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General Fandoms
None of your freaking movies get it right: A guide to Russian names: silvenhorror (tumblr) - "There are 3 ways people in Russia address each other, and they denote different levels of formality, and the relationship between the speakers."
A poll about fic length...: accioslash (LJ) - "What's your favorite fic length? Is it different for you as a writer than as a reader? And does the specific fandom makes a difference to preference or is that only one of the possible options?"
Take it easy, choombata: meeting Mike Pondsmith: quinn (blog) - "Having role models and inspirations is important. It’s not only how we make our culture more inclusive, it’s how we maintain industry health and growth."
Contributing to Black History Month, RPG Edition: quinn (blog) - "I have a lot of people who like what we’re doing on Thoughtcrime for Black History Month and want to contribute but don’t know how. Here’s what I’m proposing. Three “Challenges” (but really invitations) to do contribute in a meaningful way that aren’t too laborious or crazy -making."
If Authorial Intent Dies in a fire, does anyone even notice?: angearia (LJ) - "I have this button called "Authorial Intent" and whenever someone pushes that button to dismiss a reader's interpretation or to question the value of even bothering to offer interpretation, it sends me off into a tailspin of discourse on the value of authorial intent and the reader's participation in the process of creating meaning in fiction. So, you know, disclaimer."
Big Bang Discussion:mific (LJ) - "I was thinking about the different experiences, as a fanartist, of Reversebangs and more traditional Big Bangs, and wondered if others would like to join in?"
"So like, today on my flist I saw this post wherein a fan who’d been around since the 90s got dressed down by a fan who’d been around fandom since, well, the implication is “the beginning.”: affectingly (tumblr) - "Fandom is changing rapidly, and much of our fan culture is getting lost or cast aside and a new culture is evolving in its place. Which is… sort of natural."
I'm a black cosplayer and some people hate it: Chaka Cumberbatch (blog) - "After my pictures started making the rounds on deviantArt, tumblr and 4chan, it became pretty clear that my cosplay brings all the racists to the yard, and they're like…white cosplay is better than yours."
Yellowface and the Adult Film Industry’s Asian American Problem": N’jaila Rhee (blog) - "What happens when a prominent adult film producer creates a homage to one of the few television shows with an Asian American character–and decides to depict that character in blatant yellowface?"
Critic reviews Melissa McCarthy's new film by calling her fat: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "So basically, no matter what you look like, if you’re a woman in Hollywood, you’re fucked. Some people will always believe a woman got to where she is in life because of her looks, not her talent. But that apparently applies whether you’re traditionally attractive or not."
Kali, motherfuckers... or you know, vengeance motherfuckers: zorana and tanndell (tumblr) - "We’re hardly saying anything radical here so we’re going to leave it at that and come to the actual purpose of this post.
Which is to tell you exactly who Kali is and why her misrepresenation is a fucking crime against any narrative that purports to believe that Women Can Be Powerful. And that if you do not critique it we’re sorry but you do not actually care about Strong Female Characters. Especially Strong Female Characters of Colour."
The Emotional Highs in FPF VS RPF: sailorptah (DW) - "A reflection on RPF by mistresscurvy: "...this isn't meant to be a universal statement that for EVERYONE, RPF fandoms have higher highs and lower lows than FPF fandoms. But I do think that RPF has the potential for those broader swings, and that they're a function of how the narratives are created in the first place." Which was a really interesting perspective to read, because for me, it's the exact opposite. And that set off a whole chain of thoughts which are probably largely tangential to the OP, thus this post.
My brain does not steer: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I can't remember what I started at, but I think I read all the things to do with crossdressing. I was thinking about characters that present as both men and women at different points in the story, and I could only think of ones where its comedy, or like where they're a soldier in armour and there's a Big Reveal that they were women all along and implications everyone should have noticed."
You medical people on my journal: kaigou (DW) - "I've got a character who was poisoned. Think a milder, survivable form of strychnine (I think that's the one I mean), where the poison freezes the muscles up. He got a small dose, but it was still close, and as a result his heart's going to take awhile to recover from getting stomped like that.
Having a problem with a story about an asexual character: gehayi (DW) - "This is for a Valentine's fest involving dysfunctional relationships. Someone requested a pre-canon couple (she was born in 1915 and died in 1992) in which the man was in love with the woman, but the woman in question wasn't in love with him and was just sticking with him to avoid a very unwelcome arranged marriage.
Writing Meta Cometh: On the Second Person: morgan leigh (tumblr) - "I figured I might as well word-vomit some more here about why I think the second person is a great & underused tense. (EVERYBODY WRITE MORE STORIES IN THE SECOND PERSON is basically the thesis/PSA of this post.)"
Specific Fandoms
Comics
Lois Lane, Refrigerators, and Superman's Dick: Kyrax2 (blog) - "I've been trying to think of a way to describe how it feels to be a woman and watch a female character you love and respect be brutalized, tortured or raped."
The Dark Knight, Avengers
The nuclear option: Batman, Iron Man, and attitudes toward power: Richard Rosenbaum (blog) - "one major correspondence between the two blockbusters is also either a baffling coincidence or an incredible synchronicity (or both): they each have the same damn ending."
Glee
Glee, superheroes and 'All the Other Ghosts': lettersfromtitan (tumblr) - "Sometimes one of the worst things that can happen to you is to get what you’ve always wanted. If you’re in fandom, that often means meeting the object or creator of your object of desire. "
Glee: Building masculinity: lettersfromtitan (tumblr) - "Glee has always been preoccupied with ideas around the construction of masculinity"
Downton Abbey
Informed consent at Downton Abbey: think tank (blog) - "As is so often the case, in melodramas, the tone is morally didactic. We’re supposed to learn the Patch Adams lesson — i.e. that caring about a patient and knowing them as a person is better than the epistemological closure of official medical science. "
Bandom
A beginner's guide to bandom: Aja Romano (blog)
Teen Wolf
Ultimate Derek/Stiles Essay of Doom: Suaine (AO3) - "An exploration on Stiles and Derek's relationship in season 1 and 2 of Teen Wolf."
Midnight Musings: cupidsbow (DW) - "Question of the day: As Derek is a born werewolf with near-instantaneous healing under most conditions, the tattoo on his back must have been done under unusual conditions. So does that mean it's magical and would also appear on his Alpha form? Because that would be pretty awesome."
Cracked
Why I Like Cracked, or Welcome to my Brains: borrowedfable (DW) - "Five episodes in and I am in love with Cracked. I can't tell you if it's a great show, or even a good show. It's not possible for me to be that objective. There's just something about it that has tapped into some deep part of my psyche and put the whammy on it."
Stargate SG1
Jack/Daniel Meta, the meta remains the same: princessofgeeks (DW) - "5. How have you seen Dr. Ballard used in fic? What impact, in your opinion, did he have on Daniel's life? Please feel free to include links to fic about this character.
Buffy, Angel
Has your view on Buffy changed as you’ve gotten older?: kikimay (LJ)
What does it mean to have a soul in the Buffyverse?: sciphi1 (blog) - "Souls. What are they? What do they represent? What is the purpose of a soul? These ideas are explored at length in the Buffyverse and I’ve noticed a contrast between early/later Buffy and Angel in the way that they approach the concept of a soul. To illustrate these differences, I will draw on some philosophy from John Locke in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding. I will also briefly draw on certain characters to exemplify the role of souls within the Buffyverse – there’s so many I could bring in, and in such detail, but I’ll just give a brief overview here."
One Man's Myth: How Joss Whedon Showed me the Crack in the Invisible Wall: Daniel Browne (blog) - "That phrase “my little myth” was like a loose thread I couldn’t stop picking. Is Buffy’s story a myth or something more intimate? What does the answer to that question say about me? Am I just a run-of-the-mill super-fan or a true believer?"
The Lord of The Rings
Dwarves Lost Opportunity: Mixel (forum) - "Even though dwarves sacked many orc strongholds in the war, they did not achieve anything else than revenge. Of course they helped to save the world from Sauron by decreasing the number of orcs in Mordor so that the Fellowship could get though it, but at the time they did not know this effect so they were probably very demoralized. The loss of thousands of dwarves was too great a price for revenge alone, so they should have used the opportunity to take possession of some of the strongholds. It would have been important to reduce orcs' living and spawning space. Would it have been possible? "
The Hobbit
Hagiography in the SFX Age: Jackson’s Hobbit": starshipreckless (blog) - Analysis of The Lord of the Rings, a look at The Hobbit and thoughts on the continuation of the franchise.
Sherlock Holmes
Bipolar Sherlock: More detailed analysis : wellingtongoose (LJ) - "In the last article I have many comments saying that I did not give enough information about Bipolar. So now I have completely rewritten the article. "
Star Wars
Some Thoughts on The Last Two Weeks: lazypadawan (LJ) - "Which gets back to my assumption and my worries about a new trilogy, aside from it being a rush job. Not only did I think that Abrams was a very safe and conventional choice, it also made me fearful that they’re intending to make these movies as some sort of suck up to the bashers. Not in the sense that they will retroactively toss everything that came before into the trash but that every moment will be some winky wink of “Look at how unlike the prequels this is!” "
Wheel of Time
A Misogyny of Light: Reflections on the Wheel of Time: chiusse (blog) - "I hope to analyze and compare the treatment, by the narrative, of Jordan’s male and female characters."
Discworld, Les Miserables
"I did not actually time my Discworld reread so I'd be doing Night Watch right after the Great Les Mis Feelings Explosion of 2013": skygiants (DW) - "Not that Night Watch is really one hundred percent a Les Mis book, not the same way Maskerade is a Phantom of the Opera book or Witches Abroad is a Macbeth book."
Les Miserables
An Essay on the Nature of Enjolras and His Relationship with Grantaire:Birds_of_the_Soul (AO3) - "Alternatively titled as "Why Writers Should Refrain from Vilifying Enjolras: A Piece of Meta Defending Enjolras and Establishing Why the Abusive!Enjolras Trope Annoys this Writer Beyond Belief.""
An essay: On Slashing Enjolras: labingi AO3 - "An essay (not a fic--sorry) with writerly and readerly reflections on the challenges involved in slashing/pairing Enjolras while keeping him in character and some possible solutions, with references to specific Ao3 fics."
On the subject of Grantaire and sexuality: pondicusrex (tumblr) - "Every time I write, read, RP, draw something Grantaire-related I get so worried that I’m looking at the world with slash goggles on. I’ve been conditioned to believe that subtext is either made up by fans or queer baiting. It’s a really unfortunate side effect of the fandom-world we’ve come to inhabit. Then I return to the text and I realize that, in the case of Grantaire, I am not making it up, I am not reading too much into it.Here is why."
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries: A Vampire Genocide: erinlikestv (blog) - It’s been no secret that over the past three and a half seasons of The Vampire Diaries the line between good and evil has blurred to the point of no return. No one character resides on either side of the line, often running back and forth in an exhausting race of morality and immorality.
A Song of Ice and Fire
Fictional Political Systems: A Song of Ice and Fire/A Game of Thrones Part 1: Westeros: livingthegeek (tumblr) - "In ASOIAF, [the consent of the governed] comes up time and time again. There’s several political systems in several cultures that are explicitly identified and I don’t want to build too big of a Wall of text (haha, I made a joke) so I’ll concentrate on the most explained system and go into the others in subsequent installments."
Lizzie Bennet Diaries
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: It's all about perspective: ladybusiness - Discussion about the webseries and the characters.
Lizzie Bennet Diaries reactions related to Lydia, sex, gender, and P&P: cimorene - "When I watched the new LBD this morning, I read it as a strong commentary on Pride & Prejudice with Lydia in this version articulating, essentially, Lizzie's stance on her in P&P - the basic slut-shaming stance of "It's Tragic but She Kinda Deserved It for Acting Like a Slut"."
Avatar the Last Airbender
ATLA as an Introduction to Romanticism: amanda_violet - " I'm in a couple of lit classes right now that use Romanticism as a reference point, and one day I realized that Avatar is a fantastic overview of Romanticism and decided to write an essay on it"
Thank you to everyone who submitted links last week. We're always looking for submissions. Please submit links, not just to interesting new meta, but also to newsletters and active meta communities in your fandom, so that we can have even more meta next week! Comment here, on the screened post or PM/email. We're especially on the look out for more tumblr meta.
Thanks also to those who volunteered to look for links and co-mod. We could always use more eyes out for meta. Comment here if you're interested.
If you have any suggestions/questions/concerns, comment to the Questions and Things post, or to the screened post if you'd like to comment anonymously, or PM/email.
General Fandoms
None of your freaking movies get it right: A guide to Russian names: silvenhorror (tumblr) - "There are 3 ways people in Russia address each other, and they denote different levels of formality, and the relationship between the speakers."
topic: language, topic: naming
A poll about fic length...: accioslash (LJ) - "What's your favorite fic length? Is it different for you as a writer than as a reader? And does the specific fandom makes a difference to preference or is that only one of the possible options?"
topic: writing, topic: reading, topic: fanfic, topic: poll
Take it easy, choombata: meeting Mike Pondsmith: quinn (blog) - "Having role models and inspirations is important. It’s not only how we make our culture more inclusive, it’s how we maintain industry health and growth."
fandom: gaming, topic: representation, topic: diversity,
Contributing to Black History Month, RPG Edition: quinn (blog) - "I have a lot of people who like what we’re doing on Thoughtcrime for Black History Month and want to contribute but don’t know how. Here’s what I’m proposing. Three “Challenges” (but really invitations) to do contribute in a meaningful way that aren’t too laborious or crazy -making."
fandom: gaming, topic: diversity, topic: black history month,
If Authorial Intent Dies in a fire, does anyone even notice?: angearia (LJ) - "I have this button called "Authorial Intent" and whenever someone pushes that button to dismiss a reader's interpretation or to question the value of even bothering to offer interpretation, it sends me off into a tailspin of discourse on the value of authorial intent and the reader's participation in the process of creating meaning in fiction. So, you know, disclaimer."
topic: discussion, topic: writing
Big Bang Discussion:mific (LJ) - "I was thinking about the different experiences, as a fanartist, of Reversebangs and more traditional Big Bangs, and wondered if others would like to join in?"
fandom: fanart, topic: big bangs, topic: discussion
"So like, today on my flist I saw this post wherein a fan who’d been around since the 90s got dressed down by a fan who’d been around fandom since, well, the implication is “the beginning.”: affectingly (tumblr) - "Fandom is changing rapidly, and much of our fan culture is getting lost or cast aside and a new culture is evolving in its place. Which is… sort of natural."
topic: fandom,
I'm a black cosplayer and some people hate it: Chaka Cumberbatch (blog) - "After my pictures started making the rounds on deviantArt, tumblr and 4chan, it became pretty clear that my cosplay brings all the racists to the yard, and they're like…white cosplay is better than yours."
fandom: cosplay, topic: diversity
Yellowface and the Adult Film Industry’s Asian American Problem": N’jaila Rhee (blog) - "What happens when a prominent adult film producer creates a homage to one of the few television shows with an Asian American character–and decides to depict that character in blatant yellowface?"
fandom: adult films, topic: yellowface, topic: race, topic: representation, warning: not safe for work, warning: adult content
Critic reviews Melissa McCarthy's new film by calling her fat: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "So basically, no matter what you look like, if you’re a woman in Hollywood, you’re fucked. Some people will always believe a woman got to where she is in life because of her looks, not her talent. But that apparently applies whether you’re traditionally attractive or not."
character: female, topic: review,
Kali, motherfuckers... or you know, vengeance motherfuckers: zorana and tanndell (tumblr) - "We’re hardly saying anything radical here so we’re going to leave it at that and come to the actual purpose of this post.
Which is to tell you exactly who Kali is and why her misrepresenation is a fucking crime against any narrative that purports to believe that Women Can Be Powerful. And that if you do not critique it we’re sorry but you do not actually care about Strong Female Characters. Especially Strong Female Characters of Colour."
fandom: teen wolf, fandom: teen wolf: kali, topic: appropriation, topic: representation,
The Emotional Highs in FPF VS RPF: sailorptah (DW) - "A reflection on RPF by mistresscurvy: "...this isn't meant to be a universal statement that for EVERYONE, RPF fandoms have higher highs and lower lows than FPF fandoms. But I do think that RPF has the potential for those broader swings, and that they're a function of how the narratives are created in the first place." Which was a really interesting perspective to read, because for me, it's the exact opposite. And that set off a whole chain of thoughts which are probably largely tangential to the OP, thus this post.
fandom: RPF, topic: narrative
My brain does not steer: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I can't remember what I started at, but I think I read all the things to do with crossdressing. I was thinking about characters that present as both men and women at different points in the story, and I could only think of ones where its comedy, or like where they're a soldier in armour and there's a Big Reveal that they were women all along and implications everyone should have noticed."
topic: crossdressing, character
You medical people on my journal: kaigou (DW) - "I've got a character who was poisoned. Think a milder, survivable form of strychnine (I think that's the one I mean), where the poison freezes the muscles up. He got a small dose, but it was still close, and as a result his heart's going to take awhile to recover from getting stomped like that.
topic: question, topic: medicine
Having a problem with a story about an asexual character: gehayi (DW) - "This is for a Valentine's fest involving dysfunctional relationships. Someone requested a pre-canon couple (she was born in 1915 and died in 1992) in which the man was in love with the woman, but the woman in question wasn't in love with him and was just sticking with him to avoid a very unwelcome arranged marriage.
topic: asexuality
Writing Meta Cometh: On the Second Person: morgan leigh (tumblr) - "I figured I might as well word-vomit some more here about why I think the second person is a great & underused tense. (EVERYBODY WRITE MORE STORIES IN THE SECOND PERSON is basically the thesis/PSA of this post.)"
topic: second person pov, topic: writing
Specific Fandoms
Comics
Lois Lane, Refrigerators, and Superman's Dick: Kyrax2 (blog) - "I've been trying to think of a way to describe how it feels to be a woman and watch a female character you love and respect be brutalized, tortured or raped."
fandom: comics, fandom: comics: superman, character: female, topic: fridging, warning: abuse, warning: violence
The Dark Knight, Avengers
The nuclear option: Batman, Iron Man, and attitudes toward power: Richard Rosenbaum (blog) - "one major correspondence between the two blockbusters is also either a baffling coincidence or an incredible synchronicity (or both): they each have the same damn ending."
fandom: avengers, fandom: batman, topic: authority,
Glee
Glee, superheroes and 'All the Other Ghosts': lettersfromtitan (tumblr) - "Sometimes one of the worst things that can happen to you is to get what you’ve always wanted. If you’re in fandom, that often means meeting the object or creator of your object of desire. "
fandom: glee, fandom: glee: blaine, topic: fandom, topic: fourth wall, topic: fanfic
Glee: Building masculinity: lettersfromtitan (tumblr) - "Glee has always been preoccupied with ideas around the construction of masculinity"
fandom: glee, character: male,
Downton Abbey
Informed consent at Downton Abbey: think tank (blog) - "As is so often the case, in melodramas, the tone is morally didactic. We’re supposed to learn the Patch Adams lesson — i.e. that caring about a patient and knowing them as a person is better than the epistemological closure of official medical science. "
fandom: downton abbey, fandom: downton abbey: sybil, topic: medicine, warning: spoilers
Bandom
A beginner's guide to bandom: Aja Romano (blog)
fandom: bandom
Teen Wolf
Ultimate Derek/Stiles Essay of Doom: Suaine (AO3) - "An exploration on Stiles and Derek's relationship in season 1 and 2 of Teen Wolf."
fandom: teen wolf, fandom: teen wolf: derek, fandom: teen wolf: stiles, relationship: slash
Midnight Musings: cupidsbow (DW) - "Question of the day: As Derek is a born werewolf with near-instantaneous healing under most conditions, the tattoo on his back must have been done under unusual conditions. So does that mean it's magical and would also appear on his Alpha form? Because that would be pretty awesome."
fandom: teen wolf, topic: question,
Cracked
Why I Like Cracked, or Welcome to my Brains: borrowedfable (DW) - "Five episodes in and I am in love with Cracked. I can't tell you if it's a great show, or even a good show. It's not possible for me to be that objective. There's just something about it that has tapped into some deep part of my psyche and put the whammy on it."
fandom: cracked, topic: mental health, topic: identification, topic: diversity
Stargate SG1
Jack/Daniel Meta, the meta remains the same: princessofgeeks (DW) - "5. How have you seen Dr. Ballard used in fic? What impact, in your opinion, did he have on Daniel's life? Please feel free to include links to fic about this character.
fandom: sg-1, fandom: sg-1: jack, fandom: sg-1: daniel, fandom: sg-1: dr ballard, topic: fanfiction
Buffy, Angel
Has your view on Buffy changed as you’ve gotten older?: kikimay (LJ)
fandom: BtVS, fandom: Angel, fandom: btvs: riley, topic: discussion
What does it mean to have a soul in the Buffyverse?: sciphi1 (blog) - "Souls. What are they? What do they represent? What is the purpose of a soul? These ideas are explored at length in the Buffyverse and I’ve noticed a contrast between early/later Buffy and Angel in the way that they approach the concept of a soul. To illustrate these differences, I will draw on some philosophy from John Locke in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding. I will also briefly draw on certain characters to exemplify the role of souls within the Buffyverse – there’s so many I could bring in, and in such detail, but I’ll just give a brief overview here."
fandom: btvs, topic: good/evil
One Man's Myth: How Joss Whedon Showed me the Crack in the Invisible Wall: Daniel Browne (blog) - "That phrase “my little myth” was like a loose thread I couldn’t stop picking. Is Buffy’s story a myth or something more intimate? What does the answer to that question say about me? Am I just a run-of-the-mill super-fan or a true believer?"
fandom: BtVS, topic: adaptations
The Lord of The Rings
Dwarves Lost Opportunity: Mixel (forum) - "Even though dwarves sacked many orc strongholds in the war, they did not achieve anything else than revenge. Of course they helped to save the world from Sauron by decreasing the number of orcs in Mordor so that the Fellowship could get though it, but at the time they did not know this effect so they were probably very demoralized. The loss of thousands of dwarves was too great a price for revenge alone, so they should have used the opportunity to take possession of some of the strongholds. It would have been important to reduce orcs' living and spawning space. Would it have been possible? "
fandom: tolkien, topic: discussion
The Hobbit
Hagiography in the SFX Age: Jackson’s Hobbit": starshipreckless (blog) - Analysis of The Lord of the Rings, a look at The Hobbit and thoughts on the continuation of the franchise.
fandom: tolkien, character: female, topic: diversity, topic: review
Sherlock Holmes
Bipolar Sherlock: More detailed analysis : wellingtongoose (LJ) - "In the last article I have many comments saying that I did not give enough information about Bipolar. So now I have completely rewritten the article. "
fandom: sherlock holmes, topic: mental health
Star Wars
Some Thoughts on The Last Two Weeks: lazypadawan (LJ) - "Which gets back to my assumption and my worries about a new trilogy, aside from it being a rush job. Not only did I think that Abrams was a very safe and conventional choice, it also made me fearful that they’re intending to make these movies as some sort of suck up to the bashers. Not in the sense that they will retroactively toss everything that came before into the trash but that every moment will be some winky wink of “Look at how unlike the prequels this is!” "
fandom: star wars, topic: fandom,
Wheel of Time
A Misogyny of Light: Reflections on the Wheel of Time: chiusse (blog) - "I hope to analyze and compare the treatment, by the narrative, of Jordan’s male and female characters."
fandom: wheel of time, topic: sexism, topic: narrative, character: female, character: male
Discworld, Les Miserables
"I did not actually time my Discworld reread so I'd be doing Night Watch right after the Great Les Mis Feelings Explosion of 2013": skygiants (DW) - "Not that Night Watch is really one hundred percent a Les Mis book, not the same way Maskerade is a Phantom of the Opera book or Witches Abroad is a Macbeth book."
fandom: discworld, fandom: les mis, topic: revolution, fandom: discworld: sam vimes
Les Miserables
An Essay on the Nature of Enjolras and His Relationship with Grantaire:Birds_of_the_Soul (AO3) - "Alternatively titled as "Why Writers Should Refrain from Vilifying Enjolras: A Piece of Meta Defending Enjolras and Establishing Why the Abusive!Enjolras Trope Annoys this Writer Beyond Belief.""
fandom: les mis, fandom: les mis: enjolras, character: study
An essay: On Slashing Enjolras: labingi AO3 - "An essay (not a fic--sorry) with writerly and readerly reflections on the challenges involved in slashing/pairing Enjolras while keeping him in character and some possible solutions, with references to specific Ao3 fics."
fandom: les mis, fandom: les mis: enjolras, relationship: slash
On the subject of Grantaire and sexuality: pondicusrex (tumblr) - "Every time I write, read, RP, draw something Grantaire-related I get so worried that I’m looking at the world with slash goggles on. I’ve been conditioned to believe that subtext is either made up by fans or queer baiting. It’s a really unfortunate side effect of the fandom-world we’ve come to inhabit. Then I return to the text and I realize that, in the case of Grantaire, I am not making it up, I am not reading too much into it.Here is why."
fandom: les mis, fandom: les miserables: grantaire, topic: sexuality,
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries: A Vampire Genocide: erinlikestv (blog) - It’s been no secret that over the past three and a half seasons of The Vampire Diaries the line between good and evil has blurred to the point of no return. No one character resides on either side of the line, often running back and forth in an exhausting race of morality and immorality.
fandom: tvd, topic: good/evil, character
A Song of Ice and Fire
Fictional Political Systems: A Song of Ice and Fire/A Game of Thrones Part 1: Westeros: livingthegeek (tumblr) - "In ASOIAF, [the consent of the governed] comes up time and time again. There’s several political systems in several cultures that are explicitly identified and I don’t want to build too big of a Wall of text (haha, I made a joke) so I’ll concentrate on the most explained system and go into the others in subsequent installments."
fandom: asoiaf, topic: politics
Lizzie Bennet Diaries
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: It's all about perspective: ladybusiness - Discussion about the webseries and the characters.
fandom: lbd, topic: adaptations,
Lizzie Bennet Diaries reactions related to Lydia, sex, gender, and P&P: cimorene - "When I watched the new LBD this morning, I read it as a strong commentary on Pride & Prejudice with Lydia in this version articulating, essentially, Lizzie's stance on her in P&P - the basic slut-shaming stance of "It's Tragic but She Kinda Deserved It for Acting Like a Slut"."
fandom: lbd, fandom: lbd: lydia, topic: adaptations, topic: female sexuality
Avatar the Last Airbender
ATLA as an Introduction to Romanticism: amanda_violet - " I'm in a couple of lit classes right now that use Romanticism as a reference point, and one day I realized that Avatar is a fantastic overview of Romanticism and decided to write an essay on it"
fandom: atla, topic: romanticism
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