1. Does anyone else see something get compared to "Romeo and Juliet" (fandom/canon/official description of a pairing or plotline/text in an icon) and initially think that it's an anti-rec, until they remember that most of those comparisons aren't really talking about the play itself or the relationship between the characters, but rather to the ( Read more... )

It…it’s wrong to watch a dwarf hit a 13-year-old boy and be going “do that again!” isn’t it? Like, on multiple levels. I just can’t help it. I hate that abusive little creepster so much. Though I’m glad they gave Tyrion some, you know, depth and personality beyond “Drinks a lot. Likes brothels.” Because, really.

So, in and of itself, I like the ( Read more... )

Today I learned that the best way to bring out my nasty side in fandom is the "Female Character X was awesome until she had implied romantic feelings for Male Character Y, and then she was wimpy and her life is all about mooning over him" argument.

(Character context for the discussion is Sam Carter and Jack O'Neil in Stargate: SG-1. I'm always ( Read more... )

But first, a poll. Please vote without fear of judging, and without reading the rest before voting. Unless you don't watch the show. In which case, just skip to after the poll.

Poll Don’t worry, this is not a stealth “If you like Damon or Damon/Elena you fail!” (or “If you like Stefan or Elena/Stefan, you fail!” for that matter) post. I mean, I have ( Read more... )

As a response to the flowchart that's been making the rounds, there is a meme that is simply posting all the icons you have uploaded of women/female characters. I kinda suspect this is half an excuse to show off icons, because we like that. This is me not objecting ( Read more... )

Instead of discussing LJ being stupid again (I will assume I don’t have to actually ask anyone to not crosspost my comments in locked posts) because everyone else is, and I’m determined to be chipper-ish I will instead pose a question I was pondering last night ( Read more... )

So, I'm reading L.J. Smith's Dark Visions series and am kinda simultaneously amused and annoyed by the cover.


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Tomorrow, I will post something fun. Tomorrow, I will post on the 20~ volumes of manga and manhwa I have read since returning from WisCon. Or why I love Bones even when it's being stupid. Or anime or jdramas. Or St. Trinian's.

Another post on the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie that sums up many of the arguments quite nicely.

Here is the excerpt ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, I tend to go through my icons and count up characters/genders/fandoms.  And then do navel gazing about icons.  Assume numbers can be off by one or two icons.  This is also the icons I have uploaded to Livejournal.  I have the same icons and 5 more at Dreamwidth    This time, I have:

Female only: 68 (1 is actually a genderless ( Read more... )

“Hey guys, you know that Jack the Ripper guy? The serial killer who brutally murder a bunch of women in 1888? Let’s try to make him a cultural icon! Maybe even sympathetic!”

So, we have five woman brutally murdered and mutilated for, essentially, their sex lives.* We have an additional six women who were also brutally murdered and mutilated either ( Read more... )