I Should Just Not Talk
Jan. 6th, 2005 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sadlikeknivesMost recent conversation with my fanfic-reading aunt, as of this Monday.
I really need to make some entries that aren't in script format.
Fanfic-Reading Aunt (FRA): Have you ever heard of Nan Dribble*?
My Brain: *remembers FRA's fondness for Spike*
My Mouth**: Uh...is she a Redemptionista?
FRA: ...how do you know that term?
My Brain: Because I was lurking on the Buffy boards when it was coined. And livin' it up over on the RosBoards, and the DA boards, and the OTB boards, and OMG do NOT open your mouth
My Mouth: Oh, heh, heh, you know, it's pretty common in fandom. Heh, heh.
I realize I do, in fact, know Nan Dribble, but she wasn't going by that name when I spoke to her last.
FRA: Well, I've been reading some of her stories, and they're really good. You should check them out.
My Mouth: Heh, heh, um...well, all that's not really not my cup of tea, but...uh...if it's Redemptionista work you're after, you should check out Dancing Lessons. I don't know how to get to it, but the authors working on that drove themselves cra--I mean, I seem to remember someone saying that was really good. Um. Totally not former friends and compatriots with the Redemptionistas! Not me, nosirree. I don't even know what MBTV is! And, um, I think Nan was in charge.
My Brain: You should stop talking. NOW.
My Mouth: I haven't the faintest clue who Nan Dribble could be, I mean, she's certainly not a lurkernan or anything and I'll shut my mouth now.
My Family: *stares at me like I've grown two heads. Understandably.*
Me***: Have you tried livejournal? There are a lot of really good fic communities. I don't really know the Buffy ones, 'cause I stay out of that fandom 'cause it's scary--
My Brain: don'tmentionfoxdon'tmentionfox she can track you down through![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fox1013
Me: --but, um, there's always![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
open_on_sunday, I think that's a Buffy community, and of course there's the crack_van.
My Family: *goes quiet and still and unamused. Understandably.*
Me: Uh...Uh...multifandom mobile addiction unit, it's like a play on words, lots of really good recommendations. Heh. Heh. Heh?
*facepalm*
*It's entirely possible I misheard her, as googling 'Nan Dribble' brings up precisely bullhockey. But I'm sure about the 'Nan.'
**At this point, my brain disconnected from my mouth entirely, leaving it to run free and dig me a hole to bury myself in.
***My brain reconnected to my mouth, but it wasn't much help at all.
Edit: lurkernan wasn't in charge of DL, cousinjean was. My bad. But I'm still reasonably sure that's who Nan Dribble is, if only because fandom is a smaller place than we usually think. And did you guys know DL has a lj community?
I really need to make some entries that aren't in script format.
Fanfic-Reading Aunt (FRA): Have you ever heard of Nan Dribble*?
My Brain: *remembers FRA's fondness for Spike*
My Mouth**: Uh...is she a Redemptionista?
FRA: ...how do you know that term?
My Brain: Because I was lurking on the Buffy boards when it was coined. And livin' it up over on the RosBoards, and the DA boards, and the OTB boards, and OMG do NOT open your mouth
My Mouth: Oh, heh, heh, you know, it's pretty common in fandom. Heh, heh.
I realize I do, in fact, know Nan Dribble, but she wasn't going by that name when I spoke to her last.
FRA: Well, I've been reading some of her stories, and they're really good. You should check them out.
My Mouth: Heh, heh, um...well, all that's not really not my cup of tea, but...uh...if it's Redemptionista work you're after, you should check out Dancing Lessons. I don't know how to get to it, but the authors working on that drove themselves cra--I mean, I seem to remember someone saying that was really good. Um. Totally not former friends and compatriots with the Redemptionistas! Not me, nosirree. I don't even know what MBTV is! And, um, I think Nan was in charge.
My Brain: You should stop talking. NOW.
My Mouth: I haven't the faintest clue who Nan Dribble could be, I mean, she's certainly not a lurkernan or anything and I'll shut my mouth now.
My Family: *stares at me like I've grown two heads. Understandably.*
Me***: Have you tried livejournal? There are a lot of really good fic communities. I don't really know the Buffy ones, 'cause I stay out of that fandom 'cause it's scary--
My Brain: don'tmentionfoxdon'tmentionfox she can track you down through
fox1013Me: --but, um, there's always
open_on_sunday, I think that's a Buffy community, and of course there's the crack_van.My Family: *goes quiet and still and unamused. Understandably.*
Me: Uh...Uh...multifandom mobile addiction unit, it's like a play on words, lots of really good recommendations. Heh. Heh. Heh?
*facepalm*
*It's entirely possible I misheard her, as googling 'Nan Dribble' brings up precisely bullhockey. But I'm sure about the 'Nan.'
**At this point, my brain disconnected from my mouth entirely, leaving it to run free and dig me a hole to bury myself in.
***My brain reconnected to my mouth, but it wasn't much help at all.
Edit: lurkernan wasn't in charge of DL, cousinjean was. My bad. But I'm still reasonably sure that's who Nan Dribble is, if only because fandom is a smaller place than we usually think. And did you guys know DL has a lj community?
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Date: 2005-01-07 06:12 am (UTC)Awesome.
If it helps? Even if she finds all my archived fic, she'd have to actively search LJ to find me. There really isn't anything that says "hey! This is
Most of the DL redemptionistas, on the other hand...
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Date: 2005-01-07 09:05 am (UTC)Of course, you never know...you might convert her to Wesfaithlah.
Gah, even the parts of my journal I deemed unlockable would be enough to hang me with. If she found me, I'd have to go underground again. And just the other day she was asking about the boards I used to admin! I don't know how she found out about Meta. Too close for comfort, I tell you.