LJ question

[linndechir]

I hope somebody on my f-list is incredibly smart and knows this sort of thing ... Is there any way to authorise anonymous comments on certain posts, but not on the entire journal, or community in this case? I haven't found a way to do this, but maybe I'm just dumb.

Here, have a Daryl gif to make this post worth your while:

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This really sucks. Some people wanted me to post a commentfic meme or something like that on the exchange comm. And while I personally hate anon commenting anyway, I thought I should at least give people the possibility to go anon there ... but I don't want to enable anonymous commenting for everything.

Daryyyyyyl!!!! Need more Daryl. I just rewatched most of his season 1 scenes. I love his rough, tough, aggressive outside with all the vulnerability underneath. Oh, whatever, I'm really just in love with his arms and his crossbow.

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Couldn't you use your mod account for the comm and post a commentfic meme over there in order to enable anon posting - then just link it from the comm? That's the best fix I can think of. It's that or just don't have anon. You could make (yet another ;D) poll and ask about it? XD

I love Daryl. I need more of him, too. I hear there was very little of him in the most recent ep. Sadfaaace. Everything about Daryl is kind of fabulous. The moment he showed up with that crossbow I was like "NEW FAVOURITE CHARACTER" and my housemate was kind of bemused and protested that he seemed like total white-trash and everything but then he WON HER OVER because Daryl is that awesome.

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Not another poll, people are going to murder me. ;) There's too much democracy on my comm. And no anon at all ... I'd be cool with that, but people are weird and like anon posting. But I like your idea of using the mod account. I knew my f-list was smart. ^^

The last episode was so disappointing. He is in ONE scene, says about three sentence, and doesn't even appear again for the rest of the episode. It sucks. I mean, I get it, he had a head wound and is lying around, but he could have talked to more people, no? Or he could run around even though he shouldn't.
I thought he was fairly cool right away (HE HAS A FUCKING CROSSBOW HE IS LIKE LOSERS!JENSEN'S LESS INSANE BROTHER), but in season 1 I still cared more about the other people, so I focused less on him. Now that everyone else kinda pisses me off, I'm all over Daryl. I think it's great that he gets a bit more character development. The scene with the rose was just sweet.

Keep the gifs coming. ^^ I can't get enough of that face.

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I don't mind the polls! But, yeah, either one could work - though, yeah, noy having anon might put some people off. Glad I could offer a solution!

That is very sad indeed. NEEDS MORE DARYL.
Who did you care about in season 1? I feel like a bad person but I kind of like Shane and I like him more, the more awful he becomes because I am a terrible human being. The cherokee rose scene was adorable, that line about how he knows no one cried over Merle. Oh Darylll.

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All those polls just look like the mod is too dumb to make a decision of her own. ;) And I already doubt that many people will participate in a commentfic meme anyway, I don't want to make it worse. But your solution is awesome and I hope people will appreciate it.
I'm already thinking about prompts for the exchange, though. ^^

I can't stand Shane. In the beginning it was just because his face makes me want to punch him for no reason at all. By now I have actually proper reasons for wanting to punch him. ;) I don't mind that he's turning into the villain here, but I find him so pathetic. I'm sick of having to listen to his speeches about how tough he is, and nobody else is as tough as he is, and did he already mention that he's really, really tough? It's generally annoying, and it's just ridiculous when you have someone like Daryl around.
When I rewatched season 1 I realised how Daryl kinda respects (fears?) his brother, but it's so obvious that there isn't really much affection there. Unsurprisingly. It's just the only person he has left. I'm so glad other people are starting to be a bit nice to Daryl, he needs that.

That scene, hehe. Shows how useless it is to make Daryl wear sleeves.

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GOT commentfic memes are always pretty slow but hopefully you'll be able to get some traffic and, if you advertise it, some more participants for the next exchange. (:
I've not thought about exchange prompts at all. Hmm.

I really enjoy pathetic, self-pitying evil-doers. I can't lie. Think Theon. Haha. But, yeah, Shane just really, really wants everyone to respect him as the alpha male - it's probably why he went into law enforcement. He's so pathetic, it's ridiculous. It really shouldn't make me like him.
I would say that was a pretty accurate description of Daryl and Merle's relationship! Respect, awe and very little affection either way - maybe Merle stood up for him once or twice but that's probably about it and Daryl probably never expected anything else from him. The real question though is not whether Merle was the only one Daryl had left but whether Daryl ever had anyone else in the first place. Poor, wonderful, unloved badass.

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I don't think more advertising would help much. I advertised the exchange quite a bit - the people who want to read the stuff are already here, and those who don't care will just be more annoyed if I spam other comms again.
I'm only wondering if I should put one non-Stannis-prompt in there - but then again, anyone who will end up writing for me had better like Stannis or they're fucked anyway. Mostly it'll be Stannis/Jon and Stannis/Davos anyway.

I'm okay with self-pitying, but not with pathetic. I like people who are completely torn up on the inside, but I want them to keep it on the inside. I like people who are emotional wrecks, but functioning badasses. Like Stannis. And I can't stand people who try to convince me how cool they are. Shane is just trying WAAAAY too hard.

I doubt they had very loving parents, otherwise they wouldn't be the way they are. I guess their parents were either not around much, or dead, or as useless as Merle. Daryl strikes me as the kind of guy who grew up pretty much on his own. Didn't he say that he survived for nine days in the woods as a kid and nobody came looking for him?
It cracked me up so much when Norman Reedus said he was sure Daryl is a virgin. It's oddly fitting.

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Possibly! You never know who might find out about the comm through the meme though, right? (:
I think it's probably a good idea but you're giving out the prompts and, if you think you can make it work with all Stannis prompts, then why not?

Emotional wrecks who are functioning badasses are amazing. I sometimes find complete trainwrecks more engaging though because I have the worst taste.

Yeah, exactly! I doubt Daryl ever had anyone but Merle to look out for him and it doesn't seem as though Merle did a very good job, either. Sigh.
I didn't know that. Oh Norman. Haha. Nice.

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True. But I'd feel bad for spamming all the comms with the same stuff over and over again.
I should include one non-Stannis-y prompt, I know, but then I'd be sad if that one gets written. I just have to think of something almost as awesome as Stannis. Anyway, I can always make last minute changes in my own prompts when I do the assignments.

I see your point when it comes to Theon, but Shane is just too pathetic for me to like. Kinda like Littlefinger. Pathetic, but not even in an interesting way.

Most of the time Merle probably didn't give a shit about his annoying little brother, and even if he saved him from a beating here or there, he probably dealt out way more punches himself. Poor bb!Daryl.
Yeah, he said in some interview that he thinks Daryl has pretty much no social skills, is a virgin and if anyone tried to kiss him he'd just be terrified. ;) Here's the whole thing: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/10/the-walking-deads-norman-reedus-daryl-is-a-total-virgin.html

Your collection of Daryl gifs seems endless. I love it. :D

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I'm happy to promote the commentfic meme if you want. ;D
Yeah, that's true - if you really want Stannis fic then I'm sure you can find someone to write it (like me, kekeke).

In some ways Shane is kind of more like a Littlefinger - though i don't really think 'love' of Lori is his prime motive, I reckon he has some more interesting baggage. I don't know. we'll see.

Oh god, I can so see that. Poor Daryl. I just want to hug him now. (Okay, so he'd probably stab me but so what, man. The kid needs hugs.) That article was an interesting read, by the way. Thanks for the link!

I totally raided the Daryl Dixon tag on tumblr, expressly for this purpose. ;D I kind of want a Daryl icon now though...

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Comment fic meme is posted. :) If you want to go and promote it, that'd be awesome of course.

I'm sure you can find someone to write it (like me, kekeke).
I know you just want to grab all my Stannis/Jon prompts. :D Ah, well, we'll see. Assigning the prompts is complicated enough without me trying to give my prompts to someone whose writing I adore. ^^

I think his feelings for Lori do play a big role ... but I also think he has other issues. I don't know what happened to the guy to make him feel like he has to tell everyone how awesome he is.

You're welome. I love that article. ^^ It's nice when actors give their characters some thought. And Daryl definitely needs some hugs. It drives me mad that I can't ship him with anyone on the show. I've seen some Daryl/Glenn fic, but that's so obviously a left-over-pairing, I really don't find that very interesting. But there's nobody else either.

I need so many icons ... Daryl icons, Boondock Saints icons, new Stannis icons next season.
whenever I see that particular gif, I want to get drunk. I don't even drink much, but Daryl makes me want to get drunk. -.-

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I'll try to do so later - watching Supernatural with my housemate right now. ;D

I totally want to grab all the Stannis/Jon prompts. But, yeah, I understand the difficulty in assigning prompts - and I love how you managed to fit a compliment in there. You are the sweetest. ♥

Maybe we'll find out eventually. Apparently Shane is an even bigger douchebag in the comics.

It's a really cool interview! I think people also ship Daryl/Glenn because Daryl was so desperate to get Glenn back when he was kidnapped in season one? But I honestly don't really see it working as a ship either. Honestly, in an apocalyptic scenario, I'd expect to ship more people than I do in the show - I ship nothing. It's sort of sad.

I've already seen a couple of Stannis icons from the trailer. So exciting! Most of the icons I've seen for The Walking Dead haven't been great. I'm going to take another look later though.
Daryl is clearly your drunkspiration. ;D

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I would never try to keep you from the important task of converting other people to SPN. ;D Just promote the meme whenever you feel like it.

I'm smooth, right? ;) And, hey, you're probably the only person who'd write Stannis/Jon when faced with my prompts, rather than go for Stannis&Davos gen.

How could he be an even bigger douchebag? oO Does he actually shoot Rick and rape Lori instead of just considering it?

Yeah, they had a moment or two in season 1, when Daryl is like, "you're not too bad for a chinaman", but they have no sexual chemistry between them. And I'm saying this as someone who sees slash everywhere, and about Norman Reedus, who has sexual chemistry with everything just by existing. ;)
I kinda shipped Rick/Shane in season 1, but the more I dislike Shane, the less I want him near Rick. I can't even ship it in a dub-con way anymore.

That icon is the most adorable thing ever. Now I want to get drunk and then dance like that. oO

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It's a very serious undertaking. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure she's 100% converted - we're already more than halfway through s2.

Totally smooth! I really hope that isn't totally true, Stannis/Jon is such an amazing ship, more people need to appreesh.

I haven't actually read the comics so I don't actually know how he's worse! I've just read that it's the case - probably on tumblr somewhere.

It's true! I see slash everywhere but I don't really ship Daryl with anyone (except maybe abusively with Merle but I don't really want that - I just can't help seeing it, aaargh).
I kind of ship Rick/Shane a bit. And, oh god, in 2x05 I was hardcore shipping onesided teenage Rick/Shane - with all the disillusionment which necessarily goes with it. Kind of want to write fic of it.

Resist the Daryl-induced drinking urges! (Or don't - either way is good.)

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Converting people is wonderful. ^^ It gives you such a sense of accomplishment.

People SHOULD appreciate it, but somehow they don't. :/ And it will be a few years before those scenes happen on the show and maybe convince more people. For the moment there's only the two of us and assassin_nariel, nobody else gives a damn about the pairing.
BUUUUUUUUT good news, I just wrote your Stannis/Jon prompt on the kink meme. Or rather something that has vaguely to do with your prompt. I'll post it in a few minutes, just have to reread it for typos. It's weird, though.

I haven't read the comics either, I just find that hard to imagine. But I know that Shane dies very early in the comics.

I can definitely see Merle/Daryl non-con. I wouldn't be surprised if something like that had happened. :(

I don't have any alcohol here, so no drinking. I wrote fic instead.

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It definitely does!

Why you no appreciate the awesome ship, people? And who's assassin_nariel? I feel like I should give them cookies.
I SO LOOK FORWARD TO READING THAT IN THE MORNING. :D (Must sleep though as I have a 9am class. Blargh.) I suspect it is fabulous. My prompt was intentionally vague so that it could be taken just about anywhere.

I got the impression, from various people's comments, that Shane died early in the comics, too. The show seems to be diverging from them pretty wildly. I'm seriously envious of my coursemate right now - she has to read the comics for her 21st C. American Lit course this term.

There are so many strong indicators that it may have happened in Daryl's hallucinations that it's sort of creepy. Except that, at the same time, it seems to deny it. Ugh. Must resist urge to rewatch so that I can reevaluate.

Writing fic is a kind of intoxication, too, and way better. Feel free to dance now. ;D

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If you're still up, it's posted. If not, having Stannis/Jon for breakfast is nice, too. ;) assassin_nariel is my RL fandom friend whom I infect with all my pairings. She also likes cookies.

I'm always so jealous of people who get to read awesome stuff like that in class. Then again, it really sucks when you get a subject like that, but a teacher who manages to ruin it.

Daryl himself is probably in denial about it, trying to forget about it. I don't know, I kind of ship it, in a really fucked up way. Daryl has this vulnerable side that makes me want to give him an even more tortured past.

Nah, I should go to bed as well. Long day tomorrow. I'll take all those pretty Daryl pictures with me, though. ^^

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Straight out of canon: "Breakfast could wait; Stannis[/Jon] could not." Om nom nom. I'm glad you have someone to infect with your pairings. Now all I have to do is find a recipe for cookies which travel well. ;D

The prof teaching that module sounds adorable. He's apparently really bummed out that none of the students seem enthusiastic about the comics they're studying and asks them things like "is anyone here a zombie nut?" I want to be in that class so badly. Gaaah.

Oh god, the mindfuck that is this horrible, abusive ship. I kind of ship it, too. Ugh. Such a horrible person.

Anything interesting happening as part of your long day? I have a lot to do but am taking a self-imposed lunch break right now. (Is it wrong that I sort of feel that I ought to keep this thread going until I run out of Daryl gifs?)

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True. Stannis > breakfast. Jon, your priorities make me happy. And I'm sure cookies are frivolous.

WTF is wrong with these people? They get a class like that and then they don't even appreciate it ... idiots.

Who's a horrible person, Merle, or you and me for shipping it? ;) Probably both, but I really can't help it. I want to read violent, abusive, heart-shattering fic about this.

Mostly it's a boring long day. I had a translation class this morning, which is fun at least, but the rest of my day is pretty annoying. I have a break right now and then the most boring seminar of the week ... but at least I can just hang behind my laptop for that and pretend I'm listening. Ugh.

Please do keep it going. There is no such thing as too many Daryl gifs.

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Jon's priorities are absolutely right. I sanction them whole-heartedly. :D Cookies are frivolous but DELICIOUS.

I don't know what's wrong with them. Meanwhile, I put it as my first choice for the term and didn't get it. Crying.

I was thinking us for shipping it! But Merle is waaaay worse than us, so that's something, I guess. And I sort of want to write fic about it but then I don't want to (but then I do). Going to special hell for wanting to put Daryl through this. Ugh.

Lots of classes then. I can see why that'd be a pain. I've got quite a few things on tomorrow which may end up being pretty tedious but I'm hoping to soldier on through it. How was the boring seminar? Any better than usual?

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Damn, Stannis already barely eats as it is. It won't help to have someone else around who doesn't think eating is good for anything.

:( There were so many awesome classes at my uni, but by the time I could finally register for classes (which was late, because I had to wait for my B.A. diploma before I could even register at my new uni) all those classes were already full.

I know what you mean. I'd love to read it. But I want you to write Stannis/Jon fic, and I want that even more than I want Merle/Daryl ... I think.

The boring seminar was even worse than usual. It consists of my professor rambling for 90 minutes, without pause, he talks incredibly slowly, repeats the same shit over and over again, and you could generally sum up the seminar in 10 minutes. I even have trouble pretending that I'm taking notes because I really wouldn't know what to write down of all that useless rambling. So instead I posted Mark Strong pictures on tumblr. Yeah. I'm not taking this seriously, but I CAN'T take that man seriously. Buuut I just got home, I don't have classes on Friday, so life is good.

Restraining Daryl, everyone's favourite pastime.^^

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Yeah, Stannis probably doesn't need people making his asceticism seem more acceptable and normal. Oops.

Ugh, that sucks. Stupid unfair registration processes.

I'm attempting to write Stannis/Jon fic, I promise. Also, is it just me or is TWD fandom practically non-existent?

That seminar sounds boring as hell. Uggh. I'm glad you had Mark Strong to distract you. I have to say that I'm posting this right now in order to distract myself from thoughts of the supervisory meeting I just had. Somehow they always leave me massively depressed. Need to cheer up. Will probably grab lunch then attempt to distract myself with work.

Restraining Daryl sounds slightly racy. Nice.

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Davos: You should eat something, Your Grace.
Stannis: Jon doesn't eat either.
Jon: *embarrassed shrug*
Davos: *sigh*

Squeeee Stannis/Jon fic. What kind of Stannis/Jon fic? I'm all giddy here. ^^
There really doesn't seem to be much of a TWD fandom. The only thing I've seen is wank, the "if you haven't read the comics you're not a true fan" wank.

Depressing meetings, boring classes ... our lives suck. ;) Good thing we have fandom distraction.

Restraining Daryl sounds like there should be bondage involved. I'd probably ship Rick/Daryl just for the prettiness if Rick wasn't so damn busy with his wife all the time.

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Poor, long suffering Davos, being near to his king may make it worth it but sometimes he must despair a little.

I have a few things on-the-go, hopefully will manage to work more on them after I get home tonight. (:
There doesn't seem to be much fic, either. There's a semi-active kinkmeme but that's about it. Oh comic fans, but your canon is so different and has no Daryl Dixon at all. ):

We definitely need fandom save us all from our rl funk. Oh reality, why are you so lame?

Definitely sounds that way! Rick and Daryl don't really interact much so it's hard to figure out what their dynamic would actually be like. Sigh. So few good ships in this fandom.

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Yep. I think Davos and Queen Sansa will conspire to get Stannis to eat. Because Stannis could drive anyone mad.

Yay fic! I'll hopefully finish my exchange fic today, I have no other plans anyway. Fic-writing Friday, yay!
I find those "true fans" discussions always ridiculous, but even more so when book/comic and show/movie are SO different. It's like saying that real True Blood fans must read those shitty books as well. ;) I mean, I think GoT fans should definitely read the books, but I'm not going to bitch at them all the time.

Reality deserves this icon.

Mostly Rick and Daryl disagree when they talk, which isn't often. But Rick has this protective side that poor lonely Daryl might appreciate if they were closer ... and Rick is ridiculously hot. ;) But I still don't see anything happening between them, ever. There's really no one to ship Daryl with.

ZOMBIE!DARYL ;)