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Today’s post is the last of three go-to pieces of criticism suggested by Matt Hills: his first was for fan studies generally; his second, for Doctor Who, and today we get his last.  –FC

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Lastly, if I had to absolutely and artificially name just one title that has cut across a huge swathe of my work since it was published (and formed the basis of an entire book of mine responding to its ideas — Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event from 2015) then it would probably come down to this, in terms of the sheer number of times that I’ve cited it and built on its ideas…

One Quote to Rule Them All, Perhaps:

different contexts of delivery and the paratexts that often provide such contexts expand the text, in the process offering different possibilities for its valuation. If “aura” is the sense of a text’s authenticity and authority—which, by nature, could never be an actual, uncontested quality of a text, only a discursively constructed value—while Benjamin focuses on how reproduction can lessen aura, surely we might explore ways in which reproduction might change the text, add context, “tradition,” and “presence,” and thereby increase aura.
         The Two Towers DVDs wrap the film in aura; housed in an attractive, high-quality box, the discs are filled with explicit and implicit grabs at the title of “Work of Art.”  (Gray 2010: 97)

It’s from Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers and Other Media Paratexts by Jonathan Gray (2010). Not really a fan studies book per se, but it sometimes gets treated as such, I feel. And Martin Barker (2017) wrote a journal article on how the concept of the “paratext” had become vital to fan studies in the wake of Gray’s intervention. In a sense, this work might encapsulate the first two academic texts that I’ve mentioned above - both of them are really about how fans consume, interpret, and commune with paratextual materials such as comic-con souvenirs or official magazines. Gray’s scope is very wide-ranging, taking in industry “hype” as much as fan-created paratexts, but I think that his ahead-of-the-curve turn to paratextuality continues to be indispensable for theorising fandom in our social media-framed, platformised, and algo-ridden present, where fans are constantly navigating, negotiating and creating (as well as trying to tune out, evade, or viscerally reject) worlds and whorls of proliferating paratextual matter comprising of widely differing cultural politics.   

— Matt Hills (Honorary Professor at the University of Bristol, and previously Professor of Fandom Studies at Huddersfield University).

Poster: Francesca Coppa

Poem: "The Forgotten Flower"

Jun. 2nd, 2026 03:04 pm
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This is today's freebie. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] siliconshaman, [personal profile] enchanted_jae, and [personal profile] frith. It also fills the "Lavender" square in my 6-1-26 card for the Pride Fest bingo. This poem belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics and is filed in the Shiv thread.

Read more... )

Poetry Fishbowl Open!

Jun. 2nd, 2026 02:16 pm
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Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Fun with Language." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.

I'll be soliciting ideas for linguists, translators, interpreters, historians, diplomats, refugees, explorers, partners, teachers, clergy, leaders, superheroes, supervillains, alien or fantasy species, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, rebels, other people who get into interesting linguistic situations, translating, interpreting, reading, researching, revising theories, conversing, traveling, inventing languages, parenting, teaching, adventuring, leaving your comfort zone, discovering things, conducting experiments, observation changing experiments, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, cleaning up messes, cooperating, bartering, taking over in an emergency, saving the day, discovering yourself, studying others, asking for help and getting it, testing boundaries, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, sharing, preparing for the worst, expecting the unexpected, fixing what's broke, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, libraries, laboratories, meeting rooms, ruins, liminal zones, trading posts, port cities, schools, churches, supervillain lairs, nonhuman accommodations and adaptations, farmer's markets, starships, alien planets, magical lands, foreign dimensions, other places where languages mix, alphabets, pictograms and other symbols, lost languages, ancient tomes, mysterious texts, misnomers and mistranslations, recordings, the record that breaks the record player, puzzling discoveries, sudden surprises, the buck stops here, trial and error, intercultural entanglements, enemies to friends/lovers, interdimensional travel, lab conditions are not field conditions, superpower manifestation, the end of where your framework actually applies, ethics, innovation, problems that can't be solved by hitting, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.

If you speak a language other than English and know untranslatable words from it, by all means share. Some other resources you might find helpful:

20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words From Around the World

45 Beautiful Untranslatable Words That Describe Exactly How You’re Feeling

203 Most Beautiful Untranslatable Words [The Ultimate List: A-Z]

Beautiful Untranslatable Words From Around The World

Eunoia website


Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:

Hazbin Hotel Fest Bingo Card 6-1-26

Pride Fest Bingo Card 6-1-26


Among my more relevant series for the main theme:

The Bear Tunnels features numerous tribal languages.

Clay of Life is Jewish fantasy with occasional bits of Hebrew or Yiddish.

The Daughters of the Apocalypse spans a variety of languages, including a split before Before and After English.

Eloquent Souls presents a setting where soulmarks are common, but they don't always appear in the same language.

Fiorenza the Wisewoman is Italian fantasy with bits of Italian.

Frankenstein's Family features two scientists running a valley in historic Romania, with languages including Dacian, English, French, Hungarian, Romanian, and Latin.

Hart's Farm is a free love community with a few really exotic characters, set in Sweden with occasional tidbits from other languages.

Not Quite Kansas includes demonic and angelic writing.

Peculiar Obligations features a mix of Quakers, pirates, and other people speaking diverse languages.

Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, supernaries, blue-plate specials, superheroes, supervillains, primal and animal soups all trying to get along and figure out how to make a functional society. It spans a wide range of languages including Arabic, Dhivehi, English, Esperanto, French, and several tribal ones.

Or you can ask for something new.

Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.

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UK people: trans rights

Jun. 2nd, 2026 02:11 pm
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At the time of writing, 41 46 51 MPs have signed the early day motion to reject the EHRC's new guidance:

https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938

Write to your MP to tell them to sign it! Praise them if they already have!

If you have Bsky, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance have a skeet about it you can boost:

https://bsky.app/profile/transsolidarity.bsky.social/post/3mnb3wyefxc2g

Scottish Trans (in collaboration with Trans+ Solidarity Alliance and TransActual, because the collaborative work going on here is so phenomenal) have an "email your MP to reject the EHRC code of practice" template form:

https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

The Hansard transcript of the response to Seema Malhotra's statement on the EHRC guidance yesterday is blistering:

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-06-01/debates/CE610C68-7093-454F-B897-AF008EE7E7A0/EqualityAct2010CodeOfPractice

Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

Jun. 2nd, 2026 10:05 am
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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Though I am breaking that a little bit because of the sheer circus going on at the moment.

As one commentator put it, what the current administration is doing to the White House is aesthetically what a meth lab does to a regular house. They've cemented over the back garden, one entire wing has been demolished and is some sort of a "building project" that may never get finished and a cage fighting pit is being built on the front lawn.

And in terms of the concert that was being planned for the Semiquincentennial of the USA 80th birthday of a certain Mangled Apricot Hellbeast, it's like a musical version of the hoky- kokey except everyone immediately jumped out and did not jump back in again, with the possible exception of Vanilla Ice... who as the headliner of anything is just... sad.

Also, we're now in June, which in the US is Pride Month, and I think it's time we got back to more of our roots on S_D and celebrate the hell out of that, because good god almighty do we need to support our local queer communities, more on that shortly.

Bingo

Jun. 1st, 2026 11:51 pm
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I have made bingo down the B and O columns of my 5-1-26 card for the Greek Myth Fest Bingo.  I also made 4 extra fills.  I had this stuff done a week ago, just haven't had time to post about it, and I don't have the time to list them all.

Birdfeeding

Jun. 1st, 2026 10:59 pm
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[community profile] birdfeeding is a community started on January 1, 2023. It's all about birdfeeding, birdwatching, and other topics relating to birds. It also touches on nature in general, and observations that may effect bird activity such as local weather. Both text and image posts are welcome. Now is a great time to join as hungry birds are easy to attract with a feeder.

Community resources include posts about birding events, nurseries that sell seeds or plants attractive to birds, bird identification apps, the benefits of birdwatching, and other useful materials. Check out the anchor posts from Three Weeks for Dreamwidth.


Recent posts:

Video

Gardening

International Respect for Chickens Day

International Migratory Bird Day

Visitors
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Hello.

I am thinking again about posting about media on here. This is mainly because I've managed to read 1.3 books (proper books, actual novels) in the last month. I so far have no idea what form this writing might take, how often I might post, how far I might branch out (music? games?), etc. But I like the idea of announcing that I'm thinking about it, so here that is.

In the extremely unlikely event that you are missing the few posts that I had visible on here from a few years ago, I have only moved them to the private filter for the time being. Wanted this to be the first and only entry on this account for now.

New Year's Resolutions Check In

Jun. 1st, 2026 09:50 pm
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We made it to the end of May! \o/ If you have completed some of your short-term goals or subgoals, and/or you're still chugging away at your ongoing goals, then pat yourself on the back. You worked hard for that. We've also passed through of spring. If you're doing seasonal goals, hopefully you have finished the spring one(s), so you can look ahead to the summer batch.

I'm continuing to track goals at the end of each month. So far it seems to be helping, so that's encouraging. I'm looking at my goal list more often and trying to keep ticking off more of them.

These are the previous check in posts:
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 9
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 16
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 23
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 30
New Year's Resolutions Check In February 28
New Year's Resolutions Check In March 31
New Year's Resolutions Check in April 30

Read more... )

Monday Update 6-1-26

Jun. 1st, 2026 09:14 pm
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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poetry Fishbowl Report for May 5, 2026
Unsold Poems for the May 5, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Art
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 5-29-26: Music
Education
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Community Thursdays
Vocabulary: Xenofiction
Recipe: "Pico de Gallo Meatloaf"
Nature
Birdfeeding
Good News

Poem: "Walnut Park" has 46 comments. Early Humans has 22 comments. Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy has 84 comments. Safety has 84 comments.


There will be a Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, June 2 with a theme of "Fun with Language." I hope to see you then!


"Let's Go on This Journey Together" belongs to Polychrome Heroics. It needs $151 to be complete. Linus struggles to deal with a broken arm.

"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $35 to be complete. Josué reads a funny poem to Maria-Vera.


The weather has been hot and humid here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, a starling, and a fox squirrel. I saw a ruby-throated hummingbird outside the living room window. Currently blooming: pansies, violas, sweet alyssum, marigolds, honeysuckle, snapdragons, lantana, million bells, blue lobelia, petunias, portulaca, nemesia, fan flowers, wild chives, columbine, mock orange, Washington hawthorn, blackberries, firecracker plant, privet, pineapple sage. One yucca is sending up a flower stalk. Green fruit: raspberries, blackberries. Ripe fruit: peas, mulberries.

closer to the great bambino numbers

Jun. 1st, 2026 10:18 pm
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Bedtime is repealed!

I must say, I really am enjoying the Mayor Mamdani experience. And go Knicks!

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It's hard to write about an advanced reader copy of one of the most coveted science fiction releases of the quarter. I tried, multiple times, to collect some thoughts about Platform Decay, the latest release in The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. I failed, every time, because my love for this series is immense, but also hard to quantify. Finding the words to describe sincere emotions? Ugh. Therefore, Platform Decay is already out, and you can read it now via your library or favorite indie bookstore!

Platform Decay is the eighth entry in The Murderbot Diaries, following our hero as it stages a high stakes rescue on Corporate Ringworld. It's working apart from its usual allies, it must infiltrate and escape the station with several squishy humans, and oh right, a former enemy asks for its help, complicating the extraction. Nothing can go wrong!

(Things immediately go wrong.)

To make matters worse, it's also dealing with an emotional health module. What's more stressful than a hostage situation in corporate territory? Mobile therapy. Murderbot must protect its humans (no pressure), avoid corporate forces that would love to slurp its kidnapped humans into corporate slavery (assholes), and navigate across a hostile station where one mistake could cost it everything (business as usual!). Read more... )

Pride Fest Bingo Card 6-1-26

Jun. 1st, 2026 07:56 pm
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Here is my card for the Pride Fest Bingo over in [community profile] allbingo. The fest runs from June 1-30. (See all my 2026 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


PRIDE FEST BINGO CARD

LiberationHopeDiscoveryClothingQueerplatonic
IntersectionalityTwo-SpiritCommunity centerPinIdentity
HistoryValidationWILD CARDChangeLove
RootsBelongingResistanceLavenderComfort
ActivismFriendshipCuriousExplorationGrowth

June the first.

Jun. 1st, 2026 08:15 pm
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Clearing accounts at the start of the month is the easiest time to do it. Updating payment information, deciding to cancel a couple of old Patreon subscriptions since it's been months since I've listened to an episode of that podcast, remembering which family members I can piggyback off of for which streaming services so I don't need to pay for them myself - it's hard to forget to get around to it when it's the start of the billing cycle.

It's not a lot on a month to month basis, and it doesn't add up to a huge amount each year. But it's nice to get it done. To say goodbye without looking back.

What I found worth looking back on was when I last replaced my computer mouse, mostly for my own curiosity. I've used the same make and model of mouse for about as long as I've owned personal computers, and I last got a box of five new ones three years ago, around when I last got a new one - the thought was that if I bought several, I'd be good for a while. Three years seems about the amount of time these things can deliver a good performance, and with four left in the set, I've got a while before I need to start thinking about either buying more or transitioning to another kind of mouse.

Wildlife

Jun. 1st, 2026 06:06 pm
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Biologists Clone Wild Yaks to Save Golden Subspecies Numbering Fewer Than 300 in First of its Kind Effort

China has performed the first single and multiple cloning of wild yaks in a bid to reinforce this keystone herbivore, and save one of the rarest and most beautiful animals in China.

Legend has it that when Mount Buye on the Tibetan Plateau was married to Mount Zhaxiangqian, 7 golden wild yaks were given as a dowry. This is why, locals have it, the golden yak can only be found high in these mountains.

Conservationists and geneticists studying this enigmatic and stunning creature might say that the reason they’re only found high in these mountains is because they have been hunted, outcompeted, and outbred such that today they’re considered Critically-Endangered.

Birdfeeding

Jun. 1st, 2026 06:03 pm
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Today is cloudy, humid, and hot.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches at the hopper feeder, and a hummingbird flying around the living room window.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 6/1/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
 

Hazbin Hotel Fest Bingo Card 6-1-26

Jun. 1st, 2026 05:54 pm
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Here is my card for the Hazbin Hotel Fest over in [community profile] allbingo. The fest runs from June 1-30. (See all my 2026 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


HAZBIN HOTEL FEST BINGO CARD

"Being on your side means telling you the truth"EmporiumNothing Is the Same Anymore"Do me this one simple favour"Angels
I Need a Freaking DrinkEmbassyHotel"Remember that lesson on boundaries?""Why are you like this?"
TownFamiliarWILD CARDStudio"I really don’t think this … is a good idea"
"I don't care what happens"Mood Whiplash"Sorry starts to lose meaning after a while"Garden"It was nice to have that power"
Jerkass Has a PointKitchenReceptionAmbiguous Situation"Am I doing therapy right?"

2627 / Fic - The Pitt

Jun. 1st, 2026 03:37 pm
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shake this world off my shoulders
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~32,000 words | Thanks to [personal profile] sheafrotherdon and [tumblr.com profile] trinityofone for betaing, and thanks also to [personal profile] kass for some research help.

"You... you took home Baby Jane Doe?"

Together, Robby and Jack grasp a new chance at family.
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