Well, that's what the internet is for--giving us something to be bothered by.

Oh, rants...so many of them seem so...violent. Yes, I know that's the point. And I've found them far easier than thinking of clever, topical, yet amusing satire. At least here, where I still haven't found my footing--at least not well enough to find bad fic conventions.

Actually...(yeah, I do write these as they come into my head. If I was going to edit them and make them coherent, I might as well just make it a fic)there are a few things. The first being a complete and utter lack of Dead Moon Circus slash. And if you do know of some, I'd be much obliged if you'd pass it along. So far, I've been able to find Haruka's, of Haruka's Mobile Home, "Target" which is great(sure, it's got some squicky parts, but they're squicky because it's just...questionable territory, not OOC squicky). But there's only so many times you can read one fic in the same week.

Alas, all I've been able to find is member of Amazon Trio/Sailor Scout. And I have nothing against people who write the fics I'm talking about. I repeat, nothing against you, so please don't be offended. I just...don't agree with you...

Right now I'm not talking about member of Amazon Trio boinks a random Sailor Scout. Unless it's Fisheye/Jupiter or something like that. I have no problem with characters hooking up and having a random fling. Well, as long as it isn't glorified rape because glorified rape is wrong, bad, and utterly disgusting(if you are male and are writing glorified rape, I hope I never come into contact with you. if you are female and writing glorified rape, I just have to say that BDSM--i.e. female submission--is one thing. BDSM is consensual. Rape is just...ugh. New topic.)That's fine. Between the three of them, the Amazon Trio will sleep with anyone.(well, hermaphrodites is a grey area...) And they had to have gained all that "knowing exactly what they want and why" knowledge from someone(I shudder at the thought of a newly created Trio wandering the streets, screwing everything they meet. Hmmm...there might be a fic in that...)

It's when the confessions of undying love start flying. You are free to disagree with me, but...I just have a stupid little rule. I don't know if anyone else has encountered this, but in some situations, there are people who can sleep with anyone but they're only allowed to love each other.

Yeah, I know. And with my theory, I don't think the Amazon Trio's capable of love for...the bulk of their anime appearence. First off, Hawkeye and Tigereye are talking and one of them mentions that all the beautiful dreams they've riffled through have love in them. Amazon Trio has no dream mirrors, ergo, no love. Although one could easily argue that we're going into a grey area here, what with Fisheye like liking Darien and most of the pre-death things.

Also, just...I don't know why this bothers me. I repeat, I know that everyone interprets characters differently(like not "everyone is inherently bisexual in convenient situations") so you think what you want, I'll think what I want, and I won't feel bad if you write a rant saying you think I'm an idiot.(if you prefer the manga way of thinking, you must think I'm an idiot by now--an entire site for 3 monsters of the day...) And even though it's not how I get my jollies, at least there are people writing about these poor, under appreciated villains...

Moving on...remember, Zelda is probably guilty of every single thing she has complained about, but when confronted, will either deny or fall into a downward spiral of angst over it. That's just the way she works. And part of this next problem of mine could just be the fact that I don't have the attention span or skill to create a decent web design.

Anyway, overly themed sites give me a bad taste in my mouth. Like sites where every link has an elaborate name that could mean...well, anything, but doesn't really give one of hint of what they're clicking on?(Link names such as "Ocean Sunrise," "Egersis" and "Knissomancy", which I've just made up...hopefully there won't be any nasty coincidences...)

In some ways, my pokemon site is probably a marvelous example of this...mostly because there was an attempt at a theme, then a stacking on of whatever popped into my head. And for a site that was created mostly just for my fanworks, I sure made them damn hard to find!

So I am utterly inept at making a web page. This doesn't stop me, although it should. And while people who live in glass houses should chuck rocks at the neighbors while walking around naked, I do dislike the over designed.

You know what I mean. Hell, right now, you probably have the mental image of such a site. I know that, yes, Virginia, some of it is jealously. But...I don't like people who flaunt it. Nice graphics are nice, and a nice layout is great, but...part of me prefers people who don't have massive warnings plastered everywhere. Yes, I know that some people--unlike myself--work hard for their page. I know that creating graphics takes a long time, and I do feel that anyone who copies an entire page really sucks. But we are all doing this for fun, right? And if someone does take your entire page, people will know.

Fan work theft does piss me off. Plagiarism especially...but, gallery robbing...okay, if it is your entire gallery, in the exact same order--even without your bandwith theft--that's trashy. A pic here and there...I say, so what? We're all committing copyright violations here, people. Such is the internet.

Not even in terms of fan stuff, there are people who have announced that if they can't find it on the internet for free, they don't need it. With the right connection, these people have no qualms about downloading demo programs with no intention of ever buying the program, leaving Napster on for hours, and all sorts of other things.

I'm one of these people. Denounce me if you must, but look, if you want to take anything from either one of my sites, fine. Go right ahead. If it's not a fic written by me or someone else, or a picture drawn by me or, more likely, someone else, help yourself. And if you steal my fan-art, you are a pathetic and desperate person. Hell, I'm ashamed to put my name on it...

Back to big, elaborate galleries, yeah, I wish I had the money to spend on the artbooks or the Materials book. But I don't. Hell, if I did, I'd scan them(yeah, got me a scanner for Xmas! Whoo-hoo, even if it's a hand me down...), tack 'em on my page...and my "whatever" policy would still be the damn same. Well, I'm assuming it would be.

This rant seems modest for my usual rage. Worry not, kids, we've found a point the first. It ties in a bit with over done layouts. I hate websites with any hint of pretentiousness. Yeah, I know we all need to take some pride in what we've done, instead of reveling in our ineptitude(scroll up for a few examples) But...a lot of submission policies make me ill.

I'm terrible with submissions myself. For example, finding the time to get them posted. I am horrible at it. Which is why my submission policy is...near nonexistant. Like things should be in English so I can read it.

It's those grandiose submission policies that really bug me. I understand the need for quality control and keeping things at a level you're comfortable with. But when the language of the submission policy utterly discourages writers...

In my travels, I've seen some places that just look openly hostile to me. Not even in the "Hmm, they seem to be looking for things that aren't a PWP sprinkled liberally with foul language and homo-erotica." In the "I'm going to automatically assume that you're an idiot by using insulting language" way.

In my quaint, self centered way, I've decided that I don't have to put up with that. So what if I am an utter non-entity in SM fandom? Archives are good, but am I so desperate for attention/hits that I want to be on a page that intimidates anyone who reads it?(maybe. Not yet, but maybe.)

Helping people is fine. I have seen helpful things that are not written in a harsh, "you're so stupid you're hurting us both" way. Yeah, some steps might seem a bit obvious to some of us, but why crush someone before you've even seen what they're capable of?

And so ends the first rant of the new millenium, because there is no year zero, dammit. Once again, my rants are often filled with poor spelling and general hypocrisy. Think of it as either good for a laugh, part of it's charm, or a reason to never visit this page ever again!