Date: 2008-10-21 08:13 Subject: Torchwood shit (I know this fandom was too good to be true) Security: Public Mood: enraged Tags: fandom, rant, shit hitting the fan

Okay, yeah I know, I’ve been gone for ages and serious RL update is coming later, but something more important came up:

Read THIS first.

You know, this just pisses me off. I get about licenses and copyrights and what shit, but this is a fan convention which should be organized by fans for fans. Fandom for me has always been about the underground, and about freedom and about free production. Stories passing on in postal lists and on the internet, and for some reason this kind of behavior really pisses me off.

They (TPTB) have always done these things; closing down web sites, cease and desist orders and every fucking trick in the book, but never have we complied with their request. We mounted a rebellion when LJ tried to fuck us over and went underground for Harry porn. I feel that this is very much a same issue, the Torchwood TPTB have just announced that if you don’t have the money and the free time and possibility to travel to these cons (which btw they have totally take over!) you, as a fan, can fuck off! Now they are well within their rights to do this, protecting their copyright etc. but what I don’t approve is fandom complying with this crap. We are supposed to be united! Striketrough, people! Where is that spirit?!

And how dare somebody ask fandom to snitch on one of their own?!

I say bring on the video! Anybody know where one is cause I want it! Not just because I want to see that play, but because I want to rebel! I’ve been around for a long time, I’ve lived through the 20th Century Fox quibbles about X-files and closing down of fan sites, Harry Potter upheaval and we have always closed ranks and protected our own and in no way has it hurt fandom. What people seem to be forgetting is that They Need Us. They are protecting a copyright, but they seem to forget that it is Us who buy the products. What I say, don’t sell at conventions, don’t do fucking anything! We’re already writing, drawing and manipulating here for free.

Thanks you for listening. </rant>

Date: 2008-02-19 18:14 Subject: So, anybody thinking that Cupid and Fate should get together.... Security: Public Mood: amused, yet evil Tags: evil thoughts, fandom, meta

No?

Well, if you live anywhere near the United Kingdom, you’ve probably seen the ads. And yeah, “Make Love Happen” is not the most subtlest of lines, so maybe that has something to do with my brain short circuiting to perversion every morning on the train to Liverpool Street. But I think it’s more to do with slash as a way of life.

No, really.

I’m just wondering here if other people on my flist ship random advertising characters and just regular people on the train. Does the concept of reading slash into tv and movies and books spill over into the general experience of culture? The reason I’m using Cupid and Fate here is because they aren’t very attractive. See for yourself! And no way would I be ogling them otherwise, but I just can’t help but wonder: “Are they doing it?”

Now, speaking of ogling the beeb’s attempt of revitalizing BBC3 has lead me to Being Human. And I know it might seem a bit off kilter, a bit weird. (But hey, aren’t we into that sort of thing, anyway!?) However, if that does not tempt you enough…..

A pretty buff young man gets naked in a forest (and when I say buff I mean gorgeous ass) while an indie rockery sharp hip-boned (yes, this is for you Kat) skinny lad makes the moves on a buxom brunette. Now we move to the next morning and buff young man is sleeping in a crevice of rock covered in deer blood and hip-bone lad in having an angst fest in a toilet after draining the blood of said buxom gal. Later on our two heroes (only after the buff one washes himself everyhwere, and now listen carefully dear readers, while naked in the same room as lovely indie rocker and I really mean everywhere) decide to get a house together. And of course they are mistaken *cough* by the agent as a couple. Indie rocker seems very into this while buff young man fumbles and blushes his denials. Now I do think the Lady doth protests too much.

Intrigued yet?

Date: 2007-08-08 23:11 Subject: the sinking ship Security: Public Mood: cold Music: Rhianna - Umbrella Tags: fandom, lj purge

Okay, I've just been cued into this thing and I think this might be it. Not because I want to leave or abandone this wonderful journal service, but I think that I will. Not because of solidarity and because other people will, but because I think that it's the right thing to do for me. I don't write or draw the things that they are targeting, but I might. And the people I read do. I need the freedom to be able to read and write what I want.

Good Points from amanuensis1, and I've joined fandom_flies, because I do want a ready house to go into. I will not get rid of this journal, probably ever, but I want a backup. I want a way out. I'm not going right now, or even by the end of the year, but when the move goes, so will I.

Come, darling, fly with me.

Date: 2007-05-05 09:10 Subject: Fandom Dissertation Security: Public Mood: curious Tags: disseration, fandom, school

Allright, flist!

I'm putting this here first so I can see what kind of possible responses this kind of thing gets.

I am writing a dissertation on the construction of (meta)narratives in online fandom. And as fan studies are rarely (Henry Jenkins being the exception here) conducted inside actual fandoms, or god fobid, with actual fans involved, I wanted to do this actually with people who are in fandom, any fandom.

I've set up a separate journal narration_girl for the purposes of this reaserch. It's empty still, but the idea would be to post discussion topics or questions there maybe once a week or every two weeks depending on how my research progresses. I will be doing questions on slash, het, genfic, identification.... pretty much anything I encounter.

ETA Not empty anymore. I made my first post. *is proud*

Now, I'm wonderig how many of you would be interested in taking part in this kind of fandom discussion? I would use these discussions in the dissertation (without your ljname if you'd wish). What I really want is to actually find out how people experince fandom. Most of the research these days is done on zines wrtitten in the 90's for gods sake! And things have moved along consederably since then (well atleast I'd like to think so). So do let me know. If you think people on your flist would be interested, plese go a head and pimp this!