I can't believe nobody has made that joke yet. So, let me be the first.

It's also Lore's birthday, Ypsi's brother's birthday, and Delta's birthday. YAY!

It's also 4chan's birthday. Many of us may have complicated feeling about that. I know I do!

That's right, mine! Just thought I'd let y'all know.

I forgot to fill in the author part.

Some fandom news.

Sword Art Online: Alicization has recently been annouced. I've been waiting for this ever since Ordinal Scale teased its release.

Some bad news.

Apparently, Hollywood thought it was a good idea to adapt yet another anime into live action. This time, they have chosen to adapt "Kimi o na wa" or "Your Name". They just never learn, do they? Given their track record, I can only hope that it is at least better than Dragonball Evolution and Netflix Death Note.

...your answer was CORRECT! :D

Both #1 and #3 were right on the money, respectively featuring Ash becoming an alicorn (yes, really) and Harry being an animagus who could turn into the Spinosaurus from JP3 (yes, really). Both of them also involved inserting the crossover elements into one of the continua featured in their respective stories, with Alicorn!Ash being shoehorned into the episodes of MLP Season 3, and Spino!Harry actually BEING the JP3 Spino. Yeah, I cringed so much at both and I'm considering adding the one with Spino!Harry to the Unclaimed list if I get the time.

The "excerpt" with vampire!Violet and Wilbur was painful for me to write, but the first two things that came to mind when I thought about what to pull out of my butt were the Willet crossover ship and the fact that the Twilight saga used to be one of the most widely known and polarizing continua back in the day. Violet being a vampire is an AU I've seen on some thankfully rare few occasions while perusing DeviantArt, and my original intent was for her to be frightened by her being a vampire due to a recent transformation but her being a vamp from the get-go sounded weirder for my taste.

Also, how dare you accuse me of actually WANTING to write crossovers as weird and twisted as what I presented, lol. I doubt even I would consider it... especially not after the LAST time I tried it. X'D

. . . so #3 is my creation, and #4 is a real story. I didn't think I was being such a tricksy hobbit when I first posted!

—there's a reason doctorlit doesn't typically post in the badfic games

http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=color

This is a generator that generates colors with magical properties like in Fallen London. I was curious about the game and looked it up. As such, I know about Fallen London. Sort of. I also posted this because I kinda wanted to show you the generator itself, as you, someone who has heard of the game, would probably enjoy the generator.

Have fun with the generator.

-Twistey

Did anyone know that Iron Sky has a website? Some of you probably did, but I only recently discovered it, and am very excited to begin exploring once I get over my chicken-ness and start. All I know is it's got a Flash thing on the main page, so it's probably interactive to some degree. Probably also was made to promote the upcoming second movie (which will ironically enough be released in 2018, and if you remember the Friday Forum segment hS did on it, will involve Hitler riding a T-rex. Yep. It's that weird.)

Ironsky.net is the address. Type it in if you dare, because apparently it doesn't turn into a link.

Now, some of you may be asking, why am I suddenly so knowledgeable about this movie that hS told us about one random day? The answer is: I got curious, especially since 2018 (when the space Nazis land in the movie) is the second calendar year in this school year, and I started speculating about what some of my friends would do if some of the spacefaring fascists took a wrong turn and landed near their location. Upon reading the plot of the movie on Wikipedia, I learned exactly how hilariously weird the movie was (and also concluded that were this to happen IRL, I'd probably get some blonde hair dye thrown at my face. And I would absolutely hate it.) I decided I liked it, and then continued researching it further. And then I found the website and bookmarked it. So yeah.

Thank you for reading my weird piece of Not News. You may now continue with life.

-Twistey

(And because this was posted mainly for hS, I shall accompany it with a piece of obligatory googly-eyed Walfas art.

http://www.makemegoogly.com/67XB7

There you go.)

(aka, I'm attempting to pass on, with some degree of accuracy, things I read on the Internet that appeared to be backed by evidence, but people should feel free to straighten me out)

One thing that seems to exist, from what little we can tell about neurobiology, is a brain-internal map-of-the-self, which gives you a general sense of what your body should consist of. One thing included in that is which sex-linked physical characteristics you expect to have. As I understand it, that mentally-expected layout is your gender identity. This gender identity often both a) matches what is physically present and b) falls into categories we (as a culture) have created called "male" and "female".

Not meeting condition a (gender identity != physical characteristics) makes you transgender (although I believe it's a matter of personal preference and/or fierce debate whether that description persists after transitioning, that is, fixing your physical characteristics so they better match your gender identity, is concluded). Not meeting condition b (gender identity doesn't fall into the male/female buckets) makes you non-binary.

Complicating everything is gender expression, which is how you fit in to the cultural stuff about how a "man" or "woman" should look, act, talk, etc.. That seems to be a related but somewhat separate axis from identity and physical sex stuff. I'll leave that to someone who could say intelligent things about it, except to remark that being regarded as/referred to as/... the gender you identify as is a very big deal, since it's, roughly speaking, a significant component of who you are.

- Tomash

1 is the fake. I actually had Phobos come up with it so it wouldn't seem like something I'd think of, but then I tweaked it to add more detail, trying to make it feel more like something someone put all their feelings into, like the other ones, and apparently that was a mistake.

But yeah, two and three are fun. They're from Quotev, and are respectively "Love in the Dark" and "The Second Potter." I haven't read much of "The Second Potter," but "Love in the Dark" features one Mikaela Snape and is pretty dang funny. The fic seems to be mainly a retelling of the books, only with her shoehorned into half the canon events. Meanwhile, she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a good guy or not. Half the time she's being nice to Harry and friends, the other half she's helping Draco torture Neville and then going out and spending loads of money on fancy rings for her BFF and future love interest. Because eleven-year-old Draco is all about fancy rings and not, say, racing brooms. And also Snape calls her Flower. *snort*

I might claim that one. The fic has a soundtrack I can use to torture Derik. Could be fun.

~Neshomeh

Both Catwoman are in on the LGBT ride:

- The Catwoman we mostly know, Selina Kyle, is - as you know - occasional on-an-off fling of Batman (plus she has a child with another man), but she was confirmed bisexual (via smooching a yakuza lady) in Catwoman #39, in 2015

- Second Catowman, Holly Robinson (protegee of Selina), was full-blown lesbian. She was killed off, unfortunately.

As for Constantine, oh yeah - he was confirmed bisexual since 1992.

Adding to what Uber mentioned, I still remember by heart some of other comic LGBT:

- Alysia Yeoh [DC], trans woman
- Wiccan & Hulkling [Marve], both gay
- newest Aqualad (Jackson Hyde; DC) outed himself as gay not so long ago.
- America Chavez [Marvel]

All of these scream like something you'd write, and it's perfectly in the realm of possibility that you did, knowing your past record. Doing some light research, I'm assuming #1 is Pokémon and My Little Pony, #2 is a Mega-Crossover involving Incredibles, Meet The Robinsons, and Twilight, with some crossover ships thrown in the mix... one that's apparently surprisingly common, and the last one is a Harry Potter and Jurrasic Park crossover... one that involves Harry becoming a Dinosaur...

Jesus Christ you're not making this easy, but if I had to choose I'd go with #2 for the simple fact that I can't find anything directly relating to it on The Pit or AO3

Number four is your own creation. 3 isn't actually inherently badfic that I can tell—which makes me think it's actually legitimate.

That is from the genuinely terrible fic Profesor Lupus and the Curse of the Wearwolf.

I made up number 3. Ya done played yourself. =]

This post comes to you live from the Touchdown Café in Canterbury Christ Church University, where I have just embarked upon an MA in Creative Writing. It's a fascinating course with a lot of time to hone my craft as a genre author, so it'll be interesting to see how this affects my PPC stuff.

One of the course elements that I'm particularly excited about is a section on learning to write critical essays... so I'll be doing that. I have something in mind for what to write a critical essay concerning, too:

TOS.

Wish me luck. =]

... is that if I read enough, I won't have to talk to people any more.

I am fine with that.

hS, incorrigible introvert

(Obviously talking on the Internet doesn't count; the Board is more like interactive fiction with some seriously awesome characters.)

I'm pretty sure Catwoman is currently in the middle of being proposed to by Batman? Also, I remember Constantine flirting with several women... are they both shown as bi, or is this something else on the spectrum?

Anyway, thanks! Random trivia I've heard:

-Apparently Bobby Drake was always implied to be gay (depending on the writer, at least); it's just that it's only recently they've been allowed to say it. It looks like Northstar had the same issue - it was implied from his first appearance in 1979, but only said in 1992.

-Speaking of weddings... one Batwoman writer was seriously angry when DC declared that they wouldn't be allowed to let Batwoman marry her girlfriend. For... reasons? I'unno.

hS

Because it's been a while since I posted here and this sounded like fun, so why the heck not.

1) "Try Again, Twi. you can do it." said spike

"Phew' This spell's a toughie. But I feel Lucky this time." said Twilight

"You can say that again, Twilight" said Ash as Twilight turns around and sees Ash "Ash you made it" Twilight said as she nuzzle him "I never be late and spike's right try again" said Ash as twilight smiled then went back at the apple "One...Two..." her horn is glowing ready to change the apple until "Hi!" Pinkie pie pounce on her then her magic was misfire bouncing at every side and hits the bird

"Pinkie you should be careful you almost got hit" Ash said

"Ash is right Why'd you do that?" said Twilight

"Sorry 'cause hugs are funeriffic! especially when you throw one around a friend. Whatcha doin'?" said Pinkie

"Trying to turn that apple into an Orange." said Twilight

"But you kind of threw her aim off." said spike as they see a orange with wings flying pass them "Well they don't call them flying oranges for nothing" Ash said in the humor but sees the flying orange ridiculous "Ash I got your side set for you to start practicing your alicorn magic" Twilight shows Ash an strawberry "So I need to turn that strawberry to something?" said Ash

"Yes Ash you need to change it to a kiwi" said spike

"I can do that" said Ash

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2) "Your skin... It sprakles!" I gasped.

Violet looked down at her foream, turning her hand over and over. It was indeed true; her skin seemd to glisten like a million diamonds had been embedded into her skin. She stepped away from the ray of sunlight, her expression sullen.

"You cann't be near me, Wilbur, it's too dangerous," she said. "I could kill you. The possibility really is there. You could vanish one night, without a trace, and nobody would eer know hwere you went. The only trace of your fate would be hte blood on my fangs!"

"It's a risk I'm willng to take," I replied, my eyes taking a look of stely determination. "Violet, I... I always wanted to tell you this... You're BEAUTIFUL."

Her eyes widened. "...I am??"

"You've always been beautiful, Vi." A warm smile on my face "And being av ampire doesn't change that at all."

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3) Harry finished eating the man that had shot him, he could smell the others that dared come to his island. He quickly got to the odd, white object and growled. He quietly got close to the object and smelled it, yes the intruders were inside of the thing. Harry smashed his right clawed hand into the thing's side, his claws sinking into the 'skin' of the object without any resistance. He then sank his other hand into the other side of the thing and then started pulling, the object making a ripping sound before it fell off, landing with a crash to the forest floor.

His targets were staring at him with fear, yes, he was the alpha predator here! He looked over all of the humans until his eyes came across one with red hair and bright emerald green eyes, he knew her. A memory flashed in his mind, that woman was holding him in her arms and was smiling at him. Roaring in pain as the memory hurt his mind so much, like his skull was being attacked by the vicious claw of the raptors! Harry angrily roared at the woman and lunged forward, attempting to snap at her legs.

He got a man instead, Harry dropped him and as he tried to crawl away, he stepped on his legs before tearing him in half. He ate the man before he used his powers to slash the tree down, making the object roll away, he gave chase. That woman would die, somehow she had hurt him, the greatest predator of the island! The pathetic humans had run out of the safety of the object before returning to it, attempting to hide. Well, he thought, I'll make sure they don't escape.

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Which one is the fake? Take your pick! :D

-SS

I read through them on my phone at lunch, and I could argue for each one being both a real fanfic, and a fabrication on your part.

I thiiiiiiink number one is the phony badfic. It just feels more like your style of parodic badness to me, in that it's more character-focused rather than changing the social customs of the Wizarding World, like number two does.

—doctorlit, probably wrong this time

There are a few short chapters from Its perspective in It, which I won't quote because my fingers have cheese grease on them. But yeah, It basically looks down on humans like really stupid cattle. If It is capable of love, It certainly wouldn't consider love with a human.

—it's also really hard for doctorlit to hold that brick-shaped book open and type at the same time, so

This isn't a new story, but a friend of mine showed it to me today, and I bet it will interest most of you folks, too. Neuroscience shows that reading can make you better at peopling. {= )

"Your Brain on Fiction"

~Neshomeh