So I've been thinking about sci-fi, and what happens with fans when directors redo old series, and decide that maybe the chicks should have a bigger role than standing off in the corner with a headset.

( I apologize in advance for the alphabet soup )

IT IS NOT TEAM EDWARD OR TEAM JACOB. THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE 'SHIP OF THIS SERIES IS TEAM BELLA MOVES FAR, FAR AWAY, GETS OVER BOTH OF THE CREEPERS, DATES SOME NICE GUYS IN COLLEGE AND MAYBE MARRIES ONE OF THEM IN A HEALTHY, COMFORTABLE RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY WATCH ZOMBIE FLICKS TOGETHER AND MAKE GRILLED CHEESE OUT OF DEFIBRILLATOR PADDLES AND HAVE ( Read more... )

This is probably old news to a lot of people, but cleolinda posted some linkspam a while ago, and one article in particular really caught my eye ( Read more... )

So after about fourteen hours of reading about anime and manga and their impact on western culture, it seems the definition of "manga" most people like to use is "that stuff that's better than traditional American comics." Manga isn't quintessentially Japanese to most people [there exists both European and American "manga"] and it's obviously not ( Read more... )