sundries

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You know, it scares me when I have to say that comparatively, DW/TW/SJA fandom is so sane, but it is, especially in comparison to the antics over in Supernatural fandom ("let's send RPS to the actors" and "let's call security on the actors' gfs") and now SGA fandom (poor bastard). Of course, I know not to tar whole fandoms with the crazy brush, and I'm sure it will be my poor little fandom's turn soon, but perhaps, oh perhaps, we will heed these cautionary tales of batshittery. At least our bad boundary stuff has mostly happened in private. Christ.

Saw the SyFy name change ads on the bus this morning. STILL WRONG.

Forgot to mention I saw the preview for the new Trek when we saw Watchmen the other day. It looks AWESOME.

Orson Scott Card has joined the board of NOM or 2M4M or whatever the anti-gay marriage gathering storm bigots are calling themselves this week. No, I'm not surprised. And at this point, one can hardly even be disappointed. But I am, just a little, because at a given point you just run out of ways to boycott the work of someone that objectionable. That's right, I'm annoyed because I can't find a way to reject Card and his work enough.

Working my butt off. Lots of wacky freelance writing and deadlines for the Germans. In limbo on various creative/criticism projects. Fighting pothos.

Woo! Hey, got a CoT nomination for that Jack/Andy/Ianto porn I wrote the other day. Meanwhile, trying to finish a ton of small stories and feeling increasingly dubious I will make the Tardis Big Bang deadline. IHNIIHBT and one of its installments (The Most Beautiful Girl in the World) also won some other awards a couple of days ago. Yay.

Patty, still in Atlanta. Cool things there yesterday, but for her to tell.

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Yep, between that and the equally swift speed with which any person of color introduced on the show dies, it's definitely on my to avoid list. I continue to find it disturbing that shows filled with racism and misogyny like Supernatural and Heroes keep getting renewed, while far more progressive shows like The Dresden Files or Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles usually get canceled.

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

Because, I think, that the tropes and underlying themes and messages are ... reassuring. They fit with what still underlies a lot of our cultural baggage.

Then again, look both how far and how not far we've come in comparison to 'Forbidden Planet'.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Excellent point. It's also very sad that it wasn't until the 1990s that there were regularly TV shows where female characters could reliably be something more than eye-candy, victims, or sidekicks. There were exceptions before this, but very rare ones.