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torchwood, fanfic and other fandom stuffs
Jun. 19th, 2009 11:50 pmthird torchwood trailer:
another trailer, with only acting eve. i will admit that it is a bit creepy, but it mostly just makes me laugh. okay, the world is NOT going to end. we know this, and so it’s just funny and false to make us actually think that it does or something. and yes, torchwood may be over, but doctor who still goes on, and there is no way that they could ‘destroy the world’ or earth or whatever. it’s overly dramatic and a bit ridiculous and a lot of acting acting eve.
fanfiction & other fandom stuffs:
i get so annoyed with all of the sex in fandom. random pairings “just because” or “i think they are hot” or “an orgy would be SO crazy cool and fun.” i guess i am too old fashioned, because i actually want to see a relationship between characters, and not just an excuse to get them a sexin.
but then that takes us into canon vs. fanon territory, and that is a whole huge slippery slope that i find tricky to navigate. my feelings on all of that are difficult to explain and sometimes hypocritical and extremely varied. and, of course, i believe MY views are the correct views. except when i'm ambivalent.
and then also, there is the whole ot3 thing that people go on about. i am not a fan of threesomes or polyamory, but i know a lot of people are (in fandom and real life). but it makes ME uncomfortable (except again, when i have those exceptions of mine) so i stay away from it. i like monogamy and so that is what i read and enjoy.
EDIT: let me reiterate that it seems almost ALL of fandom is into this whole 'sex with everyone!' mentality, and that is what really annoys me. and i hate the excuse/reason for this being that this show was MADE and/or FOUNDED on the 'fact' that everyone gets it on with everyone (or some such bullshit that i think is bullshit). i just keep seeing it so much and it gets really old really fast. i am obviously an odd duck in this regard, which is fine since i don't actively 'participate' in fandom. and this makes me really glad i don't, because it makes me unreasonably disturbed. (should NOT have read fandom!secrets today - 06.24.09)
EDIT the second: case in point... "and then there was an orgy." i see this SO often and i really can't stand it. was reading a thread on someone's journal today and had to close it once i got to this because EVERYone then agreed and expanded and wanted this and on and on and on. ugh. drives me crazy. (08.01.09)
canon vs fanon:
i prefer fic to be as close to canon as possible. but this is where i tend to be kinda messed up and screwy about things.
my first main pairing is NOT canon. but i still want everything to be as canon as possible. this meant that most of the fic i read was future fic. this pairing could have the true love happily ever after ending, and yet i was okay with a third specific character joining in occasionally, because of the relationship the three characters had. but only as a v. two of them just would NOT work as a pair at ALL. and maybe the fact that they CAN get their happily ever after is why i don't mind other people being in the picture.
my second main pairing is (somewhat) canon. this pairing will NOT have the true love happily ever after ending, and yet i am NOT okay with reading fic where other parties are involved. except on the extremely rare occasion of a threesome, but only with oc's, and it has to be REALLY well done, and i'm still always a little bit squicked. maybe the fact that they CAN'T get their happy ending is why i WANT them to so much, and why i don't like other people being involved. maybe because there is enough angst involved with the situation to begin with, i don't like the additional angst of sharing or jealousy or whatever. they have such a short time together as it is, i want them to make the most of it, with each other.
au:
in my first main fandom, i HATED anything that was au. take them out of that world, and i just didn't give a damn. it was silly and stupid and completely uninteresting to me.
in my second main fandom, i have found i LOVE au fic. again, i think it goes back to the lack of happily ever after in canon. in an au fic, my pairing can have the happily ever after. they can have a 'normal' relationship. plus, you can take the characters out of their original setting and still make it interesting and awesome.
(my explanations are horrible and incomplete, and i find it difficult to properly explain my feelings on stuff like this. but sometimes i just feel like i NEED to explain for some reason. even just to myself. this doesn't ever seem to work)
another trailer, with only acting eve. i will admit that it is a bit creepy, but it mostly just makes me laugh. okay, the world is NOT going to end. we know this, and so it’s just funny and false to make us actually think that it does or something. and yes, torchwood may be over, but doctor who still goes on, and there is no way that they could ‘destroy the world’ or earth or whatever. it’s overly dramatic and a bit ridiculous and a lot of acting acting eve.
fanfiction & other fandom stuffs:
i get so annoyed with all of the sex in fandom. random pairings “just because” or “i think they are hot” or “an orgy would be SO crazy cool and fun.” i guess i am too old fashioned, because i actually want to see a relationship between characters, and not just an excuse to get them a sexin.
but then that takes us into canon vs. fanon territory, and that is a whole huge slippery slope that i find tricky to navigate. my feelings on all of that are difficult to explain and sometimes hypocritical and extremely varied. and, of course, i believe MY views are the correct views. except when i'm ambivalent.
and then also, there is the whole ot3 thing that people go on about. i am not a fan of threesomes or polyamory, but i know a lot of people are (in fandom and real life). but it makes ME uncomfortable (except again, when i have those exceptions of mine) so i stay away from it. i like monogamy and so that is what i read and enjoy.
EDIT: let me reiterate that it seems almost ALL of fandom is into this whole 'sex with everyone!' mentality, and that is what really annoys me. and i hate the excuse/reason for this being that this show was MADE and/or FOUNDED on the 'fact' that everyone gets it on with everyone (or some such bullshit that i think is bullshit). i just keep seeing it so much and it gets really old really fast. i am obviously an odd duck in this regard, which is fine since i don't actively 'participate' in fandom. and this makes me really glad i don't, because it makes me unreasonably disturbed. (should NOT have read fandom!secrets today - 06.24.09)
EDIT the second: case in point... "and then there was an orgy." i see this SO often and i really can't stand it. was reading a thread on someone's journal today and had to close it once i got to this because EVERYone then agreed and expanded and wanted this and on and on and on. ugh. drives me crazy. (08.01.09)
canon vs fanon:
i prefer fic to be as close to canon as possible. but this is where i tend to be kinda messed up and screwy about things.
my first main pairing is NOT canon. but i still want everything to be as canon as possible. this meant that most of the fic i read was future fic. this pairing could have the true love happily ever after ending, and yet i was okay with a third specific character joining in occasionally, because of the relationship the three characters had. but only as a v. two of them just would NOT work as a pair at ALL. and maybe the fact that they CAN get their happily ever after is why i don't mind other people being in the picture.
my second main pairing is (somewhat) canon. this pairing will NOT have the true love happily ever after ending, and yet i am NOT okay with reading fic where other parties are involved. except on the extremely rare occasion of a threesome, but only with oc's, and it has to be REALLY well done, and i'm still always a little bit squicked. maybe the fact that they CAN'T get their happy ending is why i WANT them to so much, and why i don't like other people being involved. maybe because there is enough angst involved with the situation to begin with, i don't like the additional angst of sharing or jealousy or whatever. they have such a short time together as it is, i want them to make the most of it, with each other.
au:
in my first main fandom, i HATED anything that was au. take them out of that world, and i just didn't give a damn. it was silly and stupid and completely uninteresting to me.
in my second main fandom, i have found i LOVE au fic. again, i think it goes back to the lack of happily ever after in canon. in an au fic, my pairing can have the happily ever after. they can have a 'normal' relationship. plus, you can take the characters out of their original setting and still make it interesting and awesome.
(my explanations are horrible and incomplete, and i find it difficult to properly explain my feelings on stuff like this. but sometimes i just feel like i NEED to explain for some reason. even just to myself. this doesn't ever seem to work)
