Firstly, a political link. You know how a regular complaint in the more conservative media is that Muslim clerics and the Muslim communities in general don't distance themselves enough/don't speak out enough against terrorism? Here's an article collecting Muslim responses to extremism, in no uncertain terms.
From real life to fannish life: while I find the newest lj idiocy annoying, what really made my jaw drop in horror this morning was the news, via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
skywaterblue, that Eric "Supernatural" Kripke might write a Sandman tv adaption. Look, I know that there are a lot of SPN fans on my flist. I tried. I watched the first season. It didn't do anything for me. Not in the sense of me hating every single episode (I'd have quit far sooner if I had) but in the sense of feeling indifferent to the leads, thinking "I've seen the X-Files do this a decade earlier, and they at least had Scully!" and concluding that this show's sensibility was not mine, and so stopping instead of continuing and complaining was the thing to do. And there I would have left it, but for this news, because Sandman? That's one of my fannish holy grails. I love the Sandman series. One of the many things I love about it is that female characters show up in equal importance and depth of characterisation as male ones, and that Neil Gaiman through all volumes avoids the privileging of one relationship above all others. This, to put it mildly, seems to me the opposite of the SPN narrative. In conclusion: do not want Eric Kripke anywhere near the Sandman saga and the Sandman characters.
After this dire shock of a prospect, I needed cheering up, which came in the form of two ficathons,![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
thisengland and paperlegends, the former being based on Shakespeare's Histories and the later on Merlin. Both offer great tales. Two early favourites:
Shakespeare:
Fail Trying: in which Falstaff is a space pirate, which is the best thing ever. Wonderful, wonderful Falstaff pov in this sci fi updating of his story. You know, Orson Welles would have loved it.
Merlin:
When you can see forever: something I don't want to see on the show itself (because I think Gwen as a commoner is a really important part of this version of the tale) but very much enjoyed seeing explored in fanfiction: Gwen turns out to be the long lost daughter of Queen Boudicca. (Which is the kind of cheerful anachronism the show itself specializes in.) And that far from solves any problems. A great OT4 story which does justice to everyone's relationships and doesn't simplify any of its characters.
From real life to fannish life: while I find the newest lj idiocy annoying, what really made my jaw drop in horror this morning was the news, via
skywaterblue, that Eric "Supernatural" Kripke might write a Sandman tv adaption. Look, I know that there are a lot of SPN fans on my flist. I tried. I watched the first season. It didn't do anything for me. Not in the sense of me hating every single episode (I'd have quit far sooner if I had) but in the sense of feeling indifferent to the leads, thinking "I've seen the X-Files do this a decade earlier, and they at least had Scully!" and concluding that this show's sensibility was not mine, and so stopping instead of continuing and complaining was the thing to do. And there I would have left it, but for this news, because Sandman? That's one of my fannish holy grails. I love the Sandman series. One of the many things I love about it is that female characters show up in equal importance and depth of characterisation as male ones, and that Neil Gaiman through all volumes avoids the privileging of one relationship above all others. This, to put it mildly, seems to me the opposite of the SPN narrative. In conclusion: do not want Eric Kripke anywhere near the Sandman saga and the Sandman characters. After this dire shock of a prospect, I needed cheering up, which came in the form of two ficathons,
thisengland and paperlegends, the former being based on Shakespeare's Histories and the later on Merlin. Both offer great tales. Two early favourites: Shakespeare:
Fail Trying: in which Falstaff is a space pirate, which is the best thing ever. Wonderful, wonderful Falstaff pov in this sci fi updating of his story. You know, Orson Welles would have loved it.
Merlin:
When you can see forever: something I don't want to see on the show itself (because I think Gwen as a commoner is a really important part of this version of the tale) but very much enjoyed seeing explored in fanfiction: Gwen turns out to be the long lost daughter of Queen Boudicca. (Which is the kind of cheerful anachronism the show itself specializes in.) And that far from solves any problems. A great OT4 story which does justice to everyone's relationships and doesn't simplify any of its characters.
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