No, I really shouldn't read forums

Up early, ill, with a headache and a cough, and unable to concentrate on any sustained reading, so what do I do? I surf around internet forums. Why do I do this to myself? Why? It always leaves me cross and fuming.

Many people seem to be incapable of distinguishing opinion from fact, and the Internet really seems to exacerbate this. ( More ranting herein )

On fanfic

(A continuation, of sorts, of a comment I made on parrot_knight's journal. I'm posting it here, since it seemed unfair to swamp his journal with my own rather tangential musings.)

I've often wondered if fanfic is fuelled more by the flaws of the source material than by its merits. Do people write fanfic because they adore everything about the source material, or do they write it because, while they love something about the source material, they are not entirely satisfied by it? ( More. Lots more )