perseph2hades: Movies: Why We Love Them, Or, ‘Historical Inaccuracies’ as Film Fallacy — "Have you ever noticed that when you look at mass market promotion for novels, mini-series or movies, what you see is “this story is about two brothers on the opposite side of the law, a story about betrayal and revenge, and the need for forgiveness,” before you will ever see that it’s “set in the opening years of the Spanish Revolution.” Why is that?"

brown_betty: Betty's theory of Fanfic — "Ifs are free. Your readers are willing to spot you your if; you don't have to justify it. Your if can be, "What if Bruce were a hamster," and your readers will go, "oooookay, lemme see what you've got." Where the writer earns the right to the if is how she handles the then."

dvtune: filk defined (sort of) — "Filk? Funny you should ask."

fandom_me: [untitled] — "I always respond to feedback - not because I think everyone should, but because I think I should - and I always feel like a bumbling fool when I do."

itsbeenvery: [untitled] — "How do you feel about someone printing copies your fan works? If there weren't any legal or privacy issues to deal with, would you mind?"