Twelfth Night

[redbrunja]

I know there is no way that I could offer holiday fics for people this year (on the plus side, though, my nano novel is on track which is a thing of amazement and joy) but I really love this variant from torigates:

SO. Request a day and a topic and I will talk about anything you want. Likely at length! Obviously topics I actually know about are preferable, but pretty much anything you want is fair game, and I will wax poetic about why it is great. It'll be fun! (Protip: my tags and my icons are always great ways to get ideas for fandoms that I'm familiar with.)

December 12 – tigerpetals
December 13 –  stainofmylove
December 14 – phemyscira
December 15 – summerstorm
December 16 – callmeonetrack
December 17 – 12_12_12
December 18 – kidiots
December 19 – quiet_rebel
December 20
December 21 – natural_blue_26
December 22 – mollivanders
December 23
December 24 – zombie_boogie

Comments

[stainofmylove.livejournal.com]

Ooo, fun! How about December 13, talk me some Faith Lehane?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Done and done!

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

Can I have some talk about the presentation of a strong woman in fiction? E.g. Black Widow, Kahlan Amnell, Buffy, Katniss, Johanna, etc etc etc. December 22 please.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Do you mean, what good presentations of strong women tend to have in common? Great representations of badass ladies? Talk about how Kahlan, Katniss, Natasha and Johanna are written specifically? (A teeny bit more structure would be appreciated.)

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

I was going to let you run with it :) But if you'd like more structure, perhaps your take on the different presentations of strong women in media? I.e. second wave feminism versus third wave feminism of Strong Girl vs strong women. Does that help?

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Can I just add a hell yeah to Johanna Mason being on your list? because HELL YEAH.

(Someday I still want to read a crack fic where Johanna Mason, Leah Clearwater, Faith Lehane and assorted other awesome secondary heroines have a commiseration party about how they should be the ones to take over the world. Johanna, drunk, screaming I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOCKINGJAY, Faith bitching about Buffy, Leah wanting to be leader of the pack. hee.)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I think Johanna is smart enough NOT to want to be the Mockingjay - I think it would be more 'WHY THE FUCK DOES KATNISS GET A LIVING MENTOR AND *TWO* BOY-TOYS WHILE EVERYONE *I* LOVE IS DEAD, WHAT THE FUCK?"

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but if I remember right (and maybe I'm not because I only read it theonce and never will again) Johanna actually says in the book that she should've been/would've made a better Mockingjay. I think she thought katniss was just a waste because she didn't own the rebellion, didn't take down Snow (like she promised Johanna), etc. I could just see Johanna being all "Man, I would've SET THAT SHIT ON FIRE!!"

ETA: and I should say I think she's pretty fucked up and has a bit of a death wish. So I could see her wanting to do it to be all blaze of glory about it and go out with a bang? Especially after Finnick died.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but if I remember right (and maybe I'm not because I only read it theonce and never will again) Johanna actually says in the book that she should've been/would've made a better Mockingjay.

You're probably right. That sounds like something Johanna would say.

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Johanna and Finnick are the only things I'm looking forward to in Movie 2, tbqh. Waiting for the rebellion over here.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

How do you feel about Jena M in the role? I'm just not sure...

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

I'm going to wait until I see her performance, and to be fair I haven't seen her in anything before. So we'll see. People weren't optimistic about Gale, but I enjoyed it.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Yeah. In general the first movie was pleasant but didn't move me half as much as the (early) books did, so I'm ready for whatever they want to do pretty much.

[summerstorm.livejournal.com]

December 15, talk to me about the Once ladies and shipping combinations thereof that you enjoy.

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

December 14 (when my first semester finishes) - Adventure Time or Razer/Aya. Adventure Time is a fandom I want to check out and I noticed that you've reblogged GIFs from that fandom. Frankly, I don't think it matters if you haven't watched it or not because I'd just like to speculate on things like what we might ship, who might end up being our favourite character and so on.

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

Buffy the character, December 12? It will be my last day of class and fits with Faith!

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

December 17th: Your favorite Buffy episode(s)!

[quiet-rebel.livejournal.com]

Dec. 12--Talk to me about Jeremy Renner :D

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

THIS ASSHOLE.

Okay, I literally just put my hands over my face and ran my hand through my hair and sighed.

FUCKING EMBARRASSING CELEBRITY CRUSH.

Also, Dec 12th is taken - what other date would you like?

[quiet-rebel.livejournal.com]

Oh, whoops, Dec. 19 please :)

And have fun! Anything that involves stretching would work for me. haha.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

December 16th--talk to me about my beloved pilots Starbuck & Apollo :D (or alternately just Kara Thrace)

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

December 26th - Avatar: The Last Airbender feelings! Mainly... Zuko. Yes, let's go with Zuko.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I put you down for the 24th, if that's okay.

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

Oh that's fine I probably wasn't paying attention to the calendar!

[blevins.livejournal.com]

OOOH OKAY. WELL if you have any more spaces i would really really love december 18 for what you'd like to see happen on young justice, especially with your favorite characters. OR, why your favorite characters are your favorites; whichever you prefer!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that will be a fun post!

[natural-blue-26.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, it looks like the 21st is still open? Yay day of my church wedding /reception! Hmmmmm.... Talk to me about princessess- in ancient lore, modern fiction, Disney or their OUaT counterparts. Which have you enjoyed, and which make you throw up your hands in dispair? Anything, really.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Noted!