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Entry tags:
- fandom:arrow,
- fandom:asoiaf,
- fandom:bbcsherlock,
- fandom:chroniclesofnarnia,
- fandom:jrrtolkien,
- fandom:leverage,
- fandom:madokamagica,
- fandom:orphanblack,
- fandom:supernatural,
- fandom:terminator,
- fandom:twinpeaks,
- topic:characterdevelopment,
- topic:disability,
- topic:fanfic,
- topic:feminism,
- topic:femslash,
- topic:religion,
- warning:abuse,
- warning:spoilers,
- warning:violence
Meta Links 2013/12/12 - 2013/12/18
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General Fandom
What Makes A Femslash Fandom?: havocthecat (DW) - "Because I have a habit of being interested in femslash, but not often femslash from the really gigantic (for femslashers) femslash fandoms, I'm wondering what makes a big femslash fandom - and a big yuri fandom, for the anime/manga fans among us. "
Talky meme: Femslash: amaresu (DW) - "I'm not sure I have a whole lot to say. At least that hasn't been said a million times over. I think there should be more of it. I think the reasons there isn't more of it in fandom are sketchy as hell. "
Communication Is Key: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I’m reading fanfic with involuntary animal transformation. There’s a basically human mind in a tiny cat body now."
Fannish question of the day: jae (DW) - "what are the essential elements of your fannishness? "
The worst thing ever written: Adi Robertson (blog) - "The terrible, wonderful weirdness of fake fanfiction"
Specific Fandoms
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Princes and the Queen Who Never Was: Johnny (blog) - "I've always been fascinated by the Targaryen line of succession, and "The Princess and the Queen" filled in a lot of missing details with regards to this, but it also left a few questions unanswered and raised some new curiosities of its own."
Untitled: nobodysuspectsthebutterfly(tumblr) - "Do you think Sansa would have been able to warg, intentionally or unintentionally, into Lady, if she had not been killed?"
THEON, LUST AND SEHNSUCHT : princekraken (tumblr) - "I’m very satisfied that Theon has this very clear penchant for sexual pleasure and I love the way it makes the character very unique to me."
Sansa learns the political game: a short bit of textual analysis of Sansa’s last chapter in A Clash of Kings (Sansa VII): winterwasp (tumblr) - "What I’m highlighting below is probably pretty obvious for the engaged reader, but it doesn’t hurt to repeat it. (to add - it’s also not the only political learning instance for her in ACOK)"
Untitled: donewithwoodenteeth (tumblr) - "Arya’s learning all the skills to theoretically become a player, which I’ve always found so funny."
CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER ANALYSIS: TYRION VII: racefortheironthrone (tumblr) - "In Tyrion VII, we are finally introduced to the biggest off-screen political actor in Westeros to date"
Arrow
Oliver Queen’s Masks: alchemise (DW) - "I really liked season 1 of Arrow. A lot. It was solidly one of my favorite shows. But season 2 is just blowing my mind."
Captain America
MEME: DECEMBER 6 (OOPS): next_to_normal (DW) - "Sell me on watching Captain America. "
Once Upon A Time
Co-Review: Once Upon A Time Season Two: ladybusiness (DW) - "Once Upon a Time’s first season brought us a wonderfully campy fantasy show with a cast full of all kinds of women. Its second season lost the thread a little bit, but Jodie and Clare were already hooked. Watch them tackle the show’s second season, from beloved ships to skeevy pirates to the show’s race problem. " Spoilers for Season Two of Once Upon A Time.
Sherlock
On Caitlin Moran’s Johnlock Scandal: claudiaboleyn (tumblr) - "Why is it considered such a shameful, secret, sordid thing to ship Sherlock Holmes and John Watson?"
It’s Not the Fans, it’s the people holding the microphones.: jcporter1 (tumblr) - "Saturday’s madness with the Empty House screening was the not just the last straw, but a turning point."
Critical Inquiries are not Settled by Consulting the Oracle, or The Show Going on in Our Heads: mid0nz (tumblr) - "I’ve had many comments recently that I “read too much into things” so I decided to do a little meta about the joys and sorrows of ”The Intentional Fallacy.”"
Supernatural
A Response to Responses to Criticisms of Dean through s9 :pocochina (LJ) - "In numerous meta communities, I've seen conversations of S9 which strike me as incomplete about some very important dimensions to the season, and I'd like to respond."
Was it wrong for Dean to deprive Sam of the fulfillment of his desire?:brightly lit (LJ) - "So, I'm going to bring up a topic that may be fairly controversial, but that has niggled at me since it was introduced in episode 9.01"
Terminator
Terminator: Genesis: A Biblical Analysis of the Next Terminator Movie’s Title: Mark Lee (blog) - "When I heard that the new Terminator movie’s working title was Terminator: Genesis, I was unimpressed. It seemed like a lazy way of accomplishing multiple objectives at the same time"
Tolkien
Can you really kill a dragon with a yew bow and a black arrow?: kraventhearcher(tumblr) - "A repost of a piece I wrote about the physics of shooting a dragon and killing it with a single arrow from a Yew bow"
Thorin Oakenshield and the Big-Ass Diaspora Metaphor: stiltonandpear (tumblr) - "I came into these films with Tolkien’s interpretation of Dwarves as Jews really firmly in my mind "
Untitled: dawnfelagund (tumblr) - "This paper, presented at the Mythmoot II conference in Baltimore on 15 December 2013, looks at J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation story, the “Ainulindale,” in comparison to other world creation myths. "
Untitled: summa_awilum (tumblr) - "This is a (very long) post about the massive cock-up leading to the Battle of the Five Armies. "
Twin Peaks
WHAT ABOUT BOB: amonitrate (tumblr) - "What About BOB? : Guilt, the “clear light” and the Nature of Myth in Twin Peaks: a response"
If you have meta to submit or rec, please comment to this post or to the screened Submissions Post. If you'd like to give us blanket permission to link your meta please comment to the Blanket Permissions Post. If you have feedback or questions, check out our FAQ, Contact the Mods, or PM/email. If you'd like to volunteer to link-find or mod, please comment to the Volunteers Post.
General Fandom
What Makes A Femslash Fandom?: havocthecat (DW) - "Because I have a habit of being interested in femslash, but not often femslash from the really gigantic (for femslashers) femslash fandoms, I'm wondering what makes a big femslash fandom - and a big yuri fandom, for the anime/manga fans among us. "
topic:femslash, fandom:chroniclesofnarnia, fandom:leverage, fandom:madokamagica, fandom:orphanblack
Talky meme: Femslash: amaresu (DW) - "I'm not sure I have a whole lot to say. At least that hasn't been said a million times over. I think there should be more of it. I think the reasons there isn't more of it in fandom are sketchy as hell. "
topic:femslash
Communication Is Key: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I’m reading fanfic with involuntary animal transformation. There’s a basically human mind in a tiny cat body now."
topic:disability
Fannish question of the day: jae (DW) - "what are the essential elements of your fannishness? "
topic:fandom,
The worst thing ever written: Adi Robertson (blog) - "The terrible, wonderful weirdness of fake fanfiction"
topic:fanfic
Specific Fandoms
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Princes and the Queen Who Never Was: Johnny (blog) - "I've always been fascinated by the Targaryen line of succession, and "The Princess and the Queen" filled in a lot of missing details with regards to this, but it also left a few questions unanswered and raised some new curiosities of its own."
fandom:asoiaf, warning:spoilers
Untitled: nobodysuspectsthebutterfly(tumblr) - "Do you think Sansa would have been able to warg, intentionally or unintentionally, into Lady, if she had not been killed?"
fandom:asoiaf
THEON, LUST AND SEHNSUCHT : princekraken (tumblr) - "I’m very satisfied that Theon has this very clear penchant for sexual pleasure and I love the way it makes the character very unique to me."
fandom:asoiaf
Sansa learns the political game: a short bit of textual analysis of Sansa’s last chapter in A Clash of Kings (Sansa VII): winterwasp (tumblr) - "What I’m highlighting below is probably pretty obvious for the engaged reader, but it doesn’t hurt to repeat it. (to add - it’s also not the only political learning instance for her in ACOK)"
fandom:asoiaf
Untitled: donewithwoodenteeth (tumblr) - "Arya’s learning all the skills to theoretically become a player, which I’ve always found so funny."
fandom:asoiaf
CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER ANALYSIS: TYRION VII: racefortheironthrone (tumblr) - "In Tyrion VII, we are finally introduced to the biggest off-screen political actor in Westeros to date"
fandom:asoiaf
Arrow
Oliver Queen’s Masks: alchemise (DW) - "I really liked season 1 of Arrow. A lot. It was solidly one of my favorite shows. But season 2 is just blowing my mind."
fandom:arrow, topic:characterdevelopment, warning:spoilers
Captain America
MEME: DECEMBER 6 (OOPS): next_to_normal (DW) - "Sell me on watching Captain America. "
fandom:mcu
Once Upon A Time
Co-Review: Once Upon A Time Season Two: ladybusiness (DW) - "Once Upon a Time’s first season brought us a wonderfully campy fantasy show with a cast full of all kinds of women. Its second season lost the thread a little bit, but Jodie and Clare were already hooked. Watch them tackle the show’s second season, from beloved ships to skeevy pirates to the show’s race problem. " Spoilers for Season Two of Once Upon A Time.
fandom:onceuponatime, topic:characterdevelopment, topic:feminism, warning:spoilers
Sherlock
On Caitlin Moran’s Johnlock Scandal: claudiaboleyn (tumblr) - "Why is it considered such a shameful, secret, sordid thing to ship Sherlock Holmes and John Watson?"
fandom:bbcsherlock
It’s Not the Fans, it’s the people holding the microphones.: jcporter1 (tumblr) - "Saturday’s madness with the Empty House screening was the not just the last straw, but a turning point."
fandom:bbcsherlock
Critical Inquiries are not Settled by Consulting the Oracle, or The Show Going on in Our Heads: mid0nz (tumblr) - "I’ve had many comments recently that I “read too much into things” so I decided to do a little meta about the joys and sorrows of ”The Intentional Fallacy.”"
fandom:bbcsherlock
Supernatural
A Response to Responses to Criticisms of Dean through s9 :pocochina (LJ) - "In numerous meta communities, I've seen conversations of S9 which strike me as incomplete about some very important dimensions to the season, and I'd like to respond."
fandom:supernatural,
Was it wrong for Dean to deprive Sam of the fulfillment of his desire?:brightly lit (LJ) - "So, I'm going to bring up a topic that may be fairly controversial, but that has niggled at me since it was introduced in episode 9.01"
fandom:supernatural
Terminator
Terminator: Genesis: A Biblical Analysis of the Next Terminator Movie’s Title: Mark Lee (blog) - "When I heard that the new Terminator movie’s working title was Terminator: Genesis, I was unimpressed. It seemed like a lazy way of accomplishing multiple objectives at the same time"
fandom:terminator, topic:religion
Tolkien
Can you really kill a dragon with a yew bow and a black arrow?: kraventhearcher(tumblr) - "A repost of a piece I wrote about the physics of shooting a dragon and killing it with a single arrow from a Yew bow"
fandom:jrrtolkien
Thorin Oakenshield and the Big-Ass Diaspora Metaphor: stiltonandpear (tumblr) - "I came into these films with Tolkien’s interpretation of Dwarves as Jews really firmly in my mind "
fandom:tolkien, warning:abuse, warning:violence
Untitled: dawnfelagund (tumblr) - "This paper, presented at the Mythmoot II conference in Baltimore on 15 December 2013, looks at J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation story, the “Ainulindale,” in comparison to other world creation myths. "
fandom:tolkien
Untitled: summa_awilum (tumblr) - "This is a (very long) post about the massive cock-up leading to the Battle of the Five Armies. "
fandom:tolkien
Twin Peaks
WHAT ABOUT BOB: amonitrate (tumblr) - "What About BOB? : Guilt, the “clear light” and the Nature of Myth in Twin Peaks: a response"
fandom:twinpeaks