I love the sound of axes grinding in the evening

[wook77]

Hi! I'm still rather giddy over the whole Star Trek thing. I highly doubt that's going away.

I cleaned up my flist some. Removed a few communities, defriended a couple of wanky h0rs and an entitlement h0r or three. All in all, I think the new alignment of the flist shall make me happier.

My evil plan has been discovered, by the way. Last year, I killed fests. This year, I've done my best to kill fandom. What those plucky girl detectives don't know is that next year, I attempt to kill the internet. It's all part of my plan to punish Al Gore for causing global warming :(.

I sort of accidentally overdrew my checking account. See, I forgot that I'd been responsible and paid all my bills early. So I hit the panic stage on Tuesday, paid them all AGAIN on Wednesday and overdrew my account. God, I'm a moron, sometimes. I need to remember when I've been responsible or I will never get to kill the internet.

I have these random thinkythoughts on how I ship a certain set of tropes, not so much the actual characters. Like - I love best friends that fall in love. I love snarky dialogue. I love interesting backgrounds. I love well-developed friendships that are so intimate that it's a struggle to make them more. Do you find yourself shipping tropes moreso than characters or is it just the characters?

Cause I've noticed that the H/D shippers on my flist gravitate towards the Kirk/Spock where there's still some sort of rivalry there. I like the Kirk/Spock, don't get me wrong, but god do I love the friends-into-more Kirk/McCoy (or McCoy/Kirk).

Also - when did fandom stop putting the "top" partner first? *shakes cane* You kids get off my lawn!

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[wook77.livejournal.com]

Eek! I would apologize but I like how it adds to the discussion on shipping tropes versus characters so I shan't.

(also, random insertion, RENJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

It's probably a good mixture of both, then. After thinking about it a bit more (and it's 130 in the morning and I need to go to bed as I have to be up in 4 hours GAH darn you insomnia), I think I ship both. Like - I've read the BFF thing in other fandoms and simply wasn't attracted at all.

Oh man, exchanges and challenges are separate beasts from other writings. I always like a challenge, though, so that's probably why I think that. I always volunteer for like Voldemort/Blaise Zabini or other characters no one else would write.

I'll hold off on killing the internets cause you asked nicely. My evil plan shall have to wait. I don't make a very good Lord of the Sith, do I?

Icon has nothing to do with the babble above. I chose it as it's the closest one I have to relate to yours :/. I need a Renji icon or five.

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

*nods* It takes much more for me to see a pairing than them just being BFF. There has to be a spark as well. SOmething that triggers it for me, otherwise they're simply BFF. *g*

Yes! A Renji icon or five makes everything better! :D

Challenges from friends have caused me to write such odd things as Balrog/Witch-King from LotR. But I had more inspiration in those days... Now I have troubles just writing the plot bunnies I have.

*hugs* You'll make a damn fine Overlord of... um. Something, if not the Sith. :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Exactly... So I'm looking like I'm not nearly as linear in my thinking as I thought I was.

Got any recs for good renji icons? I gotta admit that he's basically the only character I'm head over heels for.

Maybe I should found my own dark order. *ponders*

Also I totally just realized I never friended back. I'm clearly failtastic.

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Try bosska_ak. She makes a lot of ByaRen icons, but also some Renji alone. gully_moe has made a few very nice ones as well. I have a few awesome Renjis made by leighs_lair in my collection too. :) I find most of my icons via bleach_icons, but there's a lot of posts to go through. *g*

Oh, your own dark order sounds good! Do you have cookies? Or chocolate? Because in that case, I'll join! :D

ETA: I forgot to say! I can understand that you fell for Renji, because he's truly made of awesome. Yes! *nodnods* <3