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metanewsHi all--welcome to our supplemental post for May 26th! This post contains links on the discussions around Star Trek: Into Darkness, Amazon Worlds, and those links from our DW-list that we were unable to publish on Wednesday. We will return to our regular posting schedule this coming Wednesday.
Amazon
Amazon announces publishing platform for licensed fanfic: unjapanologist-does-a-phd (tumblr) - "It’s not necessarily bad news that companies are trying to create options for “licensed” fanfic, and I’ll leave the in-depth analysis of the legal aspects of this to professionals. Legal issues aside, though, I certainly hope that Kindle Worlds won’t become a model for other attempts to legalize fanfic."
The problem with Amazon's new fanfiction platform, Kindle Worlds: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "We’re gonna go ahead and assume that Amazon didn’t realise what kind of Pandora’s box they opened when they announced Kindle’s new fanfic store."
fuck yeah copyright law: It's Kindle Worlds, we're just living in it?: unjapanologist-does-a-phd (tumblr) - " I don’t think that Amazon’s Kindle Worlds will put freely distributed fanfic at risk - and if Amazon or its World Licensors try to, then fandom (and the lawyers & activists who abide within fandom) will explain very clearly why that is so not on. "
Kindle Worlds: Not bigger on the inside: lettersfromtitan(blog) - "It’s not the first time someone’s tried to make money at the corporate level off fanfiction and it won’t be the last."
Kindle Worlds: Thomas Galvin (blog) - "“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright.” What this means is that when you publish a story on Kindle Worlds, you’re giving Amazon the right to do whatever they want with your story, forever. They can sell it electronically, digitally, carve it into a rock, or give it away. It’s up to them, and you have no say. Ever."
Another corporate attempt to corral and profit from fanfic?: ithiliana (DW) - "I'm going to use this post to collect links so that I can later read, summarize, and think more about it!"
Dreamwidth:
In Defence Of Feels:Mithen (DW) - "I've seen, in a variety of places, decrying of what's sometimes called "Tumblr-speak," especially targeted toward the term "feels." "You should just say you feel something, not this ridiculous 'I have feels' thing," the argument goes. But today I wish to step up to the plate and give a light-hearted defense of "feels" for a moment--bear with me!"
I Don't Like Sweet Peppers, It's A Character Flaw:Brownbetty (DW) - "I've been sort of down recently about some character/public personality hate. I wrote a thing where I tried to get my thoughts in order, and I would appreciate everyone's thoughts. I am open to the possibility I am point-missing, or wrong-headed, or am missing something! Also, I assume I have horribly misspelled at least one person's name."
The Same Old Stories: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "Am reading a long thing about how historical fact and the stories that get told don't match up in very many places"
Some Meta Musings On Visibility, Art And Audience: jjhunter (DW) - "I have meta brewing at some point about the metaphors around visibility/invisibility in AtOG-verse that is also very applicable to the relationship between artist and attentive audience - having your creation (and/or your self) be seen, be recognized for itself by people who care to notice & appreciate the details - that's a powerful, humbling thing. Not everyone finds it easy to convey how much they see, how much they love in words, but words are just one of many ways to show it. (And I sometimes think it comes across more eloquently visually / bodily than verbally. Anyway.)"
Questions About Remixing: amaresu (DW) - "It's hard to make blanket statements about fandom, but I think it's probably safe to say that in one way or another we're all here because we want more. More story, more pretty, more filled plot holes, more whatever. Whether we're writers, artists, podficcers, vidders, or anything else that fandom brings out in us, we all what something more from our fandom(s) of choice. "
Star Trek
Able Bodied Angst And Abrams' Anti-Intellectualism: Space Crip (blog) - "Compared to most popular film franchises, the Star Trek fandom has waited a long time to see the Enterprise take to open skies again. In an industry where popularity and success are capitalized on as quickly as possible, four years was an unusually long gap between a blockbuster summer film and its sequel."
Too Many D*cks Gavia Baker-Whitelaw In 2009’s Star Trek, JJ Abrams successfully made the effort to appeal to new viewers as well as dyed-in-the-wool Trekkies. This time round, he seems to be going further afield— and alienating the original fanbase entirely"
Star Trek Into Darkness Updates Federation Fashion By Returning To The 60s: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Since Star Trek first made its way to the big screen, its costume design has veered away from the classic color-coded uniforms in favor of experiments with red double-breasted uniforms and unfortunate flesh-colored jumpsuits. But for the 2009 J.J Abrams Star Trek reboot and its recently released sequel, Into Darkness, costume designer Michael Kaplan helped move the sartorial stylings of the Enterprise crew forwards by looking backwards–at the trusty old red, blue, and gold. It’s a comfortingly familiar detail amongst Abrams’ trademark lens flare and glowing spaceship interiors: a conscious chromatic nod to the vintage style of the original costumes."
Star Trek: Into Darkness: lettered (DW) - "Lots of “original canon” fans don’t like reboots, adaptations, sequels, reinterpretations, prequels, et al of their canon. It’s understandable, but I’ve never really understood it when original!fans claim that the new!canon “ruined” their canon. I understand the disappointment, but not the way original!fans seem personally offended, as though their feelings have actually been hurt"
Star Trek: My Pain Is Legion: seperis (DW) - "FF_A thread on the Star Trek Prime Directive reminded me of my favorite almost-great-but-not-quite Star Trek novel, Star Trek: Prime Directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (NOTHING LIKE THE TNG MOVIE EVEN LIKE A LITTLE). It has the distinction of being a very SJW take on the Prime Directive before SJW as concept or acronym was a thing on the internet (Social Justice Warrior) and takes great, great care to hit you over the head like a lot on why the Prime Directive is Awesome Like a Lot Seriously Why Don't You Get This Let Me Tell You Again, Really [...]"
He Said I Am Not Fighting For You Any More: musesfool (DW) - "Yesterday afternoon, I saw Star Trek Into Darkness with a bunch of fangirls and... okay. the movie itself is moderately entertaining (especially if you don't think too hard about it), and quite often hilarious, though not, I think, in ways it was intended to be? Also, there was nowhere near enough Karl Urban. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT HIS PRETTY FACE AND LISTEN TO HIM BE SASSY AT PEOPLE OKAY? BONES IS MY FOREVER FAVORITE AND I JUST WANT MORE OF HIM AT ALL TIMES. And okay, if you enjoy Chris Pine getting punched in the face, this movie has a lot of that. But overall, wow, this movie is a big old mess. I can tell JAbrams doesn't like Star Trek (he finds it "too philosophical"), because this movie apparently has no idea what makes Star Trek awesome. (And I am not even a huge Trek fan; it's just been there my whole life, so I guess I have a lot of feelings about it.)"
Star Trek Into Darkness: sineala (DW) - "I like a lot of the things this movie was trying to do. I just don't think it did them in a particularly coherent way, and a lot of it seemed to be attempting to trade on your positive feelings toward STII without really thinking about what it was doing. It was just throwing a bunch of STII in a blender, okay, and while I like remixes I am not entirely sure that this one worked"
Alice Eve: (tumblr) - "Why is Alice Eve in her underwear, gratuitously and unnecessarily, without any real effort made as to why in God’s name she would undress in that circumstance? Well there’s a very good answer for that. But I’m not telling you what it is. Because… uh… MYSTERY?"
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ:Rob Bricken (blog) - "After making a mere $84 million at the U.S. box office, Star Trek Into Darkness is considered by some to be a disappointment. Perhaps the problem is that it was a touch confusing. To help our readers better understand it, we've complied and answered these Frequently Asked Questions about the movie"
In The Original Trek: ave-atqu-vale (tumblr) - "What this new Trek movie tells us, what JJ Abrams is telling us, is that no brown-skinned man can accomplish all that."
Quietly Thinking Aloud: Alexandra Erin (tumblr) - "And you know what? This completely compromises the whole idea of the reboot. No, none of the actors are doppelgangers of their original series counterparts, but to varying extents it’s clear they tried to get in the right neighborhood. But here? Here they’ve thrown it out completely"
A Few Thoughts On Star Trek Into Darkness: Arturo P Garcia (blog) - "Kendra and I will have a more thorough discussion regarding Star Trek Into Darkness on Wednesday. But, now that the film is out and a rather big racebending cat is out of the bag, I figured we’d open things up for a bigger discussion. Spoilers under the cut."
Star Trek Spoilers: Rantings Of A Tired Moviegoer:Vivian Obarski (blog) - "I don’t know how to start this nicely, because I’m fed up. Not my usual fed up that I can break down into a nice simple logical and reasoned argument as to why I’m irritated. No, this is something entirely different — a visceral, emotional reaction that’s me being upset for no good reason. Most rational people would tell me to ignore this and wander off and do something else like knit another hat"
Damon Lindelof On Women In Star Trek Into Darkness: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "I mentioned it briefly in my non-TMS review but really, I could have gone on for pages about it. Eve’s character of Dr. Carol Marcus was touted to have incredible intelligence, though instead of allowing her to use it to effect the plot, she was used as the most blatant eye-candy I’ve seen in a long time. We see this kind of thing a lot in Hollywood, sure, but the scene in question was akin to an actor holding up and verbally speaking the name of a can of Coca-Cola during a scene about cats or general surgery. And for a writer to respond to serious criticism in such a flippant manner is disappointing to say the least. Not to mention what he said when asked about a rumored shirtless scene for Benedict Cumberbatch’s character"
Star Trek Into Darkness Is A Boring Blockbuster:Alyssa Rosenberg (blog) - "Starships and Klingons and tribbles, oh my! I’d expected that Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009 alternate-timeline reboot of the venerable franchise, with returning writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, could have been any one of a number of things: a confident coming-of-age for Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), a return to the tradition of space exploration that defined the original show and movies, with some unintended consequences thrown in to accomodate the tastes of modern action audiences, and even continuation of the sci-fi screwball romance between Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana). What I didn’t anticipate is that as a blockbuster, Star Trek Into Darkness would be impressively generic, but that in a summer when drone strikes and extrajudicial killings appear to have been on many screenwriters and directors minds’, it would do one of the clearest (if not deep) jobs of outlining the debates over the American drone program for a mass audience"
Damon Lindelof's Blithe Treatment Of Star Trek: Alyssa Rosenberg(blog) - "I didn’t write about the dumbest, most sexist thing about Star Trek Into Darkness, because there were a lot of discussions of drones and extrajudicial killing to talk about, and because sometimes a lady gets exhausted of pointing out, yet again, that you know that thing you did you think is clever? Actually, it’s pervy. But Star Trek Into Darkness does indeed have one of those moments, when scientist Carol Marcus (Alice Eve), in the course of explaining her father’s secret photon torpedo program to Jim Kirk (Chris Pine), inexplicably starts changing into a jumpsuit she needs to wear down to a planetoid to open up one of said weapons. Why she needs to do this right now rather than in three minutes, when the U.S.S. Enterprise has apparently decided to hang around Klingon space for a while anyway, or why she needs to wear a special jumpsuit down to a planet where the air is apparently completely breathable, is unclear.
"
Harping:poodlepants (tumblr) - "I've been harping on this subject a lot lately, but I feel like somebody has to."
Let's Be Perfectly Honest:For Novelty Use Only (tumblr) - "No one at Paramount or in JJ Abrams’ camp could fathom putting a tall, handsome, menacing [man of colour] as the center of this image"
Star Trek: Wrath Of Fan:Proctherock (blog) - "Let me get this out of the way: I love Star Trek. More pointedly, I love Star Trek on television. Sure, the films are great – some of them, anyway – but Star Trek, for me, deserves to be on TV due to its seriality that allows depth of character, continuity and sophistication that cannot be maintained through cinema alone"
Into Darkness: cymbalism (DW) - "To be honest, when the movie ended I wasn't sure I'd like it or not. I was too in shock. I knew there were things I'd liked about it, and that I was definitely moved by and impressed with it. But it was not love at first credit roll. (More on this below.)"
A Sense Of Loss: Kirk, Spock and Uhura: cupidsbow (DW) - "After the first Star Trek reboot movie, I felt a renewed desire to read Kirk/Spock fic -- it was one of my very first ever reading fandoms, even though it was already elderly by then, and I really, really enjoyed both revisiting it and finding a whole lot of new fanwork"
First-pass Thoughts On The New Star Trek Movie:bironic (LJ) - "Saw Star Trek: All the Characters Cry Into Darkness last night with a group of local fangirls plus a bonus group ditto who'd picked the same showing. That was a nice follow-up experience to the 2009 Reboot, which I first saw in Boston with my grad school class + significant others + our program administrator"
Amazon
topic: fanfic, topic: profic, topic: publishing
Amazon announces publishing platform for licensed fanfic: unjapanologist-does-a-phd (tumblr) - "It’s not necessarily bad news that companies are trying to create options for “licensed” fanfic, and I’ll leave the in-depth analysis of the legal aspects of this to professionals. Legal issues aside, though, I certainly hope that Kindle Worlds won’t become a model for other attempts to legalize fanfic."
The problem with Amazon's new fanfiction platform, Kindle Worlds: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "We’re gonna go ahead and assume that Amazon didn’t realise what kind of Pandora’s box they opened when they announced Kindle’s new fanfic store."
fuck yeah copyright law: It's Kindle Worlds, we're just living in it?: unjapanologist-does-a-phd (tumblr) - " I don’t think that Amazon’s Kindle Worlds will put freely distributed fanfic at risk - and if Amazon or its World Licensors try to, then fandom (and the lawyers & activists who abide within fandom) will explain very clearly why that is so not on. "
Kindle Worlds: Not bigger on the inside: lettersfromtitan(blog) - "It’s not the first time someone’s tried to make money at the corporate level off fanfiction and it won’t be the last."
Kindle Worlds: Thomas Galvin (blog) - "“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright.” What this means is that when you publish a story on Kindle Worlds, you’re giving Amazon the right to do whatever they want with your story, forever. They can sell it electronically, digitally, carve it into a rock, or give it away. It’s up to them, and you have no say. Ever."
Another corporate attempt to corral and profit from fanfic?: ithiliana (DW) - "I'm going to use this post to collect links so that I can later read, summarize, and think more about it!"
topic: writing, topic: fandom, topic: publishing
Dreamwidth:
In Defence Of Feels:Mithen (DW) - "I've seen, in a variety of places, decrying of what's sometimes called "Tumblr-speak," especially targeted toward the term "feels." "You should just say you feel something, not this ridiculous 'I have feels' thing," the argument goes. But today I wish to step up to the plate and give a light-hearted defense of "feels" for a moment--bear with me!"
topic: tumblr, topic: language, topic: writing, topic: fandom
I Don't Like Sweet Peppers, It's A Character Flaw:Brownbetty (DW) - "I've been sort of down recently about some character/public personality hate. I wrote a thing where I tried to get my thoughts in order, and I would appreciate everyone's thoughts. I am open to the possibility I am point-missing, or wrong-headed, or am missing something! Also, I assume I have horribly misspelled at least one person's name."
character: female, topic: character bashing
The Same Old Stories: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "Am reading a long thing about how historical fact and the stories that get told don't match up in very many places"
topic: writing, character: female
Some Meta Musings On Visibility, Art And Audience: jjhunter (DW) - "I have meta brewing at some point about the metaphors around visibility/invisibility in AtOG-verse that is also very applicable to the relationship between artist and attentive audience - having your creation (and/or your self) be seen, be recognized for itself by people who care to notice & appreciate the details - that's a powerful, humbling thing. Not everyone finds it easy to convey how much they see, how much they love in words, but words are just one of many ways to show it. (And I sometimes think it comes across more eloquently visually / bodily than verbally. Anyway.)"
topic: creativity, topic: creators
Questions About Remixing: amaresu (DW) - "It's hard to make blanket statements about fandom, but I think it's probably safe to say that in one way or another we're all here because we want more. More story, more pretty, more filled plot holes, more whatever. Whether we're writers, artists, podficcers, vidders, or anything else that fandom brings out in us, we all what something more from our fandom(s) of choice. "
topic: remixing, topic: writing, topic: copyright
Star Trek
Able Bodied Angst And Abrams' Anti-Intellectualism: Space Crip (blog) - "Compared to most popular film franchises, the Star Trek fandom has waited a long time to see the Enterprise take to open skies again. In an industry where popularity and success are capitalized on as quickly as possible, four years was an unusually long gap between a blockbuster summer film and its sequel."
fandom: star trek, topic: disability
Too Many D*cks Gavia Baker-Whitelaw In 2009’s Star Trek, JJ Abrams successfully made the effort to appeal to new viewers as well as dyed-in-the-wool Trekkies. This time round, he seems to be going further afield— and alienating the original fanbase entirely"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: gender
Star Trek Into Darkness Updates Federation Fashion By Returning To The 60s: Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "Since Star Trek first made its way to the big screen, its costume design has veered away from the classic color-coded uniforms in favor of experiments with red double-breasted uniforms and unfortunate flesh-colored jumpsuits. But for the 2009 J.J Abrams Star Trek reboot and its recently released sequel, Into Darkness, costume designer Michael Kaplan helped move the sartorial stylings of the Enterprise crew forwards by looking backwards–at the trusty old red, blue, and gold. It’s a comfortingly familiar detail amongst Abrams’ trademark lens flare and glowing spaceship interiors: a conscious chromatic nod to the vintage style of the original costumes."
fandom: Star Trek, topic: costumes
Star Trek: Into Darkness: lettered (DW) - "Lots of “original canon” fans don’t like reboots, adaptations, sequels, reinterpretations, prequels, et al of their canon. It’s understandable, but I’ve never really understood it when original!fans claim that the new!canon “ruined” their canon. I understand the disappointment, but not the way original!fans seem personally offended, as though their feelings have actually been hurt"
fandom: Star Trek,topic: canon
Star Trek: My Pain Is Legion: seperis (DW) - "FF_A thread on the Star Trek Prime Directive reminded me of my favorite almost-great-but-not-quite Star Trek novel, Star Trek: Prime Directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (NOTHING LIKE THE TNG MOVIE EVEN LIKE A LITTLE). It has the distinction of being a very SJW take on the Prime Directive before SJW as concept or acronym was a thing on the internet (Social Justice Warrior) and takes great, great care to hit you over the head like a lot on why the Prime Directive is Awesome Like a Lot Seriously Why Don't You Get This Let Me Tell You Again, Really [...]"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: social justice, topic: activism
(NOTE: This post contains no spoilers for Star Trek Into Darkness)He Said I Am Not Fighting For You Any More: musesfool (DW) - "Yesterday afternoon, I saw Star Trek Into Darkness with a bunch of fangirls and... okay. the movie itself is moderately entertaining (especially if you don't think too hard about it), and quite often hilarious, though not, I think, in ways it was intended to be? Also, there was nowhere near enough Karl Urban. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT HIS PRETTY FACE AND LISTEN TO HIM BE SASSY AT PEOPLE OKAY? BONES IS MY FOREVER FAVORITE AND I JUST WANT MORE OF HIM AT ALL TIMES. And okay, if you enjoy Chris Pine getting punched in the face, this movie has a lot of that. But overall, wow, this movie is a big old mess. I can tell JAbrams doesn't like Star Trek (he finds it "too philosophical"), because this movie apparently has no idea what makes Star Trek awesome. (And I am not even a huge Trek fan; it's just been there my whole life, so I guess I have a lot of feelings about it.)"
fandom: Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness: sineala (DW) - "I like a lot of the things this movie was trying to do. I just don't think it did them in a particularly coherent way, and a lot of it seemed to be attempting to trade on your positive feelings toward STII without really thinking about what it was doing. It was just throwing a bunch of STII in a blender, okay, and while I like remixes I am not entirely sure that this one worked"
fandom: Star Trek
Alice Eve: (tumblr) - "Why is Alice Eve in her underwear, gratuitously and unnecessarily, without any real effort made as to why in God’s name she would undress in that circumstance? Well there’s a very good answer for that. But I’m not telling you what it is. Because… uh… MYSTERY?"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: feminism
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ:Rob Bricken (blog) - "After making a mere $84 million at the U.S. box office, Star Trek Into Darkness is considered by some to be a disappointment. Perhaps the problem is that it was a touch confusing. To help our readers better understand it, we've complied and answered these Frequently Asked Questions about the movie"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: spoilers
In The Original Trek: ave-atqu-vale (tumblr) - "What this new Trek movie tells us, what JJ Abrams is telling us, is that no brown-skinned man can accomplish all that."
Fandom: Star Trek, topic: race
Quietly Thinking Aloud: Alexandra Erin (tumblr) - "And you know what? This completely compromises the whole idea of the reboot. No, none of the actors are doppelgangers of their original series counterparts, but to varying extents it’s clear they tried to get in the right neighborhood. But here? Here they’ve thrown it out completely"
Fandom: Star Trek
A Few Thoughts On Star Trek Into Darkness: Arturo P Garcia (blog) - "Kendra and I will have a more thorough discussion regarding Star Trek Into Darkness on Wednesday. But, now that the film is out and a rather big racebending cat is out of the bag, I figured we’d open things up for a bigger discussion. Spoilers under the cut."
fandom: Star Trek, topic: race
Star Trek Spoilers: Rantings Of A Tired Moviegoer:Vivian Obarski (blog) - "I don’t know how to start this nicely, because I’m fed up. Not my usual fed up that I can break down into a nice simple logical and reasoned argument as to why I’m irritated. No, this is something entirely different — a visceral, emotional reaction that’s me being upset for no good reason. Most rational people would tell me to ignore this and wander off and do something else like knit another hat"
fandom: Star Trke, topic: race
Damon Lindelof On Women In Star Trek Into Darkness: Jill Pantozzi (blog) - "I mentioned it briefly in my non-TMS review but really, I could have gone on for pages about it. Eve’s character of Dr. Carol Marcus was touted to have incredible intelligence, though instead of allowing her to use it to effect the plot, she was used as the most blatant eye-candy I’ve seen in a long time. We see this kind of thing a lot in Hollywood, sure, but the scene in question was akin to an actor holding up and verbally speaking the name of a can of Coca-Cola during a scene about cats or general surgery. And for a writer to respond to serious criticism in such a flippant manner is disappointing to say the least. Not to mention what he said when asked about a rumored shirtless scene for Benedict Cumberbatch’s character"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: feminism
Star Trek Into Darkness Is A Boring Blockbuster:Alyssa Rosenberg (blog) - "Starships and Klingons and tribbles, oh my! I’d expected that Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009 alternate-timeline reboot of the venerable franchise, with returning writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, could have been any one of a number of things: a confident coming-of-age for Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), a return to the tradition of space exploration that defined the original show and movies, with some unintended consequences thrown in to accomodate the tastes of modern action audiences, and even continuation of the sci-fi screwball romance between Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana). What I didn’t anticipate is that as a blockbuster, Star Trek Into Darkness would be impressively generic, but that in a summer when drone strikes and extrajudicial killings appear to have been on many screenwriters and directors minds’, it would do one of the clearest (if not deep) jobs of outlining the debates over the American drone program for a mass audience"
fandom: Star Trek
Damon Lindelof's Blithe Treatment Of Star Trek: Alyssa Rosenberg(blog) - "I didn’t write about the dumbest, most sexist thing about Star Trek Into Darkness, because there were a lot of discussions of drones and extrajudicial killing to talk about, and because sometimes a lady gets exhausted of pointing out, yet again, that you know that thing you did you think is clever? Actually, it’s pervy. But Star Trek Into Darkness does indeed have one of those moments, when scientist Carol Marcus (Alice Eve), in the course of explaining her father’s secret photon torpedo program to Jim Kirk (Chris Pine), inexplicably starts changing into a jumpsuit she needs to wear down to a planetoid to open up one of said weapons. Why she needs to do this right now rather than in three minutes, when the U.S.S. Enterprise has apparently decided to hang around Klingon space for a while anyway, or why she needs to wear a special jumpsuit down to a planet where the air is apparently completely breathable, is unclear.
"
fandom:Star Trek, character: female, topic: feminism
Harping:poodlepants (tumblr) - "I've been harping on this subject a lot lately, but I feel like somebody has to."
fandom: Star Trek, topic: race
Let's Be Perfectly Honest:For Novelty Use Only (tumblr) - "No one at Paramount or in JJ Abrams’ camp could fathom putting a tall, handsome, menacing [man of colour] as the center of this image"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: race
Star Trek: Wrath Of Fan:Proctherock (blog) - "Let me get this out of the way: I love Star Trek. More pointedly, I love Star Trek on television. Sure, the films are great – some of them, anyway – but Star Trek, for me, deserves to be on TV due to its seriality that allows depth of character, continuity and sophistication that cannot be maintained through cinema alone"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: fandom
Into Darkness: cymbalism (DW) - "To be honest, when the movie ended I wasn't sure I'd like it or not. I was too in shock. I knew there were things I'd liked about it, and that I was definitely moved by and impressed with it. But it was not love at first credit roll. (More on this below.)"
fandom: Star Trek
A Sense Of Loss: Kirk, Spock and Uhura: cupidsbow (DW) - "After the first Star Trek reboot movie, I felt a renewed desire to read Kirk/Spock fic -- it was one of my very first ever reading fandoms, even though it was already elderly by then, and I really, really enjoyed both revisiting it and finding a whole lot of new fanwork"
fandom: Star Trek, topic: fanworks
First-pass Thoughts On The New Star Trek Movie:bironic (LJ) - "Saw Star Trek: All the Characters Cry Into Darkness last night with a group of local fangirls plus a bonus group ditto who'd picked the same showing. That was a nice follow-up experience to the 2009 Reboot, which I first saw in Boston with my grad school class + significant others + our program administrator"
fandom: Star Trek
