Flist swap report.

[pauraque_bk]

I spent a fun-filled day on rensong's friends list, and discovered the following things:

-It is much easier to keep up with a flist of 50 than 150.

-LOTS of people are doing the flist swap. Was anyone actually reading their own flist today?

-There exists a community called john_elizabeth, and my first thought was that it was for John Edwards/Elizabeth Edwards shippers, which tells you a little something about how my mind works. In fact, it is for shippers of two characters on Stargate Atlantis. Even though I've never seen a minute of the show, I sampled some of the fic. I liked Ariande's Got a Gun by taylorkate, despite not really knowing what was going on in it. (I was privately amused by what passes for "slightly porny" in that fandom.)

-An old kids' show called "Rainbow" recorded an innuendo-laden sketch for their friends' entertainment, and there was some confusion over whether it had actually aired. (It hadn't, but it's still funny.)

-zeedoubleu met some dancing ducks.

-Wayne Brady was on... er, Stargate? the non-Atlantis one? Also in this episode, someone named Harry was either wearing a codpiece, or had a hamster in his pants. (Why not both?)

-There exists astronomy. Whee!

-There exists an anime series called Ebichu, which apparently chronicles the exploits of a housecleaning hamster. (rensong's friends are clearly hamster fans.) There's a warning for sex and violence, but there is no "tentacle porn or anything". (Imagine my disappointment! *cuddles Otto*)

-lostnyanko posted a very cruel meme. Eep!

-There was some sort of icon battle, which was amusing enough to look at on its own. When I realized that the fandom involved was "the Prince of Tennis musical", it became funnier by several factors.


Overall, I had a good time! Interesting to poke around in foreign fandoms, observing the _structure_ of fic and analysis without being familiar with the content.

rensong's rundown of her day on my flist is here.

Comments

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

How can you ship John and Elizabeth Edwards? I mean, don't you have to...I mean, don't they already...I mean, doesn't a "ship" imply...

Why do I bother?

[pauraque]

I hesitated too. I'm not really sure what the most common usage is on that, nor what other term is available to refer to someone who supports a "canon ship" (as it's sometimes called).

[rensong.livejournal.com]

-Wayne Brady was on... er, Stargate? the non-Atlantis one? Also in this episode, someone named Harry was either wearing a codpiece, or had a hamster in his pants. (Why not both?)

If it makes you feel any better, I had no idea what Kate tarzanic was talking about on that one either. As far as I know, there aren't any hamsters in Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis. There was a cat in a few episodes of SG-1 named Schrodinger, however. :)

And yes, there is much love going on with the astronomy community.

Hamsters, ferrits, monkeys... you name it, we like it. ;) (check out scaper_quotes if you want some background on our animal love. :D )

I'm glad you had fun! I rather enjoyed myself too. :D

[chresimos.livejournal.com]

and my first thought was that it was for John Edwards/Elizabeth Edwards shippers

Haha! Me tooo...though possibly it was subconscious effect of your next line which I could partially see. Or maybe you just have a corrupting influence. *eyes*

The balls and twangers thing is legendary! I am reminded it exists at least once a year by a kindly Fish who always forgets he has told me about it already. -_-

...icon battle? I didn't know such things existed. I do know of this "Prince of Tennis" however! Sometimes it has a special and takes over the time slot from Naruto >:O. And sometimes Naruto has a special and takes over the time slot for Prince of Tennis! Take that PoT, aha, aha!

[rubarabadom.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Ebichu's fame spreads!!1! That was awesome!