Mademoiselle Satine

There is a fair chunk of drama in Band of Brothers fandom at the moment. Someone (apparently a family member of one of the real men) found a fanfiction on fanfction.net (no sex) where a soldier is mentioned who didn't appear in the mini-series but did fight with the soldiers portrayed in BoB. I don't know if he was mentioned in the book.

I'm fairly new to Band of Brothers fandom but not to the idea of writing RPS or fanfic based on "true events". The usual drama occurs right now: lockdown of an already flocked community, people saying they will hide their stories etc.

I'm so fucking angry right now. The constant debate about fanfiction being illegal and/or morally wrong. When I do it, it's damnable; when Steven Spielberg does it, he gets an Emmy. *hates fandom for a moment*

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In totally unrelated news: The owner of fanhistory has developed a LJ bot to create article about the LJ users ins fanhistory. You can opt out by minimising the search function of your journal. found here

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Wenn ihr mal wieder richtig lachen wollt, empfehle ich diesen TAZ Artikel über erotische Literatur (Flagschiff: die MS Roche). Er enthält so wunderschöne Zitate wie dieses:

"Es soll schon möglich sein, die Bücher zum Onanieren zu nutzen", sagt Hirte, die ihre Magisterarbeit in Europäischer Ethnologie über "Frauen und Selbstbefriedigung" geschrieben hat. "Natürlich sind die Bücher auf Erotik fokussiert."

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Edit: Nanowrimo, here I come. (And I promise not to update about it - at all.)

lilbreck has a poll on masturbation.

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I'm trying very hard not to spam my flist with BoB related squee, I know it's bad enough that I responded to almost all new posts and comments with a BoB icon. I want to rec all the wonderful BoB fics I read all over the place. My fandom produces lines like: "Someone laughs too loud, lips spread too wide, and he'll recall a smile that was a country onto its own, language and geography unique."

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I just saw the Atlantic Project and have to ask myself: When is evil cool?

shellydkitty and aristoboule have made fantastic icon sets of Beth Ditto here and here.

And I got so many fantastic replies when I asked what people know about Poland. (Anyone willing to ask the same question about a certain topic? I'd be happy to answer. *g*)

One of my new favourite songs is "Titchaneni Elay" by Eviatar Banai. I heard it first in "Yossi & Jagger".

( Why do I keep reading Band of Brothers fic? )

Band of Brothers fanvid "Mr.Serious"

The vid is by raquel_el_pillo. The song "True Love" is by Mark Mallman. A few day ago he put his Greatest Hits (98-08) on his website but the download link is gone again. I uploaded "True Love" in case anyone like the song as much as I do.

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I really wish the author provided a summary for this excellent original story because I don't want to try it. But I guess I have to.
Fleur de Lys is the love story of two soldiers who served in the same company in WWI. It's about a friendship that could only exist in the void of war. It will turn your stomach and it will make you cry.

A quote:

Cowan had somehow got the mud off his face and more or less off his uniform, but there was nothing he could do about the stains. He was at least six foot four and younger than Dev had first thought. Hair colour was indistinguishable from mud. Blue eyed. Hard faced. Deverel leaned against the table and looked him over without interest.

“What did you think you were doing out there?”

Cowan’s eyes fixed on the wall. Deverel slammed a hand down on the table.

“Now listen. I can make life pretty damned unpleasant for you-“

Cowan’s eyes flickered down. It was a steady, hot stare, and it scorched right through Deverel, drying the rest of the lecture in his mouth.

It said You arrogant, pretentious little prick, what do you know?

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Warning: This story is intended for an adult audience, contains violence and deals with severe emotional traumata as well as suicide.

Amireal has the idea for an ad to bring the female sci-fi audience into focus

"These faces have paid to see: The Dark Knight. Iron Man. The Hulk. etc. etc. etc. These faces tune in weekly for: Battlestar Galactica. Stargate. etc. etc. etc."

"These faces are the ones who control the disposable income in the house."

"These faces are your audience."

"But apparently these faces are not your demographic."

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I finally bought the "Band of Brothers" DVD box and I'm in love with Winters (I know that everyone is) and Doc Roe (I want to hug him and tell him that he is doing his best, I want to kiss his red nose, I want to give him some gloves).
Recs, please?

And I know I'm late to the party and it makes me sad to see so many dead usernames.

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Es ist kalt und ich sitze hier mit Strickjacke und Rollkragenpulli, aber ich werde eisern bleiben und frühestens im Oktober den Heizkörper aufdrehen.