talking about babylon 5 vs star trek: deep space nine and their respective merits (hint: the one with avery brooks is better):

prof_pangaea: but better b5 than voyager gah
lizbee: Yeah, but Voyager had Jeri Ryan. That's my friend's main area of interest.
lizbee: So to speak.
prof_pangaea: i think she looks like a fish, but i know i'm in the minority
lizbee: I think you've just proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are gay.
prof_pangaea: ahahahahahaha
lizbee: I mean, the being a man having sex with men, that was a strong hint.
lizbee: But now we know for sure.

somehow i ended up reading this article from cracked about orson scott card's recent bouts of homophobic asininity. there were a lot fewer boob jokes in the article than i would have expected from cracked, but it tries to make up for that lack with BBFs!! macros of orson scott card and strom thurmond. anyway, i only point it out because there were so many magnificent comments to the post:


Last of the Bloodline Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Just thought I’d mention, it’s not that God hates gays. God loves everyone, gays, rapists, murderers, jerks at the coffee shop, EVERYONE. It’s that being gay, or a rapist, or a murderer, or a jerk, is a slap in God’s face. It’s breaking his rules. He’ll always forgive us, but c’mon, why be an ass? He’s a great guy, and he deserves a bit more respect.

i want to make an icon of this, BUT IT'S JUST TOO MANY WORDS.

Hexada Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

First they want to get married. Next thing you know they’ll want to ride our busses, drink from our water fountains, play our football, and sleep with our women. “Where da straight womenz at? Where da straight womenz at?” Seriously, fuck those gays. Those gays think they’re so great with their tight pants and tiny cars and their pop music.

i think this one is already covered by most of the tenth doctor icons ever created.

sometime later i am going to be doing the dishes and suddenly think of a sad little person looking at me and saying, "c'mon, man, why be an ass? ...he's a great guy."


meanwhile, my mormon grandmother has no problems with my immense queerness. although she does make fun of me for being a vegetarian.

My non-access to the intarweb prevented me from wishing everyone yesterday a very happy Lincoln's Birthday. Every year we celebrate the anniversary of Lincoln's birth with merry-making, chocolate, the wearing of fake Lincoln beards, and commemorative use of the Princeton Rub (between consenting adults, of course!). As William G. Greene, Lincoln's life-long friend stated, Lincoln was "well and firmly built: his thighs were as perfect as a human being's could be."

Here's to all my friends having a wonderful day full of perfect thighs.

According to Kelsey, the Best Pick-up Line Ever: "I'm sorry your gay vampire wedding ended in death."

While reading The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Les Klinger, I am constantly reminded that while other fandoms might be full of seriously disturbed people, My Fandom Is Crazier Than Yours. And so shall it always be. Here are a couple of theories about Reichenback that Klinger mentions:

"Auberon Redfearn concludes that Moriarty escaped death because his black cloak (Watson notices only a 'black figure', but a black cape or cloak is standard gard for villains) acted as a parachute until it caught on a branch and Moran was able to rescue him." (italics added by my astounded brain)

"Jason Rouby reveals, in 'A Confidential Communication', that Holmes let Moriarty go and that Moriarty subsequently achieved moral rehabilitation and, assuming the name J. Edgar Hoover, pursued a career in law enforcement in the United States." (the most unbelievable part of that theory is that it assumes that Hoover had morals).

I don't think anything can beat this, though:
"More farfetched is the work of Alastair Martin, in 'Finding the Better Half', which identifies Moriarty as the widow of Count Dracula whom Holmes encountered at the Reichenbach, wed, and spent three years with during the great Hiatus." (OK... this guy never says that Moriarty is a man... but he doesn't seem to say that Moriarty is a woman, and so I am forced to conclude that this is THE GAYEST THING EVER).

Please bear in mind that the majority of these writers are middle-aged, middle class white men, with normal jobs like "broker".

The Limpflig: I remember reading this one TOS novel...
Inverness1854: wait --
Inverness1854: alternate universe
Inverness1854: spock is captain, kirk is an ensign
Inverness1854: it's incredibly gay!
The Limpflig: it was kind of an alternate dimension in which Kirk had some bad breaks and instead of--!
The Limpflig: yes!
Inverness1854: wahahaha!
Inverness1854: i am master of all star trek novels!!