I added another rant to my earlier rant in response to a comment that said "Angel didn't batter Buffy".

Then as soon as I got back to Whedonesque, I saw the comment: "The concept of dubious consent is used to absolve women of responsibility after having made poor choices"

And I got pissed off all over again.

I immediately provided a link to gabrielleabelle's ( Read more... )

I'm more than a little bit concerned by this recent tidbit about season 8 from Buffyfest's interview with Jane Espenson.

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Buffyfest: Buffy Season 8 has taken some criticism from fans who say that Buffy has lost her feminist message by way of her bank robbing, rogue slayers abusing their powers and the recent Twilight arc. How do you ( Read more... )

So, Closer to the Heart is up on FFN. It gets a fair amount of feedback, usually to the effect of "I loved it, can't wait for more" and some "you should probably deviate from the original plot a bit more". Both of those are reviews that I can understand and am glad to have ( Read more... )

If you have seen ANY of Joss Whedon's shows, please participate.The poll is essnetially about the portrayal of sexuality in Joss' shows and to what degree these portrayals come across as gratuitous, unrealistic, or unnecessary ( Read more... )

ONE: Hey, how come he gets to have a word?

THREE: Would you like to share the word?

ONE: Yes.

TWO: NO! He can’t have my word! It’s MINE! If he uses it too, then having it isn’t as fun for ME!

THREE: The word would actually still be the same if he used it to.

TWO: NO!

THREE: *sigh* Okay, One, I’ll give you another word that means the same thing.

ONE: What ( Read more... )

So, Jones Soda is doing this promotional thing for the Buffy Season 8 Motion Comics. Being the huge nerd that I am, I ordered some. I actually got twelve bottles; I haven't decided if I want to drink the other six or simply keep them as souvenirs. (I'll be keeping the empties either way.) As I drank each flavor, I did some live tweeting to go with ( Read more... )

Yeah, so...apparently my younger brother is planning to get married ( Read more... )

I just saw The Sorceror's Apprentice. This post will be short and vaguely spoilery. No cut for you; this is your only warning ( Read more... )

I don't know what tag does, but I think it's what's making this post I'm working on go over length. Stupid rich text. There's actually a crap ton of formatting too and I really don't want to enter all those html tags manually. Anyone have a suggestion?

By its frequency, I'm guessing it's the indent since it's at the beginning of every gorram line ( Read more... )

So...the Dollhouse season two Blu-Ray will have an extra commentary track that WON'T be on the DVD.

( Here beginneth the rant... )