The list of female characters? I could cry. Seriously. I could really cry. I am so freaking tired of it. Just. Dude. This is SGA only, and I know I forgot names. (I keep thinking, "And Larrin! And that cool girl from The Game! Plus Ellia!) I've been watching since season three SG1, and if you've seen that at all, then I'm sure you could get a clue as to how I could get on a rant about the female characters on that series, and how they were treated.
Actually, I have an entire (locked) meta post on how men get to be cool with their special powers through heredity (mostly), but women have to be violated in some way (becoming a host, being part Wraith, getting infected with Asuran nanites) to gain any non-human abilities.) Er. It's very, very locked, because I don't want someone thinking I'm slamming their favorite characters. (I save my rage for the PTB, by and large.)
I was at Dragon*Con last weekend, and the group I hung out with spent the entire weekend calling SG: Universe "Stargate: Voyager 90210." I think that was the general feeling of the entire fandom represented there, and there was a broad spectrum of fans.
(No, no, I completely agree about the fact that the characters are, by and large, the right ages for their jobs. It was so damn nice to have that.)
My father is about as well as he's going to be. :) He's a little sickly. I'm a dancer! ATS belly dance. We're a student troupe that dances for fun. It would be nice to be paid, but we generally do it for love.
I also see your point on the having a harder time getting 69 fen's reasons for not participating every week. (Did you see the [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] member list? And yet, only seven participants for our last mini-ficathon, and two of those were mods.) Totally get it.
Oh, good! I saw some interesting discussions, and I didn't comment, because I thought, "Meh, they're old. Who cares?"
Re: The comment limit? Yes, I hit it. (1/2)
Actually, I have an entire (locked) meta post on how men get to be cool with their special powers through heredity (mostly), but women have to be violated in some way (becoming a host, being part Wraith, getting infected with Asuran nanites) to gain any non-human abilities.) Er. It's very, very locked, because I don't want someone thinking I'm slamming their favorite characters. (I save my rage for the PTB, by and large.)
I was at Dragon*Con last weekend, and the group I hung out with spent the entire weekend calling SG: Universe "Stargate: Voyager 90210." I think that was the general feeling of the entire fandom represented there, and there was a broad spectrum of fans.
(No, no, I completely agree about the fact that the characters are, by and large, the right ages for their jobs. It was so damn nice to have that.)
My father is about as well as he's going to be. :) He's a little sickly. I'm a dancer! ATS belly dance. We're a student troupe that dances for fun. It would be nice to be paid, but we generally do it for love.
I also see your point on the having a harder time getting 69 fen's reasons for not participating every week. (Did you see the [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] member list? And yet, only seven participants for our last mini-ficathon, and two of those were mods.) Totally get it.
Oh, good! I saw some interesting discussions, and I didn't comment, because I thought, "Meh, they're old. Who cares?"