OH MY GOD, ME TOO (3): Return of the Unusual Opinions Amnesty Post

[pocochina]

Recent ~things and ~stuff have convinced me that it's high time for another round of appreciation of the quirky, silly, and not entirely defensible, and in any event it's been about a year, so let's have another Unusual Opinions Amnesty Post"Fandom secrets" will eternally crack me up. Some of them are really moving Post Secret-y type things, and

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Questions, comments, eternal devotion?

[pocochina]

here!

Re: Questions, comments, eternal devotion?

[spuffy_noelle]

I hope you don't mind that I'm totally stealing this for my landcomm team?

Oh and nice icon ;)

Re: Questions, comments, eternal devotion?

[pocochina]

I do not mind in the least!

Re: Questions, comments, eternal devotion?

[youcallitwinter]

I PLEDGE ETERNAL DEVOTION OFC.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[pocochina]

here!

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[youcallitwinter]

I...actually think Seeing Red fits in very well with the furthering of a gendered trope that the text has developed throughout, and that is consistent with all of Buffy's lovers; the fact that all of them try to establish the natural patriarchal order that Buffy-verse tries to invert, through a very sexualized attack, the vehemency of the attack based on how much they feel their masculinity is threatened through their relationship with Buffy

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[pocochina]

So Angel(us) mocking Buffy's sexual inexperience, Riley's vampire!prostitutes stint and Spikes's attempted rape, all seem to form a coherent narrative for Buffy for me.

Agreed, and this is a fantastic way of putting it. (I would love to read those thoughts, if you ever do feel like setting up a filter and posting it, but I understand why you wouldn't so I hope this doesn't sound ~pressury.)

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[youcallitwinter]

Definitely not pressurey! I got into LSE on the basis of this paper, lol. I think I shall post it sometime for sure; I've just been ~wary because people feel so strongly about Angel/Buffy and Spike/Buffy.

Angel: the Series

[pocochina]

here

Re: Angel: the Series

[youcallitwinter]

I think Angel/Cordelia is one of the most organic relationship narratives in Buffyverse. MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL. heh.

Re: Angel: the Series

[lynnenne]

I completely agree with this.

Re: Angel: the Series

[superkappa]

I agree completely.

A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[pocochina]

PLEASE be cool about book spoilers guys!

Re: A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[hobbit_kate]

The scene where Jaime throws Bran out of the window absolutely cracks me up. It's not the violence against children - obviously - just the casual way he says "the things we do for love". It's just so brilliantly sardonic.

(I saw the tv version before I read it - I'm sure seeing it may have helped)

I have absolutely no idea what fandom thinks about this, or Jaime, and I don't care to go looking until I've finished A Feast for Crows and A Dance of Dragons, either ;)

Re: A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[ramasi]

I loved Jaime from the very start; I'm sort of sad that he was ever forced to evolve, he seemed to have focusing on what's really important to him figured out for a while.

Re: A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

[pocochina]

sassy sociopathic Jaime is <3

Supernatural

[pocochina]

For purposes of this post, "I love/hate Sam/Dean/Cas" is NOT an unpopular opinion. LOTS OF PEOPLE AGREE.

Re: Supernatural

[pocochina]

I LOVE DICK!

Re: Supernatural

[duckondebut]

ME TOO. Not just him, but also Levia!Doctor and Levia!Nurse from early s7 (such rich material for horror!), and, oh, EDGAR. I legit had a crush on Edgar. The Leviathans were so close to being my favourite SPN villain of all time. So close. (still love 'em, though.)

Re: Supernatural

[pocochina]

They were SO COOL.