What, did Fandom murder someone's cat in a past life?

[lyore]

Sheesh. Between this and the continuing FanLib thing, I'm getting seriously overloaded on the Fandom drama. One things for sure - I was considering trying to get a permanent account when they go on sale, but there's not a chance in hell of me doing that now.

For some reason, I'm still more upset/annoyed about FanLib (not that I'm NOT bloody pissed about this), but I think that's mostly because it has the potential to follow fandom wherever it's hosted. At least LJ arbitrarily deleting accounts without investigation, as bloody insane infuriating as it is, can be countered moving. And I seriously doubt LJ will keep this up once WfI and their friends get bored, declare 'victory' and find a new target.

So, to make up for the crappiness of the news hitting LJ today, I shall share this rather amusing YouTube video
I stumbled across last night. Star Wars - The Empire Brokeback.

Oh, and a nice, rational post by profic author Elizabeth Moon Bear on fanfic. I have some of Elizabeth Moon books, been meaning to get some more. This just encouraged me to move her books to the top of my list.

Enjoy - and then go check your Interests, just to be safe.

Edited to fix my bloody stupid mistake. *Sigh* It's been one of those days.

Comments

[seldear.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Moon is brilliant, and that post has only made me love her more.

If you haven't already, try The Serrano Legacy. Takes a while to get into, but once it hits its stride, it's a fascinating study of a military/political intermingling and how it might actually work in the real world.

[kittysorceress.livejournal.com]

This LJ crap only just infuriates me more than FanLib, and only because a few of my communities are at risk - for no real reason. They're f-locked, so hopefully nothing will happen, but one of my friend's communities has already been deleted and I'm scared.

[vasher.livejournal.com]

Poor pornish_pixies ;_____;- my last toehold in HP fandom.

Hmm, seems to be a tossup between FanLib and this thing. FanLib has bigger potential ramifications for fandom in general, I think, because it's bringing fanworks into RL stuff, but the whole LJ thing is actively deleting supposedly sacrosanct stuff that users didn't expect to get all kablooeed. Hopefully, it'll blow over soon.

Bit worried about the DMC yaoi comms (omg, they're almost all incest)... *edits userinfo*

[morgonskywalker.livejournal.com]

Surely it will eventually dawn on LJ that they're doing damage to themselves by alienating such a large group of users and communities by their current actions.

I now have a basic account, mainly because the ads were so irritating right in the middle of my info sometimes when I had a plus. I too was very seriously considering getting a permanent account when they became available but not anymore.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Bear and Elizabeth Moon are different people.

But I do love Elizabeth Moon's military SF (couldn't get into her fantasy--too grim for me).

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Star Wars *sniff* My poor virgin eyes!