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Links
General Fandom
Assembly of Geeks Talks Cancelled Star Wars Projects: Assembly of Geeks (podcast) - "We’ve talked about the Batman documentary, Legends of the Knight & now we’ve seen it! In today’s episode we review the film and discuss how heroes like Batman inspire people to do wonderful things. In today’s geek assembly meeting, we take a look at this long list of cancelled Star Wars projects and react to some of the games and TV shows listed.Other topics discussed include female stuff in The Lego Movie sequel, memories of Carol Ann Susi and Spiderman’s big paycheck."
fandom:dccu, fandom:starwars
One Direction fandom heaps sexist backlash on one of their own at AMAs: Aja Romano (blog) - "A member of the One Direction fandom stole the show at last night's American Music Awards (AMAs), but not for the reason you might expect."
topic:fandom, topic:misogyny, topic:profic
An Ounce of Encouragement: Squid, Inc. (blog) - "Sometimes, these little perfectionist frustrations keep your work from ever seeing the light of day. That’s the same everywhere, big or small, nerdy or not. It’s hard to care deeply about some form of art or knowledge and try to contribute to it while accepting human mistakes."
topic:writing, topic:fanfic, topic:fanart
That Girl Who Dies: Fridging, Feminism, Writerly and Readerly Doublethink, and Spoilers for Unmade (and oddly.. Little Women and Narnia…): Sarah Rees Brennan (tumblr) - "Chekhov said ‘One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.'"
topic:femalecharacter, topic:death, warning:spoilers
Popular Pairings Based On Little-to-no Canon Interaction: fail_fandomanon (DW) - "What other pairings that gained popularity but weren't based much in canon can you think of? What's the history, appeal, or reasoning behind them?"
topic:canon, topic:fanon, topic:shipping
Specific Fandoms
Charmed
Oh, My Pop Culture Religion: Charmed’s Confusing Afterlife: polyglotpisces (blog) - "The show was often just as much, if not more, about the characters as sisters than as witches; yes, they cast spells together and fought demons together, but they also lived together, argued with each other, and remembered their lost loved ones together. What made this last point less powerful than it could have been was the confusing and inconsistent nature of the afterlife as seen on the show."
fandom:charmed
Constantine
’Constantine’ may not survive its abridged first season: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "NBC's Constantine hasn’t officially been canceled yet, but its first season has just been limited to 13 episodes. In most cases, this kind of announcement is the kiss of death for a new series, but Constantine could still be renewed for a second season if its ratings pick up."
fandom:constantine
The Cosby Show
Is it time to kill ‘The Cosby Show’?: Nico Lang (blog) - "As 17 women-and counting-have come forward with brutal (and remarkably consistent) claims that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them, no one is likely to lose sleep over Cosby’s TV career remaining in the past. But what about The Cosby Show? Should one of the most successful, game-changing sitcoms in television history suffer because of its creator’s reputation?"
fandom:thecosbyshow
Dangerous Games
Microreview [book]: Dangerous Games, ed. Jonathan Oliver: Charles Payseur (blog) - "And while I still enjoyed some of those stories, I got tired very quickly of so many circling around the same ideas, which didn't always do anything interesting or challenging with games. Too many seemed shoehorned in, to the point that the overall message of the collection was muddled. As I said, having a theme collection can be quite tricky, and while I enjoyed many of the stories, this one left me a bit tired."
fandom:literature
Dear White People
Musings of a Black Chick Who Wasn’t Blown Away by Dear White People: Faith Pennick (blog) - "To me (a 40-something Black woman who attended a prestigious, predominately white university), Dear White People was more of a commentary on Millennials than it was on race. My takeaway was that regardless of politics, race, gender or sexual orientation, the majority of young people are self-absorbed, narcissistic assholes."
topic:race, topic:racism
Emelan Series
Magical Mondays: Power, Privilege, and Morality in Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic Series: porluciernagas (blog) - "As a person who loves YA, The Circle of Magic books are some of my favorites, and now that I’ve reread them, I can say that it is not only the diversity of the worldbuilding that makes this series unique; Pierce also does an excellent job building the magic of her world."
fandom:emelan
ER/Shameless (US)
Shameless (US) and ER Comparisons: luvtheheaven (AO3) - "A meta analysis essay/discussion of some of the many things these two Chicago-based shows have in common"
fandom:er, fandom:shamelessus, topic:drugs, topic:family, topic:relationships, topic:queer
Extraterrestrial
Review: You Should Probably Pick Getting Probed By Aliens Over Seeing Extraterrestrial: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "If you’ve seen an alien abduction film, or know the clichés of what they can do (mind control, levitation, probing) you’ve seen this movie, probably done with considerably more style and thought."
topic:movies
Game of Thrones
We Need To Talk About Tyrion: How HBO Failed George R. R. Martin’s Iconic Character: Ilana Teitelbaum (blog) - "Tyrion’s revenge is the culmination of years of development, an apex of the tragedy that is his character. But what is most remarkable about this moment in the TV series is that the show gets it wrong."
fandom:gameofthrones
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Is Weird, Wild Stuff: Lesley Coffin(blog) - "If the title A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night sounds like the set-up for a joke, you’d be right. The new Iranian-language, American-produced, western-inspired vampire movie is one of the weirdest and funniest movies of this season - which also happens to have a surprisingly compelling love story. The movie is one of the most interesting movies of the year, which features a star-making performance by Sheila Vand and a stunning feature film debut by writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour."
topic:movies
Gotham
’Gotham’ is going nowhere: Aja Romano (blog) - "The problem with Gotham is so obvious that it feels a little silly to be talking about the problem with Gotham. It has no plot. None."
fandom:gotham
The Hospital Suite
Only Connect: Kim O’Conor (blog) - "It’s more difficult and brave, I think, to make art that takes people outside themselves and shows them something larger. More than craft or even sheer likeability, it is that reach that makes John Porcellino’s comics remarkable. It’s a quality I can’t quite hope to convey in these 1,500 words. This is where I’d draw the heart."
fandom:comics
The Hunger Games
Biting social critique makes ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ more than just a teen movie: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Instead, Mockingjay Part 1 focuses more on deepening our understanding of the Hunger Games universe, from Katniss Everdeen’s deteriorating emotional state to one of the main themes of the series: the intersection of propaganda and celebrity."
fandom:hungergames
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Is The Best Film In The Series So Far: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "That being said, of the films to follow this recent trend, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, is the best. Part of this is because the first two films did such a terrible job setting up real characters, besides Katniss; this extra time gives the filmmaker an opportunity for audiences to connect with the characters who have been on the perimeter over two films."
fandom:hungergames
Why cutting ‘Mockingjay’ in half ruined ‘The Hunger Games’: Nico Lang (blog) - "Everyone who paid $10 to watch Katniss Everdeen and her merry band of rebels mill about in Hitler’s bunker has now been subjected to the world’s longest act of foreplay: 123 minutes of rub and tickle without climax. For anyone upset that the filmmakers made you wait another year to get off, you knew this would happen-it’s even in the title. "Part 1" is Hollywood speak for blue balls."
fandom:hungergames
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Untitled: rainnecassidy, melannen, rgfellows (tumblr) - "I don’t get how some people in the MCU Fandom claim that Steve must have a crap ton of money"
fandom:mcu
Marvel Comics
Putting the Sidekick in the Suit: Black Captain America, Female Thor, and I Illusions of Progress: Juliet Kahn (blog) - "But it feels like a gimmick, and functions like a gimmick, and that’s because it is a gimmick."
fandom:marvelcomics
Once Upon a Time
Is Once Upon A Time Repeating Disney Stories or Adding To Them?: MarchHareMoe (blog) - "Surely they wouldn’t bank on the fact that Frozen is so popular that it’d help ratings (regardless of how much work was done with the plot). Now, nine episodes in, I can honestly say the writers didn’t expect to cheat their way into better ratings."
fandom:onceuponatime
Pride of Baghdad
Teaching the Invasion of Iraq 11 Years Out: Kate Polak (blog) - "What follows is how I approach explaining to students the relative use of Pride of Baghdad in understanding the variety of positions one may take in regards to the Iraq War."
fandom:comics, topic:politics
The Shawshank Redemption
Why the Internet still loves ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ 20 years later: Chris Osterndorf (blog) - "Depicting rape, violence, and a river of shit, the 142-minute movie was an instant box-office bomb. Today, it’s regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, universally beloved for its sweet, even sappy message."
fandom:theshawshankredemption
Sherlock
Mark Gatiss can’t stop calling ‘Sherlock’ tragic and dark: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Gatiss’ comments come as no shock whatsoever to longtime fans, who are already used to him and his writing partner Steven Moffat describing each new season of Sherlock and Doctor Who as the darkest and most emotionally complex one yet."
fandom:bbcsherlock
Snowpiercer
Severed From Reality: Kailyn Kent (blog) - "Some stories seem too smart to be symptomatic. Rather than try to suppress or exorcise the fraught, irrational elements that inevitably bubble up through the floorboards, some stories court the absurd directly. This instinct is the one truly smart thing about the movie Snowpiercer, the summer’s critical dark horse, recently released to a very positive reception on Netflix. The world’s audiences and film critics can be forgiven for projecting this intelligence upon the rest of the film, which doesn’t deserve it."
topic:movies
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Franchise of Ice and Fire: msunyata (blog) - "Right this moment, an enthusiastic audience member can sample the series's overarching narrative in book, television, or comic book form. He can further access the world thanks to an array of historical novellas, poster books and calendars, and, most recently - and grandiosely - The World of Ice & Fire. He can make the literary landscape interactive thanks to card games and (terrible) videogames, edible via cookbooks and official beers, aural via soundtracks (or inspired-by music), and tangible via figurines and action figures. There's even a bevy of secondary texts - such as our own - to further refine and deepen his views and understanding of the story."
fandom:asoiaf
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour episode 34: The Boiled Leather Audio Hour (podcast) - "Released with deserved fanfare a few weeks ago, The World of Ice and Fire, the long-awaited world book by George R.R. Martin and his co-authors Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson of Westeros.org, has proven to be an extraordinarily fecund source of information, speculation, and general wonderment."
fandom:asoiaf
The Elephant in the Room: celiatully (tumblr) - "So, one of the things I saw a while back involved people trying to prove that Sansa and Lyanna have as strong a connection as Arya and Lyanna. My reaction at the time of those arguments was to complain, by and large, about how Sansa is much more connected to a different aunt."
fandom:asoiaf
Saving Sansa: eyesofmist (tumblr) - "The scene shows [Sandor] concerned about the girl’s well-being and not giving a fig about his own comfort."
fandom:asoiaf
Untitled: racefortheironthrone, bidonica (tumblr) - "Other than gunpowder, which missing technologies do you think are missing in Westeros and keeping it medieval?"
fandom:asoiaf
Untitled: racefortheironthrone(tumblr) - " Do you think the absence of knighthood would help or hinder social mobility in the North?"
fandom:asoiaf
Star Wars
Star Wars Rebels: Declassified: "Empire Day": Rebel Force Radio (podcast) - "Feeling patriotic? Celebrate "Empire Day" with RebelForce Radio! Adam Bray, author of the Star Wars Rebels Visual Guide and Fangirls Going Rogue co-host Tricia Barr join Jason & Jimmy Mac for conversation about what "Empire Day" is and it’s impact on the crew of The Ghost. From the odd Tseebo, to the mystery of Ezra’s parents, to the cliffhanger ending…We cover it all on Declassified!"
fandom:starwars
Supernatural
Sexualized Saturdays: Man Tears, Female Desires, and Supernatural’s 200th Episode: porluciernagas (blog) - "Supernatural hasn’t always had the best track record with its fandom."
fandom:supernatural
Supernatural Has a Queerbaiting Problem That Needs to Stop: Sadie Gennis (blog) - "Although last Tuesday's 200th episode of Supernatural was an enjoyable 44 minutes, it also put the final nail in the coffin of the great queerbaiting debate."
fandom:supernatural, topic:queerbaiting
Under the Skin
Microreview [film]: Under the Skin: Vance K (blog) - "Now, I'm not a guy who is scared away by a slow, inscrutable movie. I own Last Year at Marienbad, for Pete's sake. But man. Under the Skin really gave me a run for my money."
topic:movies
If you have meta to submit or rec, please comment to this post or to the screened Submissions Post. If you'd like to give us blanket permission to link your meta please comment to the Blanket Permissions Post. If you have feedback or questions, check out our FAQ, Contact the Mods, or PM/email. If you'd like to volunteer to link-find or mod, please comment to the Volunteers Post.
Links
General Fandom
Assembly of Geeks Talks Cancelled Star Wars Projects: Assembly of Geeks (podcast) - "We’ve talked about the Batman documentary, Legends of the Knight & now we’ve seen it! In today’s episode we review the film and discuss how heroes like Batman inspire people to do wonderful things. In today’s geek assembly meeting, we take a look at this long list of cancelled Star Wars projects and react to some of the games and TV shows listed.Other topics discussed include female stuff in The Lego Movie sequel, memories of Carol Ann Susi and Spiderman’s big paycheck."
fandom:dccu, fandom:starwars
One Direction fandom heaps sexist backlash on one of their own at AMAs: Aja Romano (blog) - "A member of the One Direction fandom stole the show at last night's American Music Awards (AMAs), but not for the reason you might expect."
topic:fandom, topic:misogyny, topic:profic
An Ounce of Encouragement: Squid, Inc. (blog) - "Sometimes, these little perfectionist frustrations keep your work from ever seeing the light of day. That’s the same everywhere, big or small, nerdy or not. It’s hard to care deeply about some form of art or knowledge and try to contribute to it while accepting human mistakes."
topic:writing, topic:fanfic, topic:fanart
That Girl Who Dies: Fridging, Feminism, Writerly and Readerly Doublethink, and Spoilers for Unmade (and oddly.. Little Women and Narnia…): Sarah Rees Brennan (tumblr) - "Chekhov said ‘One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.'"
topic:femalecharacter, topic:death, warning:spoilers
Popular Pairings Based On Little-to-no Canon Interaction: fail_fandomanon (DW) - "What other pairings that gained popularity but weren't based much in canon can you think of? What's the history, appeal, or reasoning behind them?"
topic:canon, topic:fanon, topic:shipping
Specific Fandoms
Charmed
Oh, My Pop Culture Religion: Charmed’s Confusing Afterlife: polyglotpisces (blog) - "The show was often just as much, if not more, about the characters as sisters than as witches; yes, they cast spells together and fought demons together, but they also lived together, argued with each other, and remembered their lost loved ones together. What made this last point less powerful than it could have been was the confusing and inconsistent nature of the afterlife as seen on the show."
fandom:charmed
Constantine
’Constantine’ may not survive its abridged first season: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "NBC's Constantine hasn’t officially been canceled yet, but its first season has just been limited to 13 episodes. In most cases, this kind of announcement is the kiss of death for a new series, but Constantine could still be renewed for a second season if its ratings pick up."
fandom:constantine
The Cosby Show
Is it time to kill ‘The Cosby Show’?: Nico Lang (blog) - "As 17 women-and counting-have come forward with brutal (and remarkably consistent) claims that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them, no one is likely to lose sleep over Cosby’s TV career remaining in the past. But what about The Cosby Show? Should one of the most successful, game-changing sitcoms in television history suffer because of its creator’s reputation?"
fandom:thecosbyshow
Dangerous Games
Microreview [book]: Dangerous Games, ed. Jonathan Oliver: Charles Payseur (blog) - "And while I still enjoyed some of those stories, I got tired very quickly of so many circling around the same ideas, which didn't always do anything interesting or challenging with games. Too many seemed shoehorned in, to the point that the overall message of the collection was muddled. As I said, having a theme collection can be quite tricky, and while I enjoyed many of the stories, this one left me a bit tired."
fandom:literature
Dear White People
Musings of a Black Chick Who Wasn’t Blown Away by Dear White People: Faith Pennick (blog) - "To me (a 40-something Black woman who attended a prestigious, predominately white university), Dear White People was more of a commentary on Millennials than it was on race. My takeaway was that regardless of politics, race, gender or sexual orientation, the majority of young people are self-absorbed, narcissistic assholes."
topic:race, topic:racism
Emelan Series
Magical Mondays: Power, Privilege, and Morality in Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic Series: porluciernagas (blog) - "As a person who loves YA, The Circle of Magic books are some of my favorites, and now that I’ve reread them, I can say that it is not only the diversity of the worldbuilding that makes this series unique; Pierce also does an excellent job building the magic of her world."
fandom:emelan
ER/Shameless (US)
Shameless (US) and ER Comparisons: luvtheheaven (AO3) - "A meta analysis essay/discussion of some of the many things these two Chicago-based shows have in common"
fandom:er, fandom:shamelessus, topic:drugs, topic:family, topic:relationships, topic:queer
Extraterrestrial
Review: You Should Probably Pick Getting Probed By Aliens Over Seeing Extraterrestrial: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "If you’ve seen an alien abduction film, or know the clichés of what they can do (mind control, levitation, probing) you’ve seen this movie, probably done with considerably more style and thought."
topic:movies
Game of Thrones
We Need To Talk About Tyrion: How HBO Failed George R. R. Martin’s Iconic Character: Ilana Teitelbaum (blog) - "Tyrion’s revenge is the culmination of years of development, an apex of the tragedy that is his character. But what is most remarkable about this moment in the TV series is that the show gets it wrong."
fandom:gameofthrones
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Is Weird, Wild Stuff: Lesley Coffin(blog) - "If the title A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night sounds like the set-up for a joke, you’d be right. The new Iranian-language, American-produced, western-inspired vampire movie is one of the weirdest and funniest movies of this season - which also happens to have a surprisingly compelling love story. The movie is one of the most interesting movies of the year, which features a star-making performance by Sheila Vand and a stunning feature film debut by writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour."
topic:movies
Gotham
’Gotham’ is going nowhere: Aja Romano (blog) - "The problem with Gotham is so obvious that it feels a little silly to be talking about the problem with Gotham. It has no plot. None."
fandom:gotham
The Hospital Suite
Only Connect: Kim O’Conor (blog) - "It’s more difficult and brave, I think, to make art that takes people outside themselves and shows them something larger. More than craft or even sheer likeability, it is that reach that makes John Porcellino’s comics remarkable. It’s a quality I can’t quite hope to convey in these 1,500 words. This is where I’d draw the heart."
fandom:comics
The Hunger Games
Biting social critique makes ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ more than just a teen movie: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Instead, Mockingjay Part 1 focuses more on deepening our understanding of the Hunger Games universe, from Katniss Everdeen’s deteriorating emotional state to one of the main themes of the series: the intersection of propaganda and celebrity."
fandom:hungergames
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Is The Best Film In The Series So Far: Lesley Coffin (blog) - "That being said, of the films to follow this recent trend, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, is the best. Part of this is because the first two films did such a terrible job setting up real characters, besides Katniss; this extra time gives the filmmaker an opportunity for audiences to connect with the characters who have been on the perimeter over two films."
fandom:hungergames
Why cutting ‘Mockingjay’ in half ruined ‘The Hunger Games’: Nico Lang (blog) - "Everyone who paid $10 to watch Katniss Everdeen and her merry band of rebels mill about in Hitler’s bunker has now been subjected to the world’s longest act of foreplay: 123 minutes of rub and tickle without climax. For anyone upset that the filmmakers made you wait another year to get off, you knew this would happen-it’s even in the title. "Part 1" is Hollywood speak for blue balls."
fandom:hungergames
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Untitled: rainnecassidy, melannen, rgfellows (tumblr) - "I don’t get how some people in the MCU Fandom claim that Steve must have a crap ton of money"
fandom:mcu
Marvel Comics
Putting the Sidekick in the Suit: Black Captain America, Female Thor, and I Illusions of Progress: Juliet Kahn (blog) - "But it feels like a gimmick, and functions like a gimmick, and that’s because it is a gimmick."
fandom:marvelcomics
Once Upon a Time
Is Once Upon A Time Repeating Disney Stories or Adding To Them?: MarchHareMoe (blog) - "Surely they wouldn’t bank on the fact that Frozen is so popular that it’d help ratings (regardless of how much work was done with the plot). Now, nine episodes in, I can honestly say the writers didn’t expect to cheat their way into better ratings."
fandom:onceuponatime
Pride of Baghdad
Teaching the Invasion of Iraq 11 Years Out: Kate Polak (blog) - "What follows is how I approach explaining to students the relative use of Pride of Baghdad in understanding the variety of positions one may take in regards to the Iraq War."
fandom:comics, topic:politics
The Shawshank Redemption
Why the Internet still loves ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ 20 years later: Chris Osterndorf (blog) - "Depicting rape, violence, and a river of shit, the 142-minute movie was an instant box-office bomb. Today, it’s regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, universally beloved for its sweet, even sappy message."
fandom:theshawshankredemption
Sherlock
Mark Gatiss can’t stop calling ‘Sherlock’ tragic and dark: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Gatiss’ comments come as no shock whatsoever to longtime fans, who are already used to him and his writing partner Steven Moffat describing each new season of Sherlock and Doctor Who as the darkest and most emotionally complex one yet."
fandom:bbcsherlock
Snowpiercer
Severed From Reality: Kailyn Kent (blog) - "Some stories seem too smart to be symptomatic. Rather than try to suppress or exorcise the fraught, irrational elements that inevitably bubble up through the floorboards, some stories court the absurd directly. This instinct is the one truly smart thing about the movie Snowpiercer, the summer’s critical dark horse, recently released to a very positive reception on Netflix. The world’s audiences and film critics can be forgiven for projecting this intelligence upon the rest of the film, which doesn’t deserve it."
topic:movies
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Franchise of Ice and Fire: msunyata (blog) - "Right this moment, an enthusiastic audience member can sample the series's overarching narrative in book, television, or comic book form. He can further access the world thanks to an array of historical novellas, poster books and calendars, and, most recently - and grandiosely - The World of Ice & Fire. He can make the literary landscape interactive thanks to card games and (terrible) videogames, edible via cookbooks and official beers, aural via soundtracks (or inspired-by music), and tangible via figurines and action figures. There's even a bevy of secondary texts - such as our own - to further refine and deepen his views and understanding of the story."
fandom:asoiaf
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour episode 34: The Boiled Leather Audio Hour (podcast) - "Released with deserved fanfare a few weeks ago, The World of Ice and Fire, the long-awaited world book by George R.R. Martin and his co-authors Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson of Westeros.org, has proven to be an extraordinarily fecund source of information, speculation, and general wonderment."
fandom:asoiaf
The Elephant in the Room: celiatully (tumblr) - "So, one of the things I saw a while back involved people trying to prove that Sansa and Lyanna have as strong a connection as Arya and Lyanna. My reaction at the time of those arguments was to complain, by and large, about how Sansa is much more connected to a different aunt."
fandom:asoiaf
Saving Sansa: eyesofmist (tumblr) - "The scene shows [Sandor] concerned about the girl’s well-being and not giving a fig about his own comfort."
fandom:asoiaf
Untitled: racefortheironthrone, bidonica (tumblr) - "Other than gunpowder, which missing technologies do you think are missing in Westeros and keeping it medieval?"
fandom:asoiaf
Untitled: racefortheironthrone(tumblr) - " Do you think the absence of knighthood would help or hinder social mobility in the North?"
fandom:asoiaf
Star Wars
Star Wars Rebels: Declassified: "Empire Day": Rebel Force Radio (podcast) - "Feeling patriotic? Celebrate "Empire Day" with RebelForce Radio! Adam Bray, author of the Star Wars Rebels Visual Guide and Fangirls Going Rogue co-host Tricia Barr join Jason & Jimmy Mac for conversation about what "Empire Day" is and it’s impact on the crew of The Ghost. From the odd Tseebo, to the mystery of Ezra’s parents, to the cliffhanger ending…We cover it all on Declassified!"
fandom:starwars
Supernatural
Sexualized Saturdays: Man Tears, Female Desires, and Supernatural’s 200th Episode: porluciernagas (blog) - "Supernatural hasn’t always had the best track record with its fandom."
fandom:supernatural
Supernatural Has a Queerbaiting Problem That Needs to Stop: Sadie Gennis (blog) - "Although last Tuesday's 200th episode of Supernatural was an enjoyable 44 minutes, it also put the final nail in the coffin of the great queerbaiting debate."
fandom:supernatural, topic:queerbaiting
Under the Skin
Microreview [film]: Under the Skin: Vance K (blog) - "Now, I'm not a guy who is scared away by a slow, inscrutable movie. I own Last Year at Marienbad, for Pete's sake. But man. Under the Skin really gave me a run for my money."
topic:movies