Nekosmuse is my new god.

[icarus]

amethyst_lupin pointed me in the direction of a great meta by nekosmuse The Ten Commandments of Fanfiction.

Thou shalt never use epithets. Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. If I never see Draco referred to 'the blond' or Ron called 'the redhead' again, it will be too soon.

Thou shalt use warnings. Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. I cracked open a fic the other day and halfway through it - Surprise! - was the rape scene. Ack. I still have that unpleasant image in my mind, and I'm glaring at author and never want to read them again.

I shalt not spoil the rest. Enjoy!

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

the wankfest revolved around law, copyright, plagiarism, morality, the etiquette of friends-locked posts, combat vs. support soldiers, military law vs. civilian law, venue and jurisdiction, the proper procedures to follow before filing a DCMA violation of copyright claim, natural law vs. historical jurisprudence, then pointing out the inaccuracies, hypocrisy, manipulation, and deceptiveness of the person presenting themselves as knowledgable on subjects they'd only learned from links on the internet, evaded direct questions
Sounds interesting. Almost wish I'd been there - I could have contributed some much-needed extra noise. 8-)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It was interesting, or I wouldn't've kept writing. But now I'm very, very tired. Heh.

Icarus