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May 16th, 2008
11:06 pm
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zvi_likes_tv: Alternatives to Pimp Poll - I rejected promote (too long and boring) and pander (recreates the pimp problem) out of hand. What do you think of the following? -
- janissa11: Ah, the simpler past. - I've noticed something that will come as no surprise to most readers of fan-based fiction the past few years: the fall from grace of simple past tense. Not dead, certainly, but definitely much in the shadow of the far trendier present tense. -
- saeva: It's Nikki Wood's Fucking Coat: An Essay About Race In the Buffyverse - In honor of the six year tradition of dead minorities in Buffyverse's wake they called it Dead Bro Walking*. After the show ended its run, the community remained "[to keep] the candles burning for people of color in scifi, fantasy, and horror" and n -
- cimness: Alien Drugs, Alien Sex Hormones, or Magic Made Them Do It As Allegory - I wonder if anyone's ever written anything about the allegorical meanings of the various fantasy and science fiction tropes used in romance for physical-proximity-or-die plotlines (telepathic and magical bonds, /.../sex pollen/sex drugs). -
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p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com: Friday, May 16, 2008