So it’s time to thank wtvoc for being a ranger. In addition to normal rangering duties, she tells us about Black Friday deals, she adds awesome tags, she holds whole campfires for us to yell in SHOUTY CAPS, or freecycle, or ask her absolutely anything (except medical stuff, of course).

Come in and thank her cuz you’re scared of her, come in and thank her cuz you know she’s not scary at all, come thank her for keeping your secret, come thank her for following your twitter, come thank her for posting things you think but are afraid to post. Just get in here and thank her for your own reasons.
 

Borrowing purple font in honor of this week's lovable ranger

RANGER EDIT-THIS CAMPFIRE KICKS OFF FREE FOR ALL. A REMINDER TO PLEASE FEED THE TREES (which everyone should be doing all week anyway ;) )

purple edit: it's a total coincidence that my ranger honoring day happens to fall on 4/20, right? or is it because it's my birthday on tuesday?

Prism by Anna Faze updated today!

This has become one of my new obsessions, along with Everlasting Why. Its nice to go back to vampy fanfiction. 

Will people please discusss the new chapter with me?

Actor Jonathan Frid, who played imposing and elegant vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows," has died at 87. Frid passed away on April 14 from natural causes in his native Ontario.

I can't be the only one here who loves Dark Shadows. Show of hands? Come share your memories of this awesome (and occasionally awesomely bad) show.

*I would have added more tags but I couldn't find ones that seemed to fit. No death tag or Dark Shadows one.

IT'S ALMOST TIME.

AND GUESS WHAT???

JEREMY'S BACK!!!!

JOIN YOUR FELLOW CAMPERS AND SQUEE TO YOUR HEART'S DELIGHT ABOUT TONIGHT'S NEW EPISODE!

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

NEW .GIF DUMP

post some NEW .gifs

We want ones that we haven't seen before~

Prepare yourself for the first one...

Most of us have made our way to the Forest due to our collective love/like of Twilight and/or our love of Fanfiction.  I found an interesting post regarding how (professional) authors feel about fanfiction.

George R.R. Martin

Martin has always been against fan-fiction, which must be a little sad for the fan-fiction writers out there, seeing as how very many delicious characters he has created. He writes, “Every writer needs to learn to create his own characters, worlds, and settings. Using someone else’s world is the lazy way out.” But more importantly, in a very articulate and informative explanation on the legal and monetary problems with fan fiction, he explains, “My characters are my children … I don’t want people making off with them, thank you. Even people who say they love my children. I’m sure that’s true, I don’t doubt the sincerity of the affection, but still… No one gets to abuse the people of Westeros but me.”

(I guess he doesn't realize that there are some fanfics based on Song of Ice & Fire over on FF.net.)

Stephenie Meyer

Like Rowling, Meyer doesn’t take a strong stance against fan-fiction about her books, though she seems to think that the form is a waste of time. In an interview, Meyer explained, “Fan-fiction has become kind of a mixed thing for me. like in the beginning I hadn’t heard of it and there were some that were…I couldn’t read the ones that had the characters IN character. It freaked me out… but there was one about Harry Potter and Twilight that was hilarious. And then there was one that was about a girl who was starring as Bella in the movie and that was funny. And uh, I hear so many people arguing about fan-fiction. This one and that one. It seems like they are not as much fun anymore. I don’t know…. People pour out so much energy and talent into them… It makes me frustrated. I’m like, go write your own story. Put them out there and get them published. That’s what you should be doing. You should be working on your own book right now.”

Maybe someone should spam mail you know who (who wrote the novel that shall not be named) this little bitty from Meyer.

I get where Meyer is coming from but fanfiction is supposed to be a fun endeavor.  Plus it's a way to try out writing if you've never written before.  However, this is just perfect support for NOT pulling to publish. 

What does everyone think about this?  Yay or nay?

Source

 

Hi campers,

I just got a heads-up from a ranger to start this fire. I wanted to talk about pottermore, make new friends there, etc.

So can we have a pottermore roll call please? I'll give mine first-

DawnShield8707 - Slytherin

Who else has tried to make complicated potions. Exploding cauldrons, anyone? How have you liked the duelling feature?

EDIT: The new are tags fab! Courtesy our beloved WTVOC!

Ahhh...springtime in the Forest!  The grass is green, the cherry blossoms are in bloom, the brightly colored tulips sway in the gentle breeze...and the tree pollen threatens to kill the WckdQueen. 

But...I digress...

It's that time again!!  Time to share your twitter!  

Yesterday, we had a CF inspired by a huge twitter convo (see: the epic Epic Flounces cf!).  Now, some of us missed out on some of that because, well...we don't all follow the same folks on twitter!

So, here's what...how about we use this CF to share our twitters...but with a twist!

Give us your twitter (if you are so inclined to share with us...we are a little bit...off ;) ) 

BUT...

ALSO...share with us your funny Twitter stories!  Funny exchanges, celebrity tweets, twitter jokes....you get the picture!

My story will be on the inside!

Morning everyone! Dusty updated, so remember to come back and discuss once you've read.

XOXO

Last night was a busy night, so TODAY we are posting the help desk. Remember this is the best place to ask for help!

As always, the weekly help desk is your place to ask questions:

Did you forget the name of a fanfic?

Do you have a request for a special kind of fanfic?

Do you want to know what happened to an author or a story?

Do you have a question about ADF and how it works?

In addition to this, ask about ANYTHING YOU WANT! Ask about cats! Ask about food! Ask about aches and pains! THIS IS YOUR CAMPFIRE FOR ANSWERS!

Ask away! Many people like to answer!

+ ON THE ROAD HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL!!! 

(AKA both rob and kristen are going asdfghjkl)

So, when do you think character death is justified? Whether it be a main, supporting, or a minor character, what makes  it the difference between bitter sweet or just plain bitter?

I WILL BE SEEING THIS MOVIE FOR THE PLOT

jandco and i have decided that this is showgirls with dudes. 

we've also decided to start the fandom for it before the movie even comes out. i mean... it's got matt bomer in it. AS A STRIPPER.

who's with us?

please post your magic mike slashfics in the forest.

please.

DO YOU MAKE FAN VIDEOS?

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE YOU WANT TO SHARE?

WHETHER YOU'RE A VIDDER OR YOU JUST LIKE TO WATCH THEM, POST ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE FAN VIDEOS HERE!

MY WEEKLY RECS:

"they don't own me - the hunger games" by sparksfly221 <- SO GOOD. The editing, coloring, special effects... all of it is really well done. For any of you out there who like THG series, I think you'll appreciate this vid.

"Harry Potter || dirty elegance" by LeighHeni <- Another incredibly well made video. Gotta love HP vids!

POST AWAY CAMPERS!

Yesterday at work, I did something nice for a kid. I'm a high school teacher. The short version of this story is that she turned in an assignment 2 hours past the deadline. Though I would have been following procedure to give her a zero on the assignment, I chose to grade her work, but dock 10% for being late.

Today, I am dealing with the fallout from choosing to be nice. I am feeling like "no good deed goes unpunished," as this student is complaining up a storm about my decision. I have referred her up the food chain at work. It took all of my professionalism not to ask her, "Do you want the zero? That can be arranged."

So... tell me this isn't true, that good deeds are, indeed, appreciated by recipients. Tell me something nice someone has done for you lately.

**Approved by wolvesnvamps

. . . reread your fic and notice all the fandom clichés you've ranted about in the past.

Oh, dear. I have Vampward tonguing Humanella without caution, Rosalie smacking Emmett upside the head three times in one chapter, the imfamous Alice shopping trips and makeover sessions . . .

This campfire is twofold: One, I want to know what irritates you when you read fanfiction. What quirky little cliché or faux pas do you see all over the place that drives you absolutely batty?

Two, name something you've hated in the past (or still hate) that you've put in your stories. We've all done it! Don't be shy!

And if you're only a reader, you can come vent your frustrations as well. Where are your hard limits? What makes you press that little red X before a story is complete?

PS, Is it just me or are there more tags today than their were yesterday? I could swear some of those are new...

 That's right folks I have permission to conduct a Hump Day's CF! 

I miss it. You miss it. We all miss it! So let's play!

Here's the game:

Guess The Camper!

The rules are as follows:

Someone makes a comment and list all the things about any camper in the Forest but you have to end it with "Who am I?"

Then in return we try to guess who it is!

Let's see how well we know everyone in the Forest! We just had a 'get to know each other' Personal Ad CF so we should all be refreshed.

Now remember we are all friendly here so lets play nice! 

From Celebrity Baby Scoop: 

"A True Blood baby!

Congratulations are in order for Anna Paquin, 29, and Stephen Moyer, 42! The True Blood costars are expecting their first child together this fall, their reps confirmed to EW.

This will be Paquin’s first child, while Moyer is already dad to 12-year-old son Billy and 10-year-old daughter Lilac from previous relationships.

The couple were wed in 2010 after meeting on the set of True Blood‘s pilot season in 2007.

Paquin and Moyer will return to play Sookie and Bill when True Blood returns for its fifth season on HBO June 10."

So what do you think will happen for True Blood? Is Sookie gonna get magically pregnant? Are they gonna include in the next season or are they gonna ignore it and then send Sookie off to fairyland for Anna's maternity leave? 

I want Sookie & Eric to make pretty blond babies! 

What do you think will happen? 

And congratulations to Anna and Stephen by the way! 

We had a terrific and extremely funny conversation with some campers about epic flounces on Twitter today. It was decided that a campfire was needed and we could all go down memory lane and remember all the epic flounces that have happened in the fandom. 

So get in here and make us laugh-we want to relive all the drama and rants with you. Remind us of all the epic flounces you remember!