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From clumsygyrl: 1. Out of the fandoms you've participated in, which has given you the most headache?

Hmm. I think it's a tie between SPN/CWRPS and popslash. Despite all the insanity brewing in all corners of HP, I was never all that into any of the big pairings, and I didn't really care about the 'ship wars or any of that. I wrote my teeny little pairing of fucked-up-ness and sports and that was that. Whereas in popslash I was brand new to LJ and online fandom in general and didn't quite understand how the whole BNF thing worked -- I thought it was SO DAMN UNFAIR that these OTHER people got attention and I DIDN'T, oh my GOD -- and you can imagine how fun that made me to be around until I got it together. In SPN/CWRPS, I have a core group of awesome people, but the rest seem to come and go wherever -- despite the cult of nice, there's a lot of politics and backbiting going on, and most of the time it just confuses me.

2. Pete Wentz- straight, gay or bi? Why?

Without opening the whole "I don't think men are bisexual" can of worms I made lots of people angry at last time, I'm going to say "straight". I mean, he's pretty clearly an attractive guy with a pretty side, and he likes to mess with peoples' heads, but I really don't think he'd go all the way with a guy. He might even give or get a blowjob from a guy for shock value, but at the end of the day, as much as I'm sure all the emo boys will be sad, I think he likes girls.

3. Who would you stick on Supernatural (from bandom) and as what?

AHAHAHAHA. Frankly, I think Andy already *was* on the show (remember those ghost hunters in "Hell House"? -- they screamed "ANDY COULD BE ONE OF THEM!" at me loud and clear when I was thinking about this), but really? I'd like to see Pete stretch and *not* play something supernatural -- let's see him working as a mechanic. He lives with his buddies Joe and Patrick in a moderately-crappy apartment in Chicago; Patrick is Bobby's next-of-kin, so he knows a little about this whole hunting thing, but he'd prefer to stick to his music, thank you very much. Joe runs the local pot co-op and works at any temp agency that won't drug-test him; he's having a hard time adapting to life after college. Patrick writes music, but for financial support he DJs and occasionally brings Pete along with him to tend bar. When Patrick's been working on new songs after midnight, if he looks at his files the next morning, there's an mp3 he hasn't created sitting on his dekstop; it always gives scraps of information about supernatural activity, so he passes it on to his uncle Bobby. One day a pair of brothers comes to town, tracking down the source of that information... [insert huge long epic SPN/FOB crossover story of insanity] and that's how Pete, Joe, and Patrick ended up on Supernatural.

4. Jon Walker is a) dateable, b) fuckable c) friend material, d) choose your own answer?

d) all of the above. I mean, he seems down-to-earth enough (he has an apartment! and a cat!) for dating, he's definitely high enough on my hot-o-meter, and I dunno... he just seems like A Cool Guy Who It's Fun To Be With.

5. Why do you think slash fandoms are primarily comprised of straight(ish) women?

If I knew the answer to this...

Anyway, my pop-psychology answer to this is that the women are self-actualizing their fantasies by injecting themselves into a paradigm-subverting movement whereby they re-invent common story tropes in a male/male sexuality context as a way of both drawing attention to their own non-male-ness and downplaying the role of the male in stereotypical sexual situations. (Mmm, liberal arts education :D) In reality, the results of this re-invention are suboptimal, as the males in the re-invented stories do not, in many cases, contain many (if any) vestiges of masculinity; in fact, many are simply the emotional and intellectual bits of women stuffed inside the physical bits of men. While this may help women gain perspective on their own situation, it does not create the paradigm-subverting tension its authors may desire.

(all of which is to say: maybe women write m/m stories to say "fuck you" to the current male-dominated society, and maybe they're doing it to write themselves into stories where they can have a penis, too. but either way, the results are usually such that the men read like women, which defeats the purpose of the first possibility.)

And that is, of course, all me talking out of my ass. I don't really know why women write m/m stories other than because they like to. ::shrug::

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From bexone: 1) The world is ending in two months, but you've been sworn to total secrecy. Who do you tell anyway?

Former Roommate E. And then she helps me decide who to tell. I'm pretty good in a crisis, but I'm also wary of giving out secrets. I'd need an advisor in how to proceed, and she'd help with that.

2) You've been decreed the high arbiter of taste in all things musical. Which five "artists" do you summarily ban from ever producing another note again?

* Sufjan Stevens - I don't care if you all love him, I can't stand his weak-ass breathy voice and his insane popularity despite no vocal talent. His music might be interesting, but I can't get past the voice.
* James Blunt - "You're Beautiful", my ass. Ugh. No wonder that song was named the most annoying song of all time in Britain.
* the Simpson sisters - like this one needs any explanation.
* I, uh. I got nothin' else. I tend not to really hate on musicians all that much.

3) Assuming a reasonably fit and not wholly unattractive specimen to start with, what two things (one or the other, or both together) could a guy put on to make you utterly weak in the knees? What two things would render the hottest guy on the planet instantly and completely unattractive?

Hot:
* beanies. I don't know why, but a black beanie worn tight is just... ngh. The same goes for snowboarder chic; I can't stand snowboarders in general, but the *look* makes me weak in the knees. ::hands::
* ass-hugging _________. Doesn't really matter; if you've got a good ass and you're showing it off, YUM.

Not:
* jean shorts. ::shudder:: A horrible waste of denim. Cutoffs are a different story, provided they're short enough ;)
* makeup. Huge turn-off.

4) Complete the following sentence: "When I am Benevolent Dictator and Supreme Overlord of the Universe, I will..."

...abolish internet shorthand and reinstitute the teaching of proper grammar, including, but not limited to, the subjunctive mood.

5) Strawberries, watermelon or tangerines? Explain your choice.

Strawberries! Small enough to eat one just whenever, but awesome cut up and sugared, or with ice cream or pound cake. Mmm.