A scenario that has occurred in countless media ( Read more... )

Today in ridiculously minor things that make Veleda irrationally nuts: the new fandom trend of calling beloved characters "my son"/"my daughter". It's harmless! It makes people happy! It's no business of mine! There's no good reason for me to hate it as much as I do, but it drives me up the fucking wall. It's so unbearably tweeIt doesn't help that ( Read more... )

There's been a spring in my step these past couple days that can be directly attributed to Hilary Rodham Clinton winning the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. This is just so awesome! We are likely looking at the first woman president, right on the heels of the first Black president. (Of course, I think that the second woman ( Read more... )

I'd love to start this with, "I thought I was done being bitter about White Collar fandom," but let's be real, I knew I was still bitter about White Collar fandom. I'll go to my sad, pathetic grave still bitter about White Collar fandom. Closer to the truth is that I was hoping to project an image of being done being bitter about White Collar ( Read more... )

( Not a happy reaction. At all. )

My new pet peeve is Ao3 authors who tag their MCU fic with "(comics)" fandoms either because the fics contain minor canon from the comics or for pretty much no reason at all. The Black Widow (comics) section is even smaller than it first appears. Like, just because you've given Natasha a cat named Liho in your MCU fic, you really don't need to also ( Read more... )

This is something I wrote on tumblr in response to This post. It's a topic I think a lot about, and, well, I ended up spilling my guts.

( Now she's 'just a love interest' )

I'll be the first to admit that the immediate trigger for this rant is very minor, but this post has been stewing within me for a while.

( It's about White Collar and Elizabeth. It got a little long. )

I have thoughts on fictional abuse and fictional villains that I need to get out.

( Spoilers for Agents of SHIELD and discussion of abuse, real and fictional )

I've written multiple posts on everything I find wrong with kink fic in the White Collar fandom. You would think that would be enough for me. You'd think I could let it go. But, no, apparently not. Also, it's 2 AM, and I have insomnia ( Read more... )