Two Memes

[browngirl]

I'm trying not to write a different post, so have a meme that's going around:

Ask me any fandom-related questions in the comments. They can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general.

Questions can be as wacky as you want and have as many subparts as you like. Ask me about tv shows, characters, fanfic in general, fandom issues/meta, anything about any of my stories specifically. Whatever you want. [However, you may not ask what post it is I'm trying not to write.]

Fandoms of mine include: Babylon 5, DC Comics, Doctor Who & Torchwood (Nu Who), the Ancient Egyptians, Firefly, Heinlein novels, LOTR, Mary Renault, Mercedes Lackey Novels (back in the ‘90s), the Minoans of Bronze Age Crete, NUMB3RS, Pern, Star Trek: TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Reboot, Star Wars, and Bujold’s Vorkosiverse.

The first comment is the answer to another meme, of Five Questions which 6street gave me a really long time ago.

Comments

Re: Five Questions

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

2. Every time I see someone bashing Spock/Uhura, or just disparaging it, I have to wonder if that same person would have the same problem with, say, a Sulu/Chekov kiss. I don't know, but I'm thinking no. :(

Re: Five Questions

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

They probably wouldn't. :(

Many might not even being hypocrites -- they might have hated a Vulcan woman as Spock's lover, too, or a White Human one. Many many women say "I don't like female characters, I don't like other women, they're all girly and frivolous and never protagonists I can identify with". Not hypocrites, just sexist and jerks. :(

Re: Five Questions

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was thinking specifically of the people who insisted that the relationship came out of nowhere, that it was tacked on. I have a feeling many of those same people wouldn't mind a slash pairing coming out of nowhere. :P

Not hypocrites, just sexist and jerks. :(

Yes. Mostly sexist, I think. Other women are great until a desirable man shows an interest.

Re: Five Questions

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was thinking specifically of the people who insisted that the relationship came out of nowhere, that it was tacked on.

Ah, them, yeah. They wouldn't mind, and they *would* be being hypocrites.

Among other annoyances, I feel like I should disclaim being a slash fan with "I don't hate women!" I'd love Chekov/Sulu being one of the epic romances of Reboot II (as if, but a girl can hope), but I will cry if they break up or downplay the S/U.

Re: Five Questions

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Awww, I don't think you need to defend your feminist cred, since you write Uhura and Gaila beautifully!

but I will cry if they break up or downplay the S/U

Me too. OMG, me too.