badly_knitted | Hello!

Welcome to badly_knitted's Fluff Emporium, home to mostly fluffy Torchwood fanfic and other things I may see fit to randomly include.

To answer all the questions I'm sure everyone is asking (pause for hysterical laughter): Yes, I am the same badly_knitted you may have noticed over on LJ; No, I'm not abandoning LJ, at least not for the moment, depends on whether or not they resolve the whole twitter/facebook debacle. In the meantime, this journal will make it easier to keep up with - and comment on - the fics written by those of you who, for understandable reasons, are only allowing comments over here. I've not taken that step yet - I think I've managed to block the facebook/twitter link thingies, but being a technological dunce I'm not certain. I'm not on facebook or twitter by choice, so if anyone spots anything to do with me over there, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know.

For now, I will be posting the fics on my LJ over here as well - call it a backup plan, just in case.

If anyone pops over to read, then I hope you'll enjoy, comments would also be welcome. Don't be shy, introduce yourselves, I don't bite!

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That sounds like a plan. There's definitely more on here than you could see in one lifetime. ;)

I think making your viewers feel happy/empowered is totally underrated. Like, why is it like a badge of honor for screenwriters to make people feel uncomfortable or scared? I don't get it at all...

You're braver than me - I'm a total baby when it comes to doorstop books. Which is a shame: it totally limits my intake of sci-fi/fantasy. I think this is largely the reason why I read so much YA...

They were the biggest doorstops I ever read, a great story but not something I'd tackle again. They proved hazardous to my health, I injured my wrist reading one, just from trying to hold it open with one hand. Took 8 weeks to heal the damaged tendons and ligaments. =/

There are plenty of really good, much shorter SF novels, thankfully!

I like writing funny/silly/fluffy fics because I love making people happy. Screenwriters must be warped. They think realism is what people want. They're wrong. People want to be made to feel good and hopeful, not miserable and depressed.

You see, this is why I roll my eyes whenever anybody complains about e-readers...

You have to have some comic relief. I think sometimes people get 'realism' confused with 'violence and misogyny' as well which is just ... no.

Which of course should not be considered realistic even if they are too prevalent in real life. There are a lot of wonderful things like kindness and happy relationships that are realistic too. If they want to show realism, why can't they focus on the positives?

e-readers are a great help - I think I have all three massive tomes as ebooks somewhere, not that I have any intention of ever spending half a year reading them again, lol! I do prefer the feel of a real book in my hands though. I'm old-fashioned ;)

I know right? People do loads of awful stuff, but we've been known to do some good stuff too. Occasionally. ;)

Personally I like the option not to have to deal with tiny writing - if the font is too small I can't concentrate, at all. Holding a book is nice, though, and having a pile of finished books that you can look at is super satisfying.

I just want to get all my books out of storage - there are so many I haven't had the chance to read yet! We had burst pipes the winter of 2010, so I had to empty my room for the ceiling to be replaced, then the rest of the house had to be cleared for a complete re-wire. We just never got the place straight because mum's health was going downhill and I wasn't much better, so I'm only just getting things back and trying to sort them. I like being surrounded by books.

If TV shows concentrated more on showing the nice things people do, maybe people would be nicer.

I hope you get your books back soon - it is nice to be surrounded by books.

I think so, too. :)

They're like my comfort blanket - I had to buy more because I ran out of things to read o_O

I've always read a lot, I'd be lost without a few good books on the go.

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