Fannish five and ferret update...

Gacked from ckr:

1) What is your guaranteed squick when you're reading fic?

Non-con fic masquerading as BDSM (safe, sane and consensual or it's *not* BDSM, guys!), the old chestnut 'he raped me so I need the healing power of sex to make me love again', the equally old chestnut 'you raped me but I know it was because you couldn't stop yourself and I wuv you now so it's okay!' and icky lovenames.

2) Name an actor or actress you can't slash without squicking.

I'm not really interested in the actor, it's the character. There are *characters* I can't slash (any Malfoy) but I'm not one of those slashers who follows an actor from fandom to fandom happily slashing any part they play.

I'm just as likely to go 'yeah, interesting character but I have *no* desire to imagine him naked' regardless of my level of obsession over the character he played in something else.

3) Name a song that you can't stand to see used for a songvid -- it just doesn't work, there are too many done to it or for whatever other reason.

Where do I begin? ;)

Power ballads. Particularly boy band power ballads. And soft country rock music. If I was doing vids it'd be all Pixies and stuff, none of this sappy 'I wuv him soooooo much music'.

4) What is your biggest pet peeve with con hotels? (any con, any hotel)

Not getting a room at MediaWest because of the arcane room allocation system? Oh, and the food at MW too - Eclecticon may be in the most unglamourous location (under Newark airport's flightpath) but you can't knock the restaurant/coffee shop.

5) Name something about fandom on livejournal that gets on your nerves?

That some people apparently have a sense of humour bypass when they join fandom?



And now ferret update:

They're all sleeping in the same cage and seem to be getting on. Remus has stopped biting me quite so much (probably because he doesn't like the response he gets when he does) and the fur is growing back on where they'd been ragging on each other. All good! :)