Rambling; to talk or write without any clear thread. 

Occasionally I get very heated about something and feel a need to pontificate or rant. Other times I just want to ramble on about something I like or enjoy.  Whether anything will be worth reading is a moot point, but I'll enjoy myself. If anything among these 'essays' (I think that is far too grand a word) strikes a chord, do get in contact.

• Critique, feedback and hobbies - Jan 06

• Definitions of a hero; is Daniel Jackson an alpha male? - May 03

• Fandoms in, fandoms out, and shake it all about My musings on why I like what I like.. - Aug 04

• Favourite Crime Novels - April 07

• Favourite SF/Fantasy Books - April 07

• Feminisation - the transformation of a male into a female - Sept 04

• Histrionics, vindictiveness, lies and slander. A fandom split by malice? yep, Stargate! March 03

• Is slash gay porn? - Sept 03

• Rants and moans about some aspects of fan fiction - Aug 03

• Reality TV - a rant. I HATE Big Brother - March 03

• Severus Snape: A deeply horrible person. - this was not cross posted anywhere, but got picked up by the  daily_snitch  within an hour of posting and I was overwhelmed by the response! - June 05

• The Americanisation of Harry Potter - or here on LJ with comments posted to HP_essays and engendering a lot of comment. Not all were in agreement by all means, but most were very pleasant, although the damn thing got hijacked by rants about spellings, something I'd never even mentioned. I bailed out after one person was incredibly rude - she said she felt sorry for me if I was so 'precious' that I wouldn't read HP fiction with American spellings!  While another replied to my attempt at humour by telling me that I shouldn't ask for people's opinions if I wasn't prepared to accept them! I couldn't think of a thing to say that wouldn't sound defensive and rude so... This is obviously a hot topic in the fandom, and not helped by the Americanised versions of the books, although I do not believe that the essential spirit of the book i.e. it's Britishness has been changed at all. But there you go. - July 04

• Top 20 Films - Feb 05

• What do we mean when we refer to slash pairings and slash fan fiction particularly in terms of non-con? - Sept 07

• When is Gen not Gen? on defining the genre General fiction - Jan 07

• Whitewashing Krycek - July 04