I have no patience for those who believe that being brown isn't a continuously evolving process - that I, here, on the cusp of a new world, am not as much brown as my grandfather, who loved me, and would never have me remade.
Oh, wow, thank you. I am a biracial desi, and I never feel I am brown enough, although no one has ever been so cruel as to tell me I am failing at being Indian, or whatever. I always feel I am faking it, that I'm putting it on when I talk about in India, this or when I wear a salwar kameez, or whatever. But it's my family, too, even if I don't look or sound the way anyone expects. And my family has, as you say of your grandfather, always loved me and wanted me the same as I am, and so this means a lot to me.
Someone at work today said something awful about queer people today; I said, again dryly, that around one in ten people is LGBT and there were more than ten people in the room.
That's a fabulous comeback. I will try to keep it in mind the next time someone's being horrible.
Have you ever read the Benjamin January novels by Barbara Hambly? Set in 1830s New Orleans, they're mystery novels but really they're stories about people passing, and communities, and navigating how to live one's life the way one chooses when others try to take those choices away. (What you say about National Coming Out Day made me think of these books.)
I'm just starting season 3 of Babylon5 because my boyfriend basically snuck it in on me and now I can't stop. It grows on you. The first season should indeed by the Londo & G'Kar Show, and later--oh, later, well, you'll see. But yes, stick with it for the characters.
I share your "Oh, Fringe, no" thoughts in regards to part of S4, but I think it did get better by the end of the season. This season...will be interesting. Let's just say that.
YOU WILL TOTALLY COME TO LOVE BABYLON 5 I SWEAR. There are episodes of S1 you can safely skip without missing anything of importance. I will write you a list if you like. But by the second season, yes, the bad acting and the at-times-terrible dialogue fade into the background and the story takes over and YES, it totally all works.
I agree! I liked the end of it, and I hope season 5 ends the show as a whole nicely. I don't think it's the sort of show that could run to many more, so I'm glad it's ending respectably.
PLEASE WRITE ME A LIST, PLEASE. Someone did that for me for season 1 of Fringe and I was VERY GRATEFUL.
S5 is...I don't even know. I feel like I'm watching a whole other show that shares some characters with Fringe, but is not actually Fringe. I hope they tie it all together with what came before by the end of the season
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I don't really want to write fic about it or meta about it or whatever. (Icons and gifs, though - hiiii, there are no non-beautiful people in this cast.) I guess the reason for that is, I believe it's a complete story: there are no shadowy gaps in the edges of Fringe, at least not the character ones, the ones I want to fill, because you see the whole thing evolve bit by bit.
EXACTLY. And I don't even have the 'what if' questions like "What if X never existed" or "what if Y traveled to a parallel universe and met herself" or "what if Z were herself but with one thing changed" or "what [thing I'm pretty sure is a spoiler for you so I won't say it]" or .. really anything. This show is ALL about what if -- constant characterization, endlessly variable context. I love it.
I have no patience for those who believe that being brown isn't a continuously evolving process - that I, here, on the cusp of a new world, am not as much brown as my grandfather, who loved me, and would never have me remade.
I thought that this whole post is thought-provoking and lovely, as per, but this phrase in particular is a breathtaking piece of writing.
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Oh, wow, thank you. I am a biracial desi, and I never feel I am brown enough, although no one has ever been so cruel as to tell me I am failing at being Indian, or whatever. I always feel I am faking it, that I'm putting it on when I talk about in India, this or when I wear a salwar kameez, or whatever. But it's my family, too, even if I don't look or sound the way anyone expects. And my family has, as you say of your grandfather, always loved me and wanted me the same as I am, and so this means a lot to me.
Someone at work today said something awful about queer people today; I said, again dryly, that around one in ten people is LGBT and there were more than ten people in the room.
That's a fabulous comeback. I will try to keep it in mind the next time someone's being horrible.
I sometimes think I will ( ... )
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I'm just starting season 3 of Babylon5 because my boyfriend basically snuck it in on me and now I can't stop. It grows on you. The first season should indeed by the Londo & G'Kar Show, and later--oh, later, well, you'll see. But yes, stick with it for the characters.
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You are one of many people whose opinions I place weight on who's told me to stick with Babylon 5! I shall keep on keeping on. :)
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YOU WILL TOTALLY COME TO LOVE BABYLON 5 I SWEAR. There are episodes of S1 you can safely skip without missing anything of importance. I will write you a list if you like. But by the second season, yes, the bad acting and the at-times-terrible dialogue fade into the background and the story takes over and YES, it totally all works.
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PLEASE WRITE ME A LIST, PLEASE. Someone did that for me for season 1 of Fringe and I was VERY GRATEFUL.
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EXACTLY. And I don't even have the 'what if' questions like "What if X never existed" or "what if Y traveled to a parallel universe and met herself" or "what if Z were herself but with one thing changed" or "what [thing I'm pretty sure is a spoiler for you so I won't say it]" or .. really anything. This show is ALL about what if -- constant characterization, endlessly variable context. I love it.
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(You're at NYCC while I'm writing this. *jealous liek woah*)
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I thought that this whole post is thought-provoking and lovely, as per, but this phrase in particular is a breathtaking piece of writing.
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