Showing posts with label bonfire night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bonfire night. Show all posts

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Bollocks!


It's time to gather some fireworks and light the bonfire for Guy Fawkes Day, better known as Bonfire Night. You could celebrate by playing in a hiphop-punk-electronica band or by visiting Falstaff's Kidney Pies. I don't recommend trying to blow up Parliament, though. That's for tossers.

Fanfic Update!
  • All Hallows' Eve (Pasta's Never-ending Ideas Thread!), by Princess_Pasta (part 1): "'What in the hell are you thinking?' 'Relax, it's Halloween. We can stand to have a little fun'. 'If Mom and Dad-' Elsie Sloane let out an exasperated sigh before turning away from her vanity mirror to level her older brother with a steely glare."

  • Cynic and a Six-String, by fringeperson (part 38): "Fall, the first day back at Lawndale High for the new scholastic year, but you wouldn't know by the mercury readings. It was damn hot out."

  • Friends and More: a story about Mack, by 11tee (part 1): "Michael "Mack" Mackenzie sat at his table staring at the pizza. Only two slices were missing after half an hour. He occasionally looked out the window from his seat. He always sat in this seat- it afforded a good view of the passers-by coming to the Pizzeria."

  • Hiding in Plain Sight, by Roentgen (COMPLETE!): "'C'mon, work those legs! Work 'em! Work 'em!' The crowd of people, at least a dozen of whom were on their first attempt to lose pounds now that New Year's Eve was over and they were already regretting their resolutions."

  • The Many Doctors – Chapter 40, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 1): "It had been many days, possibly a week, since the Doctor and his companions had met the Eleventh incarnation of the Doctor and Clara Oswald at Coal Hill School. '...And we have now left the Ood Sphere. We're on the right track,' the Doctor said."

  • Reclamation, by SacredDust (parts 5 and 6): "Taking classes at Fielding Academy was one thing. Belonging to it was another. Elaine Swinton was interested only in the ones who belonged. The boarders, the participators, those who were fully committed--she was just fine with them, as long as they stayed out of her way." (Part 6)

  • A.R.C Chapter 8 Sighted by a condor, by ST91 (part 1): "That day during the lunch break the topic of discussion was the imminent arrival in the school of two talent scouts from Amazon Models. 'You know, it is in situations like this I regret that we do not have the same classes.' said Jane."

  • Second Chances, by Lady Evil (part 1): "'You can just drop me off here.' Jane told Trent as they came to the shopping center. 'Fine.' sighed Trent, parking his Plymouth. 'Can you get a ride back? I'm gonna be busy all day trying to find a new bassist.'"

  • Stargate Delicately Balanced Daria Chapter Two, by Meester_Lee (part 3): "Daria's reappearance hadn't gone unnoticed at the Hardin residence, even if Cal was on suspension. Cal learned first; he still had friends at Highland High, even after Thursday night."

Monday, November 5, 2012

Remember, Remember....


Today is Bonfire Night, to which Guy Fawkes Day would say "Bollocks!" Then again, that's his response to everything. To those who celebrate the day, have fun!

Fandom News!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Bollocks!


Today is Guy Fawkes Night! It commemorates the day Guy Fawkes did not blow up the House of Lords, which seems unfair. I didn't blow up the House of Lords, either, but no one named any holiays after me! Ah, well. Celebrate the day with lots of fireworks or, if that's not your thing, by playing in a hiphop-punk-electronica band. Your choice.

This is also the birthday of Lynn Cullen, the controversial character from The Look Alike Series. Love her or hate her, you can't deny that the series had an impact on fandom.

Fandom News!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lynn Cullen = Guy Fawkes? Bollocks!

Curiously enough, Canadibrit's Lynn Cullen, Daria's half-sister, happens to have been born on the day of Bonfire Night, better (but incorrectly) known to Daria fans as Guy Fawkes Day. We don't have Lynn's birth year, but we do have her fanfic in The Look-Alike Series (TLAS). Her birth date was announced, among other places, here. Loads of pictures of the occasionally violent Ms. Cullen can be found here. The Daria character called Guy Fawkes Day, from Holiday Island High, is a classic late-1970s or early 1980s English punk rocker, per the Sex Pistols. The original Guy Fawkes was not a punk rocker. A Daria fanfic was written making use of the Guy Fawkes meme ("Remember, Remember").

Was making Lynn Cullen's birthday on Guy Fawkes Night some kind of message? Given Ms. Cullen's behavior, possibly so.

Oh, and don't mistake the fandom's Lynn Cullen for the real-life talk-show host. They aren't the same person. Duh.


Odd. I just noticed that the Facebook Daria fan site has almost a quarter of a million members! Where the heck did they come from? Why aren't they at PPMB, for crying out loud?

NEW! The Ringbearers "Skippy" list has been revived!

What else is up... oh, right.

PPMB
  • Anti-Trope, by Pinkminx (Part 5): As Dean listened to the teacher talk, his brow furrowed. The teacher wasn’t making any sense. "Realizing your actuality"—what the hell was that supposed to mean?
  • Behind the Mystik, by Kristen Bealer (COMPLETE!): Narrator: "And now back to VH1's Behind the Music with Mystik Spiral."
  • Finn Morgendorffer 12: Carnivore, by HolyGrail2007 (Part 1): “Oh, Finn, there you are!” Jake called when he noticed the truant boy in the doorway. “Hi, Dad,” Finn smiled. “What’s on the tapes?” “Old home movies!” Jake eagerly exclaimed. “I get to relive all the wonderful memories of you kids' childhood!”
  • NEW! ill, by Jim North (COMPLETE!): Knuckles knocked. Door opened. Jane stood on the other side, looking concerned and wringing her hands on a small can. "I came as soon as I heard," she said. (FF.net)
  • In Silence Sarcastic, by Trscroggs (continued): “So both the Morgendorffer children are a little odd,” said Jane. “Did that have anything to do with you taking on the football team?”
  • Unnamed songfic, by Respite (COMPLETE!): "My name is... Jane-Zula. The art-rula, The highschoolah..." [Daria/Aqua Teen Hunger Force]