I'm invoking my grace period and posting this a little late. I'm very sorry about the delay!

My meta, "What is Your Childhood Trauma?": Parenting and Attachment Styles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is a discussion of the psychology of BtVS, in regards to attachment styles and parenting styles and the corresponding formation of temperament. It ( Read more... )

I present to you my first foray into the wonderful world of meta: A Neal and Patrick comparison.

I have to confess that though I do watch the Mentalist I'm a lot more familiar with White Collar, so a big thanks to wildcat88 for the much needed help and fixing of many mistakes and assumptions.

Now on to the comparing!

At my Livejournal

In this post I try to explain what helps me finding stories that are within the established canon, I also have a paragraph on why I prefer those kind of stories.

I mention several fandoms, but don't go into any details about them.

Read more at my journal

With the premiere of Mad Men upon us I revisited discussions I remember having during the previous seasons. The post focuses on Mad Men, but is also about the question of how we relate to previous time periods, especially in fiction, specifically judging characters as right or wrong/good or bad based on how progressive they are. Crossposted to lj ( Read more... )

I came to most of my fandoms pretty late in the game - either after they were over completely, or after they’d been on for a few seasons. The few shows I try to watch from the beginning either get cancelled, or I end up abandoning for various reasons. Moreover, I’ve seen a pretty near-universal disdain for a show’s later seasons, particularly from ( Read more... )

White Collar is one of my very favorite shows. And one the reasons I love it so much is its varied cast of interesting and awesome women characters. In this piece (one couldn't really call it an essay), I'll discuss how the women of White Collar are written as individuals as well as the way the writers address gendered tropes. Expect this to spoil ( Read more... )

Just wrote a bit of meta in response to a conversation I read. It's about wishing a series would end--and whether this is a selfish desire.

LJ / DW

For my contribution this month, I wrote an essay about what has contributed to my feelings of disconnection from fandom and what I've done to handle that sense of isolation.

On DW On LJ

Warnings: Very brief mention of depression and anxiety

It's not my day to post, but I'm taking the comm at its word that all meta is welcome!

I've been thinking about Breaking Bad and the way it handles disability, especially through the character of Walter Jr., and I've written some thoughts. I've kept spoilers vague and to a minimum, and I'm hoping it might make sense even if you don't watch the ( Read more... )

For our inaugural topic, I'm discussing the difference between watching (or reading) a series in realtime installments versus marathoning it. (Western TV is being used for examples, though I think most of this also applies to any long-form serial format: books, comics, manga, etc.) No content warnings or major spoilers ( Read more... )