gotta get in at least a second post for the month

[erilyn]

I miss arysteia - she stayed with us for over a week, and is an A+++ houseguest. I think my parents wanted to keep her here (given I couldn't take time off work, I think she saw more of them than me or the Sydney locals, heh).

Lots of lovely hanging out time, including mutually pimping each other into Mad Men (we watched the first 12 eps), revisiting Smallville (it's tradition, and everytime I think I'm out, THEY PULL ME BACK IN, and leave me spitting incoherently in rage at the tv - WHY, CLARKE, WHY?), admiring the prettiness of Dark Angel season 2, and some serious comic book movie time. Is it Captain America time yet?

Things are up and down for me. Work continues to be bad, but not as epically bad as it has been. I'm going skiing in a few weeks, but am so unfit its not funny. My arm hurts from vaccinations for my trip in September (*flails*).

Something that's been preying on my mind for a couple of days is this post (which must have been linked somewhere, as there's suddenly been a bunch of comments to it). Putting aside the actual fannish content, am I crazy for finding part of it really fucking offensive (the bit I really have a problem with is from the paragraph beginning "Then there is Chris and Naya.")?

I find it plain disturbing to pit the relative worthiness/admirableness of two great people (Chris Colfer and Naya Rivera from Glee), but outright offensive to dismiss a queer person on the basis that their actions/visibility is rooted in self-interest, while the straight ally is exalted for compassion. In what universe is being a straight ally in Hollywood harder/better than being out? And why would you even try to rank them to begin with? Then again, the OP takes someone to task for using logic in a rebuttal...

Speaking of Glee fandom (and related to the above), the hate-on that parts of the Brittana fans have for Kurt and/or Kurt/Blaine makes me sad. Not that everyone has to like one queer pairing just cause they like another, or that Kurt or his storyline are perfect or above criticism (lord knows I pick it apart), but it goes way beyond that with some people. Should try to put some of my scattered thoughts about the way ship wars are slightly different in Glee fandom, IMO, and why Sam/Kurt fandom are proof that spoilers are bad. I find it interesting how dynamics vary a bit from fandom to fandom.

Comments

[thecoolestfez.livejournal.com]

The ship wars in Glee fandom completely boggle me. Like, I don't even have words for that shit. I also have just never understood the rabid character hate in general. There are a few characters in Glee I really don't like, but I'm not going to write essays about it or work it into my unrelated fanfic. My favorite is how half the Puck/Kurt fic makes Blaine into some evil, abusive mastermind. It always ruins the fic, because I like Blaine. >:(

Uh. That post. I got to The problem I have with Kurt is that the mere existence of that character is borderline homophobic. and stopped reading, because I could feel my rage growing inside me. WHAT. WHAAAAAAAAAT. God forbid a character not be lol edgy and subvert every stereotype for no actual storytelling reason. Apparently any gay character who is remotely effeminate is homophobic. I never realized! Sound the alarm!

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I really shouldn't waste anymore time thinking about that post, given this from the OP in the comments - Evidence I have none. As I mentioned these were my personal perceptions based on my experiences. I'm a humanist, not a scientist. We deal in subjectivity and frequently disregard raw data. She mourns the fact that gay people can be homophobic, without realising how homophobic she herself comes across as.

Kurt/Blaine vs Kurt/Sam vs Kurt/Puck vs Kurt/Karofsky etc makes my head hurt (though to be entirely honest, I do have issues with Kurtofsky). And yes, I don't care how much someone doesn't like Blaine, writing him in as evil just makes the story badfic and OOC. If you want to write another pairing, either make it slightly AU or have Kurt and Blaine break up for plausible reasons - it's not rocket science!

[thecoolestfez.livejournal.com]

Ugh, RIGHT? A throw away line or AU it so they never started dating or ANYTHING other than Blaine being an epic OOC snidely whiplash-esque villain. That said, I would totally read fic where evil!Blaine with a waxed mustache tied Kurt to some train tracks and then shaved the mustache and saved him and then it turns out those tracks aren't even in use. Also Kurt can see through his clever disguise.

There are definitely some creepy issues at play with Kurt/Karofsky, which isn't necessarily bad if the author addresses them, but a lot of writers seem to want to write fluff about them, which makes me side-eye quite a lot, I can't lie. I'd be interested to read that pairing if anyone wrote it the way I wanted to see it, but no one really does.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

You're totally reading my mind on the Kurt/Karofsky issue - there is a lot of interesting stuff to explore there (and fanfic is probably a better place than the show, tbh, they took it so dark and then copped out of it), but the Kurtofsky "true love and happy fluffy bunny" shippers totally make me wary.

There was one WIP by kurtoffskinator I started reading that was creepy and horrible and while I felt bad for Karofsky, I was way more scared for Kurt, but alas it seems to be abandoned.

Hah, your Blaine plotbunny makes me think of Never Trust a Man With Curly Hair.

[thecoolestfez.livejournal.com]

Right? There's a lot of potential for really interesting psychological stuff, but instead people people just handwave all the creepy sexual harassment.

That is a wonderful title. I will have to check that out. I really enjoyed some of her other fics that I read. :DD

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I gave in and responded to that post.

[thecoolestfez.livejournal.com]

Well, I started to read, but her responses just made me rage and I had to stop. LAUREN SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH. >>>>>>>>>:(

[elegantcrimes.livejournal.com]

Uh anytime you use "He adores showchoir" as a negative when talking about Glee means you EPICALLY MISS THE POINT.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

She misses the point in ways too numerous to count!