Fandom Meta

joanne_c - On Bitextuality A lot of slash fans tend to prefer het written by other slash fans, rather than (if known) het written by het-only fans. And I'm wondering if that could be why? That not saying that they are and were straight always and forever and just because the person they're with in this story/universe is of the opposite gender doesn't mean that if things had turned out differently that they wouldn't have ended up in a same-sex relationship. // And, conversely, I tend to like the implication in purely or almost purely (depending on the degree of stickler-iness on what constitutes it) slash that if things had been different in that universe/person/situation/story that maybe the person of the opposite gender, rather than the lover of the same gender that they're having wonderful sex with.

marinarusalka - Time flies when you're goofing off on the internet [Ten Rules] 1. No matter how bland and inoffensive you think your fannish opinion is, somebody somewhere will be deeply offended by it. There's no escaping it. You could make a post saying that the sky is blue, and someone will immediately accuse you of being an insensitive bigot who's opressing all the poor people who live in cloudy climates.

amireal - It's not a plot, seriously. Here's what was bothering me (not just in this, but in many situations like this) is that with the recent advent of what people call "hard evidence" there are several people who were on the side of the accused now saying "Now with actual evidence I see..." (eta: really bad example, more along the lines of 'How dare you question without hard evidence' )and things of that nature.

control_freak80 - What is your LJ cover story? When you talk about your LJ friends to RL people are they your "online writing group?" or "friends of friends?" or "friends from college?" Or do you just come out and say "oh, I met them on a blog!"

Specific Fandom Meta

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On Reading and Writing

theshatnerstyle in writing_sex - The Use of Certain Words in Sex Scenes Should this word just be banned from the English language? Or are there certain situations where it is not offensive but rather a turn on?

pir8fancier - Writerly Crap about the Straightjacket of Canon/Fanon When I first got into fanfiction I didn't give a toss about canon or fanon. I mean, what is this shit? But now that I'm firmly entrenched here as a fanfiction writer, I get it, man do I get it, and I get it so much that it has strangled my writing efforts on many fronts.