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TSA field office busted for "keeping score" in the style of Jeopardy on gay men, lesbians and African Americans, who were referred to as "creatures" by the managers in the office.

It's too cold to do ANYTHING and I have to do EVERYTHING.

Speaking of cold, we so did not go to Dances of Vice last night.

Instead we watched the end of Merlin, S2 (god, what a frustrating, incoherent waste of a series -- it has so much potential and it just doesn't know what it wants to be or care about creating a coherent world no matter how wonky and anachronistic -- note, I'm not asking for any sort of "accuracy" just for internal consistency).

Then we watched two episodes of Buffy which I continue to love. But wow that episode on cyberdating demons was so 90s it hurt. Jacked in?!?!?!?! Oi. It also had a lot of elements that reminded me of The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit from Doctor Who.

One of the things that amuses me about Buffy is spending a lot of time thinking about what the fandom must be like. At one point I turned to Patty and said, "People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they? Because in Harry Potter fandom, that's what would happen."

Soon we can start Being Human.

Do you use a Mac? Do you think like you're writing a book? If so Things! is like Scrivener for your life. BEST. SOFTWARE. EVER. It could only be better if I could link it to Scrivener and make it give me deadlines in Scrivener for writing tasks.

There is a rabies outbreak in Central Park and authorities warn it could spread from raccoons to humans.

Harry & Bix: a eulogy for two dogs of W. 86th Street.

Tween boys and grooming products.

Comments

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

Oh, just wait until you get to later seasons! Giles, believe me, has been written as everything. The fandom has quieted down, and a lot of my fave Buffy/Angel writers scampered over to SGA or other fandoms. But it is still one of the most fun fandoms ever!

[natf.livejournal.com]

Ah, but, "Bored now!" is best delivered by Evil Vampire Willow! (Looking at your icon).

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

SSSHHHHH!!! No spoilers!!!

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

There is so much I want to say about Buffy and corners of Buffy fandom and what the fanfic is like but I so don't want to spoil it.

I'm a late comer, too. I fell in love with Buffy the summer Deathly Hallows came out and Buffy was such a balm. As I was mourning the multiple losses of HP, I had a new love to distract me. And in many ways, it's so much more satisfying.

It's not to diminish HP in any way but I've got way more cannon in the Buffyverse to work with. Plus characters I like a lot more than I like some of the characters in HP.

There's great fanfic out there for Buffy. Just hold off reading it until you've finished the series. I know that's a lot to ask but, these days, all the fic is jumbled together and it's hard to find the early stuff. And there are spoilers a plenty in the later stuff. Stuff you want to smack you upside the head when you're watching the show, not be confused by in fanfic.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait until you find out about Giles' past! *evil grin*

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they? Because in Harry Potter fandom, that's what would happen."

There's more to Giles than meets the eye...

[eandh99.livejournal.com]

It's a big fandom, of course Rule 34 applies - if there's architecture/squid porn in HP, why do you think the Buffy fandom is any less...creative LOL? Big academic community around Buffy as well, lots of serious thinky thoughts. So yeah, when you're ready to look around, you'll find Giles in leather pants /snerk.
PS - are you starting Being Human from the beginning, or just the current, second series?

[rm.livejournal.com]

from the beginning.

[eandh99.livejournal.com]

ooh, lucky you! I will say nothing more.

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

*delurks*
You have the pilot, right? Otherwise I'm sure that could be arranged.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[natf.livejournal.com]

Personally I only liked (LOVED!) the pilot of BH. I gave up half way through 1.1 on the TV here in the UK and did not have time or inclination to get back to it. I much prefer the pilot's ghost girl and vampire. At least the werewolf actor was kept, I guess…

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

Soon we can start Being Human.

I just recently started watching Being Human...wound up REALLY liking it, and was constantly amused to see characters pop up that had been in Torchwood or Doctor Who.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I keep reminding myself that I need a Giles icon, but never get 'round finding ones. Giles has been a huge inspiration in my life. I want to be a Librarian because of him, I bought a pair of Oxfords because of him.
He's amazing.
Though I never really identified with him per say... I was too young (I watched it when it first aired when I was 12).

I'm glad you're enjoying Buffy. I haven't been in the fandom for a long time, largely because Doctor Who and Torchwood have filled the hole Buffy/Angel left when they ended and unlike most, I'm not a fan of the comic continuations - I suppose I should give them a shot, but Joss just isn't that good a comic book writer, imo.

[villeinage.livejournal.com]

Edited to add:

Oh, my gosh! I forgot! There is a classic AU Giles fic with leather/motorcycle!Giles.

Well, there were several Buffy/Giles fics with the subtext of Giles being kind of subby.

And a series with a toppy Giles/(redacted)--set after season 5, no spoilers unless you want them.

If there was any stereotypyed leather!Giles, I missed it.

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

Re: Giles in leather pants: Um. Keep watching. ;)

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

"People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they? Because in Harry Potter fandom, that's what would happen."

I read this an hour ago, and I'm still grinning. :)

Enjoy Season 2!

[kessie.livejournal.com]

"People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they? Because in Harry Potter fandom, that's what would happen."

Keep watching. Giles' past is interesting... ;)

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

You said it before me, but yes!

:D :D :D

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

re Giles in leather/dom mode: um. there's really good reasons to write this fic. Hot, hot reasons. You'll get there.

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, the tween grooming article is disturbing. I have rarely been happier to have spawned a law/science geek. He's almost thirteen and has been putting in more time on basic hygiene and keeping his long hair neat but, thankfully, has not expressed a desire for cans of smelly stuff.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

Whoa, genderfail in that LL Cool J ad for Old Spice. (Or am I just crazy? I might be crazy.)

And I wouldn't bet on there not being leather!dom Giles out there. Waiting.

[rm.livejournal.com]

You're not crazy. I started screaming about that ad when I encountered it in the wold.

[xturncoatxiii.livejournal.com]

lurker here to say:

there is genderfail in our livejournal

[heron61.livejournal.com]

That was a particularly terrible episode of Buffy - Season 1 has some truly terrible episodes, as do 6 & 7, but most of the rest is very good.

In the Tween boys and grooming products article, there was at least one very hopeful note: "in a recent survey, 41 percent of boys ages 8 to 18 said that one of their best friends was a girl." - perhaps this will help some of the gender idiocy improve.

[alterjess.livejournal.com]

People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they?

You really are just asking to be spoiled here.

For now I'll just say wait for Ethan Rayne to show up. And then Band Candy.

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

mmmmm. ethan rayne.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Mmm, (and ROTFL!), Band Candy.

I think you'll really enjoy Being Human.

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

But man that episode on cyberdating demons was so 90s it hurt.

There are a few painful eps in S1, and oh yeah, that's one of them.

"People get that Gilles is, well, Gilles, right? They aren't writing lots of terrible fic about him wearing leather pants and being a dom are they? Because in Harry Potter fandom, that's what would happen."

Oh, there's canon justification for that, just not until S2-ish. And there's loads of Giles/Buffy BDSM. Some of it might even be good, but that ship hits my mile-wide quasi-incest squick, so I've no idea.

[qthelights.livejournal.com]

Oh Giles. Heh. Just wait, darlin'.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

oh, OH! you are in for a TREAT with giles in the later episodes! OH BABY!

re: merlin, srsly stop expecting it to be GOOD

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

Merlin S2 was incredibly disappointing. I wasn't expecting it to be a stellar work of art or anything, but even as a cracky not-too-serious series, it could have done WAY MORE with the characters than it did. I should have known to stop hoping when the farting shit-eating troll turned up. :/

As for Buffy -- I watched all of it, for the first time, a few months ago, and totally loved it. Giles was definitely one of my favourites, and as others have said... keep watching. ;) (And... er... I have to admit, I love the idea of Giles being all dommy in his tweed suit...)

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

As a long-time, hard-core fan of the Buffyverse, trust when I say that we get Giles. Trust me equally when I say that if you are just in S1, *you* don't get Giles.

*grins and wrings her hands with evil glee*

Also, S1 is pretty much universally agreed to be what you tolerantly get through to understand the rest of the series. The good stuff, and there is a hell of a lot of it, is yet to come!

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

And further (because my brain is operating even slower than usual today) if you want a list of really good slash fic writers as you get further into the series, I will be more than happy to oblige. One of the nicest things about the series is that there really isn't any two guys that you can't come up with at least some kind of reasonable motivation to slash (the women less so, but there is certainly some there.)

Also, some day I'm going to write a full essay/post on why Joss Whedon is the only man in Hollywood that I would really like to have dinner someday:-)

And re: tween boy grooming? I find myself feeling a certain amount of smug satisfaction. We had to go through it, now so do you. Petty, I admit, but still... The thing I find really sad about it is that it takes it happening to boys before people really start cluing in to how damaging it is.

[pshaw-raven.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what I did before Things! now. Probably forgot a lot of shit. You are my hero for linking that!

[malle-babbe.livejournal.com]

A very insightful take on the tween boys and grooming can be found over on Jezebel (http://jezebel.com/5460417/axe-stridex-and-malibu-musk-entering-adulthood-through-the-drugstore-aisles). I think the following quote sums up everything that make adolescence such a trial:

One of my New Year's resolutions is to be kinder to teenagers: it's way too easy to mock them without taking the two seconds necessary to remember how terrible and scary and complicated life was at that age, not only because of the effects of puberty, but because adults are constantly pointing out how much you have to learn and how far you have to go without really giving you an opportunity to actually learn and or go before they start yelling at you for doing it wrong. (emphasis mine)

This is especially true in the comments section; why do adults act all shocked at sullen teenagers when they are constantly mocking and disregarding them for going through an uncomfortable, yet completely natural bodily process that they themselves went through?

[neitherday.livejournal.com]

Something new to add to the list of reasons I don't trust the TSA.

[natf.livejournal.com]

What I cannot work out is why they would confiscate a grooming product/deodourant?! Axe is called Lynx in the UK.

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Hey, I know this is a couple weeks old, but I don't recall having seen you post it, and I think you'll enjoy it.

but that also means that for half an instant, countless people were forced to grapple with the idea that someone they loved was gay, even if that someone was a fictional character.

(It's a rant about subtext and slash and how we need that to stop so that we can have some actual gay characters who are gay without it being pivotal to the plot)

~Sor