Fun wank, incoming wank

[misscam]

Cam has a rather amusing Doctor Who conversation - wherein wank about Harmonians turns to Doctor droolings, followed by fanfic plots and the symbolism of Naked!Doctor.

This is why I love Fandom_Wank. You never know what conversations will spring up about. Or indeed, fanfic plots.

Anyone who's read the spoilers for Gum Drops (CSI season 6, ep... 5?) probably feel the wank coming in their bones. I know I do. Already, there's fanfic trying to make it right for another 'ship. Oh yeah. I feel wank brewing in my wicked, wicked bones. (Spoilers for that fic, obviously.) Get yer trenches on, people. Incoming!

(Or come hang out with me in the Doctor Who corner. We serve tea and biscuits every hour and you can watch my fanfic bunnies populate.)

Tomorrow's (or rather, later today) the day where the rest of the world actually pay some attention to Norway - yep, it's the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Remains to be seen if it'll be a surprising one this year too, or one of the more expected. And no, it will not be Bush.

In other news:
Documentary ignites controversy
Bush calls for patience on Iraq (Hasn't he been doing that for like a year already?)
Snake bursts after eating alligator (Be wary, there is a picture.)
Senate backs detainee rights
Orgy may cause charges in Sweden
Norwegian 'hytter' (cottages) - pictures

Comments

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Nice how you two got all metaphorical just in order to justify seeing David Tennant getting his kit off. ;) And do you happen to have a link to those pyjama/dressing gown pictures you were talking about?

Norwegian cottages = teh pretty. Much prettier than bursting snakes, which are clearly not suitable for computer users having rather belated breakfasts.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Forgot to say: The Nobel Peace Prize winner has now been announced. It's Mohammed el Baradei and the International Atomic Energy Organisation. So, what do you think?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Not really surprised. Norway's always been fairly involved in the no-proliferation of atomic weapons (we refuse to have them on our soil, even though the US wanted them there during the cold war).

Safe choice, I suppose, though the US might not like it with all the agency's attempts to be sensible with Iran.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a much more conventional choice than the rather unusual focus on environmentalism with Wangari Maathai last year, but I do like about it what you have already pointed out: the fact that this prize backs up a more cautious policy in dealing with Iran.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Oh, and there's something else I forgot to say: Maybe even the Nobel Peace Prize and its implied emphasis on trying to find a sensible solution for the Teheran nuclear trouble will be of no avail if God comes and tells George W. to "end the tyranny in Iran" or something along these lines.

In other words: Have you seen this already? Read and weep.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

To post the first - yes, for all who back caution there, this award will be seen as wise. And of course, we have no right to deny Iran nuclear power. Right there, in the agreement, they have the right to have nuclear power. Course, I don't want them to have a bomb, but we can't just ban them cos we feel like it.

Plus, Israel has fucking nuclear weapons and where the big deal being made about that? Feh.

And for post the second...

...

If that's true - and I retain the if - that's so scary I might want to huddle in bed.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

If that's true - and I retain the if - that's so scary I might want to huddle in bed.

Well, the White House is denying the story, and for once, I really, really want to believe them. Because if you talk to God, I call this prayer. But if God talks to you, I call it schizophrenia...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I call it justifying your own little wants. God's voice would carry more weight.

I so hope the White House is right for once.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I call it justifying your own little wants. God's voice would carry more weight.

I was being more sarcastic about the possible insanity anyway. I mean the most scary aspect about incidents like this one (even if this particular story is not true, I'm sure you'll find enough similar events throughout history...) is not that the people trying to carry out "God's will" were crazy but the fact that most of them were stark raving sane. And often in positions of authority.

And totally unrelated to Bush, but good if you want to take your mind off him: I've just been laughing my head off at this Doctor Who fanfic. How I love metafic mocking badfic...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*goes to read*

There's nothing quite as scary as someone sane with insane ideas, is there? The caricatures of Hitler has made us forget on some level he was utterly sane, me thinks.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

The caricatures of Hitler has made us forget on some level he was utterly sane, me thinks.

As were his henchmen. But Leonard Cohen put it so much better than I ever could:

All There is to know about Adolf Eichmann

Eyes: Medium
Hair: Medium
Weight: Medium
Height: Medium
Distinguishing features: None
Number of fingers: Ten
Intelligence: Medium
What did you expect?
Talons?
Oversize incisors?
Green saliva?
Madness?

Hmm, now I think my comments deserve a Godwin's Law disclaimer of their own because they read as though I were implying that the current U.S. administration are as bad as the Nazis. Which I am not because I'm aware that these two are not even remotely comparable. I still think, however, that some U.S. policies are too 'sane' for my taste.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I think we were envoking the Nazis in their own right, rather than as any parallel to any specific government of today. Could've picked Mao instead, for that matter, but I am European and European examples spring to mind.

And very well put by Mr. Cohen.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I think we were envoking the Nazis in their own right, rather than as any parallel to any specific government of today.

Maybe I'm just over-cautious after too much exposure to the Internet. I'm not exactly keen on being misinterpreted and then lumped together with, let's say, the likes of wanky H/Hr shippers that evoke black slavery as a parallel to their oppression in fandom. ;) Hence, the gratuitous disclaimer for anyone who might be reading.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

People who tried to lump you in there would need eyesight corrected. You have long ways to go before reaching that level of batshit.

And that whole slave parallel has to be a new historic level of headdesking. My head still hurts.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

The whole kerfuffle is a new historic level of headdesking: The Hippogriff symbolism! The hapless comparisons between JKR and Austen/Poe/Cervantes/[insert classic author of your choice here] (or Stephen King for that matter)! The random insults!

No wonder that none of my friends is able to take fandom at large seriously... :)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

The rewriting, mustn't forget.

Hamonians - Historic in all the wrong ways.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

They were posted over in the time_and_chips comm. I'm afraid I don't have the link to the exact post. Might have been several, in fact.

And we were just pointing out what's obvious in the source material. Ayep.

The snake was probably trying to have its own breakfast.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I'll go and check time_and_chips in search of the photos then.

And I'd rather stick with my cinnamon cereals for breakfast, thank you very much.