Hey guys! So this campfire is about, you guessed it, fairytales!!!

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So I got sucked into watching a few disney movies with my nieces the other day. They are four and five, and in full on 'Princess' Mode. Everything is Disney Princesses lol. Anyway, as I watched Cinderella and the Little Mermaid, it brought me back to my childhood and it made me realize-fairy tales are the very first type of 'make believe' and 'fiction' most of us are exposed to in life. I still remember sitting in my room and being mesmerized by Ariel and her underwater world-so much so that I made my mom buy me an Ariel costume that year for Halloween.

So I guess I have several questions-who is your favorite princess? Your favorite fairytale? Do you like the new princesses, from Tangled and Brave? Do you think these fairytales are healthy to expose kids to-the promise of Happy Ever After, which doesn't always ring true in real life?

And have you ever read the original tales-where Cinderella's  stepsisters eyes are pecked out by crows? The orignal tales aren't exactly kid friendly-Grimm's versions are pretty brutal. Still, kinda cool now that I'm older lol. And how silly some of stories seem if looked at logically, like the Meme above states.

I even admit I've read a few books like 'Cinder' and 'Scarlet' which are based on tales like Robin hood and Cinderella.

Do you think we ever get too old for these stories? If you live outside the US, are there different fairytales that are common to your culture? Or are Belle, Mulan, Robin Hood etc all pretty universal?

And for your amusement (the video is hilarious):

The other day there was a discussion in a campfire about a girl who wore a strapless dress to her prom. Many thought it was inappropriate, some thought it was fine, and there was some discussion about dress codes and following the rules.

Then I came across this today: http://www.bookwormbeauty.com/2013/05/the-only-thing-my-double-ds-ever-got-me.html?m=1

We can't keep shaming girls for the way they dress. We just can't do it. This thought process leads to making girls cover head to toe... even their "sexy" eyes. 

What do you think?

hi...

at the moment im addicted reading pride and prejudice fanfic. but its very difficult to find good story recommendation. 

please can someone give me pride and prejudice recs? thanks :)

ps : dear moderator im sorry if asking for recs other than twilight is not allowed.

eta: you can definitely ask for recs other than twilight. we normally like to have a rec to ask for a rec, but it's the ffa. so, meh. jandco.

Hey everyone!

I recently discovered that a fic that I LOVED (And With Thee Fade Away by Derdriu oFaolain) got pulled :( Does anyone have a pdf of this fanfic or know where I can find it? I'd love to read it again....

Thanks a ton!

Fic Rec: 

Dine & Dash by KittyTylz: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010018/1/Dine-and-Dash

Bella gets dared dine&dash but is caught by the restaurants owner, Edward Cullen. He's a 19-year-old dangerously attractive but deadly gangster. The well connected leader of the Shadow Fangs, he also happens to be the enemy of the gang her best friend Jacob belongs to and she's stuck in his territory to avoid a permanent record. AH/AU,Possessward,Torch Awards Peoples Choice Winner

Rob has managed to stay unphotographed for what seems like AGES now.   Either the paps have lost interest in watching him buy snapples at the convenience store or he is sitting on the sofa watching reruns of cops shows with his dogs.  ETA:  Minutes after posting this, photos emerge -- woo hoo!  Fan pics from a Bjork concert.

In any case, I am impatient for this Dior advert, which I am imagining will be just a better version of his Details shoot, though not as abstract or as cold.  (He looks completely disinterested in the naked gals.)   I hope Dior will surprise me with something fabulous.

jandco made me title the post.

GIMME SONGS THAT GET STUCK IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU HATE IT:

i won't subject you to autoplay even though i really wanted to

I was thinking today of authors who disappeared from the fandom. I love the story Fold Your Wings, even though it rarely updates. I remembered the author was jadapattinson (I think!) on Twitter, so I checked out her Twitter feed to see if there were any updates. But it doesn't exist any more. (Unless I got the name wrong.) Does anyone know anything about that?

Also, are there any authors who have dropped out of the fandom whom you're curious about?

I briefly remembered reading a fanfic a while ago where Edward died and realized that Bella can see his ghost and enlisted her help to figure out the circumstances surrounding his death (I think E & B didn't know each other when the fanfic started). I believed it was a mystery genre and it did have a HEA, I think. Sorry for the vague details, but it's been bugging me for a while now. 

And while you guys are here, what are your favorite slow-burn fics where E & B didn't fall in love/begin a romance immediately. The one that comes to mind immediately is "At your own risk" and "My perfect mr imperfect" by both  xrxdanixrx :) I guess I'm looking for something like that. 

Enjoy your weekend everyone! 

I was curious, are there any gamers on ADF? If so, what do you play? What's your favorite computer/video game? Are you into MMORPGs, or RPGs, or first person shooters? Xbox, Playstation, Wii products - what?

Tell me!! Unless you're from World of Warcraft, then go away.

HI ALL! It's been forever since I've posted, AND I'M SORRY, OKAY?!

However, I'm working on a project very dear to my heart, and I'd like to extend the invitation to participate to you lovely ADF'ers. A friend and I are working on a book compilation of essays written by people living with genital herpes. Our intention in doing this is to dispel the negative social stigma that comes along with contracting HSV, as demonstrated by the above WWII-era poster. You might think this conception would've changed by now, huh? NOPE! The truth is--unless you're celibate (and sometimes even then), you're at risk of contracting an STD, *even if you're practicing safe sex*.

I'm copying the following info/invitation co-written by me that we originally sent via email to friends and acquaintances who had interest in the project. If you or anyone you know may be interested in contributing, please feel free to copy/paste the below message and forward it along to others!

[Hi,

We are two friends living with genital herpes, seeking out other individuals who are HSV positive. We're writing to you in hopes that, if you or anyone you know has genital herpes (either HSV-1 or HSV-2), you'll consider contributing your experience of contracting HSV to a project we're working on. If you're not HSV positive and you've received this email, we hope you'll consider passing the invitation on to an HSV+ friend.

We were each diagnosed HSV-2 positive within months of each other and now find ourselves in a continuous dialogue examining how the virus has altered our lives. Particularly interesting to us is that despite the prevalence of the genital herpes virus--1 in 4 American adults supposedly carries it-- there still lies a heavy social stigma in discussing it openly.

As part of an effort to transform this stigma, we'd like to invite others living with genital herpes to compose a personal piece of writing addressing their stories of contracting genital herpes and how it has affected their lives. Our goal is to compile an intimate selection of essays documenting first-hand personal experiences of living with HSV. First things first: we respect your privacy and have an intimate understanding of the social stigma attached to HSV, so you may choose to remain anonymous if you wish, use a pen name, or use your real name--whichever is most comfortable for you.

We're particularly interested in writing that comes from an honest and open point of view. Though your story may or may not include pain and misery (but let's face it-- it probably does), our overall mission in this compilation is to provide HSV positive people with an opportunity to both tell their stories and read the stories of others. We're hopeful that in doing so, we all might feel a little less isolated with a disease so often accompanied by loneliness, secrecy, and shame.

Instead of posting this invitation publicly, we have chosen to use a more personal network of friends and acquaintances. If you know anyone who may be interested in submitting an essay, please feel free to pass this e-mail on to them, and encourage them to share it as well.

The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2013. There is no limit to the length of your essay. All queries and submissions should be directed to hsv2pos@gmail.com.

Thank you.]

If you have any questions for me regarding the project (or HSV in general), please don't hesitate to comment here, PM me, or email the above account. Please know that I respect your privacy. (Also, I have been assured by the lovely WTVOC that ZERO hate will be tolerated on this post, so don't even bother, haters!) Open minds for all. GIRL POWA.

it's the freeforall!

feed a tree whilst here!

then start a campfire on anything, ANYTHING! no permission required, no recommendations required!

anything!

as long as there ain't no porn or bad words on the front page. do whatever you like inside; just keep it clean for the casual observer, mmkay?

yes, those are my little pony sparkles.

let's just make this one a music rec campfire. i'm currently digging this summery tune. found any good, new summer jams yet? let's hear 'em!

qt new zealand 16-yr-o fyt:

I never thought I would say this but I'm actually starting to miss high school! Remember that guy you obsessed over that didn't even know you existed? Remember being excited to wake up and go to school just to see your crush? Gah, I used to literally love for the moments when I would pass my crush in the halls.

So to ease (or perhaps contribute to) my nostalgia, does anyone have any good AH High School fics? I've checked the Master Fic List, of course, but I feel as if its not updated that often. I love a good lengthy story filled with UST but O/S will always do nicely.

 I have to recommend "Infinite Visibility" by TheFicChick, simply because its shocking how few reviews this story has when it is literally one of the most swoon-worthy stories I've ever read. Check it out!

From Stephenie Meyer's official website:

"Stephenie Meyer's life changed dramatically on June 2, 2003. The stay-at-home mother of three young sons woke up from a dream featuring seemingly real characters that she could not get out of her head.

"Though I had a million things to do, I stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. Unwillingly, I eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that I possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something I hadn't done in so long that I wondered why I was bothering."

Meyer invented the plot during the day through swim lessons and potty training, and wrote it out late at night when the house was quiet. Three months later she finished her first novel, Twilight. With encouragement from her older sister (the only other person who knew she had written a book), Meyer submitted her manuscript to various literary agencies. Twilight was picked out of a slush pile at Writer's House and eventually made its way to the publishing company Little, Brown where everyone fell immediately in love with the gripping, star-crossed lovers.

Twilight was one of 2005's most talked about novels and within weeks of its release the book debuted at #5 on The New York Times bestseller list."

2003...ten years ago!

Thanks, SM, for giving us Edward and Bella :)

To make this interactive: What would you like to tell SM? (Be polite, please ;-) )

My rec, inspired by the end of the Saga: Seeing the Wolves, by Camilla10
This One Shot is inspired by Breaking Dawn 2 and by Alice's vision - the vision that couldn't be. In Canon with the movie.

In the last two days, both my husband and my son received phone calls on their cells from "their bank's friendly little robot voice" advising them their debit card had been deactivated because of unusual usage and they needed to reactivate it by giving them their account number, expiration date, and secret decoder code on the back. It sounded official.

My husband pegged it as a scam and hung up. My son thought it was real, so gave the information. This morning his gut said something felt wrong and so went to his bank and discovered it WAS a scam. Fortunately, no one had accessed his account as of that time, so they were able to deactivate the card and reissue him a new one.

Today, my husband got an email from his work HR department reporting this scam is taking off. and making the rounds now.

How to avoid scammers and debit/credit calls?  If someone calls YOU or emails YOU and asks for your account number/password/secret decoder number, it's a scam.

To be sure, hang up, contact your bank and check it out, if you'd like.

We live in scary cruel times.

 Thanks to Jandco for approval.

buy this book

well, if you like pride & prejudice, anyway. support fandom!

abigail reynolds' latest book mr darcy's noble connections is out for kindle and nook already! ahhhh i can't believe it's been out for two days and i haven't finished it yet. i didn't know it was out- the release date was supposed to be this monday ahhhhh why am i here i should be reading

anyway, click here to read chapter 1 and see if you're interested.

click here to buy it on amazon. only 4.99; cheap!

here is a link to her amazon page; she's lowered several of her books to 2.99 because, and i quote (she just sent me this on twitter and i rather agree) "people deserve books they can afford".

what sets abigail reynolds apart from many other p&p writers is that her writing is impeccably edited, engaging, and effing classy. she writes some damned good stuff, people. highest kristen recommendation for p&p stuff that you'll find. one of the few authors for whom i would gladly fork over the money. you can find some of her fanfiction online as well, if you care to look for it (although i'm sure if you ask nicely, i'll just link it to ya).

so let's make this a post about book and/or fic recs, eh? but not just any recs- talk about authors. the ones that you would automatically read their stuff, doesn't matter what it's about or how much. just like "ooooh, so-and-so has a new one brb buying click done upload faster, kristen's kindle". 

also, if you've read abigail reynolds, come support my claim that 5 bucks is insanely cheap for a new book of hers and that you're super stoked to read it!

the best thing i've seen on the internet in a good, long while for your time: