I have *no* idea! It's all scarlettgirl's fault!

[elisi]

fandom_wank is Teh Crack. jennyo was talking about how all most TV shows are racist (not enough black people!!!), including Torchwood... which is of course set in *Wales*, not downtown NY. And the Welsh are probably grateful that there's someone beside Daffyd representing them on TV. Except Jenny doesn't care about people who've been oppressed if they're white: "I must honestly admit I don't give a shit about Welsh people, and that I will probably from now on hope that the Welsh are, in fact, further oppressed." Dude, you couldn't make it up! Aaaaanyway, read all about it here. *happy sigh* That's some quality wank! If nothing else it proves that the Torchwood fandom is completely bonkers and absolutely marvellous! To quote one of the comments, which might be my favourite ever:

"It involves alien-hunting and a cyborg fighting a pterodactyl, and I am quite, quite certain that every single pairing is canon. Just watch an episode, pick any two of the main characters, and I can pretty much assure you that it's either canon or will be canon in the near future. It's just a fanfic-writer's dream."

And also this, which also mentions the drawbacks:

"I think it has everything it needs to be able to make a really good show, once it finds its groove and figures out its characters and the writers get over their "OMG SEX! Tee-hee!" phase, but I really don't think that's going to happen in the first season. So far, the quality oscillates even more than New Who does, which is really kinda not good. Like, at all.

But in the meantime we have canon mpreg and hands in jars and pterodactyls getting punched in the face, not to mention the RAMPANT HO-YAY OMG YES, so hopefully that will keep us going until the quality evens out a bit. Well, that and the fanfic. XD"

This is a show to watch for the fandom! :)

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[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Unlike usenet, where (as far as I can tell) people will argue over *one* detail ad nauseam, the fandom arguments around here tend to be wider, and revolve around bigger issues.

It could be that the format of Usenet, with automatic interspersed posting, makes that kind of nitpicking easier... or just that the sort of people who would still be reading Usenet newsgroups about a TV show that finished four years ago have a tendency towards obsessive behaviour anyway. :) Maybe it's even a gender-bias thing?

Oh, and just to settle a sort-of argument re. the cuteness of babies (I presume you saw it?) here's a link to some photos that should hopefully prove that my baby *is* as cute as Connor (I think cuter of course, but I'm after an impartial opinion here! *g*).

She seemed cute. Was she cute? I mean, I'm not a great judge, but I think she seemed cute...

And I've just seen that argument... sometimes posting on atbvs feels like throwing raw meat to a pack of wolves; especially since I was making what I thought was an interesting observation, and at least one person took it as a personal criticism...

[elisi]

Maybe it's even a gender-bias thing?
Possibly... maybe it just shows that people will argue anywhere over anything! *g*

She seemed cute. Was she cute? I mean, I'm not a great judge, but I think she seemed cute...
Bwahahahaha! (This is why I love fandom!)

at least one person took it as a personal criticism...
Oh I saw that! It was one reason I brought up B/A, since I can identify with them, but still think they're idiots! (And actually re. the Connor thing, then what irked *me* most was the way Angel kept waving the bottle at the baby whilst worrying that he wouldn't drink it. How was he supposed to when it was miles away?)

[elisi]

One more thing that came to mind as I was thinking of the crazy world of fandom. Because the craziest fandom of all is the Harry Potter one! (Or so I've been told by people in the know.) If you feel like reading about a *totally* bizarre slice of HP fandom history, let me recommend The Tale of MsScribe. (I never finished it, because it is v. long, but OMG the insanity!!!)