neither now. And it's so hard to talk about anime seriously because the fandoms are so HUGE, and the audience frequently younger. What's amazing is that while a lot of anime series are pointed to the same age range as Buffy was at its start-- teenagers and younger adults-- I almost never find the level of discussion for anime series that I found in Buffy fandom. Everyone talks about pairings and makes squeally talk and argues about ships but there's not much less real analytical discussion. Same for LJ communities. Ironically, the fayeandspike community is so small and made up primarily of good fanfic writers that there's the first place where I've had in-depth and extensively detailed analysis about an anime series with a group. Most of the time if I want that kind of talk about anime, I have to talk to an individual person or person's LJ.

Where was I going?-- oh, yeah. I don't talk about anime on fanboards or LJ communities the way I talked about Buffy (that was my first hard-core dive-in fandom and it makes me so depressed that it's slowly fading away). And I don't do fanart to any serious degree. So it's fanfic for me.

I do talk at a Harry Potter board, but I'm a flaky member of that fandom. I like the fandom more than the actual books, so I sometimes feel like I'm a marginal fan talking to hard-core fans, and sometimes I just want to tell them, "You know, I read the books too, and I like the characters, but I can't squeal with you and keep a straight face because honestly I've read better." It's hard to look down on the canon source of the fandom you're participating in. There for I drift in and out and it has no loyalty to me, and most of my contact is, again, through fanfic.

I wrote fanfic before I knew what fanfic was. How could I *not* love it?

And yes, I can see how artists can not love it, but... to quote my late beloved grandmother: tough titty said the kitty but the milk tastes good.

Those fans who think it disrespects the writers probably READ it and just haven't come out yet.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Can I just say...like, word to all the stuff you've said? Okay? Word.

One problem with dissection of anime is length. I mean, no matter how deep and layered an awesome a series is, most of the time it's either just 26 episodes long or it's way longer than it should be (see: Inuyasha), whereas with Buffy we got 7 seasons, and even taking out the crap episodes that's still more.

I'm quite enjoying fayeandspike, though I feel kind of detached--I think I need to either watch the series again or read a bunch of fic. The latter takes less time, so I'll probably save stuff from your recs list and read them this week while I am netless. *sobs*

What was your first fanfic? Mine was probably Sonic the Hedgehog and Batman: TAS. Oh my, so very embarrassing. Though I was 11, so I guess that makes it cute.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

What was your first fanfic?

Sailor Moon. 7th grade. \

For Cowboy Bebop... take a minute and go here:

http://www.anyanka.net/rashaka_things/Uploaded_Files_(Current)/

Save the entire folder called Cowboy Bebop. It's 10 MB, and let me know when you got it. It's all the good or at least decent CB fanfic I have... it'll save you some time from scouring for stuff to save and read later. There's often chapters missing that you might need, but it will definitely save time.