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......and my first "official" act in fandom was to:

[Poll #1965322][Poll #1965322]

And the correct answer is....


#5! Yup, a massive, massive fail on my part.  Actually, all of the choices represent a massive fail on my part, except for the last choice for which I DO NOT APOLOGIZE.
(She was mentioning how a character in her new novel has an opportunity to mindwipe the memories of another and doesn't because he respects her too much and it's not what she would want. Also, she just began watching btvs S1 at my urging and is NOT impressed with Angel or Xander. At all.) I actually spent hours making icons for [livejournal.com profile] slayerstillness challenge #22 "A Room Full of Emptiness" (Negative Space)" ("Ooh, I can do this one!"); hours dithering over which to chose before deciding to actually ask my beta [livejournal.com profile] wickedbish for help; and then failed to send him the link to the Photobucket folder so he could actually see the icons. By the time I figured out my mistake, it was too late to enter the challenge. (And I'm a little pissed at myself, because I think I made some good icons and really enjoyed getting back into the creative flow for the first time in weeks.)

But at least I manage to vote as the deadline isn't until tomorrow (midnight your time) hence still time to vote and pimp it - so there's a penance, at least.

And entries are being accepted for the latest challenge #23 (deadline Friday) so there's lots o' time left to enter. Yup, lots o' time....

The only fail more massive is #4 - I have NOT gotten around to congratulating all the winners of the Willowy Goodness Awards, including [livejournal.com profile] velvetwhip, [livejournal.com profile] snogged, [livejournal.com profile] foxstarreh, [livejournal.com profile] clockwork_hart1, [livejournal.com profile] tiny_white_hats, and snowpuppies amoung others. Congratulations to all the winners (by which I include "Runners Up" aka the silver and bronze medalists). I actually did vote in that one too and cheese on a cracker did you folks make it painfully hard to choose!

ETA:  ALL credit to the amazing [livejournal.com profile] eilowyn for urging me to watch Orphan Black, which I'd never heard of until she mentioned it.

Date: 2014-04-25 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
I can't compete with your gif collection.

I WIN I WIN...and whoa I had no idea how shallow and competive I am!

You ever need a gif, I gots honey, and glad to share!

Date: 2014-04-25 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
Ok, you're my source for gifs from now on.

Date: 2014-04-25 12:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
Warning: they are addictive!

Date: 2014-04-25 12:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
I can imagine. Makes my kiddie coin collection look tame.

Date: 2014-04-25 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
OK ONE MORE AND THEN I'LL STOP:



I already love that episode to little pieces anyway but this is the only form I've found outtake material!

Date: 2014-04-25 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
Figures you'd have an outtake gif. I'm glad I already surrendered.

Date: 2014-04-25 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
*SNORT*

I feel so butch right now! Damn but that's a heady feeling!

Date: 2014-04-25 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
The rest of us live our lives in shadow, never the sun on our face. It doesn't seem so sad though, we figure that is our place.....

Date: 2014-04-25 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
OMG are you trying to make me cry? Because, oh Tara...the dark and icky context (subtext?) of that song completely subverts the Disneyesque style (and I'm amazed how often people miss the point of that.)


Date: 2014-04-25 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
Yikes, no tears. I just thought of that since you were large with the butch.

And I totally missed the subtext on first watch and didn't get it until after, when Tara finds the picture of Lethe's Bramble.

Date: 2014-04-25 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
Yikes, no tears. I just thought of that since you were large with the butch.

LOL Full disclosure: I'm pretty far on the femme side of the continuum - but I AM the EMPRESS of the Grill and chop my own wood. That's about as butch as I get.

And I totally missed the subtext on first watch and didn't get it until after, when Tara finds the picture of Lethe's Bramble.

Full disclosure #2: So did I. In fact, I think it was reading someone else's comments that made me "get it" and then I felt like an idiot for missing it. Because there are so few representations of lesbian affection in pop culture, and I guess I didn't want to see it at first.

And the same is true of Entropy, when the dress Willow wore in OMWF is hanging on the door between them and should be a BIG RED FLAG in that moment. Instead I was lost in the romance of the kiss at first, because I wanted to be - and not knowing what was to come.

Date: 2014-04-25 01:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
Heh. I figured it was just an expression, but the woodchopping is cool. Of course, my grandmother did that, so there.

I used to feel like an idiot at ATPO when I'd check in after the episode and see what I missed. I can be pretty clueless on first watch or read -- I have to read or watch at least twice (er, well, ok, several times) to pick up on stuff. I'm taking the Fifth on them all now.

Date: 2014-04-25 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
but the woodchopping is cool. Of course, my grandmother did that, so there.

Oh and my mom did EVERYTHING around the house - laid down fiberglass installation, repairs, mowed the lawn, made dinner (ok she hated to cook but she did it) and took care of four kids. Really strong woman and I can't even come close to her or all the women who have come before me - the ones who walk 10 miles in Africa for a bucket of water they carry on their head.

(Weaker sex, balony.) Where did your grandmother live, just out of curiosity?

I used to feel like an idiot at ATPO when I'd check in after the episode and see what I missed. I can be pretty clueless on first watch or read -- I have to read or watch at least twice (er, well, ok, several times) to pick up on stuff. I'm taking the Fifth on them all now.

Really? Because I think of you as one of the smartest people in this fandom so that actually makes me feel a little less of a dope knowing that! But that's also one of the great things about the buffyverse - you have to watch things more than once because there is so much there, there. Unlike most tv shows that are potato chips - consume them, toss out the empty bag and forget about it afterwards.

Date: 2014-04-25 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
My whole family was from central Illinois, and all 4 of my grandparents grew up on farms. Woodchopping wasn't really a choice.

That's very nice of you, but I definitely miss stuff on first watch. In my defense, I think Buffy has more depth than any other show, but I'm sure I'm capable of missing simpler stuff too. :)

Date: 2014-04-25 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com
Woodchopping wasn't really a choice.

I suspected as much - very different to my tiny little piles of wood.

In my defense, I think Buffy has more depth than any other show,

I'm just beginning to "plumb the depths" - and I wonder if one can ever hit bottom in the Buffyverse?

Date: 2014-04-25 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophist.livejournal.com
I don't know, but I think I got pretty deep and I'm sure there's more. Joss did something pretty amazing, really.

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