[identity profile] clauderainsrm.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] therealljidol
It came down to the wire. Heck, it almost came down to an email! But in the end, it was the wire that did them in…

We lose the only previous Finalist still in the competition - [livejournal.com profile] agirlnamedluna, who finished 3rd in her very first attempt at Idol, back in Season 3, after giving birth to the very first Idol Baby She finishes 4th today, with a daughter technically old enough to be an Idol contestant!! She still manages to push getting her entries in to the very last minute though. So, she's definitely consistent! ;)

We are also losing [livejournal.com profile] porn_this_way, who showed up in Season 8 to be a thorn in the side of everyone and cause chaos, and ended up becoming a beloved and respected contestant who is just as addicted as everyone else!

Two very different people, who are both awesome at what they do.

Thank you to both of you for coming out this mini-season and for your love of Idol. Believe me, that’s always appreciated.

Please remember to go over to the Community Chest and send me your list of the 5 things you want! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/676576.html

Date: 2013-09-20 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
Well! My family, coworkers, and everyone in my social circle will certainly be relieved about this! "Come out into the sunlight", they say. "There's a whole wide world out there", they say. Blasphemers.


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Some days, you're the guy with the gun. Some days, you're the duck. The important part is, at the end of the day, to remember to be the dog. Even if you're not directly involved in the firefight, you can still sit on the sidelines, laughing your ass off at everyone, and provoking them to the point of insanity. Words to live by, dammit! ♥

Thanks to everyone for keeping my crazy ass in this long. Pranking and goofing in Idol is fun as hell in its own right, but pranking and goofing your way into the Top 5? That shit's bragging rights! I had a total blast this run, and if I made you laugh at any point during the season, then mission accomplished. If I made you laugh and then feel slightly bad about it - even better. :P And I strongly object to the slanderous accusation that I have failed to be a pain in the ass and cause chaos!! Geez, Gary, that shit's defamation of character right there.

Best of luck to the remaining survivors in Exhibit Bloodbath, and may the odds be *ever* in your favor!

Date: 2013-09-20 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
You always make me laugh, and you did AWESOME.

Exhibit Bloodbath - Hahahahaha! :)

Date: 2013-09-20 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
YAY, and thank you, and I call 'em as I see 'em! In that order :P

You had a pretty awesome run yourself. I'm really glad you decided to do this season too.

Date: 2013-09-20 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm here for the long-haul! : P

Date: 2013-09-20 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
You're awesome and brilliant and I love the way you put your words together. You're a great intersection partner (even when we aren't) and a good friend. ::HUGS:: and stuff.

Date: 2013-09-20 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
O HAY FAKE INTERSECTION PARTNER.

Given you tend to hear my words *behind* the scenes as well (okay, so sometimes they're more indignant screeches than words, but still), you're being quite generous with your praise :P

*hugs* Kick some boo-tay, por favor.

Date: 2013-09-20 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
Dude! Just sayin what it is. :)

I like some o f the behind the scenes words even better. :)

Date: 2013-09-20 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kajel.livejournal.com
I am with Kate, you are brilliant and I really loved getting to know you and reading your entries!!

Date: 2013-09-20 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! I feel like these mini seasons have been an awesome chance to get to know a lot of the people who I sorta saw in passing and maybe exchanged a comment or two with during the main seasons, but never really got much chance to engage with because OMG MADHOUSE. It's been good getting to know you better as well :D

Date: 2013-09-20 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whipchick.livejournal.com
Well-done, and I so enjoyed reading your work!!! My kind of snark :)

Date: 2013-09-20 03:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
Thank you!! Hey, what can I say. I try to be consistently ridiculous and quasi-offensive.

Date: 2013-09-20 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
District 13 salutes you over here. ;)

You had a fabulous run, earned some mega bragging rights, and you definitely accomplished your missions. <3 Thank you in particular for introducing me this season - that was a masterwork and I still kind of want to find a way to condense it to a business card and hand to people when I meet them.

Date: 2013-09-21 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
Lol! I'm glad you found that ridiculous post to be an accurate description. I have to say, after meeting you IRL, I found it to be pretty accurate too :p

Thanks so much for being such an amazingly supportive flail partner this season. You and District 13...give 'em hell!

Date: 2013-09-20 01:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kajel.livejournal.com
Two great writers leaving. As PTW says...let the Exhibit Bloodbath continue!

Date: 2013-09-20 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
I'll go ahead and say it: I'm beyond crushed by the results. I met Luna during Season 3; she's been a friend and personal inspiration for a long time.

And while PTW has sort of put everything into perspective in her comment, I admit: I've come to admire her sense in cocktail bravado over the course of the season. ;-) Though she needs to learn how to mix a proper Mai Tai. (Just sayin'!)

Date: 2013-09-20 03:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
SPEAKING OF COCKTAIL BRAVADO. *just got back from the bar* I'm so fucking smooth. I went downstairs (there's a sushi bar\real bar on the ground-level floor of my apartment building), totally forgot to take off the Pokemon hoodie I was wearing (and I don't mean "hooded sweater with a picture of a pokemon on it", I mean hoodie with pokemon ears on the hood and a tail attached to the back), realized halfway there that I was still wearing the thing, failed to give a shit, walked into the bar, and then had the bartender freak out...because she wanted to know where I got it. Ha, my shameless dweebiness has been validated for the day! Also, martinis happened. VERY POTENT MARTINIS.

ALSO, I have shared many, many wonderful memories with Mai Tais that seemed to be mixed JUST FINE, thankyouverymuch. I did, however, procure Kahlua at the liquor store, per your orders. What was that "mind eraser" thing again??

*AHEM* Anyways! All boozy absurdity aside, you totally rocked last week, and many weeks before, and I wish you the best of luck in the few weeks remaining!

Date: 2013-09-20 03:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
If you remember the Mai Tais, they were not mixed properly. ;-)

The Mind Eraser: Layer equal parts Kahlua, vodka, and sprite into a small glass. (For tips on layering: http://mixthatdrink.com/how-to-pour-a-layered-cocktail/ .... don't skip the layering step, they're meant to be floated atop one another.)

Stick your little sippy straw into the bottom of the glass, where the Kahlua is waiting. Begin to drink. Do not stop for breath until the drink is gone. The Kahlua will be cloying, but it will buffer your mouth against the burn of the vodka, and then the Sprite rinses everything out.

I do hope you remembered the straws?

Pro-Tip: If you're in Northern Jersey, you can substitute Chambord for Kahlua. But Northern Jersey is a weird, weird place.

Date: 2013-09-20 03:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
I wish I were in Jersey, but no, I'm in Texas because God and geography both hate me. So Kahlua it is!

I have all three of the Mind Eraser ingredients readily available to me, and next time I'm looking to go from sober to awesome in 0.5 seconds, I will test drive this bad boy and see what happens! Hopefully I won't find religion and end up bowing to the porcelain god by evening's end.

Some Mai Tais, I remember. Some, I do not. Some, I have this fuzzy memory of "I think I ordered a Mai Tai?" and then nothing. I have the sneaking suspicion it's that last category that's "good" :P

Date: 2013-09-20 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
I've never seen anyone find religion from them, but ... well, I'll refer you to Dune.

"Many have tried the Mind Eraser, but none have succeeded."
"They tried and failed?"
"They tried and died."

Seriously, a ton of party casualties from these things. (Because people always try to do a second one ... never fails. Don't be a hero!) (Related note: Ever turn the tables on wedding crashers and get them so drunk on 4 ounces of liquor that they have to be carried out to the police car? Good times, good times.)

Date: 2013-09-20 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
Lmao whaaat. Given weddings are sooooo totally not my scene (I've seriously only been to..*thinks*...three in my entire life, and at one of them, I was 5 years old), I can't say I've had a lot of experience with wedding crashers, but that's pretty effing brilliant. I am filing this away for future knowledge!

Also, I shall not attempt to be a hero when erasing my own mind. Thank you kindly for that tip as well. WARNING, SELF: settle the fuck down, or you'll find religion. (Terrifying, that!)
Edited Date: 2013-09-20 04:17 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-20 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
(Also: thank you very much for the kind words. Though I have to ask: "weeks" remaining, plural? Surely Gary isn't going to subject the folks left to some triathlon of writing, right? I figured he'd just make the last poll Gatekeepers Only ... or something else as infuriating.)

Date: 2013-09-20 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
*laughs* WELL, His Evil Overlordship never said it was the finale, he just gave you a topic. Interpret how you will!

Date: 2013-09-23 04:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com
Congrats on making it into the Top 5 this round, and Idol aside, the whole Pokemon costume-hoodie encounter just shows that you are winning at life overall!

Even if your region, your school beaurocracy, and Other Stupid People frustrate you from time-to-time, you are so very much YOU. That will never stop being awesome. \o/

Date: 2013-09-25 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porn-this-way.livejournal.com
♥ Thank you on multiple levels :D

Sometimes having no shame at all *is* kinda fun :P

Date: 2013-09-20 06:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
Thank you :) Your "twist" revelation is what kept me in the game, I certainly did not want it to be in vain. Now kick ass at this for me, please :)

Date: 2013-09-20 12:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anyonesghost.livejournal.com
Well, I don't know how much the 'twist' really helped, but if it rendered any assistance, then I was glad to do it. (Maybe it's time I made a general announcement over here, as well ... I keep holding off on that.)

And if there's a bright side here at all, it's that this elimination booted the last two people against whom I'd have felt badly competing. Which means I'm not going to pull any more literary punches ... and I'm either coming back with my shield, or on it.

Date: 2013-09-20 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roina-arwen.livejournal.com
That last bit before the poll closed must've been something! When I checked in about an hour before closing, it looked like [livejournal.com profile] agirlnamedluna would be safe. It was a very close race, though!

Sorry to see both writers go at this stage - it's been a tough season.
Edited Date: 2013-09-20 01:57 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-20 06:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
I went to sleep even before that, shows you that you really better be around when a poll is closing ^^

Thanks for all your support during the season and your reassurance that one week. And for Frist! It's hanging right next to my computer :)

Date: 2013-09-20 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lapis-lazuli615.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm so bummed that [livejournal.com profile] agirlnamedluna got booted! My first two intersection partners got booted before I did, and I've been cheering Luna since I got booted! Damn!!

*kicks a can*
Edited Date: 2013-09-20 05:49 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-20 06:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
Thank you so much :) Our intersection is a fond memory of a season with not so fond ones and your words of encouragement definitely are too :)

Date: 2013-09-20 07:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
So long, and thanks for all the fish :)


Probably no one is going to read this anymore, as I'm - as usually on busy week days - posting way past when this is happening. I have a feeling that this characterises this season very well - it just didn't happen all at the same time.

I don't know whether I'll still be around for s9, some of the remarks, even directed at people I love the most or friends who used to have LJ and still wanted to support me, have made me think twice. It is probably not my place anymore.

Gary, in any case, you're as always a champ.

Date: 2013-09-23 08:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
Thank you Gary - two things do make it better, the fact I managed to drive you crazy and I got to write you into a story. There has never been a direct remark but some things you can barely miss. You even mentioned some of them in your GR posts. I'm sure by January I may have forgotten about it though and perhaps decided to give it another chance.

Date: 2013-09-23 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
Yeah but it's hard to look past it sometimes (I know there's been OODLES of discussions about what is "fair" voting, whether or not "casually mentioning" it on your LJ is somehow better/worse than pleading for votes on your LJ/wherever), whether it's fair to get other communities involved). However, considering I was the only one to speak up about the Twitter/Fb friends (to my knowledge, someone privately told me that they too poked some people and there were no hard feelings), the whole discussion about "but now weaker people will advance" over the twist, the is it still journaling if it's fiction side-comments, ... I admit it was hard to shrug it off each time, especially considering timezones I'm always either way ahead or way behind on comments in GR and other social occasions, so I was not part of that BFF group that formed with lovely encouragements and gushing all around - so then it's just a question of eliminating who it's all about.

I think the DDOS attack comment was what really made me step back on the last poll. I don't wish that on any of my friends :)

Also, I do see your point about the double voting, hadn't thought of that. I think I ran about everyone past you. You are also the only person not in my gaming group that knows the names of my bf and best friend thanks to this :P I trust you to keep it safe :P

Date: 2013-09-20 07:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com
I checked in this morning - I was out kind of late at the library party last night and didn't have much time for commenting or brains for anything beyond sleep. I giggled out loud, because the first line of this comment was exactly what I had as the first line of my planned little exit comment. I better go edit that again. ;) *high five for Douglas Adams references*

You were a really strong competitor, and making it this far in the game is an amazing accomplishment.

I'm sorry this isn't feeling like a welcoming or happy place right now. If I contributed to that at all, I apologize, and I hope you'll let me know if I said something in specific which hurt or made you not want to be here (you can totally send me a private message, if you'd rather not talk about it in a public forum like this).

Date: 2013-09-22 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
Thanks for your kind words :) There is a lot to mull about for me, and thank you for your invitation to discuss words and meanings, but I - unless I haven't seen it of course - don't think you contributed to the whole addition of not wanting to see fiction and being adverse to twitter/facebook kind of vibe. Given that I've mostly moved my action terrain there with crossposting and talking to the people I was on LJ with (but who have given up on it), I personally didn't think it was all that different, they were still friends who supported my writing just like everyone else has friends lists. Mine is just a bit more scattered. Well that and the bf and best friend who helped so much. It appears I was mistaken though so I am concentrating on the parts of LJ where having support is less important and retreating to Twitter/FB for the rest :)

Date: 2013-09-22 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathrynrose.livejournal.com
It's been a while since I've seen a fiction vs nonfiction conversation, and the most recent one I can think of was just whether one can get to know people as well when they only write fiction as in the old days when people mostly wrote nonfiction.

I've been one of the people who has pined for the days when nonfiction did as well as fiction, but I was never directing that at any one person as much as feeling (as a mostly nonfiction writer) that I was operating at a disadvantage once the number of contestants dwindled to a point.

Late in Exhibit A and fairly early in Exhibit B, I dealt with it by getting more comfortable writing fiction.

That to say, I don't think anyone is hostile toward fiction (even I wasn't hostile toward fiction) and I don't think anyone should feel targeted or singled out in discussions of fiction vs nonfiction, because those discussions are about trends, not individual entries.

Date: 2013-09-23 04:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com
don't think you contributed to the whole addition of not wanting to see fiction

Good grief, are people still thinking that (saying it)? Is it a vibe left over from the earlier seasons of Idol?

I have been amazed by the well-crafted non-fiction I've seen in Idol, because non-fic often tends to be just straightforward narrative. But personally, the non-fic is easier for me to write than fiction (not true for everyone, I know), so I'm always surprised by people thinking that it's the "less-effort" response to a prompt.

I'll admit, I'm not a fan of Facebook voting, but this is not the first round where the issue has come up. For those of us who write under a heavily concealed identity, for whatever reason, Facebook is not even open to us as an option, so it does make things rougher. We can't change it, though, given that LJ decided to go that cross-pollination route.

But overall, there has been a little bit of a weird vibe in Exhibit B. Amazing writers-- probably the strongest group near the end of the 3 rounds I've played, though each had many outstanding writers. But with the combination of people writing under pseuds (or harder still, as double-contestants), there has been a lot less commenting on the stories and less Green Room chattiness. Some people think that the "community" aspect has been low this round, and while you'd expect it from those circumstances... it still doesn't feel any happier, does it?

You've played an amazing game and written SO many good stories for this round, and that was with the added challenge of often having to take the last prompt available due to time-zone issues.

You have a lot to be proud of, and don't think you didn't earn it. *hugs*

Date: 2013-09-23 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com
I hate to hear the term 'clique,' because I feel as if that might include me! And that wouldn't be intentional-- I've just been around consecutively, along with a few other people. (and I'm feeling it now, let me tell you)

But I think we had just one person in Ex A who virtually never commented on entries... and Ex B, there were BUNCHES of them. Some would comment only on friends' entries (2-3 people, max), some rarely at all (because of shyness or whatever), and others were trying to keep their identities secret or had already commented via their "real" username. I.e., we had a lot of "virtual" players this round (at least 5-6, I think), and some people who were just prone to not commenting, for whatever reason. The same behavior seemed to carry over into the Green Room, usually for the same people.

I would not begrudge for a moment those people who were 'stretching' themselves by writing under pseuds and/or doing double-duty writing for two accounts. Many of them really grew as a result, and brought us some wonderful stories!

But it did have an unforseen impact on the feeling of the community, and I know some bad feelings have resulted. I like to think of it as having happened due to a confluence of circumstances, and being more of a fluke than a shift in Idol behavior.
Edited Date: 2013-09-23 06:41 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-09-29 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
I felt a bit like exhibit A seemed to dominate exhibit B (or maybe the people in it) and having not been part of it, that felt strange because I'm arguably one of Idol's vets yet I always seem to have missed the key plot points, or something.

Date: 2013-09-29 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
I am late to commenting here again (gee, I wonder why :P) but, yes, the cliques was what did me in this time. There used to be a friendlier vibe, IMO, in longer seasons, with, I agree, drama along the way as well but it felt less exclusive.

Date: 2013-09-29 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agirlnamedluna.livejournal.com
I said this elsewhere, I think, but I used to never write fiction at all. I'd written a story or two but it was through Idol I've come back to writing fiction "for real" this time (or not for real, as I write these in one go, and never edit them).

As for FB, I didn't post messages or anything, I keep LJ and FB separate, except I have quite some former journalers on my FB who have given up on the medium (but used to support me) and I signaled to them that Idol was happening again. My bf used it to log in as well, as has my best friend.

Putting up anything publicly on LJ has its dangers though, as you never know who's a friend of whom and of someone who plays Idol and thinks "oh this is nice" and links it to someone else who takes offense to it and cooks up a response which gets a lot of attention etc. (just giving an example here). I took a bit more liberty on Twitter again w/ people who are well aware of LJ (they mostly all had LJ's or used to come visit mine for my Criminal Minds fanfic), so these people were aware anyway of the existence of the medium, a lot of fanfic stories get crossposted etc. That's my reasoning behind it anyway. Not wanting to give anyone away - as you may have noticed from the sticky I had up, I keep two worlds separate as well as I can, too.

But thank you for your kind words :) *hugs*

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