Heee!

[elisi]

Darcy is taking the girls to school today, and to celebrate I'm linking you to the loveliest wank *ever*. It's just *beautiful*! I'm kinda speechless at its perfection to be honest. Go. Read. Smile. Love fandom.

(Oh and while I wrote that, The Cherub found a cup of water and scattered it over my bed... She was being very quiet and I found her standing on the bed, looking at me with HUGE eyes, saying "Oh-oh". Aaaaaah, toddlers... :) But the sun is shining and I think my WIP has unstalled itself in my head (and LM is *back*!), so the world is a GOOD place!)

ETA: This has got the be the best sock-puppet (fake identity) hoax *ever* and this puts all faked (near)deaths to shame in it's OTT glory. I am so awed! *is full of love for fandom in all its insanity*

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[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

Ha! Wank is eternal. Loved the link. 8 ]

[elisi]

Brilliant isn't it? The capslocks of rage nearly did me in. And who knew that the words 'fandom' and BNF had been around for so long? Makes me feel part of something *old*! :)

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah... Fannish wars have been going on pretty much since the beginning. Moskowitz's book is actually an interesting read, and it seems like someone else wrote a bit about it somewhere... I don't think it was in The Eighth Stage of Fandom by Robert Bloch, and I'm not trying to remember if it was mentioned in Donald Wollheim's The Universe Makers.

Ah, well... the thing that I find funniest is how many of the commenters there at F_W had absolutely no clue that fandom has been around that long. It all seems to come down to people thinking they've stumbled across something new... and that just because they didn't know it existed before, it obviously didn't.

I kinda wish so many of the Fannish history books weren't out of print... because they're really fascinating to read (even when they're not dealing with Fannish politics). And so many of the First Fandom have passed on now, that there are very few left to tell the stories... I got lucky and stumbled into fandom back in my early teens, so I got to meet and chat with a number of them about the early days. Even now, I could spend hours listening to Forry Ackerman ramble (and we sadly only got an hour of it at Comic-Con last year).

[elisi]

and that just because they didn't know it existed before, it obviously didn't.
Hee! Although I have to say I didn;t realise that fandom was quite *that* old - I thought it only started off properly with Star Trek etc. I was pleasantly surprised. :)

And lucky you for finding it so early...

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I loved that. Everyone who insists that current fusses are all the fault of those tubes making up the internets should be forced to read it.

And classic sockpuppets! One of my favs is Issac Bickerstaff, who was created by a writer to harass a hated rival. Isaac was supposedly a psychic who predicted the rival's demise, and then reported that the death had occurred on schedule, causing the rival plenty of trouble. An undertaker even showed up at his house!

That naughty author? Jonathan Swift.

(My daughter just informed me that Cole Porter once created a phantom couple, who had a longish life in the gossip columns of the time despite being entirely fictional.)

[elisi]

Everyone who insists that current fusses are all the fault of those tubes making up the internets should be forced to read it.
Indeed. People have *always* quarrelled! Heck, there is some ancient text or other (my memory? Not the best) talking about how the young people are being impossible and not respecting their elders...

That naughty author? Jonathan Swift.
Bwah! Fabulous! :D

Cole Porter once created a phantom couple
Truly there is nothing new under the sun!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh wonderful - fake death, send me a type-writer and I'll write more - everything!

[elisi]

Brilliant isn't it? We are so much fun! :)

[kittyzams.livejournal.com]

Heee! Okay, you got me. Vintage wank is adorable. :)

[elisi]

Vintage wank is adorable. :)
Isn't it just? Ah, humanity, maybe there is still hope... :)

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

I love that icon! :) The Cherub sounds entirely delightful - if from a distance where no water is being spilt on my bed....

[elisi]

I love that icon! :)
Brilliant, isn't it? Found it through the whole FanLib thing. Made by scarah2 if you want to snag.

The Cherub sounds entirely delightful
Oh she is. Utterly, utterly wonderful - and full of mischief! As long as I never take my eyes off her she's fine! Which reminds me... *runs off*