Wow, those are gorgeous. I wish I had some money.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - Jun 29, 2009 6:27:42 am PDT #14470 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2009 6:32:04 am PDT #14471 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. "Belate" is a word. It means "To cause something to be late."
Vortex - Jun 29, 2009 6:42:59 am PDT #14472 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Madoff just got sentenced to 150 years in prison.
Barb - Jun 29, 2009 6:54:03 am PDT #14473 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I have "Cafe at Night" on my iPod.
And 150 years somehow seems like not quite enough for the bastard.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2009 6:56:14 am PDT #14474 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I can't stop reading stuff about the fanfic warnings kerfailfuffle. It's mesmerizing.
Vortex - Jun 29, 2009 6:59:17 am PDT #14475 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
oh, dear. do I want to know?
Fay - Jun 29, 2009 7:00:31 am PDT #14476 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I've not read much of it at all, myself. What very little I read made me think: "Huh...I ought to think about including warnings for triggery scenes in the future."
Dana - Jun 29, 2009 7:04:26 am PDT #14477 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I can't stop reading stuff about the fanfic warnings kerfailfuffle. It's mesmerizing.
Oh, my god, stop reading. People have failed so hard.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2009 7:07:11 am PDT #14478 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
oh, dear. do I want to know?
Some authors don't post warnings even if their fic includes rape/child abuse/torture, etc. One big reason they cite is that such warnings "spoil" the fic. And they think that their artistic integrity is paramount over rape survivors' actual trauma.
Rape survivors are saying, wow, do you know that if a fic doesn't have a warning, I assume there's nothing to be wary of, and then when I click through to your rapefic, it triggers me?
Anti-warning people are saying, stop whining, rape survivors, and if you click something without a warning, it's your own fault (like, say, if you wore a short skirt and got raped, it's your own fault). Also suggesting that maybe rape survivors need therapy to get over their issues.
There's also a very big misunderstanding wherein "trigger" is being equated with "stuff that I personally don't like." And rape survivors are saying, do you even KNOW what being triggered actually means?
Oh! And the slippery-slope fallacy, wherein anti-warning people are saying, but but but, if I have to warn for rape and child abuse, then soon I'll have to warn for the color orange! (That's an actual argument.)
Pro-warning people are saying, wow, is it that hard to be a decent human being?
And apparently it is.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2009 7:08:41 am PDT #14479 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, my god, stop reading. People have failed so hard.
Man, I was so impressed with Zvi during RaceFail, and now I just keep cringing at her posts. Gah.