anakin has such an oedipus complex it's not even funny

[kleenexwoman]

There is an MPreg discussion on the bttf_slash group. I'm not squicked, because it's really hard to squick me...just baffled. What possible excuse is there for MPreg in this fandom? I mean, with a fandom where there's magic, like Harry Potter, at least you have the "Magic! I can do whatever I like!" excuse. (I don't care what anyone says, J.K. Rowling's world will not be logical until she produces a reasonably plausible explanation for the existence of magic and why Muggle scientists haven't found out about it yet. If she never does, I have a theory about Neanderthals vs. Cro-Magnons, vestigial areas in the temporal lobe, and quantum mechanics that I'm just aching to break out.)
Or, like, "Re-Animator." Re-A MPreg could be, if not necessarily in-character, at least slightly plausible, what with the amazing feats of medical ickiness that are already going on. But it would have to be zombie MPreg. And "Bride of Re-Animator" is really very much akin to psychological MPreg.
But really, I cannot fathom this. What excuse would anyone have? I've been racking my brain for an hour trying to figure out how you could maneuver MPreg into "Back to the Future," and the only thing I can possibly think of is a parallel universe where people evolved from seahorses.
I mean, it's good that other people are having discussions and posting things. As nice as it is to have a little private club to slash things, it's also nice to see the love spreading. So to speak. And at least I can vaguely understand the urge to write MPreg; as far as I can tell, it's an extension of the kind of comedic urges that make adolescent girls put makeup on their boyfriends and make younger girls dress their baby brothers in frilly, shiny dresses their mom made for them for dress-up (I don't think mine has sustained any major psychological damage from this). They think that manly, tough guys acting like girls are funny. Which to an extent, it is: Big guys + frilly dresses = comedy. (Note: This does not apply to drag queens, who have gone beyond the level of "guys + dresses" into something archetypical, according to Camille Paglia. It's hard to laugh at someone who can stomp a skinhead into the pavement while wearing six-inch heels and look fabulous doing it.)
Hey, at least the vanilla fans have their own perversions. The "fanart" thread on BTTF.com has furry art in it. I'm just amused by this, because the people that posted it and liked it are the same people who went "OMG slash! Must kill." Has nobody explained "yiffing" to them yet? I take comfort in the fact that, according to the geek hierarchy, furries are two levels more geeky than slash fanfic writers. Oh, and they draw Marty as a fox. 'Cause he's played by Michael J. Fox, hahaha how very clever. I bet you wouldn't be drawing such cutie furry things if he was played by MICHAEL J. TARANTULA!

I've gotten people hooked on things. My mom is reading the Pendergast books now. She thinks that Pendergast is "creepy", and she actually thought he committed the murders in Still Life With Crows. And my brother's listening to the Talking Heads now, as a warmup for his concert tonight. A punk concert. In our house. Several local bands. It was supposed to be in our backyard, but it might rain, so he's doing it inside. And he's charging cover. $3. I'm rather impressed by the fact that he's managed to arrange all this himself. (ETA: Was listening to the Talking Heads; now the first band, Bloody Placenta, is playing a cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To Fuck." It's dangerously loud downstairs. I'm sitting upstairs, at the computer, and I'm afraid that the floor is going to collapse. Also, people are running into each other downstairs--apparently this is how young punks dance.)

My store got robbed last night. They took about $1,000 out of the cash register and safe. Melissa, the girl manager, was very cranky about it. Apparently, this is the third Quizno's to be hit in the past month. They did it at about 1 in the morning, so nobody was there. Work is bad luck. The good news is that our store has started doing a delivery service, which eventually works out to "Rachel gets sandwiches that don't fit on the tray." I will no longer have to pay for lunch as long as people are willing to order Mesquite Chicken for six hundred.
On the wall in the manager's office (a small clear space surrounded by boxes of chips), there is a phone number sheet holding every employee's home phone number. Beside each name, someone has written a comment about the person, such as "Brad: Hard worker!" or "Chris: The handyman!" or "Tavia: The princess!" Under my name there is...nothing. Apparently, I do not have a personality. Or, at least, not one simple enough to boil down to two words on a Quizno's employee sheet.
Thus, I ask you to define my personality! The survey:

A. List 5 - 10 fandoms.
B. Ask people on your friends list to choose a character from each fandom that they think most resembles you and explain why.
C. Post this in your own LJ, if you like.

1. The Askewniverse (Kevin Smith)
2. Back to the Future
3. Discworld
4. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (and/or Dirk Gently)
5. Fairy tales (doesn't have to be European, but NO DISNEY)
6. Harry Potter
7. Star Wars
8. Classic rock bands (it is too a fandom, dammit)
9. Simpsons/Futurama/Life In Hell (Matt Groening stuff)
10. Um, just pick one of yours.

I leave you with a quote that, for me, proves that there really are two types of people in the world, and that these two types will never, ever be able to agree with each other:
"Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." --Dark Helmet, Dark Lord of the Schwartz

Comments

[gyr-falre.livejournal.com]

I have a reasonable explaination for magic...I can't believe I never told you about it.
It's actually in a very different canon, though...specifically the Judeo-christian canon under the guise of being Genesis 6

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Nope, you didn't yet. Do post it?

slightly revised to say g-d rather than a specific name

[gyr-falre.livejournal.com]

"1 In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of G-d saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

3 G-d said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."

4 The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of G-d came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown."
---Genesis 6:1-4
As we can see, it was these direct descendants of the divine who wielded awe inspiring potential, possibly even magic. As such, we can assume that were the genetic code of these beings passed on their descendants would have the same abilities. Now, as only one person existed linking these times to the future as we see in Genesis 6:6-9 (http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?new=1&word=Gen+6§ion=0&version=cjb&language=en)
we can see that in the Harry Potter Universe Noach was a descendant of these beings. This is also why while mortal man's age is limited to 120 the magical humans of HP live long past that.

Re: slightly revised to say g-d rather than a specific name

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Oh, you did once tell me about that. Very impressive research.

Re: slightly revised to say g-d rather than a specific name

[gyr-falre.livejournal.com]

I know way too much than is good for me

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

Note: This does not apply to drag queens, who have gone beyond the level of "guys + dresses" into something archetypical, according to Camille Paglia. It's hard to laugh at someone who can stomp a skinhead into the pavement while wearing six-inch heels and look fabulous doing it.)

Ahahahaha. Score.

[gakifang.livejournal.com]

On the Fairy tales/Disney thing, does that mean none of the fairy tales Disney gutted raped wussified appropriated, or just the Disney version of the aforementioned tales?

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Just no Disney versions. "Sleeping Beauty" is pretty fucking hardcore if you ignore the fairies splashing pink and blue at each other--the main character bears children while asleep, the prince takes her to his castle where he has to hide her from his mother, who is an ogre, the babies almost get eaten, and the evil queen eventually dances to her death in red-hot iron shoes.

[ghostgecko.livejournal.com]

>>>"Bride of Re-Animator" is really very much akin to psychological MPreg.<<<
That's the theory anyways. Reproduction without women. Herbert's a messed-up little dude.

>>>people evolved from seahorses<<<
Probably a waaaay cooler idea than anything that person was planning.

>>>MICHAEL J. TARANTULA!<<<
But tarantulas are furry! Those little hypocrites. And I am thanking whatever chance or supernatural being has prevented me from stumbling upon badly-drawn furry George. I've been thru enough suffering lately.

>>>apparently this is how young punks dance<<<
Feh. In my youth, we ran into each other, then stabbed each other. Kids today . . .

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I may write the seahorse thing. If I have to. Wouldn't seahorse-George be so cute? With little fins and whatnot?

[pinglederry.livejournal.com]

Dunno about the fic (although it would be a testament to your amazing writing ability if you could pull it off), but that could be some really cool fanart, methinks. And technically still furry, since furry!art doesn't necessarily have to be 'furry', it's just an umbrella term applied to anthropomorphized critters of any sort.

[thatnoise.livejournal.com]

Rather: We run into each other, throw each other headfirst into water pipes hard enough to crack them, and chuck full coke cans at the drummer, who then chucks his cymbals at us.

It was fun.

You have the most interesting livejournal

[chaosfairy75.livejournal.com]

I have to say that other than Neil Gaiman's blog, I look forward to your livejournal more than any other. You always have the most interesting ideas.

[pinglederry.livejournal.com]

Well, the only logical explination I can think of for mpreg in the BTTF fandom is some technology from the future making it possible. Which would be interesting...

As a side note, do you possibly have the exact links for the furry art at BTTF.com? I'm a bit of a furry art fan (if it's well-drawn, that is), and it sounds cool. And so you know, if you ever want a really good explination of what being a furry is really about, talk to 'thanael. He's a furry, and has a huge database of furry art.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

This furry art is not well-drawn, though. It's just...terrible. I could draw better, and I can barely draw a smiley face.

Tech from the future, yeah...that might work. But even with a creative explanation, I still think BttF MPreg is a little pointless.

Dagnabbit...

[drworm.livejournal.com]

I started this once and accidentally deleted it. Arrgh. *tries again*

1. Holden. Except that you don't draw comics. Um, don't ask me to explain this please, because I don't remember much about the Askewniverse.
2. Ack. Uh... Clara? She'd totally be into sci-fi, were she living in the present. Yeah? Yeah.
3. Um... either Ponder Stibbons or Cheri Littlebottom. A little odd, but still able to be logical and analyze things and always trying to bring a little bit more order to the crazies they've managed to surround themselves with. More Ponder, I guess. Magic and computers!
4. Okay, I'mma go with Dirk Gently, because he is cool. And he's a trifle disorganized, but he still consorts with the occasional god and also detectors... though not always in the most efficient or normal sorts of ways.
5. Geez, I dunno. Little Red Ridinghood, because she's my favorite.
6. Cho Chang because, uh, you're still being haunted by a past relationship. *is dumb* If that makes sense.
7. Yeesh. Errrrrm... Yoda. Small, wise, not-always-entirely-comprehensible, and now totally computer animated!
8. Um, I don't know... the Who? Oh, hey, and that actually makes sense, because you're all into Tommy, yes? Haha, I win at life! :D
9. Sideshow Mel. Because, uh, while you're a little bit silly on the outside, you're also highly educated beneath the surface. More than you'd expect! etc, etc.
10. Um, I'm not good at this, so I may just stop right here.

"Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."

I have this on a t-shirt. It's my motto. And, uh, I haven't sent your book yet. But I will, I will. You'll find that it often takes me a long time to mail things. :3 *is bad*