Confused!(?)Goat

[foxmoth at qnet.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" <A
berforths_Goat at Y...> 
wrote:
> Can someone tell me what's with all these exclamation marks? Heidi
just did it on the main list, with "Fake!Moody" in her title.
>  Does it mean something? Can you do it with other punctuation marks
too, or would that be entirely too kinky? Is it the secret sign of
those initiated into the gnostic mysteries of fanfic? Would I be
sexier if I used it too, or would I stand in peril of a terrible,
mysterious fate?

	I think, and I could be wrong, that it's a cross between Barbie 
doll nomenclature (eg, Totally Hair Barbie), and HTML code, which
uses the exclamation point as a delimiter. It's used in fanfic 
criticism to distinguish between different conceptions of a character, 
ie Leatherpants!Draco is hot, Canon!Draco is not. 
	You could use other forms of punctuation, but it might confuse 
your browser.<g>
	If it made you sexier, wouldn't you stand in *more* peril of a 
terrible, mysterious fate?

Pippin