It would be nice to at least write *something*.

I've been starting a post on lovable douchebags and why I love them in my fiction, and fandom and sexism and fic taboos and whatnot, and every time I start it, I delete the bulk of it and feel the urge to go bang my head off the wall, because it quickly degenerates into why I kinda want to throw pies at half of fandom.

The content seems to boil down to:

1. Just because I (and other people) adore lovable douchebags doesn't mean we approve of every little thing they do.

2. Just because I (and other people) adore a ship in which a lovable douchebag hooks up with ... well, anyone, doesn't actually mean we support abusive relationships or marriages we know will self-destruct in a few years or whatever. (See: Chuck/Blair -- I fully expect those two to marry and divorce a couple of times with lots of angry sex in between and a couple of eyerolling kids who keep catching them both in compromising positions when they're supposed to be, like, signing divorce papers or whatever. 'Cause I like trainwrecks. :D)

3. Just because I (and other people) adore a male lovable douchebag doesn't mean we'd hate him as a woman, or vice versa. (Actually, there are some really fabulous female lovable douchebags out there: Faith, Sarah Connor, Starbuck, George Lass, Deb Morgan, etc.)

4. Just because I (and other people) adore a lovable douchebag doesn't mean we would want to have anything to do with him in real life. (I think Dean is hot as fuck. However, if he approached me in a bar, I probably couldn't make a run for it fast enough. He's a smug criminal transient, no matter how good he looks in those jeans.)

5. You might actually adore a lovable douchebag and not even know it. They're sneaky like that. (Jack Harkness is a lovable douchebag. Depending on the season, Buffy Summers and Veronica Mars are both lovable douchebags. Arrested Development is entirely peopled by lovable douchebags.)

I feel like writing a definition of a lovable douchebag, where your character would have to fit four basic rules:

-- They're a hero, at least technically.
-- You love them in fiction.
-- But in real life, you would haaaaaate them and not want anything to do with them.
-- They really wouldn't be bothered by that for the most part.

Is it sad that I'm establishing a claim on asshats we love to hate? Heh.

For real, you guys.

The difference between advertising for men and women:

There's something wrong with me.

You know what I've been craving since the Harper's Island finale? (Which I still haven't watched, but completely spoiled myself for anyway.)

( Spoilers for the finale )

I don't know which made me laugh harder ...

... Cracked's summary of "fanfiction" or their summary of Supernatural.

I tilt towards the SPN summary if only for the sadly-accurate Female Character Flow Chart.

I am VERY VERY CALM.

OKAY, NO, I'M NOT.

I got a message this afternoon from the place I really want to work at asking me to come in for a typing test. A TYPING TEST. What are the steps after that, writing SPN fanfic at the drop of a hat and a quiz on disasters over the last hundred years?

If I screw this up, it's my own freaking fault. *crosses fingers*

EDIT: For the record, I type about 70 wpm, give or take.

A little help, if anyone is able.

We're looking for pinch-hitters for apocalyptothon. If you think you can throw together a thousand words of disaster and mayhem by Saturday, do us a huge favor and volunteer to pinch hit here.

*glomps you all*

This is why he's hot.

Spotted on IMDb ...

Neil Patrick Harris has been handed the job of hosting this year's Emmy Awards.

Emmy bosses snapped up the How I Met Your Mother actor after watching him wow Broadway's finest as Mc at the Tony Awards in June.

Harris says of his new job, "After having had such a hoot hosting the Tonys, I was thrilled to get the call about the prime-time Emmys. I'm looking forward to the challenge of the show - adding my own voice to it, while honouring the nominees and the entire year in television. But which voice to choose? I'm torn between gangsta, foppish Brit, and robot. Really proud of my robot. We'll see what happens on the night."

The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 20 September.

Oh, YOU. *smishes him*