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]

(I have a really long comment, so I'm going to have to post it in bits. Sorry.) “Seeing the slash” is really what differentiates the slasher from the non-slasher and I’m beginning to think it can’t be taught. (And before we start this dance, I just want to say that I’m not trying to convince you, I’m just stating my position.) The thing is, you’re right there is about as much on-screen tension between Riza and Roy as Hughes and Roy, EXCEPT that it’s already canon that Hughes likes girls. He has a wife he loves and a daughter he adores beyond reason, so an author would have to work really hard and show me a gradual progress for me to even ENTERTAIN the idea that Hughes was into Mustang.