• monkeycrackmary On Stories: I started storytelling because I was lonely. Because 'making friends' meant something different to me than it did to other people.

• telesilla Rant the First; and it's a big one -- clichés in bdsm fic: It's kind of kink fic's answer to the whole "Yay buttsex!" cliche in slash.

• cereta Rant/Squee the First: It's not my personal preference, and as I recently told thete1, for me personally, the question of whether Batman would sleep with his underage partners is rendered kind of moot by the fact that I'm just not all that interested in the idea.

• __marcelo Light meta: The problem is that Alfred's the sane one: Frankly, at this point I'm pretty much down to "Alfred was not exactly an innocent boy either, if you catch my drift". *sigh* ETA: And I don't think I want to go there. Give me options, people. Pretty please?

• lori Spammers, Trolls and Stalkers: hosting a discussion about moderation in fan fora.

• glossing meta: labelling wank and fellow players: Hyper personalisation of lj fandom.

• chrisleeoctaves Brr...: What is constructive criticism anyway? Is any negative comment considered a flame?

• maeglinyedi Poll: New authors and rec habits: HP

• flambeau Who comes first?: pairing codes - dom/sub, male/female.

• minim_calibre GIP-ish. Okay, fine, fannish question.: What, as a female fan (sorry, menfolk), makes you like the female characters you do? What makes you meh on others? In any fandom.

• sisabet I-Man Pic Post 6 Part B: Sex and the Invisible Man: How Does this Work -or- Dude, That is COLD!: screenshots, commentary and discussion.

• inlovewithnight in ship_manifesto Gears and Guns (Jayne/Kaylee): Firefly essay and discussion.
• purple_shoes in ship_manifesto Love Between the Lines, (Sam/Janet, Stargate SG-1): canon vs fanon essay and discussion.

• mayoihumbert Feminine gaze and male idolatry: When I first got into slash-crit, I was pleased to realize (by using crit-tools) that for me, slash made it ok for me to look at myself as a sexual object.

• thamaris Of Asses and SV: On the other hand, they're pretty sure what gay men do, the fundamental core of their deviant love, and it's all about -- cover your ears, lock your children in the closet! -- bums.

• thebratqueen On Point Pleasant: notes on reworking the concept of Point Pleasant.