Hello! How is everyone doing? It's 12/12/12, which means it's been a while. Not sure how much I can catch up on people's DW/LJ, but I will make an effort. My fandom blackout hasn't been total, however. I *tried* to resist AO3, but kept sneaking around Leechblock by using Safari instead of Firefox. Pathetic, huh? Maybe for Christmas I'll ask Santa ( Read more... )

(More!) Five Best Fathers for
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I promised pocky_slash that I'd post a couple of Without A Trace fanfic recommendations for her. But then I got distracted by the SPN female characters imbroglio (as one is wont to do) and instead I did a picspam ( Read more... )

14valentines : "No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself." ~ Rabbi Sofer

Started up by rageprufrock 3 years ago, this project is "based on the idea of fandom as a community of women and the power of the relationships there. It's meant to raise awareness -- and hopefully as a result increase participation in community women's groups." [ Intro post]

14 ( 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... )

Spoilers for "Welcome Wagon", VMars 3x01.

Veronica Mars = Yay! ( Reaction to new characters, no spoilers for mystery of the week. )

I've been kind of quiet this past week, with only my "Season 4 Sam is not depressed, dammit!" outburst on Thursday for noise. No real reason for staying off LJ, except I've been exhausted. Lots of family stuff. Lots of Veronica Mars Season 2. And my Andy-fic for tww_minis that I still haven't completed.

( I golfed for the very first time! )

Spoilers all of Veronica Mars Season 1, up to "Leave it to Beaver" 1x22, as well as Angel Season 5, up to "Time Bomb" 5x19.

monkeycrackmary makes an excellent observation about something that happens to Veronica in the finale. ( This may not resonate for you if you're not familiar with the degrading way female characters are often treated in comics. )

ETA: Spoilers for The L Word and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker in the comments.

Last night I watched the 2-part pilot of The L Word, as well as episode 1x03, "Let's Do It". Hmm, what can I say? I should probably reserve judgment until I've seen the rest of the eps I rented, but so far the show isn't really grabbing me. It's a good show -- I ( Read more... )

Link ganked from kita0610, who linked to sisabet's absolutely spot-on rant -- well, except the bit about not watching Veronica Mars, which is a brilliant show.

Anyway, the post in question is here:

Was Fandom Emotionally Traumatized by S6 Spuffy?

o.O

Well. I know I was traumatised by Season 7 Spuffy. Does that count? *g ( Read more... )