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Apr. 14th, 2013 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmoore 1. Links to English translations of Jin Yong's wuxia novels, including amazon links where applicable, and mobi downloads. WARNING: Clicking on other authors' pages might just make you sad that you can't read, say The Bride With White Hair, and other such novels.
2. Snakes and snake gods/goddesses/etc. in East and west Asian mythology. Includes a brief summary of how the" White Snake" legend has evolved over the centuries.
3. NBC put out a "Women of Revolution" trailer focusing on Charlie, Nora and Rachel. A lot of it is stuff from previous episodes, but there's also a bit of new footage:
I need to remember not to go anywhere near the main LJ comm when the episode with one of the new scenes airs.
4. This appears to be a self-published author's self-congratulatory attempt at career suicide. (Warning for a lot of woman-hating language, and jokes about hitting women.)
5. The middle post in this tumblr exchange is a hilarious diatribe about how Elementary fandom is unfairly mean to Sherlock fandom. Now, I generally find "look at my fandom/character/etc, now look at yours, now look at mine again, SEE HOW MINE IS SO INHERENTLY SUPERIOR?" posts to be obnoxious in general, and the one that started the exchange is no exception. But really, claiming that Elementary fandom is mean to the Sherlock fandom is a bit much. Sherlock fen were accusing anyone even thinking about watching Elementary of being homophobic, of betraying ACD's vision, of having no taste, etc., before Elementary was even FILMING, and it hasn't stopped. (Most Sherlock fen I know like both shows, and I don't see why people who only watch one can't just ignore the other. I generally find it very easy to do.) My favorite part of the post is about how Sherlock fandom obviously has redeeming value because it has over 20k more fic at AO3. Of course it does. It's a hugely popular slash fandom that's been around for years, while Elementary is still airing its first season.
6. Yesterday, I watched Colombiana, a movie that was simultaneously made just for me, and not as good as I was expecting. I have no idea how it slipped under my radar. Trailer:
Part of me couldn't help comparing it to Revolution, as both have the main character being sent on a long journey by their dying father to find the super-dangerous uncle they've never met. Not that the two have anything else in comon at all.
2. Snakes and snake gods/goddesses/etc. in East and west Asian mythology. Includes a brief summary of how the" White Snake" legend has evolved over the centuries.
3. NBC put out a "Women of Revolution" trailer focusing on Charlie, Nora and Rachel. A lot of it is stuff from previous episodes, but there's also a bit of new footage:
I need to remember not to go anywhere near the main LJ comm when the episode with one of the new scenes airs.
4. This appears to be a self-published author's self-congratulatory attempt at career suicide. (Warning for a lot of woman-hating language, and jokes about hitting women.)
5. The middle post in this tumblr exchange is a hilarious diatribe about how Elementary fandom is unfairly mean to Sherlock fandom. Now, I generally find "look at my fandom/character/etc, now look at yours, now look at mine again, SEE HOW MINE IS SO INHERENTLY SUPERIOR?" posts to be obnoxious in general, and the one that started the exchange is no exception. But really, claiming that Elementary fandom is mean to the Sherlock fandom is a bit much. Sherlock fen were accusing anyone even thinking about watching Elementary of being homophobic, of betraying ACD's vision, of having no taste, etc., before Elementary was even FILMING, and it hasn't stopped. (Most Sherlock fen I know like both shows, and I don't see why people who only watch one can't just ignore the other. I generally find it very easy to do.) My favorite part of the post is about how Sherlock fandom obviously has redeeming value because it has over 20k more fic at AO3. Of course it does. It's a hugely popular slash fandom that's been around for years, while Elementary is still airing its first season.
6. Yesterday, I watched Colombiana, a movie that was simultaneously made just for me, and not as good as I was expecting. I have no idea how it slipped under my radar. Trailer:
Part of me couldn't help comparing it to Revolution, as both have the main character being sent on a long journey by their dying father to find the super-dangerous uncle they've never met. Not that the two have anything else in comon at all.