Meta Links 2014/08/14 - 2014/08/20

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General Fandom

An essay on Club Vivid: jarrow (LJ) - "My key point is this: I want to debunk the idea that just because a song is classified as “dance music" means that it's actually good to dance to in a live setting."

topic:fanvid

Teeny tiny linkspam on aromanticism: queenieofaces (tumblr) - "Someone asked for a teeny tiny linkspam on aromanticism, so here goes! And by “here goes" I mean “I fell into a rabbit hole of links for like two and a half hours and emerged covered in mud and clutching this linkspam; I am so sorry; you probably did not care this much.""

topic:asexuality

Untitled: septembriseur (tumblr) - "the fear of the Fake Geek Girl (because that’s what has given rise to the term: a perceived threat) is directly related to tensions surrounding the transition from an economy of knowledge that is focused on accumulation to an economy of knowledge that is focused on access."

topic:sexism

If You Want to Get Angry, Watch This “Women In Refrigerators" Supercut: Sam Maggs (blog) - "When a woman is “fridged," it means that she has been killed or harmed for the plot or character advancement of a dude.“

topic:femalecharacter, topic:misogyny, warning:violence

Ripping Apart the Science Behind Weather Movies: Liz Suess (blog) - "There’s nothing better than watching a television show or film try and fail miserably at getting the technicalities behind a profession correct."

topic:science

Sexualized Saturdays: Yet More Mystical Pregnancies: MadameAce (blog) - "We’ve talked about the Mystical Pregnancy trope before, and it should come as no surprise that we find it both sexist and horrific."

topic:pregnancy, topic:magic, topic:sexism

#FireRickRemender?: Thinking Through Gender, Disproportionate Aging & Sexual Consent in Superhero Comics: Osvaldo Oyola (blog) - "So here is the real question that arises for me from this kerfuffle: It is not about whether Rick Remender should be fired, but instead: How does the flow of time in superhero comics, with its sliding timescales, disproportionate aging, and alternate dimensions confuse and complicate issues of sex and consent in those long-running serials?"

fandom:comics, topic:consent

Are Some Panel Layouts Inherently Superior to Others? (Groensteen and Page Layout Roundtable): Roy T. Cook (blog) - "This is the second installment in the PencilPanelPage roundtable on panel layout and Theirry Groensteen’s work (The System of Comics, Comics and Narration)."

fandom:comics

Why Otakon Gave Me Some Frowny Emotes: Unacknowledged Social Issues in Anime: pantydragon (blog) - "Anime has many praiseworthy tropes, especially magical girls, as well as more than its fair share of problems with representation, but for whatever reason, neither positive nor negative commentary was brought to bear at Otakon."

fandom:anime, topic:conventions

Untitled: castleramblings (tumblr) - "Can you do a post describing fanfic slang?"

topic:fanfic

Specific Fandoms

A Song of Ice and Fire
Untitled: donewithwoodenteeth (tumblr) - " What do you think will happen to Gendry?"

fandom:asoiaf

Untitled: donewithwoodenteeth (tumblr) - " there's a lot of talk about whether aegon is fake or not, but what he's actually like?"

fandom:asoiaf

Untitled: asprettyasyourown (tumblr) - " Sansa gives Littlefinger what he wants to hear because even if she is supposely safe (lol no), there is still a risk"

fandom:asoiaf

Untitled donewithwoodenteeth (tumblr) - " People should talk more about how Arya is explicitly stated to be really good at managing finances."

fandom:asoiaf

Boyhood
The one scene in ‘Boyhood’ no one is talking about: Jaime Woo (blog) - "I left the theatre wondering if I had seen the same film as the critics, particularly in the way the lives of some secondary characters were portrayed."

fandom:boyhood, topic:race

The Giver
The Received Experience from The Giver: MadameAce (blog) - "The Giver offers little to nothing new in its narrative and instead adheres to the same annoying standards and minority erasure as every other movie out there. This is only made more disappointing because the movie’s intended message is the exact opposite of the one it sends."

fandom:thegiver

Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy, We Need to Talk: Alex Brown (blog) - "TL;DR: I love the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Well, I love about 85% of it, and have serious reservations about a few key issues."

fandom:mcu

"I Forgot You Were Here." Guardians of the Galaxy, Storytelling, & Associated Face Punches: renay (DW) - "I love space adventure. I love found families."

fandom:mcu

Ouran High School Host Club
The Women Who Dress Like Men: Shoujo Staples of Anime and Manga - Part 3: Caitlin Donovan (blog) - "Our final entry in the trilogy of shoujo manga and anime where girls cross dress, challenge gender roles, and encounter lots of roses is Ouran High School Host Club."

fandom:anime, fandom:manga, topic:femalecharacter

Revolutionary Girl Utena
The Women Who Dress Like Men: Shoujo Staples of Anime and Manga - Part 2: Caitlin Donovan (blog) - "Revolutionary Girl Utena was developed simultaneously as an anime and manga by the group Be-Papas."

fandom:anime, fandom:manga, topic:femalecharacter

Sandman
Oh, My Pop Culture Unchristianity: Sandman’s Humanizing Subversion of Common Christian Tropes: syngraphea (blog) - "See, I told you I was going to keep talking about Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comic series! Today I’m going to discuss three ways in which the series subverts the expectations of readers familiar with Christian lore."

fandom:sandman

Sherlock Holmes
Trading on the name…?: Alistair Duncan (blog) - "Over the years there have been many versions of Holmes and Watson but is there a point at which the characters are just trading on the name?"

fandom:acdsherlock

Supernatural
[pauses in lady span to expose gross rape apologia]:selfihateyouithink (tumblr) - "People continue to be rape apologist, heterosexist/allosexist shitbags about (Meg’s predatory ways that Castiel tries to subtly reject AND) 9x03: in other news, gravity makes things fall."

fandom:supernatural

[pauses in lady span to expose gross rape apologia]:ssjdebusk (tumblr) - " I feel like if it weren't for 9x03, people would feel better about destiel and be *much* more optimistic."

fandom:supernatural

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ninja Turtles 2014 in Context: Richard Rosenbaum (blog) - "It’s being ravaged by critics (then again, they always were) but believe it or not, there’s actually a whole lot to say about the Michael Bay-produced, Jonathan Liebsman-directed and Megan Fox-starring attempted blockbuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and where it fits in the overall context of the TMNT franchise’s thirty year history of global popularity and cultural influence."

fandom:tmnt

Teen Wolf
TW409 - The Puppet and the Puppeteer: cupidsbower (tumblr) - "Plot twist! That was pretty great."

fandom:teenwolf

Untitled: theeggcamefirst (tumblr) - "Derek is losing his powers, essentially becoming human, but all I can think about is that (assuming whatever Kate did doesn’t result in death) there is a chance for Scott to get exactly what he’s been hoping for."

fandom:teenwolf

Untitled: latxcvi (tumblr) - "ANYway, don’t ship it if it’s not your thing, but can y’all please stop coming up with all these specious reasons for why [Draeden] doesn’t work?"

fandom:teenwolf

Healing Derek: poisontaster (tumblr) - "Okay, so I’m not saying that you have to ship Derek/Braeden, and I’m not saying you even have to like Derek/Braeden, but one argument that I have seen in many different places is this idea that “Derek needs to heal/heal more before he should be getting into a relationship.""

fandom:teenwolf

Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman Comments on Rumors That The Walking Dead’s Daryl Dixon Might Be Gay: Victoria McNally (blog) - "Daryl Dixon is the ruggedly-pretty-boy darling of The Walking Dead, but he hasn’t actually gotten a whole lot in the way of romantic or sexual attention in the show itself."

fandom:thewalkingdead

Yowamushi Pedal
This summer, Japanese anime fans are going cycling: Aja Romano (blog) - "The latest anime to do just that is “the cycling anime," Yowamushi Pedal. Yowapeda, as it’s affectionately known to fans, may be an unlikely subject to garner a devoted fandom on both sides of the Pacific; but that’s just the first of many surprising things about the Yowapeda fandom."

fandom:anime, fandom:manga

Comments

[sciatrix]

Wow, I was surprised to see that aromantic linkspam attributed to anagnori, when it was actually compiled by queenieofaces and anagnori simply reblogged it. I mentioned that to queenieofaces when I saw it, and she didn't even know metanews exists. I thought it was the policy of the site to get permission before linking things--what's up?

[metanewsmods]

Thanks for pointing that out. Will attribute it to the correct person, sorry for the mistake. As for notifying, we don't notify for Tumblr links, as a) it's not a simple matter of leaving a comment and b) tumblr by its nature encourages linking and reblogging without notification (unlike LJ and DW.)

[sciatrix]

Thanks for fixing the error! And ah, that makes sense re the tumblr policy--thanks for explaining that!

[poisontaster]

The Healing Derek post under Teen Wolf is my post. I don't mind at all that it's linked, but could you please attribute it properly? Thanks!

[metanewsmods]

Will make the edit, really sorry for the mistake!

[copracat]

Hi, the original link for the Teen Wolf post untitled, starting "ANYway, don't ship it" is http://latxcvi.tumblr.com/post/94857051418/imma-start-out-the-way-i-do-whenever-i-make-a

Tumblr's a bugger, isn't it?

[metanewsmods]

Thank you! Yeah, it certainly doesn't make things easy!