Narcissism Amnesty Day?

So it's almost that time of year again in which I celebrate my natal anniversary. Happy Almost Birthday to me!!!

And I feel mildly skeevy and needy even making this list, yet I push on ahead. Ahem.

Things what would make Lorraine happy on her B-Day:

Icon Wishlist

My icon aesthetic tends to run to black and white with some splashes of color, most notably red. I usually prefer textless icons, and I really like icons of people's faces and bodies in which they aren't centered or part of them is out of frame. A quick look at my userpics will give you some idea of what I mean.

I'd love icons of Colonel Caldwell, Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Bella from SPN, some kind of a food icon (something picturing food and eating or eating utensils), Gaila, Uhura, and Jared and Jensen (as opposed to Sam and Dean).

I have had a hankering for some icons with text, though: a Lady Gaga "Alejandro" icon of the Night Porter-esque scene that says (or flashes) Once more with pegging, bless hir heart (artist's choice for picture), something about a tinhat, and something about Fail!

Video Wishlist

I would adore SPN vids to Journey's "Highway Run" and James Marsters's Don't Worry Son.

I've also made posts about my vid bunnies that you might wanna check out. [I will pretty much do anything and everything, no holds barred, for anyone who wants to make me an SPN vid to "Magnolia Mountain."]

Lorraine's Theory of RPF

I read a lot of CW RPF. A lot. All Hail the CMM!

But I get that RPF seems kinda weird to some fans. Recently, ariadne83 said to me: I think I just fundamentally don't *get* RPF. I don't know how you tell if something is 'in character' or not because really, we don't know anything about what these people are like in private, you know? I mean, we have the 'canon' of performances and interviews and appearances but to my way of thinking none of that counts because they're still in performance mode. It just seems like they're OCs in all but name, and I'd rather read characters I'm familiar with, you know?"

So, what follows is why RPF works for me. [Note, this is not intended to be prescriptive, but rather descriptive of what I have noticed in RPF and what I personally like as a reader/writer of RPF. That's all.]

( Teal deer! Stampeding across your flist! )

So that's my spiel. What are your thoughts about RPF?