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Weird fucking night. I flipped between reading super hot and emotional and awesome Adam/Tommy fic...and laughing my ass off at A Very Potter Sequel. Two extremely good things that you'd think would be weird together but are actually kind of awesome. Like fries dipped in ice cream. Or something. Fuck, I don't know, it's seven in the morning...

Dude - look what the Harry Potter fandom was up to while I was away!

A Very Potter Musical

Seriously. Watch the whole fucking thing. It's well worth it!

*will probably never stop laughing*

Also, the guy playing Voldemort? I would so, so totally hit that. Like, in a hot second. I think seeing Labyrinth so many times has permanently skewed my definition of hotness toward tall skinny blonde guys with high cheekbones, heavy makeup, and tights. Plus he's super talented and funny and awesome. I WANT THIS ON DVD.

So I felt like reading some Snape/Hermione tonight. It was my first really serious OTP, and there will always be a special place in my heart for it, but it's been quite a long time since I've read it. It shouldn't have been any problem to find a nice, short, porny oneshot - fucking in detention and the like...not with my collection of links.

It was quite a nasty surprise to find that the quality of the fic - and these are the ones I'd saved as favorites - is depressingly low. There's still good stuff out there...but it's not at all as I remember.

I thought about this for a long while. I think a combination of things has happened. I've matured, of course, and fandom has certainly matured as well. Mostly, though, I think there are just different expectations when it comes to fic these days. I expect my fic to be just as good as published original fiction. I want even my porn and my crack to be exceptionally well written, and the more serious pieces should be downright literary.

Maybe it's just that the SPN fandom has spoiled me. We have the best writers on the internet, bar none. It's hard to go from that level of passion, talent, and dedication to ordinary, casual fandom.

I worry for my other fandoms. Are they as still as good as I remember?

I'm almost embarrassed to be making this list, but I'm going to do it anyway.

Sometimes, when I've had a bad day, I like to go on YouTube and listen to the craziest music I can find. It's usually accompanying anime fanvids, which really only makes it better. There no pick-me-up better than some good crack!

And thus, for future reference, my list of crazy, cracked-out, feel-good music - now with links!

( 31 songs under the cut... )

I'm even weirder than you thought, right? Yeah. I know.

You know, I just can't help it. Mpreg freaks me out. I wish I liked it, because there are some great fic writers out there who do mpreg, but I just can't. It's too weird - even in fandoms where it can be explained, like Smallville (alien reproduction!) or Harry Potter (potion gone bad!).

ETA: For some serious hilarity about Superman and mpreg, click here: http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html

Actually, I take it back. There is one way I can enjoy mpreg - when it's part of crackfic. I remember one Jon/Stephen fic in particular that was hilariously funny...so that's ok. But when people try to make it serious, it makes me shudder - and not in a good way.

On a side note, I stayed up until six AM last night watching Rafa lose his semifinal at the Australian Open to the unseeded Tsonga. I am in the process of ficcing away my disappointment and praying that Federer kicks the kid's ass in the final.

And winter sucks. Hardcore. Most of the time I don't mind Ohio, but I HATE Ohio in winter.

This girl expresses my feelings toward Harry Potter 7 perfectly:

"To Severus Snape: May your vicious circle of self loathing and ambiguity be redeemed. Or, may it fester and drive you to do interesting things. I'm happy either way, but you must live-LIVE!" - siriuslysnogged

Title: You'd Hate Him
Fandom: Harry Potter
Claim: Severus/Hermione
Prompt: Hate
Rating: R
Warnings: Masturbation
Word Count: 1022
Summary: Hermione and Ginny talk; Hermione has a rather late night.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the order of the words.

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