Was there a coup? Am I just coup-less?

[crazydiamondsue]

I know a couple of you on my flist have started and/or are involved in these, so I have a question:

What's with all the new "friends only" fanfic communities? Are we morphing into the "Queer as Folk" fandom and no one told me? Is it because of "adult content"? 'Cause if so - I've posted quite a bit of unflocked "adult content" in my day. Is it adult-adult? And what exactly does "darker" mean? Does Xander eat a live chicken while Tara circles him slowly, burning incense; as Spike makes a questionable collage of pre-pubescent Elijah Wood manips?

I'm being flip - but seriously, what's with the Friends Only? (Please attribute the bemusedly bitter tone to the fact that I use communities to track down fics for the su_herald and if they're locked, I can't link them.)

So why are we suddenly becoming a fandom of the "down low?" Um, I think Joss knows we're writing smut. Seriously.

Comments

[oolongtea.livejournal.com]

Hey! L7 is still cool!

::spins up Smell the Magic::

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Hey! I was singing every word with a big grin on my face. I guess I should have said, "Remember when you could hear them on the radio in Oklahoma?" Heh. Thank God for VH-1 cable radio.

[oolongtea.livejournal.com]

Last time I heard them was a rock retrospective on *public radio*. Eeekk....feeling old.