InsaneJournal is currently recovering from an epic server snafu, so I'm going to resort to this as my backup fandom journal until the main hang is back up.

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For what it's worth, these are three of the reasons I support the Organization for Transformative Works:

(1) Smart, thoughtful people are involved.
(2) Its leaders are willing to go to bat for other fans under their real names. This takes both generosity and professional guts.
(3) Its plans include a fandom legal defense fund.

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BPAL notes:

Sapphics (Lupercalia LE decant, inspired by Swinburne)
Lab notes: All the night sleep came not upon my eyelid / Shed not dew, nor shook nor unclosed a feather, / Yet with lips shut close and with eyes of iron / Stood and beheld me... Tonka, oakmoss, tolu balsam, grey amber, myrrh, and muguet.
Ribbons's reaction: Nice! Shimmery. Need to analyze this with Czernobog. (IIRC, it's a touch lighter.)

Parlement of Foules 2008: (Lupercalia LE decant)
Lab notes: White rose and soft resins.
Ribbons's reaction: Mmm. Soft, indeed. Very pleasant. Might want more...

Swan Maiden (LE decant, 2007)
Lab description: White gardenia, white iris, sandalwood, calla lily, French magnolia, muguet, jonquil, and orchid.
Ribbons's reaction: Nice. This was one I chased for a while (didn't want it enough to get a bottle, but was definitely curious about it, as it contains many of my favorite flowers (to look at, at any rate). It has a cool, elegant aura to it - might reserve it for business functions.

Last night I was wearing Parlement of Foules and Swan Maiden simultaneously - might try it again on purpose sometime.

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Quick rec:
Title: Shall I Compare Thee To A Tentacled Alien Corpse?
Author: marginaliana
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto, some Gwen
Rating: PG-13 [but not really worksafe, if you ask Ribbons]
Length: 1300
Summary: Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Jack and Ianto's naughty limerick war.
Ribbons's reaction: With a title like that, you have to ask? ;-)