Oh dear

[serai]

It looks like mucun has closed her slash site:

http://havens.sakura.ne.jp/ban/

Wonder what happened? Anybody here read Japanese? It looks like she left a note.



ETA: OK, I've been over to Rei's journal and read the latest on the brouhaha.

And I can say that I am now officially disgusted with this fandom. I suppose it's a branch of my disgust with this prudish, finger-pointing, dirty-minded culture in general, that can see some kind of twisted sex in a rather sweet image of affection between friends. God, people can be filthy sometimes.

Feh.

Comments

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what completely galls me. This talented artist is doing these pics for free, and asking for nothing in return for their free usage, and some dipshit comes along and pounds her for her generosity. And then get snotty about their "right" to hound an artist just because they don't like what she's producing.

Truly fucked up, that.


P.S. Glad to see you're still around!

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

Not around nearly as much except to help Aina with the scout once in a while. Rei's work is still one of the few things I look at and it's sad to see this happen to her.

I'm still surprised some people are considering this pedophilia. I think I've only come across one Japanese site with Frodo/Sam that fit that criteria and Rei's picture doesn't even come close. It's just not that common in the Japanese LOTR fandom. Then again, all the interspecies probably makes up for that...

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Heehee. And of course there is always the contingent that insists LOTR interspecies is just gussied up child abuse. What is it with people who can't just shrug and turn the page? I just don't see how a picture way the hell over on someone's journal, which no one is obligated to visit, can be so friggin' awful.

I'll say one thing. When they start comparing Frodo kissing Sam with a guy fucking a box turtle, I will have to get down the bullwhip.

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

Did someone say that? I didn't read into the whole argument that people were posting...

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Um...did someone say what? We weren't discussing interspecies in this post; I was just snarking on what you said about Japanese sites. ;)

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

I meant about the box turtle.

I like the little ficlet you just wrote. I describes what I thought of when I saw the picture. :)

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

Ooo, before I forget, I was looking through your icons and came across this one:
http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/16256169/1057496

It's not by Rei, but by a friend of her's, Masato. Her site is here:
http://aozora.x0.com/oal/

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Oh, doh! That's from Jon Stewart, who tackled what some nitwit senator said about gay sex being a half-step away from bestiality. If I remember correctly he said, "To sum up: a man and a woman are better than one woman alone, which is better than two men together, which is equivalent to a guy fucking a box turtle!"

I'm glad you like the ficlet. To be honest, I can't imagine seeing anything else in that picture right off the bat. Sure, I know some people might get yucky ideas (at least, I know that now), but I sure didn't.