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FANDOM/LJ
A. Is there such a thing as an Real Person vid? I remember there was one about JM set to Pretty Fly For A White Guy, but is that...a "done" thing, to make vids about the actors themselves?
B. Is there a lot of Mary Sue RPF? Like Mary Sue meets Mister Actor at a con or something and they get it on? I don't want to read any; I'm just curious. I would think there would be but I've never seen any.
C. What's the deal with pro writers who don't like fanfiction? Where do they get off? I guess I mean that kinda literally.
D. Is there Batman/Gordon fic? Where?
E. How do you feel about...having the general subject of a post in brackets in the subject line? For instance, a post titled, "[meta] Can Soulless Spike Be Redeemed". Do you do that, the "[meta]" part? Have you done it? Have you thought about doing it? When you see other people do it, does it make you feel a certain way? It always makes me think: "I should do that! Then I would have to go back and do that to every post. Dear god, am I really that anal? Is that person as anal as I am? OMG I'M NOT ORGANIZED" *frantic hyperventilating and quick scrolling past the post* Not really, but something like that.
F. Is it just me, or are fics longer in the HP fandom? Is this just because there is *more* fic overall, so more fics-that're-long are available?
G. Um. Will someone rec me, I mean, my friend, some long long long Harry-16-or-older Snape/Harry? NO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING EITHER.
H. Why am I fannish about Horatio Hornblower? Why am I so in love with Horatio/William Bush? Why do I so often fall for small fandoms in which people have not written nearly enough porn? Why?

BUFFYVERSE
I. What do Eve and Lindsey think to gain by putting the slug thing on Angel in "Soul Purpose"?
J. Why isn't VK is S5? Seriously. Was it a money issue, a people not liking Connor issue, the writers not knowing what to do with Connor issue, or really just for the sake of plot issue?
K. Does the idea of the S8 BtVS comics make anyone else sad? It depresses me and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I would not be upset if there was an S6 of AtS. I mean, I'm glad that there'll be L. more Buffy and that Whedon is doing it, but it feels kinda bittersweet to me, and that makes me feel like I'm being a spoil sport.
M. Can you name all the episodes of AtS and BtVS? If you can't, can you at least recognize all the episode names? If you can't, about how many ep names per season would you say you know? When I first got into this fandom I was shocked by how many people seemed to know the names of eps, but now most of the time when someone says one I know which ep they're talking about.
N. Could the dimension Angel goes to to get Jasmine's name be Quar'toth? The timing doesn't work out, huh?

RANDOM
O. Do you like Rachel Ray?
P. Do you like Oprah?

FIC
Q. How often do you read fanfiction somewhere that is not your home/not somewhere where you usually use your computer? The other day I brought some fanfic to read while I waited for my Granny's hair to get done (I'm her driver.) I was embarrassed 'cause there was porn in some. I usually only read fanfic at home/school.
R. Do you mentally edit other people's fics when you read them?
S. How many days after you post a fic do you feel like the fic probably got most of the fb it's going to recieve?
T. How much do you edit your fic in the post window/Semagic/other client? This is assuming you write your fic in a word processor. Is it just select all, copy, paste, and go? Or is it C&P and then add code? C&P and one last edit? C&P and add header info?
U. How much do you think about the A/N? Do you only think/write it after you finish, or do you sometimes compose it in your head/write it as you write your fic?
V. What does an A/N Mean To You, anyway?
W. Why are forced marriage fics (fics where people get sold into marriage, or have to marry to prevent something stupid, or have to take up a pretense of marriage, etc) so compelling? I ask this as one who reads summaries about forced marriages and sniffs like the arrogant bitch that I am, then turns around and reads them. There are some freaking great ones out there, but I wonder why this plot in itself is so attractive? 'Cause it sounds stupid, and yet I find myself drawn.

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B. Is there a lot of Mary Sue RPF? Like Mary Sue meets Mister Actor at a con or something and they get it on? I don't want to read any; I'm just curious. I would think there would be but I've never seen any.

Apparently so, though I've seen next to none of it. One of the writers of AtS started out doing fanfic. And it was MarySue/DB fic. No shit.

C. What's the deal with pro writers who don't like fanfiction? Where do they get off? I guess I mean that kinda literally.

Their writing universally sucks ass.

E. How do you feel about...having the general subject of a post in brackets in the subject line? It always makes me think: "I should do that! Then I would have to go back and do that to every post. Dear god, am I really that anal? Is that person as anal as I am? OMG I'M NOT ORGANIZED" *frantic hyperventilating and quick scrolling past the post* Not really, but something like that.

I feel that way about tags. Right down to the hypervetilating. I deleted all my tags except for the one that says "fic", b/c my OCD went into overdrive at the thought of categorizing every godamn thing I have ever said on LJ since 2002.

G. Um. Will someone rec me, I mean, my friend, some long long long Harry-16-or-older Snape/Harry? NO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING EITHER.

Check Fod's delicious account, and her friends' list on delicious. They share that kink with you, and bookmark fic there obsessively.

BUFFYVERSE

I. What do Eve and Lindsey think to gain by putting the slug thing on Angel in "Soul Purpose"?

Lindsey wanted Angel out of the game permanently. He could never manage to kill him. This way, he could take Angel out, and maipulate Spike as the new Champ to do whatever Lindsey and Eve wanted.

J. Why isn't VK is S5? Seriously. Was it a money issue, a people not liking Connor issue, the writers not knowing what to do with Connor issue, or really just for the sake of plot issue?

Fod has the most thorough answer, above. I always find it weird that people use Concord as an excuse. Uhm, it was SUPPOSED TO BE GROSS, ya'll.

K. Does the idea of the S8 BtVS comics make anyone else sad? It depresses me and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I would not be upset if there was an S6 of AtS. I mean, I'm glad that there'll be L. more Buffy and that Whedon is doing it, but it feels kinda bittersweet to me, and that makes me feel like I'm being a spoil sport.

I don't like it either. Esp since the vamps are owned by another company, and therefore won't appear. It smacks of Joss trying desperately to convince us that the whole Potentials thing was a good idea. Too little, too late, and frankly, I just don't care. I stopped caring in S7, let alone a two-dimensional S8 and - uhm. Sorry. I might be bitter.

M. Can you name all the episodes of AtS and BtVS? If you can't, can you at least recognize all the episode names? If you can't, about how many ep names per season would you say you know? When I first got into this fandom I was shocked by how many people seemed to know the names of eps, but now most of the time when someone says one I know which ep they're talking about.

Yes,yes, I can. I can also tell you what Angel wore in most of the AtS eps. And look at a still of him and tell you what ep it's from. I have no life.

N. Could the dimension Angel goes to to get Jasmine's name be Quar'toth? The timing doesn't work out, huh?

Fuck canon, write it anyway.

RANDOM
O. Do you like Rachel Ray? No.
P. Do you like Oprah? God, no.

FIC

R. Do you mentally edit other people's fics when you read them?

All the time. It's annoying, and I wish I could stop.

S. How many days after you post a fic do you feel like the fic probably got most of the fb it's going to recieve?

2-3 days.

U. How much do you think about the A/N? Do you only think/write it after you finish, or do you sometimes compose it in your head/write it as you write your fic?

Both. I'm wordy.

Lots of good questions! Of course my brain is feeling all mushy so I'll just answer some random ones! *g*

M. Yes! I can do names and numbers. When I was first getting into BtVS/AtS and trying to figure out which episodes I still hadn't seen, I was also finishing my degree and I would get often really bored in class. So to not fall asleep, I started writing out the episodes and ended up memorizing them.

Q. I actually started reading fanfic at work (this was pre having a computer at home). Now it's a pretty even split between reading at work and at home. I've occasionally printed things off and read them on the subway but didn't like that cause people will often read over your shoulder. I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places!
R. Yes - but obviously that's if there's errors in the fic. I try to avoid reading fic that has lots of errors! *g*
S. 2 or 3. But it can depend if I post to communities a few days after posting to my LJ.
T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake.
U. I often use variations on the same ones and will just add or alter - mostly because I don't want to come up with something new.
V. I normally use it thank my betas and give other info, like if it was written for a ficathon or something.

Yeah, I wasn't around at all. I first started watching Buffyverse shows in the middle of 2005. I didn't know a lot of this stuff.

actually the moment the idea of him was announced, but I digress

It's stupid to judge something you haven't seen or don't know how will play out, but I admit that when I was first spoiled for AtS, I thought the idea of Connor was stupid. I thought it sounded very similar to what I was spoiled for about Dawn, which I also thought was stupid. It was how Connor came about and was introduced in the show, and then later the acting ability of VK that made me realize I'd been pretty stupid to judge.

which is interesting to think about in a post-"Origin" world

What do you mean?

It also makes me angry (still) because the end of April/beginning of May corresponded to the last five or so episodes of s4, which is when fan reaction towards Connor started shifting a bit. In the perserve way that fandom can be sometimes, it took Connor revealing that he'd known about Jasmine the whole time to get fans to start trusting him. The whole, Holtz-used-to-tie-me-to-a-tree-and-leave-me-there-to-either-die-or-escape thing seemed to garner some sympathy as well, as did the church scene in "Peace Out."

On the last rewatch, it seemed to me as though the writers were working harder to make the audience understand Connor during those eps, too. There were several other littler things than the Holtz-tied-me-to-trees thing that seemed to be trying to actively remind the audience where exactly Connor was coming from: his, "what's a houdini?" line comes to mind, little stuff like that.

You're lucky you did not know me during this time.

All I can say is I'm glad I know you now ;o)

whose lives almost intersected, and whose success that one year was dependent on the failure of the other,

I never thought about it that way.

The end.

Again, thanks.

The numbers for AtS had been down all through Season 4

*kinda boggles* Then again, as I understand it, lots of people hate that season.

So ME had to get rid of two actors in order to pay for the one that the network was insisting upon.

It's going to sound sour, but couldn't they've gotten rid of Hallett?

Yes, I am bitter.

Preachin' to the choir, babe.

Here's me blathering about naming the BtVS/AtS.

I remember reading that post now! I thought you were INSANE.

And yet I found myself trying to do it weeks ago, not remembering you'd tried it too. I missed lots more than you, though.

I prefer WRITING. I love your fic!

B. I've...ficced myself in my head with famous people. I am deeply ashamed of this. But I assume other people've done it too...

O. I hated her at first, got used to her, and now I love her.

Q. That does sound harrowing!

I don't think Hallet's salary would have given them enough dosh. CC was the highest paid actor after DB; I think her salary plus VK's salary gave them just enough to pay what Marsters was asking.

Not that I mind that Marsters came on board; obviously, as a shipper, I loved having him there. I just would have liked to have seen Spike and Connor on screen together. It would have made for some fantastic storylines. Plus, VK + JM = acting talent times 10.

Yes,yes, I can. I can also tell you what Angel wore in most of the AtS eps. I can do that with Xander, therefore out-dorking you. I didn't think I could do AtS, but I had just had Caza drill me (I will not 'heh' there - I won't) with an ep guide book, and I could name all of them except "Magic Bullet" (dammit!) if prompted with plot.

I am insane. And this post just prompted Caza and me to quiz each other on ep titles (me on AtS, he took BtVS) and I was pretty impressed with myself. Caza? Um...boy don't read. Or look at ep titles. Or write enough fic and have to find an ep at buffyworld or buffy dialogue database to fact-check something.

I love that you love my fic. To which I have added an entire paragraph, I might add.

I can't remember whether you've gotten to see all of AtS. In view of the whole spoilers conversation, I edited this comment.

No, it's okay! After I realized I was spoiled for pretty much everything anyway, I stopped caring so that I could read all the amazing-looking post-NFA fic. Plus, TNT's syndication schedule was so weird that I saw NFA before I saw most of S3. So, I haven't seen everything yet, but I still know all the general plot points. You don't have to worry about spoiling me :)

First time I saw her she drove me nuts and I thought she was the most annoying things on earth. But after I watched her several times I noticed that her meals seemed REALLY good and REALLY easy, so I started making some.

Heh, that's what Big Sis says. She actually claims that she still finds Rachel Ray insanely annoying, but she watches the show religiously and uses the recipes a lot. Maybe eventually she too will succumb to the perkiness that is Rachel Ray?

You scare me.

a. don't know.
b. don't know.
c. hey think they're G-d's gift and no one else could do justice to their amazing creations. Or, they're named Ann Rice and are on crack.
d. don't know.
e. I try to use subject titles they will suck the unwitting into reading my sad excuse for a post.
f. I never read HP. No interest.
g. I still don't have any interest. Neener, neener.
h. this is the question for the ages. that, and why doesn't Peter on Heroes get a haircut.

i. Kita stole my answer. You can't trust her.
j. money is always the answer.
k. I'll read them because I read comics but I don't know that I'll consider it cannon. I'm pissed that BtVS/AtS are still frigging separate.
l. I can name all the BtVS episodes season 1-3, likely 4 and almost all of m. In season 6 they all had the same name - Smashed, crushed, broken, really broken, fucked up (that one was particularly good). Oh and normal again. In season 7, there were no episode titles. They were all called "boring with too many characters no one cares about". Angel, I probably know more than I think, but I am very random about it.
n. everyone just has to wish hard and make it so.

o. I have never had the pleasure.
p. mostly I just try to determine if she's gained/lost/maintained her weight since the last time I saw her.

q. nope. I read at home and the office.
r. if the fic is mostly ok, but has some grammar issues, yes.
s. three days
t. I do all my editing in word and paste from there.
u. it's the final thing I think about but I try for the right balance of clever/cute and informative.
v. hopefully it will make want to read the fic. or. alternatively, give it a wide berth.
w. the fact that I've even read one forced marriage fic is more than I should admit to. And I've read more than one. I need to do some sort of penance.

x,y,z feel unloved.

M. I'd say I could recognize them all, and nowadays might have to think awhile to remember what exactly happened within a lot of the less-popular, less-significant plot-wise, less-discussed episodes. I used to be much better, but haven't been rewatching and discussing as much in the last year or so, and find that it doesn't take long of not constantly rewatching/discussing episodes for the memories to get muddled in my mind.

O. Would it shock you if I said that while I've heard the name Rachel Ray, to my knowledge I've never actually seen her and honestly, couldn't pick her out of a line up? This rock I live under is nice and snuggly.

Q. Never, not ever. I'm very paranoid about being caught at these things.

R. All the time, and I feel like a bitch doing so, like I'm judging their fic as not ready to post or whatever. I mainly just get picky at grammar things (misused apostrophes drive me the absolute nuttiest) and sometimes when I would have phrased something a little differently.

U & V: A/N is not something I think about till the end, and not something I use unless I feel like something has to be said, like thanks to the beta (although often I'll just use a separate "thanks to:" line) or whether it's for a specific challenge. Sometimes when I get to the end, I'll notice something plot-wise that I think has to be clarified, but not usually.

W: I know what you mean even though it's been awhile before I've been caught up in one. I don't know what it is. Also, when I was like 13 or so, I used to raid my mom's collection of crappy romance novels, and that seemed to be a recurring plot line in those too. It obviously hits some guilty pleasure buttons for a lot of people.

A: Eliza Dushku, "Get The Party Started", by Aimee. Mmm-alicious.

(All of Aimee's work is worth checking out, particularly the remixed trailer for "Blade". Meta wowsers!)

C: Oh, honey. There are more reasons than there are people. One of the most outspoken examples being Lee Goldberg ("Is Fanfic Legal?", among many others if you care to peruse his ouevre on the matter.

K: I don't know. I'm looking forward to the comics, and I'm hoping they don't suck. I won't necessarily feel obligated to accept those events as canon if it doesn't ring true to me, but a lot of that stems from having five years worth of my own post-Chosen series mapped out.

M: Nine times out of ten. I remember when I was like that for all six seasons of Xena, show me two seconds' worth out of the episode and I was all like NAME THAT TUNE BITCH and PWND.

P: I had such a mad crush on Oprah when I was in high school, even when I disagreed with her, which was often. She didn't need to lose *near* as much weight as she did at one point, either.

Q: If I had a PDA or laptop or something, I'd read (and write) fanfic just about anywhere. As is, pretty much just at home.

R: Um, only if they need it. If my internal editor keeps going off, there has to be a good draw to get me to stick with it.

S: Depends when I posted it, I figure everyone has different schedules, especially student-teacher types. I post fb all the time on stories that are years old that I just now stumbled upon.

T: Copy, paste, one last edit.

Isn't that a picture from The Secret Garden? I'm sure it's a picture from TSG. And oh, now I remember there was some TSG fic at last year's Yule I never checked! *whirls*

What's the deal with pro writers who don't like fanfiction?

I've always believed it's an us vs. them thing, personally. As if they want this barrier between pro and fanfic.

Is it just me, or are fics longer in the HP fandom?

There is more fics in HP? I should go and see. *nodnod* And, I don't know. I believe the average wordcount in HP is the same as, say, BtVS. For every novel-length story, there are around 20 medium-length and 100 fics - please let's not talk about ficlets/drabbles. lol!

Harry-16-or-older Snape/Harry

Lemme check. *sigh* Can't find it. There was coffee. and Horoscope. I may begin to bawl if I can't remember where it is.

Does the idea of the S8 BtVS comics make anyone else sad?

I'm not sure if 'sad' is the right word, but I'm not happy. I've never really rooted for a post-Chosen canon world. I dislike Chosen. I don't buy that SiTs becoming Slayers will solve anything and, personally, I'm not interested in a world full of Slayers (unless it was to see how there'll be ONE Slayer again)

Second reason, I love Joss's mind. I believe he's only a couple torture tricks below genius (or maybe the torture tricks are the way to his genius? *shrug*) But, the fact is that Joss working on the characters after the series end scares me. One word: Wash.

If you can't, can you at least recognize all the episode names?

BtVS1-2-3 and AtS5. Quiz me! Other seasons, not so much. Or, not at all, really. I have a handle of BtVS7 and maybe AtS4, but I don't manage them.

How many days after you post a fic do you feel like the fic probably got most of the fb it's going to recieve?

The day after, really. LJ is a place where, if they don't see it, they'll never will (unless you drop the link at different comms a week after the post). But, imho, the first 24 hours are it.

Hm. It is C&P (I'm used to coding for LJ as I write), add headers, post and then give a last edit.

A/N - Author's Notes, right?

Why are forced marriage fics so compelling?

Because they are bad situations that MUST turn good - come on, where have you seen one of these stories without a happy ending? The world will implode the day this 'forcedly married' couple does get a divorce (or if they do, if they stick to it!)

Real life doesn't have any MUSTS attached.

right. because my brain fled.

I don't really use them. I tend to ramble all over the summary and/or the thank you. Hm. I should probably fix that.

I'm too in love with your Season 6 episode titles to even comment to that. But yes, I am the intellectual equivalent of jumping out of a corner and yelling Boo!

Is it ? time again? Aces!

B. Can Mary Sue RPF include the Mary Sue being a real person meeting a character? Like if I wrote about TKP getting whooshed into LA in time for, uh... something to happen with Angel's buttocks?
C. I guess it's their right to be offended, but I honestly don't see the point. Sure, you probably shouldn't read it, but you should be flattered, eh? The way I see it, no fanfic has EVER made me not spend money on original product. Ever. In fact, I only read HP still because I want to keep up with F_W.
D. Let me know.
J. Because then he'd have to get it on with Spike. It was just too messy.
K. I don't know. How do you feelings about the last season of each compare? Might the answer lie there?
M. I'm probably almost 100% on BtVS. None on AtS. I used to know every X-Files ep title, but they are gone from my mind now.
O. Don't know her.
P. No.
Q. I read it at work, which I feel guilty about.
R. Oh hell yes. Unless it's too much editing, in which case I either stop reading or ignore it so as to enjoy the wankiness.
S. Since I get so little (*sob*) I figure after a day or two I'm done.
T. C&P, add header, done.
U. A/N? Should I be doing that?
V. See above.
W. Uh... gah... I don't know. Maybe because it's like a "non-con" situation that's not quite so dire; you can "give in" to the bodice-rippery in a relatively safe spot. I imagine it's also akin to the "I hate you because I love you," Anne/Gilbert Lizzy/Darcy scenario or the "Spike and Buffy get locked in a closet! snark leads to sex! everyone feels somewhat guilty!" Ooh, maybe the guilt; maybe there's shame in falling in love with someone you've been forced to be with.

(Any recs?)

I had half of a reply written to you before I got so caught up, but I don't know where it went. I'll get back to you on other things later, but I suddenly remembered this, and felt you shouldn't waste another moment:

I don't use a client. I hand-code everything in the "update LJ" window, which is a big pain in the ass. I've recently thought about downloading a client, after my last marathon fic. Which one would you recommend?

Get Semagic. Really really get Semagic. I thought a client would be a hassle, like the real text editor thing in the post window, but it's not at all like that. I guess part of the reason I love Semagic so much is I sometimes do posts with lotsa links, which gets so tiresome by hand. But even if you don't do lots of links, it's just nice to have for posting fics. I can't rec it highly enough.

oh yeah and since it's there staring at me:

I don't know, but I would pay money to read a convincing Spike/Angel forced marriage fic. :D

Me too. Hop to it, woman.

Hahaha ok! I thought by *now* you must be spoiled for everything, but I didn't want to go rubbing it in!

Yeah, I watched Rachel Ray for quite a while before the annoyingness turned into endearing cuteness.

Yes, because for me, a comic book can never, ever have the emotional impact that a TV series or movie can have, or a novel, or even fanfic.

Maybe that's it. It's not really the medium most conducive to depth, I guess.

I like the fact that she's a philanthropist and helps out worthy causes. She does good things with her money, and that's admirable. I loathe her as an interviewer. Every single interview she ever does ends up being about herself.

I like the former traits, too. As for the latter--I've seen very few of her interviews, as I can't watch her show. Everyone on there is always screaming in joy or crying in anguish, and I have to change the channel.

Never at work. When I visit the homestead, I read fic on my parents' computer. I think they'd both die of heart attacks if they ever saw the amount of buttsex in the stuff I read. And write. My mother has issues with Teh Gay. It makes me angry. And sad for her.

My parents don't seem to have issues with homosexuality in rl, but when it comes to fantasy life, my mom seems freaked by the idea that I find two men together sexy. She totally gets men finding two women together sexy, so I don't get it. I guess because both homosexuality and men finding lesbians hot are both things that are more a part of mainstream culture...on tv shows and such...and the idea of women finding gay men hot really these days just isn't, she thinks it's "abnormal". I find this depressing, since because we find so many of the same things sexy, she would probably find it hot too if she could open up her mind enough to think on it.

My dad, however, is totally convinced A/S fucked on the desk.

C. What's the deal with pro writers who don't like fanfiction? Where do they get off? I guess I mean that kinda literally.
Their writing universally sucks ass.

One of the reasons I ask is because one of my favorite authors (Robin McKinley) is one of those who's publicly stated she doesn't want fanfic written about her work, and threatened to bring legal action against it. As much as I love some of her earlier novels, though, I'm inclined to think she's a big old bitca. I wrote her a letter when I was 14 and she was mean to me; I'm still bitter.

G. Um. Will someone rec me, I mean, my friend, some long long long Harry-16-or-older Snape/Harry? NO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING EITHER.
Check Fod's delicious account, and her friends' list on delicious. They share that kink with you, and bookmark fic there obsessively.

Oh really. The thing is, this wasn't a kink of mine. It was one of the things that squicked/confused me most about HP fandom. But I woke up one day two weeks ago and said, Oh holy fuck! That would be so good!

I really don't know how that happens. It was like that time in highschool I woke up with a crush on the guy who sat beside me in band.

Yes,yes, I can. I can also tell you what Angel wore in most of the AtS eps. And look at a still of him and tell you what ep it's from. I have no life.

I could probably say what season, 'cause he looks pretty different from season to season. But I'm pretty bad at naming eps.

N. Could the dimension Angel goes to to get Jasmine's name be Quar'toth? The timing doesn't work out, huh?
Fuck canon, write it anyway.

oh, okay. ;o)

R. Do you mentally edit other people's fics when you read them?
All the time. It's annoying, and I wish I could stop.

Ditto.

Both. I'm wordy.

Me too. But your comments tend to be very to the point. I wish I could do that.

So to not fall asleep, I started writing out the episodes and ended up memorizing them.

I would say you're crazy. Except that the whole reason I asked is I started doing the same thing a couple weeks ago!

I do a lot of my fanfic writing on the subway though. I find it a really productive time and never worry about people seeing it because I have atrocious handwriting. I've also written on buses, planes and in airports - also fruitful fic writing places!

I also write in more places than I read--for the same reasons, less people will be able to read what I'm writing. I have a funny personal shorthand, just to be sure! But it was invented for note-taking, not fic-writing, so I'm not scary. *looks shifty*

T. I always copy and paste from my word document once all the editing it finished. But I will read it over in the preview pane and will occasionally catch some small mistake.

Me too, but the trouble is, I have to reread after I fix every little mistake, and end up finding new tiny mistakes every time! Eventually I either get bored and put it back into Word to fix it more, or get bored and just post the damn thing.

Thanks for doing some of these questions!

I will! Thanks for the advice. :)

hey think they're G-d's gift and no one else could do justice to their amazing creations. Or, they're named Ann Rice and are on crack.

One of my favorite authors (Robin McKinley) does the whole, "I hate fanfic don't write it about my books or I will suuuuuuuuuuue!!!!!1" schtick. What's funny is her latest book was about vampires (I wouldn't read it for a long time because I didn't like vampires. I was tired of the whole Anne Rice Buffy obsessed culture. I couldn't believe *my* author actually stooped to writing vamps...), and she's a HUGE Buffy fan, and her characters read so much like B/A it's not funny. Amber Benson has a review on the back of the jacket!

I try to use subject titles they will suck the unwitting into reading my sad excuse for a post.

Your titles are cute and your posts are interesting. So shut up!

h. this is the question for the ages. that, and why doesn't Peter on Heroes get a haircut.

A better question is why doesn't Gaius get a haircut.

I'm pissed that BtVS/AtS are still frigging separate.

Do you mean, owned separately? So Whedon's continuing Buffy but not Angel?

In season 6 they all had the same name - Smashed, crushed, broken, really broken, fucked up (that one was particularly good). Oh and normal again.

HAHAHAHHAHAH! I actually thought Fucked Up was kinda like all the other eps. I never thought of Normal Again that way.

They were all called "boring with too many characters no one cares about".

True!

hopefully it will make want to read the fic. or. alternatively, give it a wide berth.

For some reason my A/Ns are almost always the latter. I had to work really hard on my A/N for my IWRY fic not to say, "I wrote this total slapdash last minute; do not read this; do not think ill of me; please!"

w. the fact that I've even read one forced marriage fic is more than I should admit to. And I've read more than one. I need to do some sort of penance.;

I feel guilty too. And yet, I like some of them.

x,y,z feel unloved.

I know! I was worried about them too!

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