...ah, the things that amuse me -.-

Re: the 12983348th attempt to ask the eternal question of whether it's polite to do concrit on, in this case, holiday fics, I mostly agree with this comment (....heh... *cough*) about 'finding your own truth' in a request-- in theory, yeah. (In practice, I've only left two reviews and they were both a total squee, 'cause I don't actually comment if I don't like it, and in fact I generally don't comment even if I do like it.) Theoretically though, if you don't 'find your own truth', it's the equivalent of bad porn no matter how you slice it (or, to quote directly, "a cobbled together clip show", ahahahahafiklajhskjfhas). Man.
    But this gets into my general issues with writing stuff on command (like, sometimes it works out great & is an inspiration, but most of the time I'd probably want to beat my head in because of the sheer impossibility of writing what someone asked & still retain my dignity/self-respect... I like a good challenge, though). People said you shouldn't critique -because- it was written on command so you're really critiquing the requester's kinks, but... really, why would one write something one thought was stupid? I tried once (with an old cross-dressing fic) and do not care to do so again -.-

What it really made me think of is the somewhat interesting split here between 'Art' for the sake of Art and social ethics, especially the whole gift culture thing . . .
( ...*snip*! )

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...One of these days, metafandom will shock me and someone'll come up with something REALLY NEW & DIFFERENT to talk about. Or at least amusing. Until then, I'll be over here, beating my head against the wall watching straight boys lick each other :D :D
    (Although the real problem is that it's easier to comment on things you've thought about 1918309348093 times before and don't actually need to make an effort to write about. *sigh*)
    I really liked thelana's post on [not] rereading/rewatching things-- I don't either, though my memory's not -that- reliable that I remember the general plot every episode of something I enjoyed. Generally I just get everything I was going to get from an experience/book the first time, and I don't stay interested if I start reading 'cause it comes back to me as I go, and my sense of 'must find out what happens' is 0, and most stories aren't good enough to enjoy even knowing what happens. I do sometimes 'dip in' to my favorite parts, especially with comics or books I love a lot, so much that I sort of remember where the good parts are. I can just read a few paragraphs or pages and it'll come back to me fresh, whereas I'll only have a vague recollection if I didn't remind myself at all. Um, not like this is really of any use to anyone or all that interesting, but. ^^;

I also love these hilarious (...yet disturbingly hot) bodice-ripper covers <3<3<3<3 ...Or should that be crotch-ripper??