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  • Sep. 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 PM
crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
I feel as though my fannish interests are drifting further and further away from the LJ/DW zeitgeist, which makes me hesitant to post about the stuff I'm enjoying. So, as an experiment, I'm going to try to post in code to make my enthusiasms sound more relevant to everyone else's interests.

I've been catching up on The Secret Six Leverage and I'm really enjoying the "band of misfit outlaws" team vibe and Gail Simone's John Rogers' writing. And the characters are great -- I had my doubts about Bane Eliot at first, but I think I like his dynamic with Scandal Savage Sophie.

Another recent find is The Mighty Avengers Merlin. I'll admit, I found the art anachronisms jarring at first, but it's very well done visually. And the writing somehow hits that magical "so wrong, it's right" sweet spot. The characterization of Hank Pym Uther is especially inspired, and I'm intrigued by where they're going with Loki Nimueh.

A pretty strong episode of SYTYCD Canada Supernatural this week; I haven't seen tonight's results show yet, but I'm assuming that Melanie B. Castiel gets eliminated. Still, America's Best Dance Crew House had possibly its best episode this season with the Bollywood challenge.

...okay, I'm stumped for what to substitute for professional wrestling. I guess I haven't used the Star Trek reboot yet: if Randy Orton = James Kirk, who's the WWE's Spock?

Wow, this code thing pretty much went all down hill after Secret Six/Leverage, huh? ETA: or possibly during.

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crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 04:35 am (UTC)
Supernatural has really lowered the bar for what counts as quasi-feminist fandoms....
sara: S (Default)
[personal profile] sara wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 04:39 am (UTC)
Yeah, and so have the Disney fucking Princesses ("OooOoh, let's wear nothing but pink and have a crown and a magic wand and go to the ball and get married!" It's revolting. And I say this as someone who's been married for eleven years and really likes to go dancing.)
crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 04:48 am (UTC)
Yeah, the princess onslaught makes me nostalgic for Nancy Drew. You can't uncover the secrets of Larkspur Lane in a ball gown!

But hey, now that Disney has bought Marvel Comics, maybe Marvel will be a good influence on them. Oh, wait....
sara: S (Default)
[personal profile] sara wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 05:31 am (UTC)
Princesses...in spandex! With tiny, tiny feet and big guns!

(I'm fixated on Lewis this week. Talk about fandom of one.)
crypto: Amy Pond (Default)
[personal profile] crypto wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 06:37 pm (UTC)
I confess that I had to Google Lewis -- a British spin-off of Inspector Morse?
sara: S (Default)
[personal profile] sara wrote:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 06:41 pm (UTC)
Yep! They fight crime...in Oxford!

(Okay, so part of why I like it is because it's essentially anti-academicwankery. Also, Lewis' sidekick is scary and hot. Show-Oxford is whiter than actual-Oxford, which is too bad, and there's occasionally weird gender stuff with their boss, who is female and has a lot of that stereotypical "women in authority must be irrational bitches" thing going on. But, that aside, I like it.)