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1. Jian Ghomeshi namedropped the library webcomic Unshelved yesterday on Q. This made me unhappy because a)I love Unshelved (and their tshirts!) and b)I don't like Canadian celebrities who make PAs cry. (Granted, I only know of one incident where Jian made someone cry, but he did it using the phrase "don't you know who I am? I was in Moxy Fruvous!," which is enough for me to not be forgiving.) So! I am conflicted!

2. I am going to Hillside tomorrow! Any fannish folk gonna be there too?
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I should be at a housewarming party, but my tummy is acting up. So. At home, seriously lacking ice-cream, and thinking about UnShelved's assertion that a group of Browncoats is called "a closet."

I'm skeptical, but I like the idea of fannish collective nouns. So I poked around, and have discovered the following:

  • Dr. Who fans are sometimes referred to as "a good of Whovians," although googlism also tells me that "rassilon is what you call a collected group of whovians who gather once a month for pizza." (What if they're gathering for sushi? Do you call them something else then?)

  • Your online reading (well, mine, anyway) is "a vanity of blogs."

  • The unofficial name for a group of editors is "a scrutiny."

  • There's a dearth here! Admittedly, I gave up googling after half an hour, so there are probably lots of fan-identified terms that I don't know about. However, since I don't know about them/can't find them, I am hereby suggesting the following coinage:

  • A Bender of Fen
  • A Trap of Flans
  • A Beam of Trekkies
  • A Determination of Whedonites

  • Why yes, I do think myself very clever. :-) But I also think you very clever, o my flist. So. What terms do you suggest? What exists that I didn't find? What are Stargate: Atlantis fans called? And are Buffy/Angel fans "an armful of bangels"?
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    Unshelved continues to be made of awesome AND of fannishness!

    The whole "Dewey gives Tamara a Jayne hat & hilarity ensues" story, so far:

    One
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    Four

    (Is it true that a group of Browncoats are now called "a closet"? Is anyone still keeping up w/ that fandom and knows? [livejournal.com profile] skripka, [livejournal.com profile] dirty_diana and [livejournal.com profile] ana_grrl, I'm looking at you.)
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    Hey Firefly fans (flans), go read yesterday's UnShelved comic. You will find it awesome.

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