Weekend Rant
Okay. So I have a sketch, nearly all the way done. (It is angel!john).
I made the mistake of wandering over by this other writer's journal today.
Now, I don't have a whole lot against her. She's a good writer, and can pull off the porn with a humorous voice and especially, the foodsex, because I like that shit and whoa.
But I get a little annoyed at her characterization sometimes. Also, I'm pretty sure that if I mention her by name, I will become instantly on the shit list of about half the fandom, because yeah. I would like to reiterate that this person is not a bad writer, and not even the root of the problem, she's just the person who happened to be around in a vaguely metaphorical sense when I got into a huge strop about THIS:
People making fun of John Watson (BBC) / Martin Freeman's height, along with making him into a super-polite cuddly person.
He is not goddamned Aziraphale. Nor is he fucking Ghandi, or Motherfucking Theresa.
John Watson is a man who is of average height, stocky build, and has fucking killed people. He is a soldier who is trained to protect. He is a doctor who is trained to heal.
He isn't some poofy fairyboy who instantly devolves into a teenage girl. He actually has issues expressing himself, is slow to trust people, and is a rather violent person on the whole, who would actually be likely material for a fucking wifebeater except that he is also an extremely moral person.
So, from one angry 5'7" man to the Sherlock fandom (no, I only wish I was Martin Freeman, I'm not even blond.):
Fucking give it a rest already. 5'7" isn't that short, and John Watson is not composed entirely of fucking knitted sweaters. He is a badass. You want him to be cuddly? His totem should totally be the fucking Bear of Love. Bears are fucking cuddly. Bears are also fucking dangerous motherfuckers who will tear your throat out for a fish or if you fuck with them or their family.
I made the mistake of wandering over by this other writer's journal today.
Now, I don't have a whole lot against her. She's a good writer, and can pull off the porn with a humorous voice and especially, the foodsex, because I like that shit and whoa.
But I get a little annoyed at her characterization sometimes. Also, I'm pretty sure that if I mention her by name, I will become instantly on the shit list of about half the fandom, because yeah. I would like to reiterate that this person is not a bad writer, and not even the root of the problem, she's just the person who happened to be around in a vaguely metaphorical sense when I got into a huge strop about THIS:
People making fun of John Watson (BBC) / Martin Freeman's height, along with making him into a super-polite cuddly person.
He is not goddamned Aziraphale. Nor is he fucking Ghandi, or Motherfucking Theresa.
John Watson is a man who is of average height, stocky build, and has fucking killed people. He is a soldier who is trained to protect. He is a doctor who is trained to heal.
He isn't some poofy fairyboy who instantly devolves into a teenage girl. He actually has issues expressing himself, is slow to trust people, and is a rather violent person on the whole, who would actually be likely material for a fucking wifebeater except that he is also an extremely moral person.
So, from one angry 5'7" man to the Sherlock fandom (no, I only wish I was Martin Freeman, I'm not even blond.):
Fucking give it a rest already. 5'7" isn't that short, and John Watson is not composed entirely of fucking knitted sweaters. He is a badass. You want him to be cuddly? His totem should totally be the fucking Bear of Love. Bears are fucking cuddly. Bears are also fucking dangerous motherfuckers who will tear your throat out for a fish or if you fuck with them or their family.