Today has been fairly unexciting, I spent a lot of time in bed listening to Jo Wiley (because the last time I got to listen to her on the radio was a fiendishly long time ago) and there was David Tennant being interviewed about Saturday's special and geeking about music, twas unexpected and most pleasant. Other than that I've made an epic photopost and tidied out my drawers, freeing me of socks full of holes and trainers this close to falling apart...
I did this week's audio over at
bf_listen_again so if anyone wants to discuss The Harvest or suggest related fanworks (fics, icons, meta) or share their own review then head over the accompanying post and leave/link your suggestions. I thankyou.
Also I come bearing fic rec of the Stargate variety. The Bechedel Test seems to be getting a lot of use in fandom meta lately, which is of course excellent as it makes people re-examine their shows in terms of gender and race. Also a bit unpleasant to realise just how many shows that I love which utterly fail the test on one or other count. (Being Human fails on both counts I might note)
such_heights did stats on gender, race and likelihood of death in Merlin yesterday which produced some surprisingly good results for a show set in (an albeit mythical version of) medieval England - good news, if you're a female character of colour and get to speak you've got a 100% chance of survival, bad news you're 100% likely to be called Guinevere as she's the only character who fits the bill... At least when you compare it with Stargate which really has some shocking results (and that's without taking into account survival rates as there's too much carnage there to even count). However the lass who did the stats for Stargate appears to be attempting to write a series of fix it fics for Stargate, creating missing scenes that give more insight into the characters involved and creating the conversations that would have made the episodes pass the test. I approve of such odd projects, mainly because I like the repairing canon mis-steps and plugging plot holes side of fanfic every bit as much as the obscure shipping. So yes, basically this is a long-winded of saying go read Common Language by
dsudis which does a lot to make Children of the Gods less of a sceevy episode, while fleshing out both Sha're and 'anonymous female airforce sergeant' (from now on she'll always be Jessie to me too).
I did this week's audio over at
Also I come bearing fic rec of the Stargate variety. The Bechedel Test seems to be getting a lot of use in fandom meta lately, which is of course excellent as it makes people re-examine their shows in terms of gender and race. Also a bit unpleasant to realise just how many shows that I love which utterly fail the test on one or other count. (Being Human fails on both counts I might note)