Random Thoughts Thread

[You]

Beyond type moon what has he done

was it Fire Girl?

Fire Girl was for TM so was Zvedea
He was a writer for Liar Soft and wrote Forest

[Tobias]

how do you avoid being roasted

i don’t mind getting roasted, what’s not fun is when you tell a really bad pun and get knee’d in the balls.

this results in some very tender-loins

[Gl❀w]

that kind of information is a bit too re-veal-ing

[Nikiri]

tweet

even has girls work as the avatar

i cannot

[Tobias]

that kind of information is a bit too re-veal-ing

Moo love it.

[Gl❀w]

no, i'm trying to hold you acowntable

[SeiKeo]

Stoppu pruisu

[Gl❀w]

you're right, it's only going to get more terribull

[Snow]

Tomorrow is Cruel Angel Day friends, lend me your strength.

[Nikiri]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ take my energy

[Snow]

Thank you brother

[SpoonyViking]

you're right, it's only going to get more terribull

Ah, well, if it had to end, it's good it ended on such an oxcellent pun!

[Snow]

Wow rude

[LJ3]

Fire Girl was for TM so was Zvedea
He was a writer for Liar Soft and wrote Forest

amazing

i likes Zvezda and I need to check out Forest

even has girls work as the avatar

i cannot

Lol the ever distant utopia

[SpoonyViking]

Has anyone here used the book "Reading Greek"? I've tried asking Seika, but it seems she hasn't been active lately (and coupled with what she said about her work situation, I'm a bit worried about her, too).

[Rafflesiac]

Fire Girl was for TM so was Zvedea
He was a writer for Liar Soft and wrote Forest

Of all of the stars to pick...

[SpoonyViking]

Let me change tacks: anyone here knows Greek?

[Nikiri]

Deathhappens, but he is native iirc

[Zurvan]

I imagine Leftovers?

[Prix with a Silent X]

Going on a tangent, I've seen Act (from Dragon Quill) propose that fanfiction writers tend to skew female because the original works tend to not appeal specifically to them - i.e., no non-heteronormative sex or heteronormative sex where female sexuality is taken into consideration, no female characters in a position of prominence, etc.* -, thus encouraging them to play much looser with canon, whereas those works tend to cater specifically to the heretosexual male crowd, which in turn tends to be much more restrictive with canon.

* ETA: For clarity's sake, the explanation is mine, not hers.

Sorry for going on a tangent, but I was reminded of that by what you just said, and I think it makes a lot of sense - particularly in, say, the recent behaviours of the Ghostbusters and Star Wars fandoms.

That actually is an interesting viewpoint on why there is a gender divide. I always thought it was strange that there was a noticeable one and wondered if it was memetic. There are a number of male persons who come to this forum who have a vested interest in producing and/or reading literature, but in other places I've been on the internet that is viewed as a fairly feminine pursuit at this point. I have even had conversations with students, peers, and even my father about the idea that the Arts are somehow feminine. That too is strange given that the Arts used to be a privileged, masculine thing because men were the only ones for whom education and extensive literacy was often provided. I've read some feminist thinkpieces that have suggested that as Western society in particular shifts toward a profession, discipline, or art being more predominantly female that the society and system itself devalues it. Examples I can think of are the arts, crafts, and primary and secondary education (while higher ed is still quite male-dominated). Similar things are happening in the practice of law right now; more women graduate law school now, and the job market for them is being devalued and becoming more difficult to get into, etc.

Well, they’re supposed to be inconvenient.

Hmmm.... Sexy.

Spoiler:

Actually this is the least sexy sex toy I can imagine.