an AIM chat which would be of interest to Gabe from Penny Arcade

eliyes: okay, I see this:

8===D
^ thats supposed to be a dick

And honestly, if not for the second line, I would have just assumed it was a happy face with a long nose
eliyes: because 8D
taichara: *snickering*
taichara: those are some tiiiiny nutters, dude
eliyes: well.
eliyes: ahem:

8====D looks wrong
taichara: still. doesn't work anyway ;3
taichara: it looks more like a snow shovel than a wang
eliyes: you win an internet, sir

The perils of shipper portmanteaux

So, I just poked a fanfic that was introed as "McShep" and then also specified to be "John/Rodney".

The Department of Redundancy Department called --

McShep is McKay/Sheppard, and thus the John/Rodney was unnecessary repetition -- EXCEPT that you could conceivable have pre-marriage Jeannie McKay and John. Or you might need to specify if this were a gender-swap AU where in your McShep is, like, Joan and Meredith.

At this point in my ponderings, my brain jumped fandoms, and then I was thinking Special Agent McGee and Director Shepard --

THESE THINGS ARE DANGEROUS.

Oh well. At least "McShep" doesn't sound like a venereal disease, unlike, for example, "Squinoa".

A question of procedure

...Commenting on someone's fanfic solely to point out the glaring error on which their entire plot hinges is... mean, right?

Thank you all for your advice. I have now commented on the fic in question.