GoodReads is evil

[oyceter]

Why don't I have an "I am a total dork" icon?

Um. I have been obsessive-compulsively going through my GoodReads shelves and having tons of fun with tags. Because, really, why just stop with genre? So I am putting in all the insane Cool Bits or "things I like in books" or something, like "female-assassin-kink" and "historical-turn-of-century-romance" and "fairy-tale-takes" and "older-women."

I realized possibly I was a little obsessed when I created a tag for "anthropomorphic-death-kink."

It took a lot of thought to come up with that! I figured "death-kink" would freak out everyone; also, it makes it sound like I have a death wish or something, which is so not true. No no, I am talking instead about Gaiman's Death, and Pratchett's Death and Death of Rats, and Gaiman and Pratchett's Death in Good Omens and I feel I should have more not written by Gaiman or Pratchett or both, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.

That, together with the recent unconvering of Sekrit LJ Smith Fans (check comments) and my current list of tags that contain "female-assassin-kink," "thief-kink," "spy kink," "dysfunctional-romance-kink," and "gothic-shoujo," has me laughing hysterically.

I'm sure it will now come to no surprise to any of you that I have a black medieval witchy dress hanging in my closet, along with fishnet armlet things, and one of those black lacy loligoth headcap things.

Comments

[slrose.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you look adorable in your witchy dress, with your cute rat familiars...

[oyceter]

Truly we try to be goth, and yet, it fails dreadfully ;). I feel my rats would be the least effective familiars ever, given that their favorite things to do are sleep and eat.

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

*g* Your tags are awesome. ^^

[oyceter]

They are so much fun!

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

...having just created an utterly shameless tag, I can't argue. But I can hang my head or something. ^^

[rilina.livejournal.com]

And to think I was being called obsessive about GR... :)

[oyceter]

Hee, I blame you for bringing out my obsessive tagging needs?

[almeda.livejournal.com]

I'd phrase it 'death-as-a-character', personally.

[oyceter]

Yeah.. ah well. Too lazy to change now, and I sort of like the Pratchett-ness.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I started doing that and then got worried about completion and consistency so stopped and undid it. But I commend you!

[oyceter]

Hee! I know! I kept wondering, "Should I tag this with female-assassin-kink if I picked it up for the female assassin but didn't end up liking her?"

[innle.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Hi, my name is innle and I'm a Sekrit LJ Smith Fan.

[oyceter]

Whoo! We grow in number!