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Four Fannish Things Make A Post
Aug. 23rd, 2023 10:35 am***
1. I have watched season 1 of Rings of Power over the last two days. Very short and spoilery comments under the cut.
( Thoughts )
2. In an interesting contrast and a bit of a critique of the too clearly delianated good/evil order of Tolkien and others (Jordan gets a mention) is this essay on 'Sir Terry and the Gender Auditors' by Christopher Lockett that discusses Pratchett's 'magical humanism' and why it is in fact an anathema to the 'gender fundamentalists' (the author quite brilliantly refuses to use 'gender critical' because 'critical' implies ability and willingness to consider something in all its nuance and complexity, which is the opposite of what the people naming themselves 'gender critical' do and I'll be adopting this stance from now on, thanks) and anyone else who seeks to order and categorise the world and humanity.
3. Stray Kids are openly riffing Guardians of the Galaxy. Firstly, I laughed so much about this I legit cried a bit. Secondly, I fully expect there to be some kind of SKZ/MCU collab in the works because this was done with the confidence of people not afraid of copyright (Deadpool, pls let it be Deadpool).
4. There is only one fandom (to rule them all). Time is a flat circle. Please enjoy this cover of MCR's Black Parady by Xdinary Heroes
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1. I have watched season 1 of Rings of Power over the last two days. Very short and spoilery comments under the cut.
( Thoughts )
2. In an interesting contrast and a bit of a critique of the too clearly delianated good/evil order of Tolkien and others (Jordan gets a mention) is this essay on 'Sir Terry and the Gender Auditors' by Christopher Lockett that discusses Pratchett's 'magical humanism' and why it is in fact an anathema to the 'gender fundamentalists' (the author quite brilliantly refuses to use 'gender critical' because 'critical' implies ability and willingness to consider something in all its nuance and complexity, which is the opposite of what the people naming themselves 'gender critical' do and I'll be adopting this stance from now on, thanks) and anyone else who seeks to order and categorise the world and humanity.
3. Stray Kids are openly riffing Guardians of the Galaxy. Firstly, I laughed so much about this I legit cried a bit. Secondly, I fully expect there to be some kind of SKZ/MCU collab in the works because this was done with the confidence of people not afraid of copyright (Deadpool, pls let it be Deadpool).
4. There is only one fandom (to rule them all). Time is a flat circle. Please enjoy this cover of MCR's Black Parady by Xdinary Heroes
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