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[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.

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[mfirefly10]

I LOVED that Revolution trailer. Like...thank you NBC people for realizing that this show is all about the ladies. Or at least should be :)


Colombiana! Loved that movie. Though I did find it a bit odd to see Michael Vartan as her love interest. Like...just not something I would've ever thought of but it worked okay, I guess.

[meganbmoore]

Vartan's character was just so RANDOM. It's like they had half the script completed, and someone went "Wait, where are the white dudes who aren't random FBI agents with 5 whole lines? Where is the romantic subplot all movies with female leads must have?" so they tossed him in. Like, there was nothing wrong or obnoxious about the character or anything, he just kinda came out of nowhere.

I feel REvolution's writers think it's mostly about the ladies? Or at least, mostly about Charlie and Rachel, with Miles as their guard dog. I know some people view Miles as the main character, but it's Charlie's goals and actions that propel the majority of the plot, and Miles (in the main plotline, at least) is largely reactive, his actions usually dictated by the decisions made by the women in his life. I feel that most of his actions pretty much go:

CHARLIE/NORA/RACHEL: I am going to do this thing.
MILES: You should not do this thing. It's dangerous and you'll get killed.
C/N/R: Nope, still doing it. You can come, get back to drinking yourself to death, or see if bashing me over the head and tying me to a chair does any good.
MILES: Fine, I'll just loom menacingly over your shoulder and kill anyone who messes with you.

A lot of the stuff he does is the traditional male hero stuff, but little of it is by his own choice, save for things he sees as a natural next step in making sure someone else's (usually Charlie's) goals are achieved. even with the rebels, he's probably been training them and leading raids for months now, but would ditch them in a second if Charlie and Nora said they were through.

[mfirefly10]

YES! The randomness of his existence and that romance was very jarring. Not terrible, mind you, but kind of unnecessary.


lol, you nailed Miles' relationships with the women in his life :) And honestly, how anyone can think he's more of a main character than Charlie is BEYOND me. This whole thing has been her journey since Day 1 and Miles is just along for the ride :)

[shiegra]

best summary