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If you see this on your flist, quote some Shakespeare.

To be or not to be, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
or to take arms against a sea of trouble
and by opposing end them?

Because it's the only Shakespeare snippet I can quote by heart, and because I tend to think about it as my life's motto. (Though I just tumbled over a page where they interpret the last line as suicide...uhm, I didn't really think about that. More about real opposition. But what do I know about Hamlet anyway? Nothing more than I've read in that old Donald Duck interpretation...)

Fandom poll :) - Canons closed or in development?

Last night, I was thinking about my fandoms and suddenly realized that I only have fandoms where canon is already closed and well-defined since years/ages. Which makes me rather curious what my flist has to say about closed vs. developing canon and the reasons why they might appeal to anyone :))

So...here we go:

[Poll #575817]

TNG Vid Tip!

Just came across this vid page, and Wolfpup has a TNG P/Q vid there!

Check out "Footloose" (quicktime format, 20 MB)

http://www.wolfpupserenade.com/miscvids.html

I really love it and think it's damn well done :)

(Coming next: RL work...and yeah, I'll try to stop posting now ;)

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Digesting my rather late lunch, I read a metafandom rec about RPS where someone mentioned that Ian McKellen has nothing against RPS. It made me do a little research on his statements, and I found these two nice ones :)

Ian McKellen on fame and porn:
TW: What�s the weirdest fan reaction you�ve had?
IM: Some of them were angry that a gay man was playing Gandalf. They called it Gandalf the Gay and were opposed to my casting. I sometimes look at slash material on the internet, same-gender sex stories usually written by young women. They write about Legolas and Aragorn getting it on.

TW: Do you read Gandalf slash?
IM: Well, I�m quite a fan of pornography. I think it�s a very good idea. I think it stops people from going out and hurting each other.

Look, I get asked questions by people and I feel obliged to come up with an answer of some sort that allows me to seem like I know what I�m talking about. I try, on the whole, to only talk about two things on which I�m an expert. One is acting. I�ve spent the last 40 years doing it. The other is being gay. I�ve spent the last 64 years doing that.

From McKellen's Epost Page
Q: My fellow yahoogroup members and I all respect you, the cast, crew, and movie itself. Most of us indulge in a hobby called 'fanfic.' A great deal of us write (or read) 'slash,' and a few members write 'RPS' (Real Person Slash.) What are your thoughts on such things? Do you consider them slanderous to your good character and/or to the good character of any actor/movie/etc?

A (Ian): I am not well acquainted with slash but find nothing harmful in sharing fantasies about favourite characters or their interpreters. Within the context of such sites even Real Person stories seem unobjectionable as they are clearly fictional.

Squee!

Today, snailmail finally delivered my long-awaited Amazon order: Rendering in Pen and Ink. And it is as good as I hoped it would be! *delighted*****

On a fitting side note: Shelley just mailed me that my K/S/Mc commission is ready! Hubby joked that it's on its way now with a million-dollar-insurance ;P Well, almost.

Link Pimping:
SeatGuru.com the ultimate source for airplane seating and in-flight services information
Sterjulie's TOS Stories (very nice design by Mrs. Spock)