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failedblackwoman: IDK how casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan isn’t disrespectful to Gene...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:15 +0100

IDK how casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan isn’t disrespectful to Gene Roddenberry tbh.

That man fought networks tooth and nail to have people of different races on his show. He fought long and hard to have an interracial kiss on TV.

My grandmother does not like Sci-Fi, but you better believe her ass was watching Star Trek, you know why? Because it was one of the few places you could see a black woman on TV. And she had an important job! She was important! She wasn’t just in the background.

Shit, as fake and hokey as Chekov’s accent was, he made sure there was a russian on the show, why? BECAUSE HIS VERSION OF THE FUTURE WAS ONE OF DIVERSITY AND PEOPLE GETTING ALONG KINDA SORTA.

NOT LIKE THE OTHER TREKS TRIED TO PRESERVE THAT MESSAGE

OH

WAIT

THEY

DID

(No I don’t know about the dude doing the Blue Steel back there, I barely remember Enterprise it’s boring)

“It’s about the actors performance.”

MAAAN, fuck that noise.

No, it’s not, there are HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of actors out there of Indian descent. You’re telling me that Binglebangle Coochiebutt was better than all of them? Show me the tapes, I gotta see that. Show me them auditions that I’m pretty sure they didn’t even do because casting a white dude is easier than being not a bastard.

People of color already struggle when it comes to seeing ourselves in the media, and before you go “But he’s a baaaad guy.” No one is saying that PoC can’t be cast as bad guys. It’s that we’re cast as the same kind of bad guys each and every fucking time. Mindless, one note, stereotypical.

Khan was different, he was smart, he was strong, he was cunning, he was layered. He garnered the respect of his enemies he was that fucking great. AND HE WAS BROWN. AWESOME SAUCE YEEEEEAAAAAH.

But nope, let’s cast a white dude because who gives a shit about diversity. HAHAHAA WE HONOR U GENE RODDENBERRY BY WHITEWASHING.

P.S I’m just gonna link this cause shut up I do what i want.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/01/showbiz/tv/tv-kids-self-esteem

stelmarias: elementary’s continuous avoidance of sexualizing women’s bodies when revealed onscreen...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:10:46 +0100

stelmarias:

elementary’s continuous avoidance of sexualizing women’s bodies when revealed onscreen consistently amazes me thank you so fucking much

#like we had joan change we had irene change and NONE OF IT WAS SUGGESTIVE unless the scene required it! #and not even then! like the shower scene was the only real ~*provocative*~ ish shot of the whole series! #not even when they were in bed did they sexualize irene! #fuck i love this show #elementary

ohmyloki: flying-inca56: “Tony no” a biography by Pepper Potts

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:03:10 +0100

ohmyloki:

flying-inca56:

“Tony no” a biography by Pepper Potts

thefingerfucker: new-ways-to-complain: conservativegirlonpoliti...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:42:42 +0100

thefingerfucker:

new-ways-to-complain:

conservativegirlonpolitics:

That was the most informative thing I have ever been told by a duck

And I have been told a lot of things by ducks.

so. many. things.

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lysachan: vibeke-elske: OUAT gradually lost 4 million viewers between S2’s first episode and...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:17:44 +0100

lysachan:

vibeke-elske:

OUAT gradually lost 4 million viewers between S2’s first episode and finale.

And they seriously think that, after S1’s huge success, changing everything completely and abandoning one of their most popular and beloved characters/actors will gain them back the lost audience?

Shouldn’t numbers ring very loud bells about OUAT’s quality drop, instead?

This is such a prime example of patriarchy, and a clear indication that the show runners don’t understand their fanbase AT ALL. They changed everything in S2; the things that made S1 one of the best seasons of network television ever were completely obliterated during S2.

1) Emma character. Holy fuckballs, what happened? She was such a BAMF in S1, but the S2 Emma was someone I didn’t even recognise anymore. Her actions were, more ofthen that not, completely irrational; she seemed to have lost her sense of independence; and don’t even get me started on the wardrobe (THAT HAT; plus, still crying over the leather jackets).

2) A million and one new characters. What drew people to the show in S1 was the core characters. Before, the show was about Emma, Regina, Snow and Rumplestiltskin, with appearances of a few other characters. Those interactions were what we tuned in for. But in S2, we had an influx of new characters at the expense of the originals. I can’t speak for everyone else, but I, for one, didn’t care about the new characters AT ALL. It would’ve been fine if they’d been featured in a few episodes, but now they just took way too much screentime away from the characters that I wanted to see. Not to mention that most of the new characters were white males. Ugh.

3) The 180-degree turn in style. IMO, the show runners didn’t quite know what to do with the magic-in-Storybrooke thing. They turned the entire idea of the show upside down, separated some of the main characters from the others for half a season (booooooring!), and then used Regina as a scapegoat for everything (seriously, Regina symphatiser or not, everyone should see how ridiculous and unfair the writing towards her was in S2).

4) Predictable writing. Remember when we were completely surprised that Ruby was the wolf? Or, how they actually broke the curse already AT THE END OF SEASON 1? Yeah, none of that ingenuity was present in S2. Instead, we got a bunch of half-assed plot “twists” that surprised no one. “You’ll never guess who Henry’s father really is!” Really? Seriously? And Emma/Neal? Wow, that was *so* original. “But look! A stranger comes into town!” Yeah, nobody cared. Lazy, awful writing, and completely underestimating the viewers & fans. Yep, I wasn’t impressed.

Truly, after the crapfest of S2, I don’t have much faith in S3.

"one tiny thing that just struck me: How far the show went out of its way to make it clear that..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:42 +0100

“one tiny thing that just struck me:

How far the show went out of its way to make it clear that Holmes wasn’t sexually pressuring Irene. He offered her his “bet,” and I can imagine a zillion other shows that just would have left it there as a sexy “edgy” flirtation, but no - Holmes stopped himself in the middle of the flirt to make it clear that he was not conditioning his silence about her thefts on her going on a date with him.

Similarly, when he came to see her after she refused to go out with him again, obviously someone somewhere was afraid he’d look like a stalker, and so he began his speech by making it very clear that he understood it was her right to refuse him - I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a show actually spell that out in words before, because we’re all supposed to understand that the romantic couple is meant to be and therefore all’s fair, etc etc.”

- giandujakiss [x]

in a media landscape where men pressuring women and violating their boundaries is portrayed as natural in many ~innocent and romantic~ relationships and pretty much obligatory in ~edgy dangerous~ dynamics, I still love this to ABSOLUTE PIECES

(via mswyrr)

lemonyandbeatrice: I like how Elementary made it virtually impossible to have a white guy/white guy...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:21:12 +0100

lemonyandbeatrice:

I like how Elementary made it virtually impossible to have a white guy/white guy ship be more popular than any of the other ships within the fandom

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Sat, 18 May 2013 09:53:12 +0100

"But the final hour is called “Heroine” for a reason, as this is also a story about Joan Watson at..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:25:11 +0100

“But the final hour is called “Heroine” for a reason, as this is also a story about Joan Watson at the end of the day. In a case where Sherlock is at his weakest, and when he is unable to realize that the path to victory is failure because it means acknowledging that failure is even a possibility, it is Joan who sees more clearly. Joan isn’t afraid of Moriarty, but is rather protective of Sherlock (as both his sober companion and his partner), and the confusion that Moriarty’s emergence creates within Sherlock creates surety for Joan. If Sherlock only sees puzzles and Moriarty only sees games, Watson sees actual people: her interest in Sherlock is human, the kind of relationship that Moriarty can’t even imagine (referring to her as a mascot at one point in their lunch date). While the truth about Moriarty robs Sherlock of the most striking, human connection he believed he had ever made, the resulting investigation reaffirms a more powerful connection in his partnership with Joan, the newly discovered species of Euglossa Watsonia a metaphor for what happens when an extremely rare bee miraculously unexpectedly finds a compatible partner.”

- “The Woman”/“Heroine” Recap - The A.V. Club

(via deepbutdazzlingdarkness)

CAN I JUST

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:25:10 +0100

stardust-rust:

Guys, Elementary’s Irene Adler was a COMPLETE opposite of BBC’s Irene.

BBC Irene is first presented as this cunning, intelligent, independent and sexy woman who confused Sherlock with her nakedness. She ‘beat’ Sherlock and manipulated the Holmes brothers like a violin, proving herself their equal. But then we find out that all along she’d been with Moriarty as a semi-pawn, and all her planning had actually been Moriarty’s.

None of the genius was hers, she only got the information through her ~womanly wiles~ and required Moriarty to help her with her plans. So unhappy with how that turned out. Not to mention the very ick lesbian-cured-by-a-man bit, where her love for him betrays her in the most ridiculous way with the worst pun I’d ever heard (SHER-locked indeed, jesus fucking christ). The ending of course, as we all know, is her on her knees in some sandy supposedly Middle-Eastern nowhere, about to be beheaded of all things, and Sherlock swooping in to save the damsel. *SEVERE EYE ROLL*

BUT IN ELEMENTARY

Irene is first presented as a victim of Moriarty, a pawn of his that he manipulated to shatter Sherlock and destroy his morale. She has been mentally-fucked with, she is a shell of her former self, she is a woman without agency in this battle between two men. Then in a complete turnaround plot twist, it was Irene’s nakedness that betrayed her and gave Sherlock clarity to her real involvement with Moriarty, and later on, she IS Moriarty. All of Moriarty’s plans and genius and insidious intellect has been hers all along, and to quote “As if men had a monopoly on murder.” (you’re an evil bitch Irene, but goddamn I love you). And in the end she didn’t need rescuing by him, he needed rescuing from her by the lovely and incredibly talented Joan ‘Badass’ Watson.

It was JOAN that saw her weakness and took her down like a ton of bricks because NO ONE calls her a mascot and goddamn gets away with it. Oh and no one fucks with her BFF either. So yes, Elementary’s Irene was also in love with Sherlock, but their love made them weak for each other, almost a stalemate. It took Joan to break that unhealthy relationship and give Sherlock his life, and his focus, back to him.

Then he rightfully acknowledged Joan’s badassery by naming a bee after her. (And I think it’s Euglossa Watsonia. I know Sherlock said “Euglassia” but Euglossa is an actual bee type).

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chirravutever: in which papa sherlock and momma joan take their...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:29:24 +0100

chirravutever:

in which papa sherlock and momma joan take their baby bees everywhere

~~or something of the like~~, requested by gni. :D

OMG I GOT AN ART

caterinasforzas: “You talked to one of my lieutenants. He has,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:20:33 +0100

caterinasforzas:

“You talked to one of my lieutenants. He has, over the years, played the role repeatedly and with great conviction. More often than not, he’s done so to protect my identity. Other times, it was because I suspected a potential client might.. struggle with my gender. As if men had a monopoly on murder.”

let me explain to you how genius the deconstruction of Irene Adler is because in making her a conscious manipulation; an artful and purposeful creation by moriarty in order to ensnare sherlock they have destroyed The Woman; the one individual who eclipsed the whole of her sex and at whose feet Sherlock fell they’ve taken the goddess down off her pillar and revealed the woman in the fridge was a doll all along Irene Adler is only a story; can only ever be a story; because there is no Woman only women and they are villains as well as heroines and they are clever even when they make mistakes and they can hold the world together whether to take advantage of it or to save it for the people they love but there is no Woman there never could be and Sherlock had to learn that elementary the best goddamn show your favs could never

Orphan Black 1x08 Sneak Peek

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:43 +0100

Orphan Black 1x08 Sneak Peek

themasterslover: lumos5000: janahradams: thetravellingbluetardis: If the Doctor kisses River...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:36 +0100

themasterslover:

lumos5000:

janahradams:

thetravellingbluetardis:

If the Doctor kisses River instead if Clara, I’m going to throw things.

That is all.

If the Doctor kisses Clara instead of River, I’m going to throw things harder.

THAT is all.

If River kisses Clara instead of the Doctor, I’m going to fangirl so hard you might have to slap me.

THAT IS ALL.

omg i need the last one so much!

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Fri, 17 May 2013 23:12:43 +0100

convolutedtrainofthought: Irene wasn’t fridged Irene wasn’t a victim Irene wasn’t a generic love...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:11:33 +0100

convolutedtrainofthought:

Irene wasn’t fridged

Irene wasn’t a victim

Irene wasn’t a generic love interest

Irene beat Sherlock

Irene took everyone’s preconceived notions of gender in criminals and lit them on fire

Irene was a completely unrepentant HBIC

Irene (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧