Adapting to fandom and other thoughts

[misscam]

Life. Blah. I shan't bore you with details, but BLAH I say. Blah!

First package of Who merchandise has arrived though, so yay. And customs didn't tax me after all, so thank you, state of Norway. Wee Ten is now mine, as well as the books (signed, not bad). Course, what I really want are the audio books, which are read by David Tennant, but not out till early July. BBC is such a mean tease.

Meanwhile, a question for you Brits - I have heard good things about Life on Mars, and it is very soon out on DVD - so should I fork over yet more money to the BBC and get it? Any other recs while at it?

And the answer to how far you can push the line in Supernatural fandom is... Not that far.

Doctor Who fandom - at least my corner of it - hasn't really had anything much in that vein, though there was a bit of a rapefic bruhahaha at GAFF. Humhum. I have noticed that my own lines have shifted a bit, though. Years ago I was all "RPF is wrooooong!", now I'm all "eh" and find it creepy at times, but mostly just whatever floats one's boat (or as I said to vaskalcorp today, "let he who is without kink throw the first stone"). Does fandom adapt you, I wonder?

So apparently Bush snubbed the Norwegian PM

*eyeroll* Always nice to be reminded how wee we really are. Of course, watch the US tell us we should increase oil output again next week. Then we're suddenly important. Hah. Bite me, Bush. I'll give you socialism germs.

And finally, for today's meme: In your fandom(s) of choice, what is the line you think most of the fandom would react badly to being crossed and why? Or has it already occured? I am curious.

Comments

[dalinae.livejournal.com]

I think Bush is still sore from the spanking Colbert brought on at the Correspondents' Dinner. Dubya won't be himself for a few weeks now (which, knowing the himself he actually is, is not a bad thing at all).

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Huh, what was that about? Must've missed it.

Stephen Colbert, Amazing: Spanks Bush, who can't escape

[bamfer.livejournal.com]

Get youself quick to Crooks & Liars (http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/29.html#a8104) and download the vid, and watch in amazement as Stephen Colbert, who apparently was a paid speaker at this year's White House Correspondent's Dinner (held annually), spanks Bush as he's never been spanked with The Truth (and it hurts, does it not, Mr. President?).

Just a brief explanation, Stephen Colbert used to be a faux correspondent on Jon Stewart's Daily Show (the fake news show on Comedy Central, which in many ways ends up being better and more informative than most real news programs). Stephen left The Daily Show to do his own show on Comedy Central, called "The Colbert Report" where basically he takes on the persona of a right-wing blowhard (loosely modeled on FOX News' Bill O'Reilly).

Just a wee sample of the roasting of the President from Colbert's "presentation":

So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write, "Oh, they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!

One of the most interesting effects of Colbert's roasting of the President led to something I've personally never seen before: Fanfic meets Politics: In this case it's a Harry Potter Fanfic:

Harry Potter and the Eagle of Truthiness (http://www.eskimo.com/~vecna/truthiness.html) in which Stephen Colbert becomes the new Dark Arts professor.

Re: Stephen Colbert, Amazing: Spanks Bush, who can't escape

[dalinae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that. Apparently, Bush (according to aides and his own expressions during the speech) was furious. And apparently, the right-wind blogosphere is trying to convince the rest of the world that Bush's own shtick (the two Bushes) was funnier, which, no.

Re: Stephen Colbert, Amazing: Spanks Bush, who can't escape

[dalinae.livejournal.com]

Forgot to add:

bamfer, Stephen wrote his own fanfic (I believe Colbert Nation is maintained by him, right?) at http://www.colbertnation.com/colbertnation/novel.jhtml

I love this guy so much. He makes my thighs quiver. :-)