Remember when Krypto appeared on Smallville and Lois Lane made Clark change his name to fucking Shelby?

I have not posted on tumblr in like a year so congrats on being such an asshole in your tags bashing Erica Durance’s Lois that you rose my account from the dead because that’s a real accomplishment given how little I care about tumblr or fandom in general at this point. But I had time today.

Shelby was Clark’s dog in the famous series “Superman: A Man For All Seasons” by Jeph Loeb a book that Smallville was heavily influenced by given that Jeph was, at the time, involved with Smallville and had a particularly close affection for Erica as she was very good and kind to his young child who was terminally ill. Shelby is not Kryptonian. He was given strength that wore off by a serum and was, for the rest of the series, just a regular, wonderful Golden Retriever.

Krypto is supposed to be of Kryptonian origin and, therefore, it wouldn’t make much sense to name this dog that name given he’s not Kryptonian and had no real powers without that serum. Lois and Clark have 2 children now according to the Crisis timeline so I imagine now they have Krypto in my head canon.

It’s beyond dumb that I reblogged you for popping off about a damn dog but your tags about Durance being “the worst” in the Lois tag of all places pissed me off PARTICULARLY given it’s clear you are a DCEU Clois shipper and pretend to be feminist on a semi regular basis defending Amy Adams’ Lois.

Adams’ Lois is great btw—I love her. And I love the DCEU Clois. I have and will defend Adams’ Lois to the death. But you would have to know literally NOTHING about Superman to not realize that Erica Durance’s interpretation of Lois Lane is one of the best—if not the best EVER. She is, thankfully, one of the things about Smallville that has aged the best and, after a lot of years of misogynistic fandom abuse (which I’m assuming you participated in) is pretty widely recognized now as being one of the best things about the show. In fact, I would say it’s pretty widely accepted at this point that, next to Michael Rosenbaum’s performance as Lex, that Erica as Lois Lane and the slow burn of the Lois and Clark relationship from rivals to friends to true friends to work partners to lovers is one of the most positive and enduring legacies of the show even among Superman fans who didn’t really ::like:: the show.

I noticed that you had to throw in the “even worse than Lana” in your tags too. Lana is also a character who has aged better as we’ve gotten farther from the show btw and you can leave her alone as well. But see now it’s clear....you hated Erica as Lois, you didn’t like Lana....hmmmm. Which raises the question of who you ::do:: think was a good female character on that show if you hated Lois Lane and didn’t like Lana. But I don’t think we should go down that road as she hasn’t aged well either as character she was or the nightmare of a human who played her. It’s not a convo that ends well for you. She’s fading into oblivion as she always deserved to do and I’m not even saying her name bc she’s that unimportant to Superman’s franchise. Erica’s Lois has risen as the beloved figure from the show she always deserved to be. Which is deeply satisfying.

I would probably shut the F up about Erica Durance as Lois until the end of time. You want to stan DCEU Clois, go right ahead. They are great. But don’t act like a fool IN THE TAG and then ask to be taken seriously as a Superman or Lois fan. No one has time for that in 2021!

Hey and thanks to @asocialjusticeleague who’s SV rewatch has been giving me life and reminding me every day just how wonderful ED’s Lois was. I’m so happy to see her finally getting the appreciation and legacy she’s always deserved from the wider fandom and pop culture even if it’s a decade too late. How satisfying to see her heralded as the best Lois EVER from so many circles now after certain individuals who never knew a damn thing about Lois to start with treated her so poorly. ::cough::

geralt/jaskier shippers are maggots idc

fans preaching that “geralt has 2 hands” mess, and thereby ignoring the blatant attempt to erase yen from her own narrative by geralt x jaskier shippers and outing themselves as wolves in sheep’s clothing in the case of fandom misogyny and racism? Also maggots, idc

And in case any of ‘ya think I’m kidding about the reaction from fans:

I love that the Witcher proves how you can have a sexist world without having a sexist story. The framework is patriarchal, it's at times blatantly sexist and at one point Yennefer even bitterly points out that, as far as the world as concerned, women are just vessels. But the narrative isn't.

Things like -- it would be so easy to turn Yennefer into a villain. She's got a classic Femme Fatale backstory, she hits every point, she's powerful and ambitious and ruthless... but she isn't evil. In the end, she doesn't put her ambition over doing the right thing. She doesn't let her recklessness get in the way of the Battle at Sodden Hill; she registers some displeasure at being put up in the tower to observe and report, but she does it, and she does it without reserve or bitterness, to the best of her ability. She went through hell to find the power that she thought would give her what she wanted, only to discover that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be -- on her own. She didn't get this revelation from a lover, or from some great tragic descent into madness and fall from grace. She came to this realization over time, without someone else's opinion.

Queen Calanthe -- jfc, Queen Calanthe is how Daenerys Targaryen should have been handled. She's a powerful woman, an unapologetically ambitious warrior woman, who falls and loses her throne and country -- exactly the same way a King would have. Her flaws -- her hubris, her selfishness, her unwillingness to let go of her granddaughter -- lead to her downfall, but they do so rationally. She doesn't go mad, or start making stupid irrational decisions, or have to be otherwise softened -- she loses the battle. She was out-maneuvered, and her support was blocked, and she just failed. She just lost. Queens -- any poweful woman, really -- always go mad and have to be put down For The Greater Good, they never get to be a Tragic Hero in the classical sense -- always Lady Macbeth, never Hamlet.

Calanthe is a fucking Greek Tragedy. She hits all the high points of an Aristotelean Tragic Hero: she evokes pity and the fear that the viewer could have made all the same mistakes; her fortunes change from prosperity to adversity, not through vice or depravity but through error of judgment; that error is made through a fundamental character flaw, something that the character could have stopped, but also couldn't because of who they are as a person.

I cannot think of another Queen treated this way in fiction.

There's one single mention of rape, and that character does imply that this in part led to her not being a princess anymore -- followed almost-immediately by the main character explicitly and pointedly calling her Princess, pointing out that it isn't what was done to her that makes her monstrous, it's what she herself does. Even so, it's simply part of her backstory, she's the one who brings it up, and there's no gruesome flashback to "evoke sympathy" or whatever bullshit excuse to show women suffering.

It's just. It's so obvious that this showrunner is a woman. The comparisons to GoT are all over the place, and obviously -- they're both dark, gritty fantasies with a heavy political aspect -- but the way this show treats its characters, and particularly its women, is just so refreshing. It's not without its flaws, and while I'll admit that there were a few moments where I was like, "did she really need to be naked here?" none of those moments were tasteless or predatory, and there was none of that gratuitous degradation of women that was such a hallmark (and turnoff) of Game of Thrones.

(There's more, too, about how the Witcher differs from GoT in how sometimes, some people are just decent and kind. Sometimes, people really are all right, and do the right thing regardless of their own self-interest. And while, yes, it would be unrealistic if everyone or even most people were that way -- it's just as unrealistic to have no one be. There's this element of human compassion in the Witcher that's far too rare, if it exists at all, in Westeros, that makes the world so much less heavy. There's plenty of darkness and bleakness, but there's also kindness and compassion to balance it out. But that's a whole other post.)

It's just. God, it is just so nice, to have a fantasy show that acknowledges sexism without itself devaluing the female characters.

Wanna know how dirty Sharon Carter was done by the MCU?

Bullying and harassing actors because of fictional stuff is stupid

Game of Thrones is not a documentary. If you can’t distinguish between fiction and reality, seek professional help.

But folks can just keep pretending that misogynist shows don't have real-life consequences despite ALL the evidence! Like this isn't necessarily even a "people can't tell reality from fiction" problem so much as a "misogynist media breeds misogyny and people enjoy harming women when they feel they've been given permission to" problem.

- Aoko Matsuda

Ryan Coogler vs. Joss Whedon

Bleeding Cool found a cover to Superman #8, which is supposed to have Jon Kent’s return. Let us take a look, shall we?

Well…

- Admin

Bendis: “Hey, you know how Jon Kent is a fan favorite because he’s a good, sweet boy who has every right to crush Damien Wayne into paste for his constant abuse but he doesn’t because he knows it’s wrong?”

DC: “Yeah?”

Bendis: “I want to use the power of plot convenience to turn him into an angsty young adult who wears a costume that looks like a rejected version of 90′s Superboy and make him look like he’s one bad day away from grabbing the Moon and hurling it toward Earth!”

DC: “Sure. You have a narrative reason for aging him up and changing his personality, right?”

Bendis: “No, I just hate kids and the idea of superheroes having them makes my flesh crawl.”

DC: “…”

Bendis: “…oh, did I just say that out loud?”

DC: “Eh, whatever, go for it. We’re already letting Frank Miller retell Superman’s origin, may as well ruin his future as well.”

Sansa talks about missing her home and family all the time. Consistently reminds herself that she’s a Stark in order to stay strong and not lose her own identity. And crafts a snow castle of Winterfell by memory.

And yet there’s still people who say that she isn’t “actually a Stark” and that she isn’t meant to go home. All because she dreamed about marrying a prince and becoming queen at the age of 11.

People complaining about the Birds of Prey first look need to chill, it’s not even a teaser trailer, it’s literally just a camera test shoot/hype vid to say that they’re starting filming now. This movie has the production designer from Her and Marie Antionette, and the cinematographer from A Star is Born and Black Sawn attached, it’s going to look great. Be calm.

Can we please talk about how the Joker first look was exactly like this but even lower quality and people shit themselves to death?

…Anymore, I just kind of feel like Tom King is actively trying to piss people off…

Either that or he’s just THAT CLUELESS to realize showing an iconic female character getting tortured in a comic book meant to mainstream comic books to kids and everyday readers is going to go over like a lead balloon…

ALSO… I find it VERY interesting that ‘Batman: Damned’- A comic LABELED as adult, that you could only get online or by going to Comic Book Stores where it was usually kept behind the counter , caused a major controversy because it showed nudity as basically a metaphor for human vulnerability…

But Lois getting tortured in a series of ‘What-ifs’ shock value storyline is apparently NOT getting the same level of mass reporting despite BEING MARKETED and SOLD at Walmart to kids… (Keep in mind Bat dick was talked about on Colbert and Meyer…)

Basically-> we’re for the most part totally okay with violence being enacted against women in comic books aimed for all readers, but GOD FORBID we show male nudity in an adult comic 😒.

“why are you in fandom when you’re 20+”

because we built this kingdom, motherfuckers, with the trekkie zine housewives before us. 

So here’s a story. One Fourth of July I was walking down the street and ran into a BNF who I’d met a couple of times at a slash-centric con. It turned out she lived in the same building as one of my boyfriends at the time, which was nearby, so she invited me to stop by. She had a small group of friends there, and one of them was an older woman with short, white hair.

“How old are you?” she asked.

I told her my age, probably about 28 at the time.

“I’ve been reading fanfiction longer than you’ve been alive,” she said.

Here’s another story. A couple of years ago at GeekGirlCon they had an “elders speak” panel. It included some women who had organized Star Trek cons in the 70s and 80s. So, first off, we really have always been here, this is a kind of geekiness that has always belonged to women. And they talked about women doing fandom back then secretly, about having to ask their husbands for money so they could travel to meet other fans. And two of the women on this panel were a couple who’d met each other in fandom.

One of the main reasons I go to slash cons is to connect with my foremothers in fandom. A lot of them aren’t on Tumblr or Twitter, some never even really got into LiveJournal. But they’re still here, doing their thing, having Fourth of July parties and emailing with their friends about fandom. Our elders are our history, our proof that we have always been here, that “media fandom” (fandom of Western TV and movies) is our house that we built with our hands.

respect your fandom mothers and grandmothers you ungrateful little buggers

Anyway when’s fandom gonna get some basic mental comprehension/common sense and realize that MCU Nat suffers as a character b/c she has never had a chance to develop on her own as the central character unlike her 3-film male costars and is the victim of male directors constantly using her to play the roles they see fit and NOT because she’s somehow a boring/useless character????

The Woman Dies | Aoko Matsuda | Granta Magazine

I feel like I’m going to go to my grave without figuring out if Dr. Horrible is deliberately a condemnation of the geek-flavored version of toxic masculinity that would, years later, play a significant part in the resurgence of open white nationalism and the like in America, or if Joss Whedon is just a dumbass who wrote an extended callout post for himself on accident

#You know good and well that Joss Whedon does not have that kind of insight