internet-wide geekgasm in 3...2...1..

[serinde]

The Plutoesque dwarf planet just discovered, which had been temporarily dubbed Xena, has now been officially named Eris. This would excite me if I wasn't so positive that it's going to generate an enormous wave of tiresome fanwankery.

Comments

[agnosticoracle.livejournal.com]

So does this mean we can use "Eris is in retrograde" as an excuse for being lame now?

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

I'm obviously missing something about fanwanking and Eris.

I mean, does she even get any fan fiction?

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? On this man's Internet? There's fanfic for Young Peasant Woman #2.

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

Hey! There was a lot of unexplored depth and nuance to Young Peasant Woman #2!

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought her "eek!" and interpretation of paralyzed horror were particularly moving. For the 1.2 nanonseconds she was on-screen, anyways.

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

"Ooh look, everything's going according to plan--Eris must be in retrograde!"

[tactisle.livejournal.com]

Oh, just -great-. Now they've done it; Eris will probably spin out of orbit, collide with Pallas, and send it onto a collision course with Earth.

(one guess where it'll hit...)