And So, On The Last Day Before A New Fannish5 Is Posted...

 redbrunja answers the question, One day late for More Joy Day, but list 5 fannish things that are bringing you joy right now.

5.) Criminal Minds

4.) Mistress Matisse, the blog of a professional dominatrix who is personally kinky and poly.

3.) Dollhouse

2.) My flist. I  ♥ you guys.

1.) THE HUNGER GAMES.

A Note On Pseudonyms

 nimblnymph  was commenting about sexism in language, and it got me thinking about usernames. Specifically, (and I know I have people on my flist who do this and I don't mean to be insulting, this is totally just my opinion) how much I hate it when people use some part of a character's name in their username.

You know.

Mrs_Hatake

I_heart_hakkai.

Anything with Snape or Severus.

Even more subtle references: blooming_sakura or whatever cause me to twitch.

First, I always wonder how long you are going to like that character enough that you want them to be the most visible part of how you present yourself online. Secondly, I make the assumption that you are fourteen and feel the need to wave around your fictional boyfriend or (also fairly common) your OTP like a banner. I also (despite knowing really excellent writers who do this, and often aren't writing about the character referenced in their handle) assume that your fanfic is not worth my time.

Book Babble

Has anyone on my flist read Civilwarland In Bad Decline? It was miserable. I hated most the the characters. The majority lacked any semblence of a spine and even if that was part of the point I hated it. It was classic miserable dystopia future. Now I want to go back to my dorm and watch something uplifting, like Criminal Minds and child molestation.

On the subject of books, I also finished Ink Exchange and I'm not sure what I think. First, ( spoilers )