Recs! 'n stuff...

[ash48]

Meta:

maenad has written the most incredible meta on Supernatural and the Soul. It's wonderfully detailed and provides some plausible and interesting insights into the way the soul is used in Supernatural. It's one of those pieces where you need to set aside some time and absorb the thoughts. But do! It's well worth the time. ;)

Fic:

runedgirl recently wrote a piece addressing some of those S8 spoilers. Resurrection It's a fix it for spoilers. :) It's absolutely wonderful and makes sense of everything that has come out in the spoilers. Go read if you are feeling in any way worried. Even if you're not it's a fab read. (Wincest)

Art:

Have you discovered badbastion yet? She draws all those things you imagine when you read porn. ;D Friggin' hot! Here's her latest - Look at yourself Sammy (totally NSFW!)

Vid:

I know you have ALL seen the gag reel, but here's a link just in case. It's full of J2 love and I adore it but... why so short? There has to be hours of outtakes. Only 6 mins? Boo. I remember hearing an interview by Guy Bee saying that during Hello Cruel World there was enough gag reel material to run for ages. *grabby hands* I want it!! Anyway...the Js love, respect and trust each other SO much... (no tin hat required!).

Overview:

missyjack has written a great summing up of the show that could. Did! It made me a little teary and a little proud. It's a lovely reflection.

Fandom stuff:

This is an interesting article I snagged from a link provided by yourlibrarian. It's something that I've been thinking about a lot lately. The various fandom platforms and the (perhaps) decline of LiveJournal.

It stresses me greatly that a forum like LJ might be in decline. I mean, I know it is, but what else or where else provides a platform like this one? Tumblr seems to be the fandom sweetheart at the moment but it just doesn't fulfill those connecting with "real" people needs that I have. I see pretty pics and I think WOW and I "like", but it just doesn't seem enough. I want to say that to the actual creator but figuring who that is seems to be a trial. I get that they receive the stats on who has liked and reblogged but, idk, seems impersonal. Also, reblogging just means that everyone who keeps seeing the same stuff over and over. Then there's all the pics you really don't want to keep seeing! Argh...nothing makes me feel my age more that not understanding something...

I will say that I didn't get twitter for ages either. But I do now, so maybe it's just a matter of spending some time there. Or not. ;)

Wow...that turned into a rant. Ooops.

Comments

[salty-catfish.livejournal.com]

Tumblr takes a bit of getting used to and it's not very straightforward but you can get feedback by either enabling answers (via missing e), stalking reblog tags or sometimes people just add text to their reblogs which you then see on your dash. I mean, lj and tumblr are very different but for some people I know the added distance is actually a plus, so it seems to be a matter of taste.

You can figure out who did what by clicking on the 'source' links. Where they are depends on the layout, though, alas, but on the dash they are always easily available. Most of the time you get there by clicking on the image if you surf blogs.

And getting to see the same things over and over is a matter of making a dash that suits you - in general the dash requires more maintenance than lj f-list because interests of bloggers tend to be more fleeting. And for blocking content there is tumblr savior ;D

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I totally agree about it being a matter of taste. I can certainly see the appeal if you like the bit of distance.

I haven't played around nearly enough over there. TBH each time I take a look I seem to lose interest fairly quickly. Not sure why because...wow...so much pretty stuff to look at. People are SO talented. I sometimes wish there was a LJ equivalent to seeing all that pretty, but I know LJ isn't as easy to use as Tumblr (in terms of putting up content etc,)

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[salty-catfish.livejournal.com]

The different platforms are one of my favourite chatting topics recently, maybe I'll have to write something about my conclusions at some point, haha ;D I terms of mass fandom is on a whole new dimension over there.

LOL yeah for putting up content lj is kind of the worst, I often feel like I spend half an hour making a post here (and so often lj is having SOME kind of issue), as opposed to... ten seconds.