E. Bear is thoughtful and gracious. Unfortunately, quite a number of her commenters are not. Oy.

On that topic, deepad is both well-spoken and enormously enlightening. And one of the commenters had an interesting question: is it even possible to write a post-colonial high fantasy? What's that look like, anyway? (Although I wonder if Martha Wells' ( Read more... )

Oh, man. Dinosaur Comics today rules. Check the alt-tag, too! So awesome.

I can't get the images to load, but kazbaby is sharing with us a picspam of Ben Browder over the years. I'm sure it's very nice indeed.

fabu, who often has interesting things to say, has a thoughtful post here about fandom self-policing and community boundaries. I'm still very ( Read more... )

... a passing thought: has anyone noted the irony inherent in Microsoft claiming that their purchase of Yahoo would reduce monopolization in the marketplace? Just me, then, okay.

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( Friday night tv: FNL & SGA )

So I did that meme yesterday where I asked for prompts. Boy, did I get prompts!

Five People Dana Scully Never Fell In Love With (XF).

Three Facts About Richard Crawford (Lymond Chronicles).

Three Facts About Bobby Singer (SPN).

Five Things That Never Happened to the Impala (SPN).

Three Facts About Fox Mulder (XF).

Five Things That Never ( Read more... )

Finally caught up on some of my television. By which I mean:

( Friday Night Lights, 2x05, Let's Get it On )

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm going to rain on the SGA parade. ( spoilers for Sunday inside )

Wow, that was boring.

Also, "nucular"? Never, ever, ever. That should totally have been a clue for her.

Hey, it's comice's birthday! Honey, may this year turn out better than expected ( Read more... )

( spoilers ahoy! )

Instead of watching Thief premiere last night, I read Martha Wells' Reliquary (reviewed below). But Tivo is my friend, and I'll see it on Sunday when I get home. Slate's review of the show is pretty positive, and of course they like Andre Braugher. Because who doesn't, honestly? It's Andre Braugher.

I posted that long thing on Fandom and ( Read more... )