a few links.

[cimorene]

from bibliotech, how to add style=mine to any page on livejournal. basically, you just add the following line of javascript in a bookmark to your links in opera or firefox/ff-derivatives (to paraphrase bibliotech again, if you're using ie you're just going to have to get a better browser):

javascript:a = "style=mine"; if(location.search) location.search = location.search + "&" + a; else location.search = "?" + a; void 0;

personally, i prefer replacing "style=mine" with "format=light", which does a stripped-down black-and-white version of the page using the default fonts and sizes you set in your browser. this is even more useful if your personal journal style isn't optimised for reading fic, for instance, which i do on lj a lot.

she also links to a greasemonkey script for this here. also, it all only works with s2.

one more link! boxofshadows is the ms.-scribe-and-hp-parodying rpg i mentioned to the slashas the other day. there's not too much of it to read yet, but it's very funny. i'm especially fond of the fake ms scribe and the keysmash girl.

Comments

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the MsScribe parody is funny, as is the CC parody. Mostly though, we (Orphne and I) couldn't recognize who anybody else was supposed to be based on their writing style, so the joke was kind of lost on us because of our confusion. We wondered if keymash girl (the 1st one, nicolet4eva or what, er, eva) was supposed to be based on me (e.g. I once owned a pair of bunnies named after hp characters) but then decided if it was a parody of me, then it was terrible. How disappointing. :(

[cimness.livejournal.com]

it's not supposed to be based one-on-one on hp fandom and hp bnfs - it's parodying some stuff from other fandoms and kind of making stuff up, too. i think one of two of the characters who are supposed to be the cassie's right-hand-dudes is based partly on heidi, at least. but really, you are bound to have more first-hand knowledge of the people involved than the role-players will!

[mirabella]

Ooh, I didn't know about the format=light thing. That's nifty, especially since my layout isn't always optimized for fic either.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yeah, likewise! i like =light better than the basic comment format anyway. plus i can customise it by changing my browser preferences for size/font, which is nice.