The older I get, the less enamoured I've become of the primacy of the narrative of the loner rebel hero outcast who disdains and opposes the faceless evil bureaucratic power-mad government that needs to be toppled like the tower of Babel so that the people are freed from the yoke of oppression, yadda yadda ( Read more... )

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thelana has a rant about Genius Wranglers, which I must quote because she is so spot-on:
Right now there is this upswing of "genius" shows where the, typically male, character is supposed to be that awesome and that good at what he does that he doesn't have to follow the rules and generally gets to behave like a disobedient child. Maybe it's supposed to ( Read more... )

Ganked from s'kat, because I'm re-watching today's Without a Trace just so I can get rid of the commercials.

Name: Scroll
Age: ha!
Location: Toronto, Canada
Gender: Female
How long have you been into Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Firefly? I saw "Welcome to the Hellmouth" when it first aired! Though I didn't really become fannish until S2.
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tafkarfanfic talks about racism in Firefly. I'm glad this topic is still being discussed (though I know it's old news for most of us) because Serenity did very little to make up for the total lack of Asians on Firefly three years prior. And sci-fi/fantasy genre TV shows continue to fail at casting actors of colour. (Which is why I keep pointing to WAT and its ( Read more... )

This post riffs off at least three different sources. Firstly, c_mantix and I had a brief discussion on romance novel clichés. c_mantix then dug up a list of 16 archetypes, split down gender lines: Eight Female Archetypes and Eight Male Arcetypes. She then challenged us to determine our "types" :)

Secondly, I'm going back to shadowkat67's list of kinks and buttons from last ( Read more... )

Been a while since I posted something that wasn't an ATPo Board Meet update (which, btw, if you haven't checked the comm lately, please go here). This will be half a ramble on RL, and half a fanfic rec post.

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Found an interesting article about why guys like blondes (also The Blonde Wars), which also talks about skin colour in relation to blonde hair:
The reason women were traditionally called "the fair sex" is because, all else being equal, they really are fairer. "Although about only a tenth of the difference separating blacks from whites, there does ( Read more... )

Rec Category: Crossover

Pairing: Rodney McKay/River Tam (Firefly)
Category: Crossover
Warning: PG-13, Het
Author on LJ: mandysbitch
Author's Website: Mind Games

Why This Must Be Read: Gorgeous River characterisation and a nicely subtle Rodney. The story is told mostly from River's POV and the narrative has a dreamy quality I tend to associate with River (in ( Read more... )

God grant me the serenity ( Read more... )