Also, in a shocking twist that will surprise precisely no one...

[lizbee]

I am cot_tossed.

I mean, so are a bunch of people, but I started it.

SHOCKED SOCKPUPPET IS SHOCKED! SHOCKED I SAY!

I was planning to PULL OFF MY MASK AND REVEAL MYSELF at some point, but then cesario went and made me a maintainer on fic_tossed, and I figured the time had come.

So, for the record (because cot_tossed is a sock, not a troll, and therefore doesn't barge into people's LJs) here are some things I've been wanting to say:
- I chose the name because the quote makes me laugh, and made a good username.  A friend used to have it as her email .sig.  I was mildly bemused when people interpreted it as a sign of disdain for all fic everywhere.
- I was even more surprised when the icon was held up as evidence of contempt for fandom.  It was just the first picture of Dorothy Parker I found that I (a) liked and (b) hadn't seen everywhere.
- There is nothing I said as cot_tossed that I wouldn't say under my own name, but a pseudonym made it easier to distance myself from the politics of personality and engage with stories, as distinct from authors.
- There is some really shit fanfic out there. 
- I am speaking here for myself, not the other puppeteers.  Whether or not they choose to reveal themselves is entirely up to them, and I respect their choice.

Comments

[cageyklio.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked and apawlled. Appled. Applied. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

*makes a pie out of your apples*

[infiniteviking]

SOCK.

*laughs so much at the picture*

[drjon.livejournal.com]

I know precisely 0% about all this, but I'm in love with the quote. It's a Thing Of Beauty.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

That sock's going to kill me in my sleep, isn't it?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Yes. Then it will free all your odd socks, and lead a sock revolution.

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Not to be off-topic, but so, Calapine, how's that jetlag working out for you? ;D

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

Is this one of those "and in other news, the sky is blue" moments?

(best. sock. picture. ever.)

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Yes. Also, it turns out that water? Contains oxygen. I know, right?

[silly-cleo.livejournal.com]

Aw, but I was so proud of my powerz of deduction!

That picture was a good surprise on my friends page. ;D But now I'm looking at it too hard and feeling a little uneasy.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

If you stare at it long enough, its mouth becomes a gaping maw that will consume us all.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Ha, love the picture!

I haven't time to do any more reviews, so might as well out myself as well, not that I participated much. I did the Ten/Rose reviews and the Classic Who drabbles. I'd say this on my own journal but I flock so there's hardly any point. Hijack of this post, away!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

The fact that you did the Ten/Rose reviews makes all the "obviously cot_tossed is a Rosehater!" speculation even funnier.

[evil_plotbunny]

*loves on cot_tossed and also the sock*

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Engaging with the stories rather than the authors actually sounds like a good idea - getting around the whole tendency of fandom to get a bit ad-hominem at times. (In a good or a bad direction.)

And having had a squint at 'tossed, I wouldn't've said straight-off "oh that's LizBee", but now that you mention it I'm not surprised.

[iko.livejournal.com]

It's eyes follow me no matter where I am in the room... *is disturbed by the sock*

cot_tossed has gotten me to read and explore some really good fic that I may have missed otherwise. So yay for it!

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

If you weren't already on my flist, I would have added you after reading this post.

[cesario.livejournal.com]

*weeps with mushy joy over your icon OMG*

[amaresu]

That is the most terrifying picture of a sock ever.

The fallout from this will be epic won't it?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

So far, people seem to just be afraid of the sock.

[settiai]

*hides from the evil-looking sock*

[scarlettgirl.livejournal.com]

You don't say?

;)

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

Naw really?

[neutralalienist.livejournal.com]

Ah. Since, unlike Ghost, I do not already have you friended...would you mind?

(Also, I think the sock is cute.)

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Sure! I'm just glad that SOMEONE likes the poor sock!

[cjk1701.livejournal.com]

I am so, so surprised. Really. Hear me gasp. Next you'll say you're at who_anon and... oh, wait.

And damn, that sock is bloody scary.

[marymac.livejournal.com]

The sock reminds me of watching Bosco. Inexplicably.
I'll not link to Bosco, it really is scary.

I like the reviews. I like grammar. And spelling. Enough bitching about it in reviews and people might do it more.

[owl]

Wow, Bosco! I'd forgotten about it.

[usuallyhats]

That is a very cute sockpuppet.

I've really enjoyed reading the cot_tossed reviews, so thank you for starting them!

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

The sock is going to the the big bad in one of the specials isn't it? It's terrifying!!

[aceofannwn.livejournal.com]

*reproachful*

Lizbee. Really. That was you?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Yes.