This does all sound very, very shameful.

The Kobe case just reminds me of the similar Sports Night episode.

Anyone? Or am I on crack again?

Dunno. But an old friend of mine starred in a similar story on Law and Order way back in the first season.

(When I was in college, there was a woman beaten and sexually assaulted in Central Park, and her wallet/ID was taken. She ended up in hospital with a fractured skull and grave danger of permanent brain damage, and nobody knew her identity. So the New York Times was squirrelling around, trying to maintain this unknown woman's privacy, at the same time that it was trying to announce enough detail for someone to come forward and say, "Oh yes, that must be _____." It was quite the high-wire act, but finally after a few days her parents came home from a vacation or something and figured it out.)

(In a New Yorker article about her brain damage, later on, they identified her only as Urgent Four -- 4th severe brain injury on the ward. Sometimes I think about her, wonder how she ended up, and in my mind, that's what I still call her.)

I've published fanfic in: XF, Smallville, Farscape, Firefly. I've written and circulated to a few people in: Angel, Buffy. I've parodied LOTR, but that was part of the whole "Chandlerizing" joke, and you know, I should be able to make good money Chandlerizing whole novels, don't you think??

Some fandoms just never move me to fanfic. (LOTR being a prime example. I don't want to fill in its gaps like a co-author; I want to research its gaps like an archaeologist.)

Anyone? Or am I on crack again?

If you mean "Mary Pat Shelby", then yes, I hear you and agree, although I don't think I can speak as to your state of crackishness.

If you mean "Mary Pat Shelby", then yes, I hear you and agree, although I don't think I can speak as to your state of crackishness.

I do mean "Mary Pat Shelby," although I couldn't remember the title.

And I probably AM on crack. Just not about this.

I nominated you

Ah, sweetie t hug

I never hear about these things to nominate people on until, well, something pops up in my in box saying "Guess What!"

You're welcome. It's a great story.

I never hear about these things to nominate people on until, well, something pops up in my in box saying "Guess What!"

Me neither. I wouldn't have known about this if I hadn't been nominated-- by someone I didn't even know was still reading my fic.

Just had feedback for my Snape/Lily story which was positive, but described the story as "weird and distorted". Huh.

YW&DMV

....then, curiosity piqued, I went and read one of her stories - one she loved enough to be using a chunk of it as her sig, with a link to the story.

Rather than comment upon the story, let me instead provide the snippet itself:

There she is, your image of perfection, lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Her turquoise eyes are void of emotions; her full lips are parted slightly. Her long blond hair surrounds her like a halo; she looks like an angel, doesn´t she? A fallen angel. There are tearstains on her face. Remember them? The ones you refused to acknowledge? Are you willing to see them now? Are you willing to face the truth? Look at her! Look at her lifeless body lying before you. Drained of life, her soul torn and destroyed; see her for what she is! Take a look! Look at her bloodstained hands, still holding the blade.

Ah, fandom. So many stories, so little time.

t snickers