Name a fandom, and I'll tell you one of my unpopular opinions about it.

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Give me the name of a character from anything you know I've read/watched, and I'll give you three headcanons about them.

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I've had a stressful couple of days making arrangements for a new apartment in the same town as my new university, but I finally got everything done. Now I just have to wait and clean. The thing I'm looking forward to most is having a bigger bed. I roll in my sleep too much.

In other news, I'm on tumblr at last. It makes finding fan art much ( Read more... )

Okay . . . I think I've pulled myself back together after my Pyrosplosion. I'm ready to get meta. I don't plan to link to or explicitly describe anything gory this time, but I'll use a cut anyway because it's going to get long.

( Thoughts about TF2 and its fandom )

I have fan bracelets finished for Annie and Katniss. I started one for Rue, but my eyes decided they'd had enough for the day, so I'm planning to finish that one this coming week. That's the good news ( Read more... )

Ana Mardoll, who has written a series of posts analyzing C.S. Lewis's Narnia books and frequently getting all rage-smashy over their sexism, decided to add a post about the movie adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from a few years ago. She was bothered by what she perceives as extra sexism added to the movie, especially in how ( Read more... )

I had another feminist click moment this morning, and it helped me articulate one of the things I find immensely frustrating about the recurring debates over female characters in fandom, especially the ones that center on labeling certain female characters as "feminine" or "girly-girls" and labeling others as "unfeminine," "rejecting or hiding ( Read more... )

I've made and worn my first attempt at a Mags bracelet. I got the ends tied right this time, and because of the shape and color of some of the shells, I was even able to conceal the knot. I might do another one later because, while I think this one looks pretty nice, I'm not sure it's awesome enough to represent Mags. Anyway, FUCK YEAH, MAGS! ( Read more... )

( Warning for discussion of sexual abuse in fiction )

Why is it that whenever I like a popular pairing, I soon discover that the reasons I like it are completely different from-- and sometimes directly opposed to!-- the reasons the rest of the fandom likes it? This happens to me over and over again. If I like a het pairing because it blurs or subverts traditional gender roles, other people like it ( Read more... )