Fandominium
31-May-07
The vasty fields of LiveJournal are ablaze with the smoking husks of half-a-thousand accounts and communities, all silenced in the wake of a kind of crusade against perceived indecency. Long story short, the powers-that-be at LiveJournal/Six Apart were approached by a group claiming to represent the best interests of children. Apparently, the threat had the stench to it of a “To Catch A Predator” sting, so LJ/6A pulled the plug on any profile who listed certain predilectory interests. Chaos ensued, as the mass comatosing affected not only unsavory stalker-types, but a number of communities who engage in either some kind of fan fiction involving young wizards and the like or users who enjoy certain fetishes that roleplay in a child-like direction.
That, in a nutshell, is it. As of this morning, there is an official (belated) explanation from LiveJournal available. If you need to know more, there’s a great thread going on Metafilter, Nikki’s made an excellent point on her own blog, Alyssa’s posted to her LJ about it and — if that wasn’t all — there have been a number of LJ communities (like metafandom) that are documenting the whole thing with a thoroughness that would make Ken Burns blush through his beard with shame and inadequacy.
While the rest of the world blazes away, I’ve decided instead to take and expand upon a moment of idiocy from the comment I left on Nikki’s blog. So, without further ado, allow me to inspire an entirely new fandom: Perry Mason / Barnaby Jones.

And no, nothing says this has to be slashy. They can just be pals that have all kinds of excellent adventures. So here’s my gauntlet and I’m throwing it down. I want one or more of you good people to write me some awesome Mason / Jones fanfic. Come on … I’m waiting.
[tags]fandom, LiveJournal, Six Apart[/tags]




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