Random thoughts and linkages

[lyore]

A few completely unrelated notes:

1) For those of you who haven't seen tkp's Pictorial Log of the wait for 6A/LJ's explanation, I suggest you check it out. It's a compilation of icons/banners/macros and images posted on the dw_news thread during the Great Wait, and it's a wonderful insight into the collective fannish brain. Oh, and did I mention it's funny?

2) For those of you interested in Gender in fandom, Henry Jenkin's blog has the first of a series of gender and fan studies conversations. A side conversation can be found here. I haven't had time to really check these discussions out, but they promise to be interesting.

3) I never mentioned that my Royal Guard helmet arrived, did I? Well, it did, and it is cool.

4) Finally got around to watching West Wing. I'm enjoying it, but I'm not sure if I could ever get really fannish about the show - my lack of knowledge of US politics means I'm left inferring a lot of things from the context, and it lacks the 'epicness' normally required to really suck me in.
ETA ARRGHH! Cliffhangers!

But I still have the urge to read some West Wing/Invisible Man or West Wing/Stargate SG-1 crossovers. C'mon people, rec me up! :)

Comments

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly into the movie-verse (or TV-verse) when it comes to Superheroes - for some reason, my brain just can't handle comics. I tend to focus exclusively on the words and don't process the pictures, no matter how much I try. The same applies for manga, which is a real pity, since I've always wanted to get more into both genres. I used to have a 'working knowledge' of what was going on in the main titles thanks to friends who kept me informed, but they've pretty much stopped reading now, for a variety of reasons.

Since your interested in feminism and comics generally, I'm just going to link you to my two main sources - rss feeds for fangirls_attack and feministsf, since I see from your userinfo you don't have either of those friended.

LJ-central for the Mary Jane thing was this post (http://devildoll.livejournal.com/750924.html) by devildoll. If you follow through on her LJ, through comments and subsequent posts, you'll get a good sampling of the reaction on both sides.

Happy Reading!

[quiet-snowfall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these - brilliant links. My god *shakes head and sighs at the MJ statuette*. What a fantastic counter-pic of Spidey doing MJ's washing....

Funny, I couldn't get into the X-men films until I got into the comics - just wasn't in the right headspace for the whole 'superhero' concept, which is why I stayed on the manga side of the fence for ages. But now I love the 'movieverse' versions too - especially the first one, and have a much better feel for/appreciation of the characters, which passed by me first time I saw the films - don't know why. I think it took me a while to cope with Wolverine :-) (He actually bores me to tears now in the comics but I like him now in the films).

Gah! Must do some work.... :-(

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I loved Wolverine, especially in the first one. I really liked the father/daughter relationship with Rogue (yes, I know, no relation to comics canon at all, but it worked for me).

I can't access LJ at work, which can really suck when I have nothing to do. But I have to admit that it's probably a good thing from a productivity point of view :)