Elijah Wood to stand in for John Peel at some point in the forseeable future.

Ahahahahahahahaha. Boy better brush up on his happy hardcore, is all I'm sayin'.

Computer has been on the blink rather of late, so I have a week or so of random thoughts to try and remember for one happy disjointed post, and all I can think of is-
You know what I hate in 'fic? What really squicks me? The word 'lover'. I get the fact that 'boyfriend' is a bit infantilising, and 'partner' is sterile up the wazoo (whee, mental images) (and 'partner' is fine when it's a technical term for a business/work relationship that just happpens to have become sexual), but 'lover' is such a cloying, emasculating, anaemic, toothless, ugly little word. Just use the man or woman's name, for god's sake.
Also, while I'm at it, can someone for once be an emotional cripple without the necessary Distant Parent/Callous Ex-Lover/String of Tragically Dead Pets in their past? Just because a lot of slash is based on TV series where that kind of hokey logic is wadded up to fill in the plotholes doesn't mean they have to learn characterisation from the scriptwriters' mistakes. Sometimes I feel like smacking some writers upside the head with the vengeful hand of Stop Passing The Buck.
And another thing!

...nah, I'll let it slide.

For my sins, I have two sentences of OCfic in my head, and they are:
"She hit you over the head with a light bulb?"
"I believe the technical term is 'lamped'."
Free to good home, all vaccinations up to date. Neutered.