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For the first time in 10 entire days I do not feel like a Snot Zombie. My condition has been upgraded to Snot Jack o' Lantern. I'm going to count this as a victory.

Other victories include the Queen's mysterious ailment is only a UTI/bladder thing and we're treating it quite lovingly with liquid amoxicillin. She thinks she's a real person now that we're taking the same drugs.

ION: In celebration of everybody's favorite Gymnastics TV show being renewed \o/ I'm currently reading something like, 4? 5? 6? truly, truly, terrible MIOBI WIPs. DO NOT JUDGE ME. All of them ring completely untrue and I couldn't figure out *why*. So, I did what all judgmental fangirls do, I downloaded the source material and reviewed it. It's exactly as I remember, Payson is crushed over Max [who is currently on Revenge and therefore I don't think he'll be returning to The Rock], Sasha is tormented over Summer/Tannerness, and there is no proof that Payson won any medal other than team gold. ALL the fics in ALL the world have her winning the All Around gold in Rio and that irritates the snot [oh how I wish that were true] out of me. And don't get me started on the suddenly rich from sponsorships, well-dressed, mature as a 30 year old, Payson characterizations I've been reading. Has anyone actually watched the show and seen how they style that poor girl? Granted, that could be where it's coming from but still.

Sorry, just remembered I'm the only person on here who even knows what MIOBI is.

Let me digress to another sadly over-looked fandom: The Good Wife.

WHERE WAS LEGAL AID????? DO NOT TELL ME YOU DROPPED THAT STORYLINE ALREADY OMFG - STABZ!

Dear Star Trek Big Bang,

What happened to adventures in space? Seriously. If I wanted to read pirate/ninja/highschool/magic/hooker AU I'll turn to RPS.

No love,
B

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I've read one K/M. Only because I trusted the author. And while it was quality, I still just couldn't get into it. You and I are destined to be interested in what people AREN'T writing.

I know you don't watch Boardwalk Empire, but there's a threesome I really want someone to write beautifully and I fear I will have to do it myself to ever actually see it written.

Unfortunately, that seems to be more and more true the longer I'm in fandom. I miss the days of Buffy -- everyone was into the same show, there were high-quality writers writing every pairing imaginable, and if you wanted a rare pair if you asked nicely enough *someone* would write it.

/whine

I'm afraid you're right. It's so sad.

I think Buffy fandom benefited from the fact that there was such an amazing ensemble cast and that the writers really did have everyone interacting with each other. It made it easier to have a foundation to write any pairing without it seeming completely OOC. I remember writing Oz and Ethan and feeling like it made sense because of the way the show worked in canon.

I wish we could get this in Vampire Diaries because I see the same type of potential there, but it just doesn't seem to have caught on. But a lot of writers came to Buffy late, so maybe there's still hope. We shall see.

I wish we could too. I had such *high* hopes for the fandom. Unfortunately, it hasn't really caught on. So many people won't watch it because they think it's a bad Buffy rip off and some that do, like that recapper that shall remain nameless watch it and still think it's a bad rip-off. I mean, I see the parallels because I'm NOT BLIND, but they're really and truly not that similar.

I still have a bit of hope. If it hasn't taken off by the end of this season I really don't think it will.