Fandom round-up: Doctor Who, BSG, CSI, shipping, icons

[misscam]

- Doctor Who fandom managed to make fandom_wank over something other than shipping or sexuality. I know, I'm as shocked as you are.

- Made of fail: riversongfails. Because what Doctor Who fandom needs is character-hate comms. For sure. Though I suppose it's a bit better than actor-hate comms, as we had with Freema in the beginning. Interfering with the OTP is a capital crime, clearly. Laaaame.

- MUST. STOP. READING. SPOILERS. Except I tell myself reading Doctor Who spoilers help me know what to prepare for when modding T&C during the finale. Yeah, that's it.

- Speaking of spoilers, want some for BSG. I'm having severe Battlstar Galactica withdrawl. Woe, new fandom crushes always bring the heartache too. WHY YOU LEAVE ME SHOW. WHY.

- How cute is this BSG story? So Mary comes on the phone giggling, introduces herself and then APOLOGIZES for messing with my interview. Apparently she, Edward and other members of the BSG gang were driving around a Kamloops neighbourhood, lost. Did I mention that Mary was trying to lead them home?! The BSG gang lost in British Columbia, hee. And apparently Mary calls EJO "The Ed". Aww.

- Brother, coming into my bedroom after watching half the BSG mini-series: So when they had this whole beginning about Cylons rebelling against humans and coming back, I thought I'd get to see some human superiority at war and general 'yay, humanity!'
Me: ... (Laughing) Yeah, not so much. It's a bit more 'oh dear, humanity'.

- The GSR wank hasn't quite died in CSI fandom yet, I see.

- I think CSI and Doctor Who fandom together has made me seriously twitch whenever someone wants to get into a ship versus ship debate or even tease me about what I ship. (Those I still care about, anyway.) It's like I have Post Traumatic Ship-Wank Disorder.

- Am I the only one that saves a lot of fandom icons I'll never use on my LJ just to look at them from time to time? Seriously, I have a folder for my icon ogling needs. I am weird, y/y?

Anything exciting fannish I missed?

Work tomorrow, then a week off. Wheee. Now, dinner and Spain versus Russia. I think I'm cheering Russia. Or rather, whoever is most awesome today. Bring it on, football!

Comments

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Doctor Who wank not about shipping or sex.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one that saves a lot of fandom icons I'll never use on my LJ just to look at them from time to time? Seriously, I have a folder for my icon ogling needs. I am weird, y/y?

Well, that would make me weird, too, although I keep telling myself I hoard them because one day LJ will give its paying members 500+ icon spaces. Which I know will never happen because they're cheap *beep* but hope springs eternal.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

... 500 icon spaces...

I'm sorry, my brain seemed to short-circuit from drool there. Oops.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

CSIFiles link doesn't work. :( The site seems to be having database problems.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Seems to be working now, but yeah, they do go down a bit sometimes.

[babylon-whore.livejournal.com]

DW and GSR wank is fucking insane. DUDES. GETAGRIP.

Speaking of DW spoilers....WHAT HAVE YOU GOT???!!!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

The GSR wank was epic back when the two characters were first revealed to be together. Like epic, epic. I did a whole continued reporting on it. Wanky times, man.

SCARY STUFF! WITH CLONES! I'm not sure I believe even half of it, except maybe the bit about who dies :(

[babylon-whore.livejournal.com]

MUST.KNOW.WHO.DIES.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Sending you a message so not to spoil my flist.

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

I have about 200MB of icons saved strictly for ogling purposes, so we can be weird together ;-D

*is sort of glad to be without teh intertoobs this weekend with the anticipated DW Wangst explosion*

*sends BIG cases of booze to Norway to supply misscam's wankshelter*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

200 MB? Wow, that beats me :P But I just got a new computer, so I had to start over on my collection.

Why, thank you! That alcohol will be needed, I can tell already. Eeek.

[falena]

I really wanted to cheer Spain but I've got a big crush on Pavlyuchenko ( so big that I even made the effort to google how to spell his name properly), so Russia it is for me. *is proud SIPB*

One more working week and then I'm done with teaching for the summer. Huzzah. Except one of my exams got put off to July 24 th. Boo.

*mems BSG cast story to read at halftime*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Poor Russia :( They looked sad, but Spain was better.

Bah, no exams should be allowed in July. That's just mean.

(It's cute.)

[xmaidelx.livejournal.com]

- Speaking of spoilers, want some for BSG. I'm having severe Battlstar Galactica withdrawl. Woe, new fandom crushes always bring the heartache too. WHY YOU LEAVE ME SHOW. WHY.

I will attempt to remain a spoiler free whore for the last half of this BSG season. Mainly because... Well, I was spoiled for everything up to now, and my emotions were on the happiest roller coaster ever. So spoiler-free. X-Files style. *dances* However... I too know the crushing blow of shows deciding they have their shit to figure out before they come back to me and screw with my emotions all over again. Just like that thing with "bad boys". *sigh* There goes the babble.

Brother, coming into my bedroom after watching half the BSG mini-series: So when they had this whole beginning about Cylons rebelling against humans and coming back, I thought I'd get to see some human superiority at war and general 'yay, humanity!'
Me: ... (Laughing) Yeah, not so much. It's a bit more 'oh dear, humanity'.

I think if my brother would watch BSG, he's wet himself. Even if it's humanity being "crushed". Because when BSG shows us humans kicking ass and taking names, OH, it is SOOO good. SO. GOOD.

- Am I the only one that saves a lot of fandom icons I'll never use on my LJ just to look at them from time to time? Seriously, I have a folder for my icon ogling needs. I am weird, y/y?

Not weird. I've been known to do that from time to time. Although LJ seriously needs to give up more space. I'm not doing very well with having to go in and casually delete icons so I won't get too attached. It's not nice. AT ALL.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I couldn't stay spoiler free if my life depended on it. Sad, but true. Should I warn you to steel yourself is bad is coming?

... Wait, it's BSG. Bad always comes, what am I talking about?

Hee. Yeah, BSG is awesome at humans, but it's not the usual Hollywood portrayal of humans in relations to other species (in this case th cylons?, you know? It's much more complex and a lot less cheerleading.

I KNOW. Want space! 143 icons iis not enough. Whine, whine, whine, etc. I think I'm icon addicted :(

[xmaidelx.livejournal.com]

DUH! BSG = the place where endless crap happens, but somehow, hope survives.

I think that's part of what makes the show so brilliant. It's not just your typical "hey! let me spoonfeed you the answer". It makes you think it out. Ergo, gooooooooooood.

There is nothing wrong with an icon addiction. I'd argue that it's healthy. Especially when compared to... oh, I don't know... Drugs? Alcohol? Gambling?

[wildecate.livejournal.com]

No, you're not the only one who does that. I have a whole folder full of icons, mostly of Ianto Jones for some reason, that I have no intention of using but like looking at all the same.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

'Cause Ianto's so cute that I'm afraid that, if you put him onscreen next to David Tennant, the universe will implode under the sheer density of adorableness?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

The pick-me-up of a good ogling?

[wildecate.livejournal.com]

Indeed. There are a couple of little things that are guaranteed to make me giggle so on a bad day they're a comfort.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Character bashing comms are made of fail. Every single one.

Can I reserve room in the Wankshelter Bar against the next two weeks? I'll buy a round of drinks every so often if you'll let me set up a pup tent in the corner.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I can put your name on a stool of your choosing and reserve it. Near the good liquer stuff.

[brandie.livejournal.com]

Is it a wonder anymore why desertwind is banned from YTDaW? I got tired of her shit, lies, ignorance, blatant disregard for other peoples' opinions... you name it. Looks like she found a home at CSIFiles though.

I don't know if I'd call that wank though.. it's almost insulting to the meaning of wank. That was just... diarrhea.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Wow, she got banned? What happened? I hadn't heard that, but I know she's been making herself really unpopular a lot of places.

Lol, you might have a point.

[ice-feather.livejournal.com]

Spoilers are great if you read them willingly. Not so much if people spoil you without warning, which has happened to me a few times this series. Series four of Doctor Who is much worse for being a spoiler minefield than the other three series, yes/no? There's so much leaked this time. I can understand why you'd seek them out, though, as a mod. I'm kind of dreading potential end of series drama...may go on a fandom avoidance for a while depending on how things go.

I don't understand hate comms. If you hate a character, wouldn't it just be more fun to concentrate on the ones you actually enjoy? Why waste all that energy over something you can easily ignore? Who would rather spend their time being all wound up when they could be reading hot pr0n featuring the ones they do like? Weirdos.

Edit: The icon thing, I do that. I've got a folder full of icons of my favourite pretty boys and girls. I will never use most of them but I love to perv.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ich, yeah. We do have a spoiler policy on T&C I try to enforce as much as I can, because people should have a choice about spoilers. It is a bit tricky when the BBC itself gleefully spoils on purpose, but people can at least make an effort, I think.

Fandom avoidance might be nice. Oi, I has fear, I has.

Always been those who like or enjoy expressing the negative more than the positive, really. *shrugs* Discussion why a character don't work for you is fair enough, but the sort of inane name-calling bashing gets to... Find something better to do with your time, truly.

Hehe, I feel less alone now.

[ice-feather.livejournal.com]

People posting to communities are usually very good with the spoilers. It was actually on my flist when I was most recently spoield and sadly it caused some wank but I guess it's the price I pay for looking at LJ when the show is on air.

Critical analysis and mature debating is great fun but there are an awful lot of people in all fandoms who just don't seem to be able to handle that and snub it in favour of childish and mean spirited bashing. At least these people are usually very obvious and easy to avoid though.

I think icons of pretty people are a must have. How are we expected to get through these often long, dull days without something nice to look at?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch. I guess some people just don't think sometimes, and it's nothing malicious about it, but still, sucks a bit. And wank after is never good.

I think I've just given up on debates for a while, at least until the finale aftermath has died down a bit.

Sheer willpower probably, but I prefer ogling and eyecandy.

[bex245.livejournal.com]

Aside from my own flist, I'm not engaging in any DW fandom doings. Not worth it. lol.

And I am sooo glad I didn't have LJ during the height of the CSI wank. Mainly because I for sure would've got myself into a fight!! lol.

BSG!!!!!!!!!! *cries*

I was supporting Russia. Who won? lol

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Spain did. 3-0. Sorry!

Yeah, I got involved in some of the CSI stuff myself. It was just bizzare how much that went totally bananas, though. Shipping is serious business for real. So be glad you missed :P

*comforts*

[bex245.livejournal.com]

Damn!! LOL. Oh well. Looks like I'll be supporting Spain in the final then. lol.

Haha!! We really do take our shipping very seriously!! It's like illegal or something to socialise outside your ship fandom. LMAO.

Thanks. *sob* I'm not used to mid-season hiatus. We don't get it, like, ever in the UK and I don't usually watch shows on US schedule. Eeek.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I was always so bad keeping it inside my ship. I always got friends who liked other stuff too. Ohnoes, I'm a traitor.

Yeah, we don't really have it in Norway either, but since I've started to follow US schedules a bit via the wonders of the Net, I've had to deal with this horrid invention. Baaah. It's no better even when you're used to it.

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

The important question is: does River Song steal icons? And who does she ship in CSI?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Grissom/herself, since Grissom is clearly the Doctor tries at human again.

Probably she makes her own icons. Just a little more sonice.

[dreamingwriter.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, no I save tons of icons, just so I can look at them. I have folders and folders of the pretty so it's really hard to choose which ones I want to use when I update. And I mostly just save stock so I can stare at them, but I am using one now! *is proud*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*clings to similar-minded people*

I feel less weird. Yay!

[ericasj.livejournal.com]

That official warning was long-overdue. desertwind got what she deserved. And wow I had no idea she was banned from YTDAW (then again, I don't go there). No wonder she took all those craps to TalkCSI. Fail. I believe you have seen the pm from one of the mods that I posted in my journal. It's about damn time they take some action.

Probably just wishful thinking, but I can't wait for the day she gets banned from TalkCSI.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I had no idea either, but I haven't been around YTDAW a lot lately. New shiny fandom and all. But I know she was quite disliked and managed to piss people off, so not too surprised, I guess.

There's always a shipper even people sharing the ship feels bad about. Alas.

[piaffe.livejournal.com]

...damnit, you're making me want to seriously start getting into BSG - it sounds like a really neat fandom and I'm already liking Adama/Roslin, so....already part of the way there?

I'm not really that much into the fannish side of CSI-franchise fandom, because it seems seriously scary. Also, I want to kill all the ship names with fire.

And I keep saving icons too that I probably never will use - usually because ooh, the pretty :)

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one that saves a lot of fandom icons I'll never use on my LJ just to look at them from time to time? Seriously, I have a folder for my icon ogling needs. I am weird, y/y?

Well, if you're weird, then at least you're not the only one. I've got a ginormous icon folder on my hard drive, too. I think there are so many that I could probably fill my LJ spaces with, say, all my Roslin and Starbuck pics alone.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Hi - I'm a fan of your fiction, and (God, unbelievably embarrassing) the source of the Doctor Who wank. I didn't mean any of that to happen, I swear. The question was a simple one and everything spiraled way out of control like six seconds after I posted it. It was my first, and last, foray into a Doctor Who community.

I came by via your Ten/Rose fiction, and discovered you're also a Roslin/Adama writer, so I was going to friend you. I scrolled through the first page of your posts and saw this post about the wank. I just... don't want you to think, "Oh, great, Bitchy McWankerly of Icon-Upon-Thames friended me." So, I'm just giving you the heads-up, I guess, that I'm really not some self-important horrific hellbeast come to wank in your lj. Promise.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

LOL, don't worry. I've been involved in stuff that's ended up on f_w myself. Bad days can happen to us all, I reckon. I usually try to see the funny in it, but that's my approach.

And anyway, I think I know your name from somewhere else, which looking at it I'm guessing is because we have friends in common. So very welcome to hang out in my lj - always nice to have more people who like Adama/Roslin here, as I got into that fairly recently and it's eaten my brain a bit.

(And trust me, the main doctorwho community is a lot scarier than some of the others.)