I don't like to admit it, but I found out lately that I not only dislike Spock/Kirk, I loathe it with a burning fire unparalleled by the incandescent blaze of a star in supernova. And I don't usually hate ships. I'm typically fine with whatever characters someone wants to pair together. The only other pairing I've disliked was because I was bored ( Read more... )

fandomsecrets posted a secret that denounced slash because it disregards or diminishes a female perspective. I couldn't possibly disagree more with that statement. Feminism IS about advocating equality between men and women, but it is not about pushing women in every single sphere of life. There are allowed to be spaces that are specifically women-only in ( Read more... )

This was inspired by several fanfics I've read across multiple fandoms, but I'm sure it's been done in original fiction as well. I'm talking about the trope in which something happens involving either a Bullshit Drug, a Convenient Magical Fluctuation, or a Made-Up Force of Nature that makes Character A suddenly and overwhelmingly sexually ( Read more... )

Warning: Most likely tl:dr, me playing devil's advocate looking around all sides of an issue. If someone would like to form a discussion about this issue and point out more sides, they are welcome to. It's quite likely that the square I am seeing may be a cube. Most likely I will regret this mental regurgitation in the..late afternoon, when I wake ( Read more... )