Interests meme

[owl]

Gakked from ravenclaw_devi:


1) Scan my interest list and pick out the one that seems the most odd to you.

2) I'll explain it. (if possible)

3) Then you post this in your journal so other people can ask you about your interests.

Comments

[hymnia.livejournal.com]

conlangs?

[owl]

Constructed languages. A developed but imaginary language--like Quenya or Klingon.

[hymnia.livejournal.com]

That's cool! I could tell it had something to do with languages from looking down the list of communities that shared that interest, but I never would have thought of that.

Joie, who wishes she could speak Quenya

[owl]

I can't speak it; used to be able to write it, though.

pastede on yay

[ivylore.livejournal.com]

I mean, I kind of get it, I think, considering the context in which I've seen you use it but I'm all fuzzy. Some sort of slang?

Re: pastede on yay

[owl]

Ah, this is quite a story. Once there was a young fan of the Lord of the Rings film named crystal_gamgee. And she said that the actors were her pals and came round to her house, etc. She also made (and, I believe, sold) 'artwork' which bore a very close resemblance to promo pics of the actors. So people the people over on http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank mocked her, told her to lay off the Photoshop, etc. At one point during the hooha she posted a photograph alledged to be Dominic Monaghan lying on her bed. Amid 376 comments to the effect thst his face had been stuck on to another photograph, someone posted 'MY HED IZ PASTEDE ON YAY!', and it became a catchphrase. Used in such situations as, 'My homework iz pastede on yay', and so on.

Re: pastede on yay

[ivylore.livejournal.com]

hehehehe...

That's actually funny.

Re: pastede on yay

[owl]

It was screamingly hilarious in context :)

[yubsie]

Synesthaesia?

[owl]

A condition where visual and aural stimuli are connected--for example, I hear higher sounds as blue. Also the numeral 1 is white, 9 is red, and so on. There's a couple of posts about it in my memories under 'synaesthesia'.

[yubsie]

Ah, interesting.

[malabud.livejournal.com]

Flight of the heron?

[owl]

The title of the first in a trilogy of books by DK Broster, set during and after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. It was one of my earlieset fandoms, of which I was practically the sole member. :)

[marionravenwood.livejournal.com]

Crax.

[alphabet26.livejournal.com]

Crud, sorry. I'm not so smart at 2 a.m. See the icon? ;P

[owl]

Hmm? Double post, comment in the wrong place, or my badly chosen interests? ;)

[alphabet26.livejournal.com]

That I commented in the wrong place. Your interests are fascinating, of course!

[owl]

Crax means crazy talk. Derived from crack, as in 'you must be on'. I think it's sort of leet or Unix-speak, replacing ck with x.

[alphabet26.livejournal.com]

I figure that "wingless balrogs" has something to do with LotR, but...explain? :)

[owl]

Okay, there's the Balrog, right? and it says he has wings of flame stretching from wall to wall, or words of that effect. Well, in the book!LotR fandom, the question of whether these were real wings or not was the equivalent of the H/Hr-R/Hr debate, believe it or not. I'm for no wings, my sister's for real ones. It may interest you to see who else has 'wingless balrogs' as an interest.

[alphabet26.livejournal.com]

It may interest you to see who else has 'wingless balrogs' as an interest.

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Wingless it must be!

But thanks for the explanation.

[owl]

Wingless it must be!

Natch :-D

[chicagoamy.livejournal.com]

So who are shmi/cliegg and why do you like them? :-)

[owl]

Shmi and Cliegg (Lars) are Anakin Skywalker's mother and stepfather in the Prequel Trilogy of Star Wars. They don't get much attention in fandom or fic, and I just think they're kind of sweet. :)