Yeah, I don't really feel the need to consume or engage in fannish things until I start feeling canon withdrawal? Or, well, if I am shipping something VERY HARD, then I might spoil myself terribly by reading fanfic because I can't wait. But given the obscurity of most my ships and the fact that there's rarely ever any fic for what I am shipping, that happens, like, once every five years or so. ;)
I love the Halloween episode SO much, because Alison is...Alison and still cruel and manipulative, but it makes it so clear that she needs them, too? In a very different way than they need her, but all the various relationships she maintains with them are so nuanced and different that I just want to ship her with them all to varying degrees, mostly with Spencer and Emily, though.
I love antagonist relationships too, and morally ambiguous characters, but I need to be able to find some part of them relateable/redeemable, you know?
Yes, me too. I mean, I would probably still fangirl the character, but if I feel like the text isn't giving enough depth to a female antagonist (or worse, wants me to hate her for reasons it wants me to LIKE men), I have to break up with the text. But yeah, I absolutely need depth to the moral ambiguity in order to keep engaging with the narrative
OH! Do you have tumblr savior? If so, I can tag my PLL stuff with "spoilers" (or another tag!) so you don't have to worry about scrolling past them or getting spoiled? Let me know!
But Spencer's my favorite character, so you have a good chance.
YAY FINALLY. You do not know how many people I have converted to PLL only to have them NOT have Spencer as their favorite, and I sometimes feel like the only one. BUT YES SPENCER OH GOD SPENCER. Um, me and my thing for Go Getter Girls. ;)
I have heard good things about the female characters of Teen Wolf, but yeah, also faily things about the rest of it. I am waiting to watch it when I am not being spoiled by shows treating women well between "Pretty Little Liars" and "Bomb Girls" because I suspect I would judge it harshly if I watched it while watching other, obviously more women-positive things.
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Date: 2013-06-22 12:55 am (UTC)I love the Halloween episode SO much, because Alison is...Alison and still cruel and manipulative, but it makes it so clear that she needs them, too? In a very different way than they need her, but all the various relationships she maintains with them are so nuanced and different that I just want to ship her with them all to varying degrees, mostly with Spencer and Emily, though.
I love antagonist relationships too, and morally ambiguous characters, but I need to be able to find some part of them relateable/redeemable, you know?
Yes, me too. I mean, I would probably still fangirl the character, but if I feel like the text isn't giving enough depth to a female antagonist (or worse, wants me to hate her for reasons it wants me to LIKE men), I have to break up with the text. But yeah, I absolutely need depth to the moral ambiguity in order to keep engaging with the narrative
OH! Do you have tumblr savior? If so, I can tag my PLL stuff with "spoilers" (or another tag!) so you don't have to worry about scrolling past them or getting spoiled? Let me know!
But Spencer's my favorite character, so you have a good chance.
YAY FINALLY. You do not know how many people I have converted to PLL only to have them NOT have Spencer as their favorite, and I sometimes feel like the only one. BUT YES SPENCER OH GOD SPENCER. Um, me and my thing for Go Getter Girls. ;)
I have heard good things about the female characters of Teen Wolf, but yeah, also faily things about the rest of it. I am waiting to watch it when I am not being spoiled by shows treating women well between "Pretty Little Liars" and "Bomb Girls" because I suspect I would judge it harshly if I watched it while watching other, obviously more women-positive things.