And there's a WORLD of difference in those reads. That's interesting, innit.

You know, I initially read it as you did. Beth emailed me the link last weekend - late Saturday night, and I had a (LJ) friend over and we were giggling while reading it. That was until we got a little further along in the article. When I read it again, the word "seem" in her sentence completely took on a new inflection and emphasis for me. It was a bit at odds from what I remembered of her, because while, yes, she was very surprised upon learning about the 'adult' side of fandom, she didn't seem at all disgusted by it. What I'm still puzzling over is, was it just a 'poker face' or did she write the article the way she did for a reason?

Very interesting indeed.