A random collection of things I want to talk about

[birdsofshore]

Men try on 'sexy' Halloween outfits. Funny and pertinent and also, the one guy is quite hot in the outfits, but of course it would be quite wrong to objectify a man appearing in a video about the ridiculous objectification of women.

This is perturbing:

A man's manga collection got him convicted of child porn.

Personally, I'm not actually against all censorship, but criminalising the erotic depiction of fictional characters who appear to be underage is certainly the kind of thing that could convince me to be MORE anti-censorship...

And this made me super happy:

Ever wonder what it feels like to be a geek?

Speaking for myself, I'm sad enough to enjoy the 9 mins and 59 seconds build up of this video, but if you're short on time, watching from 7 mins gives you the gist. The guy is opening a 1st edition set of Magic cards, having no idea what he'll find inside. His mounting excitement and then joyous and overwhelmed reaction gave me a lovely feeling of vicarious squee.

I suspect most of you on my flist KNOW what it feels like to be a geek, but this is a lovely celebration of the passion that can be found in things that other people would regard as sad or pointless.

It reminded me of all the moments I have had in fandom where I've felt absolutely knocked out by something - moments where I've received a very meaningful response to my own fanworks, or clicked on a link to find something absolutely stunning waiting there. There have been many, but two off the top of my head: raitala's art has given me many a "HOLY BOOJSHD" moment over the years, and the minutes after I realised saras_girl had dedicated a fic to me were also pretty special.  :DD

I'm basically so glad to find myself in a corner of the net where appreciation and enthusiasm are not sneered at. I really love you, fandom.  ♥

Comments

[firethesound]

The boys trying on sexy costumes was worth it just for the commentary. When the one guy was like "I've never looked at a ladybug and thought, I'd hit that," I about fell off my chair I was laughing so hard.

And the guy opening the magic cards made me smile, because that's pretty much what I live with. Mr FTS is a huuuuuge geek, and the happiest I've ever seen him was when his mom cleaned out her spare room and brought him his old Magic cards and Star Trek cards. He flailed like a child over them and kept pushing them in my face like "LOOK AT THIS ONE, LOOK AT THIS!!" and bouncing around and it was the cutest thing ever. Geeks are lovely, and passion for anything is so much fun to watch in others. <3

[birdsofshore]

He flailed like a child over them and kept pushing them in my face like "LOOK AT THIS ONE, LOOK AT THIS!!" and bouncing around and it was the cutest thing ever. Geeks are lovely, and passion for anything is so much fun to watch in others.

YES YES. ALL THE YES.

Bouncing and flailing is the best thing. THE BEST.