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You could probably report it to either. One thing you should find out first is whether the UK has laws based on internet harrassment. It's likely they do in this day and age. You can try contacting them, and the mods, first. If they say go chat up the US folks, do that.

I know for sure the US has federal laws about harrassment on the internet; I was the subject of it once. My dad went a little trigger-happy and wanted them arrested because they could have been. It's pretty serious, so I'm sure wherever you go they'll take *you* seriously.

Also, if you have any screencaps or downloaded evidence of this guy, or if anyone else does, it would be good to keep handy and present it. The more hard evidence the better. The mods might be useful for that.

A friend linked me to a couple of Evangelion fics which she said were fairly awful, and she wondered if anyone here would take them on.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/2628/hell1.txt

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/2628/hellstorm2.txt

So. If anyone wants to tackle them, here you are.

She doesn't check the Board as often as she would like, so I'll make sure to remind her. Can't wait till it's done! * dances *

I think it is because they don't attempt to avoid Ferris being a Stu.

He is, and Ferris definitely knows it, and uses it to his advantage in the movie. Which makes it funny instead of annoying.

Actually, Ferris is kind of like a male Haruhi Suzumiya, now that I think about it.

Let me preface this by saying that I am a rather girly boy. The vast majority of my friends in high school were girls. I read Pride and Prejudice because I wanted to. I appreciate a good romance every bit as much as a good adventure, and get just as annoyed as Mom does when Dad asks the inevitable "did they win?".

I agree with Leto, by the way - Mercedes Lackey is a tremendous author, and definitely one of my favorites. She's on my list, along with Lewis, Tolkien, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Neal Stephenson.

Anyways, back to the question at hand. There are times, both while reading published fiction and fanfiction, that it's quite obvious that the story was written by a woman for women. They fall into two main categories - bad thinking and bad biology.

Bad thinking is (fortunately) by far the most prevalent. There have been lots of moments in stories where I've thought "wait, guys don't think like that." It's usually minor enough that I think of it as an error like a plothole or a typo.

Obviously, there is enough variation in guys that as long as a character stays in-character for himself, he can think a little bit (or a large bit) strangely. It's just the occasional "wait, what?" moments that are confusing.

When it happens, bad biology is a lot more annoying. I won't go into details here, because the more common mistakes are definitely not PG-13. (E-mail me if you're morbidly curious - Techno.Dann(at)gmail.)

My advice for writers is fairly simple - if you're worried about making mistakes when it comes to writing the opposite gender, find someone who is said opposite gender who you can ask the embarrassing questions.

I really don't feel set apart from the community because of my gender - thanks to the Internet, everyone is a user name and a few paragraphs of text. Sure, I know that the vast majority of you out there are girls, but that isn't shoved in my face on a regular basis like it would be if we met face-to-face. The biggest things that stand out to me are errors in writing.

???? I just got a new computer and I have no idea how to change thing over. I am stuck trying to read katakana and hirigana mixed with kanji and I can:t do anything on my comp!!!

L

I don:t know about other guys, but my main view at it is preference. My favourite published author is a woman, Mercedes Lackey. (I know the hissing starts now) but I like the way that she writes. That doesn:t mean that all of her work is really good, or even mediocre, but her gems outway the busts in my opinion.

This has bering on my view of fanfiction. Because I have read books by both male and female authors, reading the fanfiction of the opposing gender is interesting. LotR is a prime example. Unfortunatly, the majority of the fanfiction is about a mary sue falling into middle earth, which is interesting because there are increadibly few actual relationships in the serise. There is a fundamental shift in the point of view.

While I am not saying that men don:t write relationship stories, it is just that there is less emphasis on the relationship aspect of the story unless it is key to the plot (Terry Pratchett "Wintersmith" or Terry Brooks Shannara serise (a couple of them)).

To answer the question: No, I personally don:t feal set apart because the fics are something that I would have never conciders (I am only counting well writen ones in this category) Which I hope is the same for the reverse.

Leto

I should not be reading this when I have stuff due in two hours.

But, it's Good Omens OFU!

No threats against Authors. That's not what the PPC is for. The 'Sue, however, deserves to be resurrected and re-Rabbitted several times.

hS

I've done some of my lines, I just need to finish them now. I ought to have them in before the 31st, but I'm gonna need some nagging in case I forget. *is a procrastinator, even with things she enjoys*

He's made appearance again, this time using anonymous reviews so we can't trace him, but we have our suspicions he'll strike with an account again sometime.

My point is, it's clearly not legal to send obscene and threatening messages to kids. If he shows up again, I want to report to the proper authorities beyond the mods. I don't know how useful it would be, but I'm pretty sure the registration process must keep some data that could be used to track the user if necessary, and even if not I'd at least like to feel like I've tried.

Who should I report to? I'm in the UK so I don't know whether to contact authorities here or in the US where the site and probably the spammer are based.

How does Ferris Bueller avoid being a Marty Stu? Why is watching him get away with everything and get out of every situation funny instead of grating on nerves?

(I'd have emailed this out to interview participants, but really, there aren't enough of you!)

Simple question, really: With the vast majority of people in this fanfic community being female, with many of them writing with the expectation that their readers will be women, do you ever have times when being male makes you feel set apart from the rest of us? Either in a good or bad way, or really just anything noticeable that makes you aware of the gender difference.

(I really should have included this in the interviews. Alas, my list of questions that I 'should have' asked is almost rivalling the original for sheer length. This is a Bad Thing. Nonetheless, I'm curious, and I'll probably be told off for not making at least one more point about this issue.)

(Ladies, of course, you're welcome to comment too. But I'm aiming for the guys.)

A rare work of genius indeed. I might go so far as to title it an enduring classic.

...also, Vexen happens to be my favorite O.XIII member. :P

It's an awesome story, and awesomer because it's so true.

That's more than a little horrible.

while Audacity will only take MP3s, I'm pretty certain I know how to convert MP4s to MP3, so yes, I'll take MP4s.

But I was on vacation when that happend. I will do the lines over again and get then to you as soon as possible.

Leto

(Cross-posted to the other Board)

Yes, I know the last one is still visible, but Trojie and I have made an executive decision recently.

No lines have been handed in since the last reminder post. This is Bad. Therefore, we have set a deadline by which time we would like all lines in by. This date is:

31st October 2008. Latest. Please.

We didn't want to set a deadline, but the lack of lines arriving kind of nudged us to it. Many thanks to the people who have handed in already, and we hope to get the rest in soon. Apologies, all: we aren't trying to nag, but we would like those lines in.

And just for reference, the people who have not sent in their lines:

Ansela
Artic Blade
BattleHamster
BeetleFire (lines done by Insanegrrl)
Chatvert
Crystal
Elcalion
Fichunter
Fynn
insanegrrl
Jai
just_theDoctor
Laburnum
Leto Haven (hasn't sent Lucien lines yet, and has only sent .aups not MP3s .. sigh)
lynxihez
Oozaru Angel
Paddlebrains
Pigeonarmy (needs to send in Archer and Sabbat)
Platinumyo
Rohirric Monkey

Yes, I know the last one is still visible, but Trojie and I have made an executive decision recently.

No lines have been handed in since the last reminder post. This is Bad. Therefore, we have set a deadline by which time we would like all lines in by. This date is:

31st October 2008. Latest. Please.

We didn't want to set a deadline, but the lack of lines arriving kind of nudged us to it. Many thanks to the people who have handed in already, and we hope to get the rest in soon. Apologies, all: we aren't trying to nag, but we would like those lines in.

And just for reference, the people who have not sent in their lines:

Ansela
Artic Blade
BattleHamster
BeetleFire (lines done by Insanegrrl)
Chatvert
Crystal
Elcalion
Fichunter
Fynn
insanegrrl
Jai
just_theDoctor
Laburnum
Leto Haven (hasn't sent Lucien lines yet, and has only sent .aups not MP3s .. sigh)
lynxihez
Oozaru Angel
Paddlebrains
Pigeonarmy (needs to send in Archer and Sabbat)
Platinumyo
Rohirric Monkey

I can't read it cos I beez at work, but read it I shall when I get home.

And no doubt I shall want to see it dead. I propose that the Author is fed to the Rabbit of Caerbannog.

it's the PYTHON...

she buggered up the PYTHON...

...kill...

...well, i would kill, except i'm now too weak-willed from this horror even to spell capitals. except in cases of emphasis...

;_;

*iz ded*