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Things that amuse me abut fandom: I go searching for John Simm/David Tennant RPS and open various Google links in tabs to peruse. Having found a good archive (Human Nature), I forget I even had other tabs. So an hour later when I click on one by accident, I find myself staring at a page titled 'Porn Battle' and going "What? Why am I on this page? Did I Google this page? I should hit- ooo hey look, Labyrinth fic!"

Fandom. If not the greatest invention in the world, then it is at least my favourite. <3

(By the way, Exposure by versaphile is amazing Simm/Tennant and hotter than chilli powder. Mmmm. Internets, you and your rule 34 are made of win.)

edit: Other Things I Love Also: Neil Gaiman putting Tim Minchin youtube vids in his blogs and when they mention each other on Twitter. <3 I like it when two completely unrelated people that I like surprisingly know about and like each other. I guess it's kind of validating, in a way. But mostly it's sweet and makes me want to snuggle all of them.

Holy effing christ this comedy kink meme is the gift that keeps on giving. Moar comedian slash! Hurrah!

The only thing it's lacking is some DAAS. Mmmm.

Next task today; henna my hair. Then call thetrainline. Start thinking about sorting my room so I can pack for Newcastle/London.

Mmmmm. Busy busy.

#102: Stay up until 2:10am attempting to read every Bernard/Manny Black Books slash fic on the internet.

There is more than I expected and much of it does not suck. It is lovely. I will rec or stick all the best of it in my LJ memories (I should turn all those into a rec page on my IJ* now I think about, though wow there's a chore) when I've got to the end; I think I must be about two-thirds of the way through all of it now, unless there's more hiding around the internet. This is the internet, so probably but the handy list of links I found suggests not.

Also, I cannot remember the last time I mainlined a pairing like this. Andy/Roger does not count because there was none when I first wanted it and then it came in bits and pieces over years. Harry/Draco is a slow, ongoing thing on a rec-by-rec basis. There isn't enough JD/Cox slash in existence for that to count. In fact I think the last time I had a pairing marathon like this was... either Squall/Zell, though that was limited to one long series and so does not really count either, or... wow. Clark/Lex a million and one years ago.

I have no idea why I'm doing this. Except they were discussing homoerotic subtext in the Black Books commentary and when even the actors are handing it to you on a silver platter, you just can't not can you?

* I need to make a decision about what gets posted on the IJ and what gets posted here now. I keep wondering where to post and coming here out of habit. Maybe I should keep this for personal stuff and IJ for fandom. Maybe I should post here on odd days and IJ on even, or on days that begin with S. Something. I want to start using IJ more. I have so much shiny icon space over there and I need to icon the beautiful outtake of Bernard and Manny all tangled together and trying to drink wine. Actually that one may get uploaded over here too because again, how can you not?

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edit: *thoughtful* So just say I was thinking of what I should plan for my birthday this year (ssshh; it takes me so long to get anything organised that I have to start early) and I was idly contemplating Dylan Moran's stand up dates at the same time and thinking I've never seen live stand up comedy and I should experience it at some point - given all that, would I be able to talk hill2k/dukedee/kindoftrouble/all of you into being interested? And would Birmingham on October 5th (Sunday night) or Manchester on October 18th (Saturday night) be better? Tickets are surprisingly cheap, assuming that there're any left but they've only been on sale for like five days so I'm hopeful. Ticketmaster's 'routine maintenance' is not helpful.

So. Hm. Thoughts? And will I have gone off this idea before October or is Dylan Moran too awesome for that? And if y'all aren't interested, take into account that I will be turning twenty-three before any of you and the sheer horror of my own decrepitness demands a certain degree of sacrifice. ;-)

- That there is not more Lee Mead slash in the world. I watched the program earlier about his 'journey' and it reminded me how pretty his eyes are. He'd be oh-so-pretty slashed with Josh Groban. Hint-anvil-hint. Ahem.

- That the £5 black dress I tried on in New Look today was just a shade too tight. Yet the single top I could find that I'd been wanting since the summer was two sizes too big. If I could've combined the two...

- That there are no DCs I like, seemingly in the world. My old ones are wearing out and I want some more, but there are none - at least none that aren't hideous - in existence. This is when I kick myself for not buying either of the pairs I liked when I saw them months ago.

- Guilt and the tightness of all my jeans lately stopped me buying a Millie's chocolate brownie today. Curses!

- ... Nope. That's it. Only have happy news; I finally got hold of a copy of Abe's Oddysee after years of wanting and I'm off to try it now. Yay!

Also, Jurassic Park III is on and I'm marvelling at how blatant the subtextual relationship between Grant and Billy is. Seriously. It's enough to make me actually watch the movie when nothing else could.

Also, also, am devouring Temeraire in great chunks and enjoying it hugely, even if I have been McCaffreyised into thinking all dragons are telepathic and have to keep reminding myself no, different books. I like Temeraire more; it's more realistic, the different breeds of dragons are fantastic - no bronzes and greens here - and Laurence is very likable, if occasionally a little too hung up on his own importance. Plus the idea of a dragon who loves books is too excellent not to be fantastic. Can't imagine why I waited so long to pick it up.

I found a quote a week or so back now that I wanted to share but I just found the comment where angstslashhope said it was okay so I'm sharing now. :) Because people *always* ask me "Why slash?" and I never know what to say. This seemed to sum it up, just *exactly* what I want to say but never quite know how:

""it's like: you want to see what colour red and blue makes. so you get some red & blue paints, and you mix them together, and find that you get purple. slash isn't the purple, for me. slash is the paint."
- angstslashhope

Exactly. :) It's not the slash itself, it's what it does, what comes out of it. How beautiful a colour can you end up with is what matters.