Reasons to love Twitter
In honour of Alice Hoffman, Maureen Johnson (@maureen johnson) sent out a plea for an author feud and is currently involved in hostilities with, among others, John Green (@realjohngreen), Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare), Justine Larbalestier (@JustineLavaworm), Sarah Rees Brennan (@sarahreesbrenna), Scott Westerfeld (@scottwesterfeld) and even, quite possibly, Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself).
It was a very entertaining conversation to wake up to.
Also the creator of the Edward/Buffy mash up describes his feminist intentions and the effect of the vid - a fascinating guy, and was anyone else as genuinely shocked as I was to see there was a bloke behind it? I do like how much credit he gives to the women-heavy world of fandom and vidding.
I particularly thought it was interesting that he chose to make the vid about Edward (with Bella's behaviour criticised only by implication in her replacement by the far more self-aware and less passive Buffy): "I didn’t feel it was my place to lecture her on desire (even in remix form), especially since her character is already disempowered by the original screenplay to the point of absurdity."
I thought it was just a cute and funny mash up, but so much thought went into it! Awesome.
It was a very entertaining conversation to wake up to.
Also the creator of the Edward/Buffy mash up describes his feminist intentions and the effect of the vid - a fascinating guy, and was anyone else as genuinely shocked as I was to see there was a bloke behind it? I do like how much credit he gives to the women-heavy world of fandom and vidding.
I particularly thought it was interesting that he chose to make the vid about Edward (with Bella's behaviour criticised only by implication in her replacement by the far more self-aware and less passive Buffy): "I didn’t feel it was my place to lecture her on desire (even in remix form), especially since her character is already disempowered by the original screenplay to the point of absurdity."
I thought it was just a cute and funny mash up, but so much thought went into it! Awesome.