OMG YOUR ICON. i kept watching it to make sure there really was a glimpse of a peen somewhere there, and not just my eyes playing tricks on me :P

as for the crossgen-ruining-fics, here is a post (http://aldehyde.livejournal.com/269145.html) about the one that caused the most impact. the author is actually on my flist and i happen to like her work in general, but i couldn't come to terms with this particular story. however, my post generated a lot of interesting discussion in the comments so i'm happy about that :D