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Some stills from Sam Heughan's new movie (the one he started filming just as he was cast in Outlander).  It's entitled "Heart of Lightness" and was filmed in Norway.  

So, what do you think?  Blonde Sam?

Ginger Jamie Sam

Or brunette Sam above?

(Or does it not matter, since the carpet won't be matching the rug in any event?!!!!)

ETA:  That dark hair dye job is a bad one.  It looks like mine sometimes used to when I'd dye it at home and get the ends darker than the roots.

Also, I cropped the screenshots to make them fit in the post, but the scenery in Norway is gorgeous!

I have no idea where this show is headed.  Plus, I can't believe how good Matthew McConaughhey has become as an actor.  The last I remember, he was a nekked bongo aficianado.  

Is anyone else watching this?  This show is freaking me out, and not just because Esme popped up in episode 5.  I *think* the finale is on tomorrow night, but I'm two episodes behind (I still need to see #6 and #7).  

Also, were Elizabeth Reaser's eyes always really, really close set?  0_o

Tell me, campers: have you ever had a real Edward in your life? Someone you loved wholeheartedly but they themselves didn't believe they were good enough for you, and thought that you would be better off without them?

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The infamous HEA is a sticking point for many in Twificland. Some of you may not even dare dip a toe in until you’re guaranteed that all will be right in the end.

So I ask: What does HEA mean to you?

But more importantly: What do you really believe the chances are that your favorites won’t get theirs in a Twific? (No, really.) Why should an author feel pressured to give away their ending? What ever happened to enjoying the journey rather than racing toward the destination?

And while we’re here, let’s discuss this pervasive need for HEAs.

I know the common argument: “Life is stressful; I need my happy escape.” Fair enough. Often I want to slip into a world other than my own. But…don’t you sometimes wonder if the fictitious happy makes our own unhappy suckier in comparison? 

Because ValWaltzing hasn’t hadn't posted any Jamie in nearly a week, and gingers in kilts make all endings better.

It's been a strange week.  I will be indulging in literary therapy this evening.

Please to share some of your favorite quotes from your favorite book or fics

AND

please share your favorite Tumblr so I can expand my horizons. 

I dont' know what's happening here, but I like it. 

(Thanks to the lovely GSB for letting me know that the Outlander Virgin
has started book 2 of the Outlander series. O.V. is hilarious.)

Welcome to the

Feed Your E-Reader

weekly campfire

Please post all the fabulous deals you've found this week. And if you pick up a book from a comment inside, please let your fellow campers know you did.

This CF is open to all genres and all book deals.

And don't forget to feed the trees, yeah?

Friends, are we in a new age of comic brother/sister hood? It seems every time I see the news now its about one TV show or another coming out. There's Gothum on Fox, the new Constantine is being cast, and isn't The Flash going to be a show too?

Are you excited for any of these? Do you think they will meet expectations of the fans and be as good as the likes of Arrow and Agents of SHIELD? And what do you think makes a good superhero show to begin with?

Okay, I'm probably totally screwing this up, but I'm changing the order due to Ellen's epic Oscar Selfie. 

I swear I was planning Epic Selfies for next week, but it seems more apropos for this week.  So next week we'll show hints of spring.

Today, please show us some

Epic Selfies.

Have you visited your dream place?  Have you snapped a selfie at an epic concert?  Have you met someone on your laminated Freebie Five list?  Share your epic selfies.

(Or not so epic ones, maybe ones in which you are having the best hair day?)

For next week:

Show us some hints of Spring.

PS I_heart_the_doctor: if you're around, I tagged this one for you.  I hope I'm not mixing up campers, but I believe you're the one who's met the whole Twilight cast and then some, right?  So, if you please, I'd like to see some PFach with you, or Josh Hutcherson.  :)

Inspired by recent events in a small side fandom I belong to I am curious to get the opinions of a larger fan base, both readers and writers. So without any back story or personal leanings I propose the following hopefully generic questions for discussion:

1. Would you agree that an author has a right to pull their stories at any given time for any reason without warning? Or should an author give warning? If you disagree can you clarify on which parts you disagree with or which circumstances you would disagree with?

2. If an author pulls their work do they then also have the right to ask/tell people not to privately distribute their work? When considering this question keep in mind that on AO3 there is a clear and visible download button for stories so it is probably safe to assume that at some point someone has saved your work.

3. In turn, do readers, many of whom have spent countless hours reading, reviewing, pimping, creating fan art etc, have an obligation to respect the wishes of an author who has pulled their work? Are there any circumstances under which they would not have an obligation to respect the author's wishes?

4. Would your answers to any of these questions depend on whether or not you were friends with the author in question? For example, would you share the work of an author you were not friends with but respect the wishes of an author you were friends with?

5. Often times we've said that authors don't owe their readers anything. If that is true would it then not also be true that readers don't owe authors anything? Agree or disagree and why?

6. For the sake of argument, let's put this in a bigger picture. If, say, J.K. Rowling or Stepehanie Meyer had a change of heart and decided they were ashamed of having written their most famous work and had all the books and movies pulled from the shelves and put a cease and desist to fan fiction and also stated that no one was allowed to privately share copies of those books would you agree to it? Or would you feel at all jipped after having invested so much time and money into their work?

Please play nice everyone. I'm just genuinely curious here.

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