First off let me take a minute to signal boost womenlovefest and their week-long lovefest for fictional ladies.  Couldn't get a request in for Starfire before they closed but it's still something I'm going to try to participate in and/or watch.

And now on to the main attraction!


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I had planned a longer post about a different lady, but as it's getting late and I don't feel like I could do her justice in a short post, I am instead going to cover the lovely-and deadly-female asassin known popularly as the DC Comics character Cheshire.

(Note that I'm mostly going by the Young Justice animated version, as that's the incarnation I ( Read more... )

*rubs hands together*

Allrighty then!  I am excited!  It's not that often I get a chance to unabashedly gush about my favorite fictional girls (at least apart from a broader post flailing about some show or movie).  What better place to start than with my very first favorite?


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Oh my gosh, what did they do to the Rich Text editor this is so weeeeeeiiiiirrrd.

Anyway...

I have decided upon Fridays as my weekly Lady Appreciation Post day.  So expect that in the near future.

In the meantime, have some fangirly rambling about two movies I saw this weekend. There will obviously be spoilers.

( On Cowboys and Aliens. )

Spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening reading various awesome people's blogs about sexism and misogyny against female characters and how no that character is actually not a Mary Sue just because she is sweet and caring and traditionally feminine.

And now I have a lot of overflowing ~feelings~.

I've always been very passionate about Lady ( Read more... )

Mom and I went out to have mother/daughter bonding and see Thor yesterday.  And I have some Thoughts.

( They're mostly about how hot Chris Hemsworth was. Spoilers maybe. )

Last Friday, before my boyfriend and I went to spend the day at the local water park (which was very fun btw up until I got home and all that playing in the pollen-filled water caught up with me and wrecked havoc on my allergies), we stopped by the Half-Price Books and the local comic book shop.

And guess what I found?

( VINTAGE TITANS HECK YES! )

I saw this meme floating around on DeviantART, and I thought hey, that's a good idea for an LJ post!  (Especially since filling the meme on DA would basically just be inserting head-shots into the designated spaces and maaaaybe adding some thoughts in the artist comments and even in my laziest of lazinesses that seems kinda lackluster to me.   ( Read more... )

Man, I feel like all the wonderful and awesome that my favorite shows have been giving me recently is almost too much.  Like, WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE SUCH HAPPINESS IN MY LIFE?!

Anyway, I have some thoughts re. my primary ongoing fandoms of the moment.

1. On No Ordinary Family-

( Season 1, Episode 17: )

 And I am ready and a-raring to go.

First off-

( MY LIST OF COMPLETELY ARBITRARY AND BIASED PREDICTIONS/PICKS )