Linguistic rant is linguistic

Rant of the day: English is not my native language, but I think I speak it reasonably well. So watch me feeling entitled to be irritated-to-disgusted by the frequent use of expressions like "rapey", "rape time", "eye rape" etc. in a positive manner, because if "rape" means anything other than "sex forced on one non-consenting partner", my dictionary has not told me so. And using the term in a joking manner (especially when the writer/speaker actually means "checking someone out who is also attracted to you") belittles the horror of the real thing. Just as bad: "pedo" for someone other than "person who likes sex with children". Considering, say, a 17 or 18 years old teenager (especially if it's a fictional one) sexually attractive has nothing to do with pedophilia, people.

(...I wrote my rant about the use of "Nazi" in English in combination with Christmas, feminism, grammar etc. elsewhere already, I think.)

Fannish 5: Five fandom lies you wish were true.

1.) Patrick Stewart guest stars in season 4 of New Who. Err, I think there were rumours about him being Davros or something like that a few years back? Anyway. I wish. Not necessarily Davros (though any Patrick S. would have been fine!), but oh, I wish. (Especially since I've seen him and David Tennant together on stage.) (I'll never stop boasting about this.)

2.) JMS (that's Joe Straczynski to you, non-Babylon 5 people) does a remake of Blake's 7. Because he's the only one of the current crop I'd trust do one that gets core elements of the original and comes up with a spin of its own. Mind you, there would also be the usual JMS weaknesses (watch out for characters with the initials J.S.! Operatic speech! Someone at some point quotes the "never start a fight, but always finish it!" staying!), but it could be really really interesting. I tend to be sceptical of remakes/reboots, but now and then they surprise you in a good way. This one would have great potential. Alas, I don't think it was ever more than wishful thinking.

3.) Elves get it on more than once a millennium, or whatever the Tolkien-approved time span was. Not that I'd go to the opposite end of the spectrum as much fanfiction does, but come on. No species deserves that little of a sex life.

4.) The Double Quickening at the end of the Comes a Horseman/Revelation two parter in Highlander has left Duncan and Methos with the ability to recognize each other beyond the general Immortal buzz. This was a popular fanon I was fond of back in my HL days and shamelessly used myself in fanfiction, despite the fact it's actually disproven by the show (in Forgive us our Trespasses, Duncan at one point feels an Immortal approaching and assumes it's Keane until he sees Methos).

5.) Various members of the Beatles have the ability to time-travel. At least judging by the sheer number of stories that let them do this, usually, but not always, to prevent John's death, it seems to be a popular conviction. Well, they did appear on Doctor Who once...