annafugazzi | Jan. 31st, 2010

This, via twistedm, will make you grin more widely than you have ever grinned before: San Francisco's Answer to Westboro Baptist Church's protest at Twitter HQ.
Writer's block: Copy that
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You know what? I actually think that some day we will look back on the cloning "debate" with the same puzzlement we look upon the artificial insemination "debate." As in, there will still be plenty of perfectly normal people who think it's totally immoral, but the bulk of the population won't understand what the big deal is. Cloning won't be terribly common, but everyone will know that although there are some weirdos who never should been allowed to clone - or even reproduce at all - the majority will be just folks who have a kid who's a heck of a lot like them. And there'll be studies showing that clones are no more likely than anyone else to be saddled with unrealistic parental expectations, or to get along great with their clone parent, or to clash horribly with their clone parent during their teenage years.

Mind you, right now I don't think cloning is a good idea, and I can think of a million reasons why it's a very very bad idea. But I think eventually people will do it, whether we want them to or not, and eventually the rest of us will realize that none of our worst fears were borne out.

That, or it'll spell the end of humanity as we know it ;)
Last week my flist came up with a heck of a lot of really, really cool posts regarding concrit, and what concrit means, and who likes to receive concrit, and what's the difference between concrit and flames, and... anyway, I was buried under RL and didn't join the party till it was over.

Personally? Concrit makes my day. Even unsolicited concrit, though when it's worded too bluntly it's a little harder to feel totally positive about it. ( Read more... )

So. Anybody who wants to leave concrit on anything I post, please feel free.

Oh! And! This was not unsolicited, but a few weeks ago, authoress_girl gave me a heads-up about a few Britishisms/non-Britishisms (and I completely forgot to thank her, because I'm a disorganized twit), so authoress_girl, if you're reading this: THANK YOU!!. I'm sure a lot of the oopsies you talked about are still there on my posted stuff. But I've changed a few things, and have gone through not-yet-posted-here stories and made changes.
The Fandom Meme:
01. The first character I fell in love with: I honestly don't remember. Probably Draco. Maybe?

02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Neville :) I really liked it when Dumbledore pointed out that standing up to one's friends took even more courage than standing up to one's enemies, but saw that as a cool Dumbledore thing, not a cool Neville thing. But then Neville's character got cooler and cooler and the actor who portrays him did such a great job and now? Neville is made of awesome.

03. The character (most) everyone else loves that I don't: Can't think of anyone. I find Hagrid annoying, but it seems most of the fandom does too. I used to find Luna annoying, but she grew on me :)

04. The character I love that everyone else hates: Ginny. ::duck::

05. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Hm... Remus? He was just weird in the last two books. ::sniffle::

06. The character I would shag anytime: Ah, oh dear, to be honest? None of them. They're almost all messed up in one huge way or another. I tend to fall for characters that would, in RL, send me running from the room screaming.

07. The character I want to be like: None of 'em. See above re. Seriously Messed Up.

08. The character I'd slap: Draco, definitely. Or the twins. Occasionally Hermione. Ron, if he was being self-pitying. Harry, during his CAPSLOCK!time ~~of the month~~. Fleur, every waking moment of every day.

See what I mean about falling for characters I would hate in RL? Fleur is the one exception; I don't like her in the books either.

09. A pairing that I love: Harry/Draco for the opposites attract, Harry/Ron for the bestmates thing, Ron/Draco for the sheer WTF?? Harry/Ginny and George/Angelina for the "which dysfunctional/pathological aspect of this relationship shall we concentrate on today?"

10. Two pairings that I hate: Anything with Snape in it. This despite the fact that one of my favourite fics features Harry/Snape. Also I would rather spork my eyes out than read Dumbledore paired with anyone. Or Hagrid paired with anyone. I am aware that there is such a thing as a Snape/Dumbledore/Hagrid threesome out there. Let us speak of it no more.

11.Favourite character: Really depends on what I'm currently reading/writing. Probably a three~~some~~-way tie between Harry, Draco, and Ron. With some George thrown in there too.

12. My six favourite characters: Harry, Draco, Ron, George, Hermione, Neville.

13. My five least favourite characters: The Dursleys take up three spots. Add in Filch and Umbridge and it's a thorougly unpleasant set.

14. Which character I am most like: Dunno. None of them, I don't think. Possibly Ron? OTOH, I am almost spacey enough to be Luna...

15. My deep, dark fandom secret: It's not much of a secret, seeing as how I once wrote an Ode to Ginny ;)
And, lastly, a link :)

Replying to comments left on my hd_holidays fic (btw, almost done with replies!), I realized something. And I'll Tell You No Lies is the first story I've written where coming out is an actual issue for our boys. I generally read (and write) the wizarding world as relatively blase about homosexuality compared to the Muggle world, as they are about non-wizarding-related racism and sexism, reserving their intolerance for blood-related issues.

But the reason I wrote it coming-out-themed was that a while ago on the hp10k_showcase, I read a story that just blew my mind: alaana_fair's Ember. Suddenly wizarding-world-as-intolerant became a really interesting thing to ponder. So, in case I didn't burble enough at alaana_fair at the time: your story rocks! Among a group of stories that were completely amazing, at least one reader still remembers what you wrote, and thought about it a great deal.

And to anyone who didn't read it: Go! Read! Enjoy!