Please. This fandom NEEDS good fics. It also NEEDS intelligent people. Dear gods, does it ever.
My LJ is so chock full of rants about FB fandom and FruityGroup in particular, it's not even funny. Apparently, random stalkers of my LJ (I don't understand this either - I'm not interesting) 'reported' me to the Nazi mods at FG, and I was torn a new asshole and almost kicked from the group as a result. Because of that, all of my FG rants are under custom friends-lock these days. Which is...just fucking SAD, I must say.
One day, I'm going to have the spare cash to get a HtY subscription of my very own. On that day, I will tell the FG Nazis once and for all what I think of them, and suggest what they do with this information. On that day, I will lose my mind and start my OWN FB ML which will stand as an alternative to FG for manga updates and REAL information and discussion which is NOT filtered for yaoi content and other pet peeves of the FG moderators.
And, by gum, it will be a glorious day indeed. But. Until that happens, I am still at the mercy of FG. And, being so, must vent on a regular basis to get out all of my frustrations.
Now I will stop talking at you and actually reply to your post. =D ♥
Peppermint coffee?! XD For real? Glad to hear you're almost sort of getting better.
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Please. This fandom NEEDS good fics. It also NEEDS intelligent people. Dear gods, does it ever.
My LJ is so chock full of rants about FB fandom and FruityGroup in particular, it's not even funny. Apparently, random stalkers of my LJ (I don't understand this either - I'm not interesting) 'reported' me to the Nazi mods at FG, and I was torn a new asshole and almost kicked from the group as a result. Because of that, all of my FG rants are under custom friends-lock these days. Which is...just fucking SAD, I must say.
One day, I'm going to have the spare cash to get a HtY subscription of my very own. On that day, I will tell the FG Nazis once and for all what I think of them, and suggest what they do with this information. On that day, I will lose my mind and start my OWN FB ML which will stand as an alternative to FG for manga updates and REAL information and discussion which is NOT filtered for yaoi content and other pet peeves of the FG moderators.
And, by gum, it will be a glorious day indeed. But. Until that happens, I am still at the mercy of FG. And, being so, must vent on a regular basis to get out all of my frustrations.
Now I will stop talking at you and actually reply to your post. =D ♥
Peppermint coffee?! XD For real? Glad to hear you're almost sort of getting better. <_<
<i>I don't think I really want to get into the Fruits Basket fandom proper.</i>
I don't blame you. None of us mature, intelligent fans do. Because it's overrun with fucking idiots. Pardon my French. But it's like a horrible Catch 22. None of the intelligent fans speak up or participate in the fandom because it currently sucks. And, until we do, or create some forums where we CAN have fun, we're all stuck lurking. A friend and I opened up <lj site="livejournal.com" comm="cogitoergofruba"> a while back with this aim, but it has yet to take off.
<i>I actually prefer the manga to the anime, if only because it offers more detail in the characters' personalities.</i>
And because, you know. ;) The original author wrote it, unlike the anime - which did a great job of preserving the spirit of the first few volumes of manga, considering.
<i>Though I think the anime is a lot more conducive to fanfiction, because it does gloss over certain characters' traits, so a fanwriter could take more liberties and play around a bit more.</i>
Interesting point. Hadn't really thought of it that way before...
<i>I'm okay with the story being revealed to me gradually. I'm actually a very patient person.</i>
XD I'm NOT. I learned what Japanese I know because I saw <i>Petshop of Horrors</i> and HAD to have more. RIGHT now. And that was three years before it was even picked up by TokyoPop.
<i>There are some seriously hard-core Furuba fangirls out there who are positively nazi-like in their views.</i>
I'm a Nazi, but I'm not an inherently retarded Nazi. I'm also elitist, so I have no problems mocking the stupid fangirls and feeling utterly superior to them in every way. ^_~v
<i>Not since Buffy the Vampire Slayer have I seen so many staunch believers in their OTP's.</i>
Yes, it's...juvenile. Given, there are some pairings which I am so strongly against, I can become physically ill at the thought. But that's really different - and stems from sex abuse/psychological issues. I used to be pretty strict AyaTori, but I currently RP with an Aya who has a cross-over pairing for the Snake and love it. I'm very flexible as long as immediate family member incest is not involved in a pairing.
<i>I always wanted to see Buffy and Xander together -- I know, I'm weird.</i>
^^ I like the wish-fulfillment pairings. When the character who's been crushing on another who 'doesn't think of them that way' finally gets their chance. ♥ It's sweet.
<i>Someday I may make a public plea for a Buffy/Xander giftfic, because I'm sad.</i>
=( Sad? or like <=p sad? XD
<i>In Furuba, we've got the Kyou/Tohru fangirls versus the Yuki/Tohru fangirls, and then varying factions of Tohru/Anyone Else.</i>
And can I just say I am fucking sick of Tohru/Juunishi? Seriously. I think it's just because she makes such a great Mary Sue avatar for the kiddies.
Yes. Listen to lystra.
This fandom NEEDS good fics. It also NEEDS intelligent people. Dear gods, does it ever.
My LJ is so chock full of rants about FB fandom and FruityGroup in particular, it's not even funny. Apparently, random stalkers of my LJ (I don't understand this either - I'm not interesting) 'reported' me to the Nazi mods at FG, and I was torn a new asshole and almost kicked from the group as a result. Because of that, all of my FG rants are under custom friends-lock these days. Which is...just fucking SAD, I must say.
One day, I'm going to have the spare cash to get a HtY subscription of my very own. On that day, I will tell the FG Nazis once and for all what I think of them, and suggest what they do with this information. On that day, I will lose my mind and start my OWN FB ML which will stand as an alternative to FG for manga updates and REAL information and discussion which is NOT filtered for yaoi content and other pet peeves of the FG moderators.
And, by gum, it will be a glorious day indeed.
But.
Until that happens, I am still at the mercy of FG. And, being so, must vent on a regular basis to get out all of my frustrations.
Now I will stop talking at you and actually reply to your post. =D
♥
Peppermint coffee?! XD For real?
Glad to hear you're almost sort of getting better.
This fandom NEEDS good fics. It also NEEDS intelligent people. Dear gods, does it ever.
My LJ is so chock full of rants about FB fandom and FruityGroup in particular, it's not even funny. Apparently, random stalkers of my LJ (I don't understand this either - I'm not interesting) 'reported' me to the Nazi mods at FG, and I was torn a new asshole and almost kicked from the group as a result. Because of that, all of my FG rants are under custom friends-lock these days. Which is...just fucking SAD, I must say.
One day, I'm going to have the spare cash to get a HtY subscription of my very own. On that day, I will tell the FG Nazis once and for all what I think of them, and suggest what they do with this information. On that day, I will lose my mind and start my OWN FB ML which will stand as an alternative to FG for manga updates and REAL information and discussion which is NOT filtered for yaoi content and other pet peeves of the FG moderators.
And, by gum, it will be a glorious day indeed.
But.
Until that happens, I am still at the mercy of FG. And, being so, must vent on a regular basis to get out all of my frustrations.
Now I will stop talking at you and actually reply to your post. =D
♥
Peppermint coffee?! XD For real?
Glad to hear you're almost sort of getting better. <_<
<i>I don't think I really want to get into the Fruits Basket fandom proper.</i>
I don't blame you. None of us mature, intelligent fans do. Because it's overrun with fucking idiots. Pardon my French.
But it's like a horrible Catch 22. None of the intelligent fans speak up or participate in the fandom because it currently sucks. And, until we do, or create some forums where we CAN have fun, we're all stuck lurking.
A friend and I opened up <lj site="livejournal.com" comm="cogitoergofruba"> a while back with this aim, but it has yet to take off.
<i>I actually prefer the manga to the anime, if only because it offers more detail in the characters' personalities.</i>
And because, you know. ;) The original author wrote it, unlike the anime - which did a great job of preserving the spirit of the first few volumes of manga, considering.
<i>Though I think the anime is a lot more conducive to fanfiction, because it does gloss over certain characters' traits, so a fanwriter could take more liberties and play around a bit more.</i>
Interesting point. Hadn't really thought of it that way before...
<i>I'm okay with the story being revealed to me gradually. I'm actually a very patient person.</i>
XD I'm NOT.
I learned what Japanese I know because I saw <i>Petshop of Horrors</i> and HAD to have more. RIGHT now. And that was three years before it was even picked up by TokyoPop.
<i>There are some seriously hard-core Furuba fangirls out there who are positively nazi-like in their views.</i>
I'm a Nazi, but I'm not an inherently retarded Nazi. I'm also elitist, so I have no problems mocking the stupid fangirls and feeling utterly superior to them in every way. ^_~v
<i>Not since Buffy the Vampire Slayer have I seen so many staunch believers in their OTP's.</i>
Yes, it's...juvenile.
Given, there are some pairings which I am so strongly against, I can become physically ill at the thought. But that's really different - and stems from sex abuse/psychological issues.
I used to be pretty strict AyaTori, but I currently RP with an Aya who has a cross-over pairing for the Snake and love it. I'm very flexible as long as immediate family member incest is not involved in a pairing.
<i>I always wanted to see Buffy and Xander together -- I know, I'm weird.</i>
^^ I like the wish-fulfillment pairings. When the character who's been crushing on another who 'doesn't think of them that way' finally gets their chance. ♥ It's sweet.
<i>Someday I may make a public plea for a Buffy/Xander giftfic, because I'm sad.</i>
=( Sad? or like <=p sad?
XD
<i>In Furuba, we've got the Kyou/Tohru fangirls versus the Yuki/Tohru fangirls, and then varying factions of Tohru/Anyone Else.</i>
And can I just say I am fucking sick of Tohru/Juunishi? Seriously. I think it's just because she makes such a great Mary Sue avatar for the kiddies.