So far this year, US TV has been rather liberal about killing off female characters, but this week probably takes the cake.


All the dead ladies so far that I know of (excluding guest stars and such) have been either POC, LBBT or mentally ill, or a combination of the above.

It's like Bigfoot stomping around, trying to stomp out the baby steps TV and ( Read more... )

1A. Secrets and Lies ended. Well, the season did, at least. I had thought it was a miniseries going in, and seem to recall it being promoted as such. Pretty much, I didn't realize it was possible to feel that betrayed and let down by a show you found faily all over the place anyway, and didn't actually like.

1B. It was renewed, and I'll probably ( Read more... )

1. OMG Jane the Virgin and the fantasy sequences.

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1. I know a lot of people dislike Cassandra Clare, and why, but this rant about slutshaming women who have sex, write sex scenes, and enjoy reading sex scenes, and the idea that things meant to entertain teenaged girls is the lowest common denominator has some pretty good bits.

2. Related: What (Straight)Women Want ( no relation to sexist Mel ( Read more... )

1. I had 3 friends join Flight Rising during the registration window, and 2 even joined me in Water. I am very eager to see what you guys do with your lairs.

2. Speaking of Flight Rising, just as I was finally getting used to the last new genes, they came out with a new one.

3. I've now checked out Akatsuki no Yona, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited ( Read more... )

 In my mid-late teens, I watched Hercules: The Legendary Journeys very, very faithfully-recording numerous episodes on VHS-and was of the opinion that Kevin Sorbo was among the hottest things ever, even though, characterwise, I preferred a number of other Hercules and Xena characters to Hercules himself.  I rewatched the series in my late twenties ( Read more... )

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Poking around the tumblr tags for the airing anime that I intend to check out to see if there were any I could mark off already ("It's a giant robot anime and Joan of Arc is the damsel in distress waiting for Oda Nobunaga to rescue her." Byyyyyyeeeeee.) I came across this oh so terribly charming review of the first episode of The Pilot's Love Song ( Read more... )

  Wanna be an aggravated Buffy fan?  Take a gander at this list of 117 Buffyverse characters, ranked from worst to best.  Just remember:  Kennedy is the worst and every misogynist to ever appear in an episode and pretty much every male character to manage to make it to a third episode in either Buffy or Angel (at least half of whom I didn't even ( Read more... )

 For people who share my taste in British mystery series:  Amazon currently has all of Rosemary & Thyme for $36.99, all of the Geraldine McEwan Marples for $45.94, Partners in Crime for $28.86, and the first 6 seasons of Foyle's War for $65.99.  While I was going "omg I can't afford all of these!" Amazon also informed me that the first season of ( Read more... )