paperhearts: I analyze because I love. - So, I've finished season one of The Mentalist and I'm two discs into season one of Castle, and both of these shows are very charming in their way and I've enjoyed watching them, no doubt. But, they also have something less fun in common.I really do not like their female leads, at all.I've been contemplating this for a while, wondering if it's me or if it's them. Is this a case of internalized misogyny, where I'm deliberately putting barriers between myself and identifying with a female character or is that the parts are badly written and acted? -
hradzka: TFV and me (mostly TFV) on fannish AUs - In LJ comments, thefourthvine and I had a really interesting exchange about fannish AUs. By which I mean, I asked questions and she did all the heavy lifting. It's too good to leave buried in comments, so here is the lightly edited gist. -