How I feel having to make these rules.


What will happen to you if you break them.
(GIF by renisanz)

I've never had rules to my journal before, and I don't like having them now. But due to some things that have happened this year, it's become necessary. So please read these before friending me - I mean them.

RULE #1 - There will be absolutely, positively, without a doubt NO hate speech permitted. This includes hate speech targeted at women, ethnic minorities, religious groups, the LGBT community, people of different political persuasions, and people of different sizes. Fat jokes, jokes against women, minorities, etc., will get you kicked off my FL without a warning. Don't do it. They're not funny and they make you look like an ass.

RULE #2 - With the exception of Rule #1, my journal is anything goes. I want you to feel free to express your opinions, and that includes disagreeing with what I may say in a post. I am a strong proponent of Habermas's Discourse Ethics, and I believe that what the world needs right now is to sit down and discuss the problems it has. Don't agree with what I say? Great! Give me your opinion. The only rules are that you keep it civil, don't violate Rule #1, and avoid ad hominem attacks.

RULE #3 - Don't like something somebody says in my journal? You have a couple of options. 1) Engage them in a civil debate. That's totally cool, and I totally approve. 2) Ignore them. 3) Post in your own journal that you disagree. Look, lots of options. Something that isn't an option? Message me to complain about how you don't like it. My journal is open to different opinions, people, and I would love it to become a place of open discourse. I'm not going to tell people to stop posting their opinions just because someone else disagrees with them. Or even because I disagree with them. So don't try it.

RULE #4 - I won't permit shipping wars on my journal. No, I don't ship Arthur/Eames, Meg/Cass, Dean/Castiel, Sam/Dean, or J2. I do ship Arthur/Ariadne, Dean/Lisa, Sam/Ruby, Sam/Jess and neytaritook is leading me in the direction of shipping Harry/Hermione. I know some of these are ships that are unpopular in fandom. I don't care. I'm perfectly willing to discuss them civilly with anyone. I have reasons for all of them, and I love discussing characters. But if you start getting wanky, or telling me I'm stupid for shipping the way I do, then yeah, you can leave.

RULE #5 - Wincest squicks me. Talk about it all you want on your journal, but don't bring it here, okay? Not in icons, not in gifs, not in any way. J2 is even worse to me, because these are real people who are happily married. Just...no. I know this is kind of in violation of my open discussion policy, but it really, really grosses me out and kind of triggers me, so I beg you not to bring it here.

RULE #6 - 2012 is a Presidential Election Year in the US. I welcome and look forward to discussion and debate as the day approaches. I will be posting things, I'm sure, and you're welcome to comment (in agreement or disagreement). Like everything else, though - no wank permitted. Be civil, don't hate, respect the opinions of others. If I see people flaming someone, or ganging up on someone, I will remove them from my FL. Just FYI, I am a far left socialist, but I am very tolerant to the opinions of others. I want to hear what you have to say, and I will respect your opinion as long as it is civilly and intelligently stated. I'm not egotistical enough to think that everything I believe and everything I think is right.

So, for now, I think that's the list.

Basically, love each other, be nice, and act like adults.

Peace,
~ainecaitlin

I'm just putting this out there - would anyone be interested in an Inception RP? I'd like to start one, but I'd rather not go to the trouble of setting up a message board or a comm (which one is negotiable, if you're interested, would you mind saying which format you'd prefer?) if nobody's going to be interested.

It would be open to any character in the show, no matter how small, and OCs would be welcome.

Anyone?

(Arthur and Ariadne would definitely already be on hold)

So I've come to the conclusion that I'm one of...maybe two people in the Inception fandom who doesn't ship Arthur/Eames.

So I've decided to write a post explaining why I don't. :) BTW, if you ship them, that's fine. It doesn't offend me. I would, however, love to hear your opinions. :)

This is, by the way, based off a lot of thought, and a lot of discussions with neytaritook.

( Long post on why I don't ship Arthur/Eames complete with pictures. :oDCollapse )