IIRC, the term "tinhat" actually started in its current context in Lotrips fandom, where it was applied to certain crazy people who believed that Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan were actually, seekritly in love and were sending messages to their fanbase via certain pieces of clothing and hidden hand gestures and other such nonsense. Which of course brought up the parallel between people who wear tinfoil hats to stop the aliens stealing/invading their thoughts, and voila! New fannish term. (There was a Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan answer to the Lotrips tinhatting called "tinkilts", but it just wasn't as much fun because it was a deliberate joke.)
SPN tinhatting is MUCH more of a tongue-in-cheek thing; while there may be folks out there who actually believe in all the stuff you've been seeing fly around the internets, most of us can take the tinhat off and have a rational conversation about how much our boys really and truly love each other and are MFEO, OMG. ;)
LOC = letter of comment. Ye olde school style of sending feedback to an author, usually via email, usually cutting-and-pasting bits of the fic being reviewed and commenting on same. Not often seen in the wild these days.
Also: I loooooooooove unprettified fairy tales. I read a book of pre-Grimmed-up tales once, and for the life of me I can't remember the name or author and I've been wanting to find it ever since. WOE.
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Date: 2008-10-02 01:02 pm (UTC)SPN tinhatting is MUCH more of a tongue-in-cheek thing; while there may be folks out there who actually believe in all the stuff you've been seeing fly around the internets, most of us can take the tinhat off and have a rational conversation about how much our boys really and truly love each other and are MFEO, OMG. ;)
LOC = letter of comment. Ye olde school style of sending feedback to an author, usually via email, usually cutting-and-pasting bits of the fic being reviewed and commenting on same. Not often seen in the wild these days.
Also: I loooooooooove unprettified fairy tales. I read a book of pre-Grimmed-up tales once, and for the life of me I can't remember the name or author and I've been wanting to find it ever since. WOE.