[HPforGrownups] Rock #47

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 11149

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> John Walton wrote:
> 
>> Okay, your ever-so-slightly miffed Moderator With Rock #47 here again.
> 
> 1. I changed the subject heading.
> 2. What the hell is this rock? What *are* you talking about? Where'd the rock
> come from? Is this something I should have been able to figure out, but
> didn't, like Aberforth's Goat?
> Or have you just been online way, way too long?

Ah, it's a reference to cameos in literature, specifically fanfiction.
Essentially, there's a long-running joke in online fandom that, when you
give a friend a cameo, you make them "Background Character with Rock" -- in
Star Trek, it would be "Furry Monster With Rock". Star Wars would be
"StormTrooper With Rock". Buffy would be "Vampire/Demon With Rock" HP could
be "Gryffindor With Rock". I believe it started in Trek fandom, but I
couldn't for the life of me point you to any particular story.

>From then on, the degree of friendship you have depends on the higher number
after the Rock. "47" is the theoretical maximum, so your best online Trek
friend would be "Furry Monster With Rock #47".

Ergo, therefore and thus, as this is my favorite list, I'm Moderator With
Rock #47!

Hope that clears that up. ::menacing brandish of Rock::

--John

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John Walton                 john at walton.to

=| Moderator With Rock #47
=| "Russian cabin boy in Celine Dion drag" of the HMS H/H
=| Receiver of the world's dumbest FFN review for Song of Time, Chapter *5*:
"really cool! so, what? Draco and harry r like, stepbrothers or sometihng?
cool idea" Mental note: SoT presumes reading of Draco Dormiens.

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