Because of course while writing a Nibelungenlied parody I have to have Nibelungenlied feels. Which mainly means Kriemhild feels and Hagen feels. Which means mostly Hagen feels, okay, I admit it. You try resisting the dark, grim but utterly loyal and dedicated badass with all the angsty backstories, I dare you.… By feels I obviously mean “let’s see ( Read more... )

What they say: " Strong women written by men are just men with boobs! Women are observant and introspective, they don't just smash everything!"

What they mean: "Women are passive and prefer thinking to acting. Women aren't violent or able to do violent actions, women are gentle and kind. The only type of fighting women are able to do is sneaky, ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like, no matter what I do and how hard I try, my writing is always going to suck ( Read more... )

In no particular order. Just getting stuff off my chest and venting a bit.
Will probably have other parts (I’m easily frustrated).

1. Hot dude is condescending, irritating, smug, pompous and generally a complete ass. Shy and easily flustered chick who usually tries to act tough doesn’t reveal her soft side together with her embarrassment. Instead, ( Read more... )

( Viserys&Daenerys )

Women get harassed, beaten, raped, killed, told not to go out alone or wear short skirts because then everything that may happen will be their own fault, treated like someone else's property, shamed because of their bodies and what they decide to do with them, silenced and mocked when they try to talk about their problems. They get less money than ( Read more... )

... Or, the useless and irrationally angry musings of a too-fangirlish fangirl. Though, seriously, what did you expect from one with that sort of username?

Anyway, these are things that piss me off as Norse Mythology-obsessed creep with a soft spot for Sigyn and Loki/Sigyn.

( So here it comes the sound of rant )

You find a piece of Viking fiction that looks quite good. It's got shieldmaidens. It's got magicians.

Then you discover that the magician are all male - not a völva, not a spækona, not a wife doing simple protection spells with a spindle. And the male magicians and seers aren't even a tiny bit effemminate or even just rumored to be gay. Also, no ( Read more... )

I hate the classic uke stereotype - you know, helpless, whiny, useless, always crying and moaning ...

Yeah, I hate it too. It's so one-dimensional and generic and unbelievable, the sort of stuff you write when you can't be bothered to do anything better.

It's so fucking girly and stupid.Wait, what? Girly? As in, stuff girls who are into yaoi like ( Read more... )

Title: Melolagnia (Listen to Me Now)
Fandom: Perkeros
Characters: Akseli, Aydin (plus one brief mentions of Jaana)
Pairing: Aydin/Akseli (... kind of), barely-there background Akseli/Jaana
Summary: In which Akseli listens to Aydin's voice for the first time - and it has interesting effects on him.
Warnings: pre-slash (it's supposed to be slash but ( Read more... )