Dolorous Ett's Bestiary

I've just come back from a seminar on an attempt to combine 4 very different music styles in one concert - seemed like pointless navel-gazing when I was not-quite-strongarmed into going, but I came out realising that combining unlikely talents can bear surprising fruit. We all need to be reminded of that from time to time, I think.

And following hard on the heels of that last thought, it occurs to me that I spend far too much time treading the same well-worn trails over and over again in all sorts of ways - including my fannish life and my hobbies. I could really do with branching out a little, and I suspect I'm not the only one.

So what are you a fan of that I'm not? Tell why! And if you can spare the time, show me the best entry point for it - I'd love to be converted to something new! 

It's been ages since I've read any Harry Potter fanfiction. Which is really quite strange, considering that the whole purpose of this journal was to read and write the stuff.

This is no reflection on this journal, or its friends - I'm getting a lot of fun out of it just the way it is. But then, just occasionally, I get to thinking "Where's all the fanfic? I want to read a story!"

I'm up to my eyes in work, so this may seem a bit of a daft time to ask, but this is definitely one of my I-want-a-story days.

So who do you know that's writing good stuff now? Have you written something yourself, which I have shamefully overlooked? Do you know of older fanfics you think I'd like? I'd love to hear about it.

The last week has been a truly spectacular parade of crazy. I've had just about everything, from venal landlords to unfair blacklisting by checking agencies through loopy stuff at work and unwanted guests to my computer breaking down this afternoon (now mercifully fixed, or I wouldn't be writing this...)

Anyway, just when you think life couldn't get any crazier, it does. I have known for a long time that certain sectors of the HP fandom are batshit insane non-conventionally logical, but then I clicked a link to an expose of one Msscribe and the lengths to which she apparently went to acheive Big Name Fan status. And that was half my morning gone. Read it and weep - I've never seen such detail, or such misdirected energy. And plainly the plot is about to thicken: there are still 5 chapters left to go.
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On a (hopefully) more pleasant and edifying note, here is a nice meme I picked up from melusina_hp
1. Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff etc. in general.
2. Just one question, please, but it can (and perhaps should) have sub-parts.
3. That's it. It can be as normal or odd as you like.