*twitch*

[icepixie]

I really should just stop going to fanfiction.net, because it always makes my blood pressure rise. But can I just say that I am REALLY, REALLY SICK of portmanteaus? People. Enough. If I see one more "Sheyla, "McShep," or "McWeir," I'm gonna scream. There was a "Teyden" in one summary. TEYDEN, FOR GOD'S SAKE. If you can't see the bad in this, then I don't know what to tell you. ("Shweir" has even started to annoy me, though I can understand the Wayne's World humor of it. But. Still.)

And is there some reason why people refuse to use "/" between names anymore when they're not combining them in hideous combinations? The slash key isn't hard to find, people! (Not that slash key. Although having a key for it would be amusing.)

*headdesk*

(Also: Spam spam spammity spam! You can always tell when I'm on some kind of vacation!)

Comments

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

Ugh. That drives me crazy, too, even when people write it as a joke. Because pretty soon, it stops being a joke.

[icepixie]

Yep. Stupid things like this need to be nipped in the bud.

[comedownstairs.livejournal.com]

I know on ff.net, the slash key in the summaries doesn't work for me. I put up my Willow/Oz trilogy there, and it took me weeks to notice that it was in there as WillowOz because for some reason it just refused to read the /.

[icepixie]

Huh. FFnet is just strange. I thought there might be a problem with it not recognizing the "/", but I wasn't sure if it might be some new fad.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

I think Bobby McShep would be a great name for a character. He could eat at McWeir's restaurant. With his friend Sheyla Teyden.

And then a meteor drops on the restaurant and kills them.

[icepixie]

And then a meteor drops on the restaurant and kills them.

I wanna see that. Like right now.

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

I'm still wondering why people have drifted to the portmanteau thing for pairings. For some it's amusing -- Shweir still makes me smile a bit because I'm twelve -- but others it just sounds stupid. I guess I can kind of understand it as a switch from just letters for fandoms where there are just waaaay too many characters whose names start with the same letter like Smallville, but it's not necessary for a lot of things.

It would be interesting to catalogue which fandoms use which listings, though. I've only seen portmanteaus for Smallville, Buffy and Atlantis. I doubt you'd see listings for "Sack" or "Dank" in SG-1. ;)

(I do think ff.net may take out / in summaries, though. I know many will strip \. I wonder if Thing1//Thing2 wuld show up as Thing1/Thing2.)

Not that slash key. Although having a key for it would be amusing.

"I keep hitting the slash key but those silly boys still aren't shagging!" I do have to wonder about the blackslash key now...

[icepixie]

For the fandoms with a lot of character names starting with the same letter, can't they just use the names (first or last) of said characters and not make my brain hurt? Atlantis is the only fandom I read where it occurs with some regularity, but it's definitely starting to get on my last nerve.

(I do think ff.net may take out / in summaries, though. I know many will strip \. I wonder if Thing1//Thing2 wuld show up as Thing1/Thing2.)

Leaving aside entirely the amusement that Thing 1/Thing 2 would engender, of course. *snerk*

"I keep hitting the slash key but those silly boys still aren't shagging!" I do have to wonder about the blackslash key now...

*sporfle!*

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

*dances* I made up Shweir FOR the Wayne's World humor. *hee* It was on the Shep/Liz list at Yahoo and in my LJ. Yay for making up cool stuff.

I'm currently on the McShweir thang. But I usually use the / with names.

[icepixie]

*dances* I made up Shweir FOR the Wayne's World humor. *hee* It was on the Shep/Liz list at Yahoo and in my LJ. Yay for making up cool stuff.

Was it you who came up with that? (I was already on sheppard_n_weir at the time, but I don't remember who first posted about it.) So it's you I have to blame? ;)

I'm currently on the McShweir thang. But I usually use the / with names.

For which I am most grateful.

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

Yup, that was so me! LOL, back when the sheppard_n_weir list started, they were talking about a "name" for the ship, so I posted ;)

Nevermind THIS icon which Torri made me do. She did, I TELL YOU SHE DID!

LOL

I do so love that list. Most of the time.

*mwah*

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

For that matter, I posted the first McWeir icons over there, too. *Facepalms* Its all my fault. Please don't keeeeeeeeeeell me.

[lizardlaugh.livejournal.com]

*cough*

If you are looking at ff.net, they no longer allow the "/" in summaries.

[icepixie]

So I see. I wonder why? I would suggest colons as a replacement, except then I'd be thinking ratios, and that's just not right. ;)