and I shall write them a firmly-worded letter

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Dear fic-hating snobs: you can hate all you want, but step the hell off Gregory Maguire while you do it. Thank you.

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Dear defendants of fic-as-hobby: please stop comparing fanfic to needlecraft. They are not the same thing, at all. Sure, they can both be hobbies. But one is an exploration of the boundaries of fictional worlds, and a contribution to an ever-changing, pretty much infinite collective mythology. The other is an exploration of yarn. I have knit in the past. Believe me, it's different.

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I think this may have been the overall worst week of regular-season TV since 2004. Wait. Actually, come to think of it, make that 1995. I'm using X-Files' "Anasazi" or thereabouts as a reference point. Basically, it hasn't been this bad since invisible zoo animals tried to trample Mulder and Scully. In my opinion, anyway. :(

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That said, it just makes me love fandom that much more. You guys rule. We've had such tough times these past few weeks, and yet I have seen such amazing courage, wisdom, humour, flexibility and strength from so many of you.

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My family and I have been working our way through Michael Apted's Up Series one disc at a time. We received 28 Up the other day, but I think we're all too scared to watch it. It is so hard to watch some of these kids spiral out of control by stages, knowing this all happened 30 years ago and there's nothing you can do about it. Neil, what will have become of you when I put the disc in? :\

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[lirazel]

What's the horribleness in TV? I have to admit that the only things I'm watching right now are Community and Doctor Who, so I guess I'm missing out on the drama? Do tell!

That said, it just makes me love fandom that much more. You guys rule. We've had such tough times these past few weeks, and yet I have seen such amazing courage, wisdom, humour, flexibility and strength from so many of you.
OMG YES. And I appreciate your thoughts on needlecraft as well. ;D

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Oh, Supernatural was beyond awful, just hopeless and incoherent. I wish I had the guts to stop, but I've invested too much. And this past Lost was equal parts mind-numbingly dull and ridiculous. Although I'm not discounting the whole of Lost or anything. To be honest, by sucking, it kind of made me realize how good so many of the other episodes were. Maybe that was the point! Hopefully the end will make some kind of sense.

I'm sure there were good things on TV this week, too. I just didn't happen to see them! I really should catch up with Community. I just fell way behind early on and never caught up, but I really liked what I saw :)

[lirazel]

Ah! Both shows I no longer watch! :p Although if LOST does end with anything like sense-making and emotional satisfaction, I'll give it another shot. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Does it make me a bad person to admit that I'm kind of glad SPN has gone hopeless and incoherent? Because if it was just wonderfulwonderfulwonderful, I'd be tempted to get back into it again, but I mean to stick to my guns on this. So it's kind of a relief that I'm not missing anything, you know?

Community is just lovely and lovable in every way. I want to hug it. Also, "Modern Warfare" may be the best half hour of comedy I've ever seen. It's a wonderful of good construction and character-drive humor and brilliant homage...and it's written by a woman who is now my hero and should get an Emmy but probably won't.

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I know so many people who have quit, or at least seriously considered quitting LOST. But every time I'm almost out, it somehow finds exactly what will pull me back in, lol. I'll let you know if the end makes any sense at all ;)

It doesn't make you a bad person at all that you're glad SPN is sucking. It makes you a prescient person!

[lirazel]

Please do! I'm going to have a big consultation after the show is over amongst all my friends who watch it to determine whether it makes sense and whether I should pick up where I left off (the first half of S3). I look forward to your thoughts.

Ha! Well, I'm glad that my friends who are happy about it are happy, and I'm sad that you're dissatisfied. Even though I've moved on, I still want all the fans to be happy, you know?