Migraine Whinge

I think the most annoying part of migraines, after the pain, nausea, exhaustion and so on have passed, is the way my eyes don't work properly for up to 24 hours afterwards. It's not really my eyes, of course, it's my brain not processing information properly, but it's so frustrating to be otherwise feeling less like crap, and yet ( Read more... )

It's just occurred to me that I have another reason for gleefully hoping Dean/Castiel goes canon.

It's because I remember what Russell T. Davies said in response to criticism that he'd gratuitously fridged Ianto Jones.

This post brought to you by my current preoccupation with the way shows disproportionately fridge characters who are queer, of ( Read more... )

What the hell has happened to original publishing? I know I kind of gave up on it after that time I went into one bookshop and asked for something without misogyny and they couldn't sell me anything, and then the second bookshop sold me a story about a serial killer whose victims were mommy stand-ins, and another story about a vampire who lusted ( Read more... )

So, to recap the season so far...

( Spoilers up to 310 )

Okay, I've needed a few days to come to any conclusions about Teen Wolf 308. Behind the cut are several things. First, an overview of all the major plot points in the seasons to date, to make the pattern of Davis' plotting in previous seasons clear, and then my prediction for what's going to happen in the next four episodes. Second, my thoughts on ( Read more... )

Some of you might have heard the recent suggestion about MJ from Spiderman being played by a guy, as a gay love interest. And I have an opinion about that, nay, a rant...

It has to be pretty clear by now that I'm all for positive gay representation in the media. Offer me a gay romance, and I'll be waving my rainbow pompoms and cheering, even if it ( Read more... )

Dear Gen X'ers,

I expected better of you.

In the past, it was easy to blame encultured sexism and racism on the Baby Boomers -- they are easy targets, and we had a lot of fun with that growing up. We had fun laughing at the aging Hippies too, who have now long since hung up their flowers and peace signs in favour of mortgages and families; their ( Read more... )

I wish people would stop saying that those who identify as x-sexual (where x equals any aspect of the sexuality spectrum) are born that way.

I know it's used as a way to shut up haters, in an effort to both justify and normalise those sexual identities traditionally vilified by the mainstream. I get it, okay. But I think it's breeding an updated ( Read more... )

You know what's convincing me more than anything that the queer subtext in Supernatural is about to go canonically textual ( Read more... )

You know that point in a story, where you've written a bunch, and you still like the concept, but you kinda start thinking, "Why am I writing this? Who will even be interested in this ( Read more... )