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Fandom March Madness did not go as hoped for, but I still enjoyed my two days of campaigning! I haven't really been able to for five years because my primary fandoms are (A) real people and (2) not fandom-y.
Having feelings about stuff the rest of fandom has feelings about is AWESOME. Except now that I've seen people's arguments against Natasha, I want to write a long blog post about how I think Natasha's characterization in Avengers and Iron Man 2 was not only consistent, but good and solid and respectful, not just "good for a female character in an action movie" (because lolololol lowest of bars), but good for her greater comics characterization and also simply as a character who has probably had less than 2 hours total on screen time.
This would be fine, except there are so many other things I want to write about too.
Like Survivor, which raised a lot of really interesting questions about reality television and mental health and where the line is between good drama and exploitation and why I think last night's episode crossed it, but which I am hesitant to post about because frankly the second you start talking about problems with reality TV it prompts ten million YES REALITY TV IS THE DEVIL responses when it's a lot more complicated than that.
Or like Veronica Mars, and how much it influenced me fannishly, and all the reactions I'm having to the current kickstarter, and how I'm at that weird precipice where I want to be excited but I have been hurt before, which ties into my thoughts about the bravery of fandom, of being willing to commit emotionally to something that will eventually either disappoint you with what it does or disappoint you by ending.
Or like Lost, and how I don't actually want to rewatch it (I put on an episode the other day and was bored out of my mind) but I want to re-experience watching it, if that makes sense. Lost to me will always be those ads for season 4 with the trees in the background reflecting in the water as buildings. I find this unaccountably serene, particularly considering how many people die in any given episode.
So of course I waste so much time trying to decide what to post about that I don't write any of them out. SELF THIS IS NOT PRODUCTIVE.
Arrgh. I wanted to write a sequel to my Avengers Yom Kippur fic to post before the first seder. I haven't started it yet. I may need to reevaluate this goal.
Cross-posted at http://fox1013.dreamwidth.org/111053.html. Comment wherever you feel more comfortable.
Having feelings about stuff the rest of fandom has feelings about is AWESOME. Except now that I've seen people's arguments against Natasha, I want to write a long blog post about how I think Natasha's characterization in Avengers and Iron Man 2 was not only consistent, but good and solid and respectful, not just "good for a female character in an action movie" (because lolololol lowest of bars), but good for her greater comics characterization and also simply as a character who has probably had less than 2 hours total on screen time.
This would be fine, except there are so many other things I want to write about too.
Like Survivor, which raised a lot of really interesting questions about reality television and mental health and where the line is between good drama and exploitation and why I think last night's episode crossed it, but which I am hesitant to post about because frankly the second you start talking about problems with reality TV it prompts ten million YES REALITY TV IS THE DEVIL responses when it's a lot more complicated than that.
Or like Veronica Mars, and how much it influenced me fannishly, and all the reactions I'm having to the current kickstarter, and how I'm at that weird precipice where I want to be excited but I have been hurt before, which ties into my thoughts about the bravery of fandom, of being willing to commit emotionally to something that will eventually either disappoint you with what it does or disappoint you by ending.
Or like Lost, and how I don't actually want to rewatch it (I put on an episode the other day and was bored out of my mind) but I want to re-experience watching it, if that makes sense. Lost to me will always be those ads for season 4 with the trees in the background reflecting in the water as buildings. I find this unaccountably serene, particularly considering how many people die in any given episode.
So of course I waste so much time trying to decide what to post about that I don't write any of them out. SELF THIS IS NOT PRODUCTIVE.
Arrgh. I wanted to write a sequel to my Avengers Yom Kippur fic to post before the first seder. I haven't started it yet. I may need to reevaluate this goal.
Cross-posted at http://fox1013.dreamwidth.org/111053.html. Comment wherever you feel more comfortable.