short of one of us changing,

[minxy]

I had this sad thing happen fannishly in the last few days. I hit this absolute impasse with a friend about what constituted a spoiler and what would be good to have behind a cut tag (short story, I think a casting spoiler is a spoiler because it hasn't aired in an episode yet; she feels that if it's aired in a commercial running on the scifi channel and all the hell over the boards and the T.V. Guides and such, then it's no longer a spoiler.) I really think we're both being pretty reasonable, and it makes me incredibly sad that I'm probably going to stop watching her LJ for a little while until the spoilers, by my definition, aren't. I was being all angsty and wanting her agreement on the defriending thing, but now I've caught up a little on my flist I am reminded that it's not all about me, and she really doesn't need to be burdened with my issues. So, hugs and love and temporary break.

So, for the record, I agree with sage_theory and tptigger on spoiler etiquette. I appreciate anyone who makes the effort to enable my complete spoiler-phobia and I do realize that I'm not always easy to accommodate, or predictable. Usually it's a non-issue and your normal MO has almost always been sufficient for me.

In an effort to cheer myself up, to celebrate nialla42 and because I've read some really impressively structured stories lately (not least from gateverse_remix, as a group, actually), I give you:

Kick-ass awesome structure in fanfic, a completely incomplete list of four in the Stargate 'verse:

nialla42's breadbox editions are a snarky, MST3K-structured send-up of the best, worst and most ridiculous in Stargate SG-1. She's coined terms like SNIT (Sam Needs Intensive Therapy) and done a pretty stellar job of not character bashing, but criticizing. All while bringing teh funny. I think they're all worksafe, unless the BDSMers calling for a safe word in certain scenes is over a line. SG-1.

Wot I read yesterday: The New Atlantian Dictionary of Literary Terms: A Complete Reference in Four Volumes, by thingswithwings. This has multiple pairings+, an incredible theme of communication running throughout, some of the most fascinating characterizations of Lorne and Kate that I've seen and a fascinating reference text definition structure, which thingswithwings uses to tell at least four interweaving stories that are complex, mostly happy, and wonderful. Not worksafe, I don't think. Slash, het, poly, femmeslash, friendship, campfire stories... you name it. SGA

Which reminds me of: Able to Zoo, by runpunkrun. Each section is a drabble, but also alphabetical, they may and probably will hit every pairing in SGA, and are likely to cause loud laughing. You are warned, people reading at work. R rated. SGA.

And, in celebration of the Jack/Daniel ficathon stories (which I haven't read yet) going live today, one of my favorites Jack/Daniels ever, from greensilver, runner of the ficathon Every Year. Amabar, Amor, Amabor. This was a story for Destina, and it has an incredible numbered structure that always impresses me in a very emotional way. I'm serious. The numbers are *moving*, and I suspect it's a combination of structure and story and storytelling, but it meshes incredibly well. Worksafe, actually, which always surprises me. SG-1.

Lastly, something that hopefully will cheer everyone (multi-fandom):