: Thursday, July 10, 2008
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nnaylime: Strong Women Archetypes in Science Fiction - Who do you consider to be strong female characters? What makes them so? Do you have to be kick-ass like Starbuck & Buffy, or would spines of steel (e.g., Roslin) also qualify? Do you see them evolving - and is it fair to judge Dr. Crusher and Troi by t -- aj: Random food for thought. - That being said, I've noticed a bit of a trend where people aren't supposed to like the 'weak' female characters. And by 'weak', I mean the ones who scream and/or run away from shit. Or who are housewives or mothers or women who don't make perfect choic -
- pellucid: proprietary fannish love; or, who "ruined" my female character - What does it mean when our perception of a character's "strength" or "weakness" affects how much we like her? Who do we blame when we dislike characters: the writers or the characters themselves? Is a character more than the sum of her parts? That is, wha -
- angiepen: New Column - This time around I'm talking about an issue brought up during a discussion on Torquere's Yahoo group regarding the reasons why the editor-in-chief of Ace and Roc thinks there's no print market for m/m romances. -
- princessofg: another section of the slash puzzleI do believe there is a slash aesthetic, and there are things we could do to describe how slash differs from other kinds of writing, and how it also differs from non-fanfic gay lit.