So Here's A Rant, Now That My Journal's Fixed...

[redbrunja]

So I’ve been trolling around livejournal in a brand-new fandom....



Seriously, I've heard so much bashing about fanfiction.net and how everything there is badly-written junk by teenie-boppers, but you know what? Livejournal is not that much better. Quite frankly, it looks like I’ve gotten spoiled by Supernatural- when I started to read lj’s about that tv show, it seemed like articulate, vibrant lj-ers dropped into my lap. I've been looking around trying to find some good Fullmetal Alchemist journals, and it's hard work. I keep clicking links around and running into sites where people don't say anything and just gibber on and on and on, or are completly off the wall. For example, I checked out this Ed hater's site, and I'm thinking, "I'll fit in there. I mean, I really feel there's legitimate criticism of Ed" and it's all, "My cat is better than Ed" and I query "How does that follow? Your cat's a cat, not an anime character who needs to learn how to see Winry as a person."

And what is with all the Friends-Only journals? What is the reason for locking your journals like that? I know some people do to make sure their boss or whoever isn't reading their lj, but at this point it feels like a popularity contest. I thought the point of livejournal was to reach out to other people who share the same interests, not make it impossible for people to read your journal unless you deign to let them past the velvet ropes.

So, now that I’ve got the bitchy out of my system, anyone writing good FMA fanfic? Or any good wallpaper sites?

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Really? Envy? That would not have been my first guess, but I can see that considering your preferences. ;-) I actually would have thought of Ed (that isn't an insult) because I thought his Napoleon syndrome and massive amounts of power and attitude would have appealed to you. I just don't know you as well as I should! *Sob*. I admit, I really enjoy Ed when he thinks someone’s called him small, or when he’s evading doing what Mustang has ordered him to do. (I love the scene where he’s getting off in the Water City, and Al is all “I feel like we’re being truants!” and I’m like, “that’s because that’s exactly what you’re doing!”)