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Red Pants Monday
Damn, I love fandom sometimes.
The profusion of injokes and covert language is enticing for me. (I adore the book "A Clockwork Orange" mostly because of the language, and how you have to fight to understand what people are saying.) But also the immense support of fellow fans. And the love of all things pervy.
I was just joining Sherlock fandom when Reapersun and Sexlock were publishing their joint comic. And lordy, lordy, the hawtness drew me in to find whatever fanart I could. Reapersun introduced Red Pants Monday just as I found Your Daily Dose of Fandom Nonsense.
It's been such a joy ever since. Although I've had a couple of scares at work when someone looked over my shoulder at my phone at the wrong time. But will I give up my porny goodness?? NEVER.
All this to say, THANK YOU to Reapersun for RPM! My porn collection wouldn't be the same without it. ; )
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Best. Superhero. Ever.
This title belongs to The Batman. Period. Hands down. No contest.
Superman: Boring.
Spiderman: Emo.
X-men: Too chaotic and too erratic in execution. Especially between comics and movies. Don't get me started on how the movies have ruined Gambit and Nightcrawler, two of my favorite X-men, followed by Kitty Pride and Rogue.
Justice League: Aquaman. 'Nuff said.
Avengers: Cool movie, helped awfully by Mr. Snarky McSnarkalot, RDJ. Comic... not so much.
Ahhhh, but Batman. He can not only survive the campfest of a show in the 60's (Seriously, I want to see John Waters do something based on that Batman!), but also the horror that is Batman and Robin. (OMG - Bat nipples on the damn costume????) He can be upright and all-hero-all-the-time, and he can be just this side of raging fascist psychopath.
And then you have the rest of the Bat-fam! Multiple Robins - still love Dick the most, but Damian grows on ya after a while - and Batgirls, Batwomen, the Huntress, Nightwing, The Red Hood (what, you've never seen a sidekick come back from the dead before?)... they are all hardcore badasses. And the villians... really, is there a better comic book villain than the Joker, anywhere? Really?? And yeah, there are some stupid ones (Mr. Freeze, I'm looking at you), but for every stupid one, there is an excellent one. Catwoman. Poison Ivy. Harley Quinn. Ra's Al Ghul. Talia. Hush. Black Mask. And he also takes on regular mobsters, bank robbers, muggers, rapists... crooks of all kinds.
And finally... is there anyone involved with Batman in ANY way that isn't seriously messed up? Granted, there are some who are less cracked than others: Dr. Leslie Thompkins for example. But really, the vast majority of the cast could be in Arkham themselves, if they haven't just escaped. That is, if Arkham were at all useful, instead of a wormhole from H.P. Lovecraft's universe. (Yes, I'm calling it: Cthulu vs. The Batman. Mmm hmm.)
Hmmmm, I'm sure someone has made a fic of Gotham being a Hellmouth. Time to check AO3 for Batman/Buffy fic. Heh, heh. ; )
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Yiiiiiiiiisssssss...
They are shooting Sherlock Season 3 Episode 3. The great hiatus will come to an end. *cheers*
But somehow, the cannon solution to the fall, the cannon reconciliation... it will never be as good as many of the fics I've read. Anyone else kinda-sorta prepping themselves for disappointment?
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SDCC
I never think of the San Diego Comic Con 360 days of the year. Amazing, really, but I don't.
I've done my time at cons, and I do like them, but I always go in feeling poor and leave feeling bankrupt. With a bunch of utterly random shit that I look at less and less over the years.
But then, the hype machine builds up and I see the Tweets and facebook postings and Tumblr pics... and I wanna GO. Just those 4 or 5 days. Then it's back to 'I don't want to make a costume' and 'Lord Almighty, how many people are crammed into that hotel ballroom?!?'.
But one year. One year I will go. And I will do W00tstock. Because I need to embrace my nerd, and not just bring her out for 'safe' people. And because there is the distinct chance that I might meet someone who will make me emit fangirl squeals at bat-radar levels. And that would ROCK.
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Acting after fandom
As much as I love being a fan, I sometimes wonder, what happens to the actor I adore who is playing a character I am head over heels in love with, once the movie/show is over?
What causes one actor to survive and move on to other parts, while another gets typecast to hell and loses a career?
Is it the previous career? Will Patrick Stewart, Alan Rickman or Johnny Depp get caught, even if they do play an iconic role?
Is it the flexibility of the fanbase? Will Chris Pine, Nathan Fillion, or Daniel Radcliffe be allowed to take on other roles by their fanbase?
Or is it due to the next few decisions? Will Equus
prove to be a better tool for career promotion than Playboy? Will Hamlet be more helpful than Fright Night?
I wish I had the answer, because I am afraid for some really fine actors/actresses, who deserve better than to be made a footnote because they were able to become a star.
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Stupid rant #1
(Because I am sure that I'll always have something to rant about. And frankly, it's my blog, so too bad.)
Why is Wonder Woman constantly a crappy book? Yes, there may be some bright points, a few years of decent writing/art, but then... UGH. AGAIN.
Seriously, this should be gold! All female society, warrior woman, iconic - if stupid - costume (seriously, if you think you can run in a corset with large breasts, you are a man), all of Greek mythology at your disposal, it could be epic! But instead, you get third rate villains, completely unrealistic portrayals of women (WHO came up with this stupid idea that a group of women living together would be peaceful and idyllic??? Really, which Amazons are the catty bitches who just love to tear everyone else down, hmm?), and damn Steve Trevor.
Please. Someone reboot a decent Wonder Woman. Think Black Widow, Black Canary, any of the Batfam ladies, whatever. If Catwoman can become an amazing comic, can't someone do the same with Diana? *sigh*
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Fandom and sex
Fandom seems to be putting a big, obvious stake in the old belief that women are sexless, pure beings. Thank God; time to let that old vampiric belief become a puff of formerly undead dust.
I am constantly being surprised by a) the visibilty of sexual images and stories within fandom - and outside of it as well, b) the sheer, overwhelming delight that women take with this, and c) the normalcy of squealing and swooning fandom women.
I stumbled on fandom so randomly, and kept it such a dark secret. How could I explain my fascination with stories by amateurs about characters they didn't create? Especially with creating homosexual romances that didn't exist in the original show. So it was better to not talk about it.
Then I got on an email list with other fans, and it was better. I could discuss pairings and rage about stupid tropes, but it was still hard to discuss outside of my little ghetto.
But not now. Graham Norton presents actors with NSFW fanart. Cumberbitches square off against Pine Nuts on TV. And I surely wasn't the only Cumberbitch watching Star Trek Into Darkness. (Although I wish I had known that. I would have sat with my homegirls and joined them in doing the wave when Benedict's name came up.)
Yep, we fan women are loud, proud, and highly sexed. And we're gonna let you know it now.
Hot damn. ; )
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Characters vs. Actors
I thought I was a total, devoted fan.
I've bought prop toys, action figures, comic books, DVD collections, and official novelizations. I've courted disciplinary letters at work trying to finish epic, 100 chapter fics. I've even destroyed the NSFW barrier.
But a few hours on Youtube has taught me that I was wrong.
I am a huge whore for the characters I love. I'll watch pretty much anything Mulder/Skinner, Snupin or Johnlock. I adore outtakes, clips of favorite scenes, and even the ever-geeky explanations of how Sherlock survived the Fall. (The real answer: Deus Ex Machina.)
But watching interviews with the actors, clips from Graham Norton or Ellen or The Daily Show... not so interesting. And don't get me started on some of the absolutely painful things that they have to do: cooking segments, answering asinine questions from the audience, attempt to do well on a game show, et cetera.
For some reason, although I have actors I will follow and watch anything they are in, I am not interested in them as people. Shallow? I don't think so. I think it's more about feeling that line that separates work and home. I don't want my work and home lives intermingled. If you know me as a professional but not as a friend, I don't want you to know all about my fic addiction and my writing attempts and my obsession with colorful makeup. That's personal and private. And I don't need to know these people's private bits unless we become friends.
But I'll get all up in fictional character's business, because they are fictional and that's what you do with fictional characters. Which is why I guess I'll never win the 'Most Obsessed Fan' award.
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I has phone!
The phone arrived in the mail last night, and I've finally got it hooked up and live.
10 minutes later, I've texted friends and family to let them know I have a phone again.
20 minutes later, I have dinner and AO3 open.
Damn, it's good to have my phone back.
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Why I don't want a female 12th Doctor
I know, it would be cool to have a Helen Mirren or someone similar play the 12th incarnation of the Doctor. And there is nothing in canon that prevents a female Doctor. But I just... I'm not comfortable with this.
Firstly, I don't want the Doctor to become female 'just because'. I don't need the Doctor to be female because I'm a woman. I've never been good with those kind of characters that I'm supposed to identify with, anyway. (Seriously, think Scrappy Doo, Wesley Crusher and Wendy-and-Marvin.)
Secondly, I think young males need a role model that isn't about being the stronger/meaner/more violent one. One that is smarter, more moral and more protective... that we could use more of in this world.
Thirdly, and my truest reason: We had Romana. She WAS a female Doctor. Bring her back. Spin off her own show. Or even the Rani. There are Time Ladies in the Who cannon, and even the TARDIS is female. And between Martha, Donna, River and Amy, it's not like we haven't lacked strong female characters in cannon.
But whoever gets the role, I'll still be dreaming of my own TARDIS and fondling my faux sonic screwdriver as I watch his/her adventures. Because above all, it's still the Doctor.
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The problems of fantasy vs. reality
So, you would think that the trouble with fanfic would be something along the lines of not finding a true love because everyone pales in comparison to your OTP or that you start hating your boring little life because the fic is so much more exciting...
No.
The problem is that you read a lot of fic and you start thinking that you could handle being Crucio'ed by Voldemort to protect Snape or that you could run through the streets with Sherlock or face down an army of vampires with Buffy and the Scoobies.
Then one day, you discover a big honkin' cockroach in your kitchen. And you end up screaming and running around in circles until you get up the nerve to dump half a can of Raid on said roach. Then once it's dead, it still takes half and hour to get up the nerve to sweep up the corpse and dispose of it.
(And two days to recover before you can go back to blogging again.)
Yeah.. that's the problem with fanfic.
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Fanfic vs. Books
So I discovered Project Gutenberg.
And while I was greedily downloading tons of e-books, it occurred to me that I don't really read that many books anymore. And extremely few of those are fiction. It's been that way for years.
Instead, I read fanfiction. Tons of it. Daily, for the most part.
So, does this mean I am a reader? Because I read. I just don't read books anymore. Not really.
I can see that this looks like a first-world problem, but I wonder if we are accusing people of not being a reader just because of their choice of material.
Just sayin'.
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Denied, day 3
Yep. It's addiction.
Although, I actually thought it was the fanfic breaks that stopped me from getting more done. Without fanfic - got very little done.
Should get new phone by Friday. *pleasepleaseplease*
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Denied!
It's not been good this week. Broke my car. Worse, broke my phone.
Now I don't have access to AO3 or podfics at work.
Losing... will... to... live....
I think I might be moving slightly into addiction. Uh-oh.
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Never say Never
After all these years in fandom, you would think I would have learned.
First, I said I could never read slash. That lasted, oh, a month into X-Files fandom.
Then I said that I couldn't read a story about a show I didn't know. Next thing I know, I'm ass-deep in Sentinel stuff and still hadn't seen an episode.
I swore off mpreg forever, and I was really good about this one. Until I stumbled on an Omegaverse Johnlock story and... um, yeah.
Then I said I wouldn't go into really bizarre AUs where the characters are so far from cannon that they might as well be OCs. But this decision took fatal fire from some totes adorbs Bat!John art by docspocklock and askbatjohn. (And not just the cute stuff, but the porny stuff. Bat!John and Peen... ) And this barrier finally died after reading Faunlock porn.
You would think I would have learned by now.
(BTW: things still on the squick list: Real People fic, Mary Sues, OCs - because they often are Mary Sues, and crossovers with a thousand different fandoms - I get confused easily. )
#Setting myself up for fail#Slightly embarassed#Love docspocklock Batjohn!#Love askbatjohn!#WTF is Omegaverse anyway#And why is Omegaverse so freakin' hot?
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The problem with really long fics
I love long fics. Twenty, thirty chapters... they are awesome.
But they have a few problems.
Some don't ever finish. And there is nothing that hurts like an abandoned WIP that you've invested significant time in.
Invariably, you have to work RL into your reading. Which sucks. Because the boss is usually not sympathetic to the fact that your OTP is in danger or about to declare their feelings, or - worst of all - about to engage in hot NSFW behavior. GAAH!
And finally, because you can't live in the universe your favorite author creates, no matter how much better it is than RL.
And that BITES.
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Just saw 'Man of Steel'...
... and I'm not expecting much in the way of fic. Not really.
But the gifs... oh maaaaaaan, I want gifs of his abs...
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