NOTE: Please note the "What I Love" in the titles of the lists below. And please refrain from passing judgement on my taste in occasionally cheesy genre television, as that is very much not the point of this exercise.

This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of shows from the last 20 years with female leads. The point for me was to point out ( Read more... )

( Thinky Doctor Who Thoughts - 4.01 spoilers, and vague spoilers for all of TW and SJA )

Not the usual puff piece, as a South African article discusses the potential of fan fiction to improve youth literacyI think that is actually AWESOME. Speaking as someone who has long pushed the idea of comics as improving literacy at skeptical parents as a way of getting their kid to read (and read for pleasure), I like the non-judgemental ( Read more... )

mtgat talks about Mary and Me at FireFox News this week.

Continuing on that theme, the Voyager, Buffy, and Smallville litmus tests I wrote were mainly about identifying traits, explaining why they are significant markers and deadly when used in combination, and then offering suggestions on how to mitigate them (or eliminate them all together ( Read more... )

In the wake of the latest sockpuppet wank, of which I am actually only peripherally aware having not been actively involved in SV fandom for years, I have come to a realisation.

( Fannish Love Can Kinda Totally Fuck You Up )

There's been a lot of talk on time_and_chips about what's going to happen once Rose leaves.

(Which is not a spoiler, folks. It's just a fact.)

Here's the thing: Companions leave.

I think that it's always hard when your first companion leaves. Just as hard, in some cases, as losing your first incarnation of the Doctor. But that's the nature of Doctor Who. ( Read more... )

So I was responding to musesfool's nifty keen post about how she intereacts with fiction fannishly, and how she identifies herself as a 'shipper, and it got me thinking.

( not very well organised meta type fannish thoughts at 1am )

Okay, I am on the second cuppa of the morning (afternoon--whatever), and have just spent an hour getting caught up on my flist in the wake of the Doctor Who CIN scene.

( Okay, here's the thing... )

I think there's some wide-spread confusion about things like how to punctuate dialogue, and what ellipsis are for, and how to format fiction for reading on-line. So I decided to come up with a quick-and-dirty guide. There are I'm sure a hundred of these--both fannish and just Chicago Style Guide clones floating about, but I wanted something (I ( Read more... )

Had a thought while responding to an LJ comment. Thought I'd share.

( chock full of spoilers for Doctor Who up to ep 10 )