(footnotes follow)

[buggery]

About a week and a half ago, someinstant posted a story¹ which, to judge by the feedback it's received, is now quite well-known. One of the elements of that story which received a great deal of praise was its footnotes².

A couple of days after that, thamiris, in a response to the Rant/Rave meme³, "waxed lyrical" about footnotes⁴ in her LJ. "Not many people can name the moment they fell in love with footnotes -- possibly because not many people love footnotes," she wrote. Her own moment of love at first sight came⁵ while reading Alexander Pope's The Dunciad.

I know when my own moment of first falling in love with footnotes happened -- as a wee Jack of eleven years or so, when I discovered Watership Down by Richard Adams. But I think Thamiris may be underestimating the power such memories have in the minds of those who have had similar experiences.

Thus, another poll. Not cutting away for this one because it's short.

[Poll #430404]

For another example of outpouring of love for fannish footnotes, see the comments posted on Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy stories written for the while we dream of yuletide treasure (yuletide) rare fandoms Secret Santa challenge.

Edited to add:
Yes, I know the sixth footnote isn't formatted correctly. Something to do with the form which didn't show up on preview, and there's no way to correct it now.

And I just realised the only option for people who do love footnotes but don't remember why is the ticky box. Well, nyah.

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1. How Much String is in the World.
Who Has It.

2. This, for example, is a footnote.

3. As seen all over Livejournal.

4. The Sooterkins of Wit.

5. Ibid.

6. Please comment below if you have a theory as to the provenance of the "ticky box."

Comments

[unovis.livejournal.com]

And not for nothing am I the queen of footnote/endnote editors. Able to make strong scholars weep with joy; alternatively, one Japanese author sent a fax decorated with drawings of me and my partner as Buddhist demons for making him go back and get the damn titles right.