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[meganbmoore]

[Poll #1115911][Poll #1115911] ETA: And before everyone instinctively answers, I would just like to ask: How many fandoms like to write about teenaged boys getting it on with 30 foot tall robots? Don't answer, just ponder before clicking.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

These are interesting results, because I've never heard of any LOTR fandom scary.

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

I think I ran away screaming when I realized people shipped the movie actors.

Mind you, RPS is my #1 squick and is guaranteed to make me curl up into a ball and weep hysterically, so perhaps I'm biased.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Oh, RPS scares me like almost noting else in existance. I mean...ok, there are occassions where, yes, they actually do date, and there are some performers where they just SO BLATANTLY have a crush on a costar(and I am specifically thinking here about 2 asian actors who have gushed about how wonderful an actress they've both starred with is, and are pretty open about liking her) that you kinda think it would be nice in RL, and of course, most people get a thrill if 2 performers they like hook up...but that's totally different from "OMG, these 2 actors should TOTALLY hook up because they look hot together on screen" or hating someone's SO because you want that person with their costar so that your OTP is an eternal reality, and...yeah.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

I only know about the film-LOTR RPS crazy indirectly by way of what showed up on Fandom Wank, but the tinhat brigade (http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Domlijah) do seem just terrifyingly delusional.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, I'm nowhere near brave enough to click that link.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

The link itself is nothing too scary, just a little bit of background description about the tinhat Domlijah fans (who are convinced that Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood are REALLY a couple and there's a huge coverup going on to present them as straight...because of course we all know how much the fangirls hate pretty gay boys...) Following the links they present, OTOH, will get you deeper and deeper into The Crazy in all its glorious sanity-raping detail.

[chomiji]

You were just responsible for my spending more than an hour on fandomwank ... OMG, was that funny ... all of it.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

It can be strangely compelling reading, particularly the Wiki which makes it so easy to flit back and forth through lovingly hyperlinked documentation of multiple subspecies of batshit insanity.

My Favoritest Subthread Ever remains this gem (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/978391.html?thread=124229079#t124229079), wherein a passing comment about a ridiculously lengthy Gundam Wing mpreg fic led to some improvisational parody brilliance.