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Questions Post #1
Usually I don't ask questions in public settings. I'm shy and also very arrogant; I like to think I know stuff or can find out on my own. But these things have been bothering me, and while I think a few things might be answered by digging through people's old entries or some FAQs, I'd love some answers (and opinions. Some are about opinions. Not the one about Buffy's natural tufted treasure, though. That has to be fact).
General
What does RPS stand for?
I'm aware OTP means pairing of choice, but what do the letters stand for?
Where did the term 'squee' originate and how come so many people use it?
LJ
What's a meme? Does it mean memory?
How do you tag someone? What does it mean?
What does the term "gak" mean?
Fanon
-How do people feel about using fanon? For instance, some fic writers use the name "O'Connor" for Liam (mostly in all-human AUs, which I don't really read, but whatever). Do you frown upon writers who use this name? Does it throw you off when writers don't use this name? Do you yourself consciously just avoid ever getting anywhere near the characters' surnames just to avoid the issue?
-From where did O'Connor-as-Liam's-surname originate, anyway?
-Does Spike have a commonly used last name? What about Faith? What about Darla, whose first name we know isn't hers, and Drusilla, whose first name is almost certianly not hers?
-This is a much debated topic, but is there even a marginal consensus regarding the age of Spike?
-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?
-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde? I.e., is her altar of love, her carnal trap, her eye that weeps most when best pleased, her bearded clam, her garden of eden, her nest of curls blonde in most fics? What? Just asking.
-Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?
-Is the idea that vampires "pretend" to breath in order to look natural a fanon thing, or was it on the show?
-Does nobody use the fact that Angelus wears eye-liner in fics?
-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?
General again
-Whatever happened to Miss Kitty Fantastico? Did Dawn really shoot her with a crossbow?
-Do vampires sweat?
-What're some (slang) words for the dominant partner in a D/s relationship? I.e., some for the sub are: bitch, punk, sister (in prison), et al. I've just been drawing blank on their counterparts for about a week, now.
-Does anyone besides me hate Joyce Summers' guts in a visceral, it's-even-alright-to-character-bash sort of way?
-Have you ever not been able to find relatively common words for weeks at a time? (I once spent a month looking for the word 'conceited')
-Am I the only (character) Angel squeeing fangirl who didn't find David Boreanaz convincing as Angel at times? (don't get me wrong; most of the time he was great.)
-Can David Boreanaz sing better than Angel?
-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?
General
What does RPS stand for?
I'm aware OTP means pairing of choice, but what do the letters stand for?
Where did the term 'squee' originate and how come so many people use it?
LJ
What's a meme? Does it mean memory?
How do you tag someone? What does it mean?
What does the term "gak" mean?
Fanon
-How do people feel about using fanon? For instance, some fic writers use the name "O'Connor" for Liam (mostly in all-human AUs, which I don't really read, but whatever). Do you frown upon writers who use this name? Does it throw you off when writers don't use this name? Do you yourself consciously just avoid ever getting anywhere near the characters' surnames just to avoid the issue?
-From where did O'Connor-as-Liam's-surname originate, anyway?
-Does Spike have a commonly used last name? What about Faith? What about Darla, whose first name we know isn't hers, and Drusilla, whose first name is almost certianly not hers?
-This is a much debated topic, but is there even a marginal consensus regarding the age of Spike?
-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?
-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde? I.e., is her altar of love, her carnal trap, her eye that weeps most when best pleased, her bearded clam, her garden of eden, her nest of curls blonde in most fics? What? Just asking.
-Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?
-Is the idea that vampires "pretend" to breath in order to look natural a fanon thing, or was it on the show?
-Does nobody use the fact that Angelus wears eye-liner in fics?
-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?
General again
-Whatever happened to Miss Kitty Fantastico? Did Dawn really shoot her with a crossbow?
-Do vampires sweat?
-What're some (slang) words for the dominant partner in a D/s relationship? I.e., some for the sub are: bitch, punk, sister (in prison), et al. I've just been drawing blank on their counterparts for about a week, now.
-Does anyone besides me hate Joyce Summers' guts in a visceral, it's-even-alright-to-character-bash sort of way?
-Have you ever not been able to find relatively common words for weeks at a time? (I once spent a month looking for the word 'conceited')
-Am I the only (character) Angel squeeing fangirl who didn't find David Boreanaz convincing as Angel at times? (don't get me wrong; most of the time he was great.)
-Can David Boreanaz sing better than Angel?
-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?
Re: Chiming in, Part 2
Actually, yes, I'm very much interested. Part of the reason I didn't get into BtVS for so long was a) the main character was named Buffy, b) a bunch of other stereotypes I had about the show, and c) I knew it was, like Anne Rice, going to try to make vampires sexy and despite the hotness of Brad Pitt on Interview With a Vampire, I just didn't GET it. Needless to say, I ...get it better now, but I still find the topic endlessly fascinating. Do you mention Coleridge? Because I'd marry that man, if he wasn't dead, and the fact that I think he's sexier dead gives me the wiggins.
Because I *totally* believe he can do *that.*
Me too ;o) And, for the record, I think DB is a very sweaty guy.
Sigh. Could’ve sworn that Lex did it in her hilarious short story, “The Seduction,” but I just reread it, and no joy. BTW, the story can be found at that grand archive of Old School B/A fic written in the first three or four seasons, The Naughty Slayer. The links to TNS, Lex’s and other sites can be found at www.bitchenvy.com.
Thanks for the rec! (I'm always looking for them!) I've been to TNS before (I think that's where I first read some of your fic) but I haven't made nearly as big a dent in it as I would like...(so far)
It was implied, but not stated outright, that the kitten died that way. In “End of Days,” Dawn tells Xander that she doesn’t leave her crossbow lying around “since that time with Miss Kitty Fantastico” who had not been seen since the ep “Restless” three seasons earlier. Most people accept that to mean she was killed, but as there’s no more explicit canon, you can provide some other interpretation for that line, and go from there, if that’s what you want to do.
Ooo, thanks for this explanation. A lot of people said that they assume Dawn killed her, but I was wondering if there were any references to Miss Kitty I didn't catch. I was worried about her through all of season 5 and season 6. To hear in an off-hand comment that Dawn killed her kinda ticked me (esp because I don't really like Dawn that much).
Why is it wrong to bash a character? Characters are not real, they don’t have feelings, and you can like or dislike them as you please. As long as the bashing doesn’t turn into over-the-top writing, bash away.
I've read some fics that have a whole lot of bashing that I really like, but, in general, it really, really turns me off. In my experience, bashing involves making the characters into something they're not just so you can hate them more, and I'm left thinking: what's the point? So I myself refrain from bashing even the characters whom I dislike and even kinda think were badly written (mostly Andrew, Dawn, Kennedy, and S7's Anya)--and yet, for some reason, with Joyce, I feel no compunction. I want her to die die die. So, what I meant is that I just hate her so much it's alright with me if I bash her, which is unusual, since I dislike to bash on general principle. That said, I don't mind if other people bash, as long as they--as you say--don't ruin their fic by bashing so heavily it turns into mush, and as long as they don't come to MY fics and say: "why did you write Angel like this? He's a slime-eating prick and Spike is soooo much nicer than he is."
Honey, I have had trouble remembering my own *name.* In other words...you are not alone. *G*
Hee! I'm glad to hear that.
Thanks for offering your opinions; I'm glad my crazy questions brought us to this interesting discussion...