MONEY. I want some.

[apocalypsos]

-- I've decided that I get to see 2012 again when I finish the first draft of Heroine Addiction. That should get me motivated.

-- I haven't touched This Way To The Egress in days. I just can't bring myself to work on it when I don't have the first draft of Heroine Addiction done.

-- I'm watching season four of Project Runway on Bravo right now. I've forgotten so much about this season, seriously. I really need to pick up every season on DVD if only because even the bad seasons make me happy to watch. (I wasn't particularly happy with this season, and I was still so happy to have it.)

-- I feel weird admitting how much I feel like Becky snapping at Fritz the hook man anymore about SPN fandom even though I really don't want to. Everybody's got very viable complaints about it, don't get me wrong, but I'm at the point where it's my guilty pleasure, it's been my guilty pleasure for four years now, and I think I'm just tired of having the argument over how noninclusive the show is. Does it make me a bad person if I freely admit that it is, and that I know it is, and that I agree AND respect everybody's opinion on the matter, but I'm just ... done? Ugh, I don't know. It's like I officially shrugged it off as a lost cause a long time ago and the OH JOHN RINGO NO part of my brain has taking over my Thursday night 9 p.m. timeslot. It's the same part of my brain that gleefully skipped off to 2012 knowing full well it probably wouldn't (and didn't) pass the Bechdel test and just accepted that, admitted it makes me a bad feminist, and moved on.

Not that I'm saying other people should move on. Ick, I'm trying not to sound wanky, really. To each his or her own, basically, and more power to everyone. Me, personally, though? There's a reason it's my guilty pleasure. It's the same reason I eat Cheetos and Pepsi for breakfast some days. I know it's bad, and bad for me, but it makes my lizard brain happy.

Comments

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

I think I'm just tired of having the argument over how noninclusive the show is.

I began getting snappish about that when it started being some people's FIRST reaction, and I get kindof irate when it's people's ONLY reaction, period, full-stop, fingers-in-the-ears-I-can't-hear-you.

"Actually, in this ep you're factually wrong ab-" "LA LA LA LA LA MISOGYNY!" Argh.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I feel about misogyny-in-SPN arguments the way I feel about why I can't live with my parents. It's the same argument all the time and it's not wrong. You know what? I am a slob. I'm sorry, but yelling at me about constantly isn't going to change it. I wish it would, but God knows it hasn't worked yet.

... ahem.

But, yeah. Seconded.

[nilchance.livejournal.com]

No, I hear you. I was actually surprised the show handled Demian and Barnes as well as they did. Yes, the complaints are valid, but so is the squee, y'know? They can exist simultaneously.

[22by7.livejournal.com]

Yes, the complaints are valid, but so is the squee, y'know? They can exist simultaneously.
That goes about everything in life! That's how we know it's all worth it!

[22by7.livejournal.com]

Heh? I mean, I've been bitching, but I'm kind of in the same position. About Spn I always say, 'Yeah, it's not the best show around. Has some explosive material in it, but almost never fully utilised. I'm fondest of it, but I don't expect everyone to be.'

There's a great Edward Said quote that's applicable, I think. ‘How can anyone accuse me of denouncing “dead white males”? Everyone knows I love Conrad.’

I'm sometimes really tired of having the argument over how not non-inclusive the fandom is (some fans think the race/gender criticisms are 'overwrought'), but since we're all in the same mess anyway, it's okay, yknow?

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

This is how I feel: everyone has the right to their own emotional state and personal reaction to X material.

PoC have more of a right to say X thing appears racist to me because their stake in that is higher.

However, as a woman NO ONE has a right to tell me I am living my female life wrong because I hate a character on a tv show. Check your bullshit at the door, ladies, your interpretation of X material is no more valid than my own, and I personally think you're nuts. Also I think the Bechdel test is a lazy, just like the bingo cards.

[musyc]

I'm like this with a lot of things. I know that criticism and analysis and meta-whatevers tell me that I should be horribly offended, but really? I get distracted with OMG SHINY EXPLOSIONS FAST CARS WHEEEEEEEEEEEE and that's that.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Last night's episode just cemented the realization that the reason I love my friends list is that they lean more Becky than Fritz.

[musyc]

*snort* I swear, I give props to the analysts and debaters and the people who want to break down the shows into itty bitty issue-laced bits, but really, I'm here for cute boys with big guns and dead monsters. I don't need anything with deeper meaning than that.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I can and have had intelligent meta posts and arguments about the show, but I'm not watching it for that. I started watching it for purely superficial reasons and if the occasional deep thought sneaks in, which it does, more power to it.

I mean, for heaven's sake, it's on the CW. Looking for an eternally feminist, racially-positive, gay-accepting show on the CW? Personally, I come out happier when I keep my expectations low and get pleasantly surprised by a gay couple saving the boys than I do if I keep my expectations high and have to complain about how few women and minorities were involved instead.

[musyc]

Indeed. Look, NCIS' only all-seasons female character is Abby, and she's mostly comic relief. Supernatural can't make a female character that isn't bitchy or evil or dead or all of the above. I'm aware of the issues. BUT LOOK GUNS AND 'SPLODEY. It's the lizard brain that watches TV. :D

[fufaraw]

Hi. Can I come sit on your bench? It's awfully loud and pointy out here.

I'm so with you on the guilty pleasure and the low expectations parts.

I know, right? I can and have had intelligent meta posts and arguments about the show, but I'm not watching it for that. I started watching it for purely superficial reasons and if the occasional deep thought sneaks in, which it does, more power to it.

This. It's almost restful to find other people who feel the same way.