May 2013
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May 23rd
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Ways Into Darkness Could Have Been Better
In no particular order and under a cut due to spoilers. [[MORE]] No gratuitous nudity of either gender. Pare down the plot so that you can actually cover and resolve all the points raised. Or at least make it clear which points are being deliberately left open for later exploration. If you want to hearken back to the olden days, hearken back to the good parts like intelligence and moral...
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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“But ask yourself: Why is there that knee-jerk rejection of any effort to...”
– - David Wong This quote is in an article about superhero movies, but it applies to so many things. (via thecharles)
May 22nd
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“I’m absolutely down for defending the first-class status of genre fiction that...”
– Alyssa Rosenberg, in Damon Lindelof’s Blithe Treatment Of ‘Star Trek’ Sexism And Why Genre Fiction Gets No Respect (via themarysue)
May 22nd
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May 22nd
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Doctor Who fandom: WE ALL SHOULD EAT FISH FINGERS AND CUSTARD, SOUFFLÉS, AND JAMMY DODGERS JUST LIKE ON THE SHOW!
Supernatural fandom: Pie and whiskey over here!
Sherlock fandom: Just tea for me thanks.
Hannibal fandom: we would like to have you all for dinner
May 22nd
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Kindle Worlds: make money off fanfics →
venneh: feelingstabby: venneh: ….Well, at least they’re cutting the 50 Shades of Bullshit and skipping to the profit, but whoa. EDIT: Oh wait. Content Guidelines for Kindle Worlds Pornography: We don’t accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts. Offensive Content: We don’t accept offensive content, including but not limited to racial slurs, excessively graphic or...
May 22nd
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Kindle Worlds: make money off fanfics →
venneh: feelingstabby: Announcing Kindle Worlds: New stories inspired by books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games people love. I can’t help feeling this is a very ominous step. ….Well, at least they’re cutting the 50 Shades of Bullshit and skipping to the profit, but whoa. EDIT: Oh wait. Content Guidelines for Kindle Worlds Pornography: We don’t accept pornography or offensive...
May 22nd
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Kindle Worlds: make money off fanfics →
Announcing Kindle Worlds: New stories inspired by books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games people love. I can’t help feeling this is a very ominous step.
May 22nd
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May 21st
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Disappointed in the Cooking of the Duck Meat:... →
howtonotsuckatgamedesign: talesfromtheend: psdo: Also sorely misunderstood is how video game developers, in spite of their mysterious shroud of secrecy, are just people, who are perfectly capable of making bad decisions and be completely oblivious to them for years because video game development is done in a… “The way the industry works is almost deliberately designed to perpetuate this...
May 21st
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May 21st
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Bethany the Martian: Moore Tornadoes →
bethanythemartian: I did a blog post… thing. TL;DR- scroll to the bottom, there are two relevant links. Mostly I’m just rambling about my day, giving impressions.
May 21st
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Moore Oklahoma Tornado Lost and Found Animals →
Moore Oklahoma Tornado Lost and Found Animals
May 21st
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Hey, guys, the next time tumblr crashes, someone has to start a screaming panic that it’s Yahoo pulling the plug, OK?? :D
May 21st
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May 20th
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“Women read comics. Anyone at all engaged in social media knows this. Women read...”
– Brett White, Comic Book Resources (via wandrinparakeet) and yet men remain the most marketed demographic for just about everything. (via ohhoechno) I’m pretty sure the only men who spend more time thinking about DC than women on Tumblr are the men who actually work there. (via touchofgrey37)
May 20th
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Beyond GIFs and Porn: The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal  -... →
If Yahoo’s money means we can FINALLY get the features we’ve been begging for instead of all the useless stupid shit tumblr has been shoving on us then I will be a happy camper.
May 20th
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May 20th
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meladoodle: we’re terribly sorry, but you can’t put your disobedient child in the stowaway luggage, you’re just going to have to carry on your wayward son
May 19th
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May 19th
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It is sunny and warm and I have been outside reading and relaxing and feel a lot better.
May 19th
Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?
fuckingrapeculture: literaryreference: You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he wants to be your friend. But then, then comes the fateful moment where you find out that...
May 19th
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May 19th
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The Yahoo Board Has Approved A $1.1 Billion Cash... →
The Wall Street Journal is now reporting via Twitter that the rumored $1.1 billion cash acquisition deal for social blogging site Tumblr has been approved by Yahoo’s board of directors. The Tumblr acquisition was rumored last week, with a price tag reportedly north of $1 billion, which appear.. Welp. That’s the end of that.
May 19th
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Another random thought
In the past I’ve had fun toying with the idea of a live-action Portal movie, but given all of the great fan animations and CGI work I’ve seen I’m starting to wonder if- clearly in the world of wild hypotheticals- an animated movie might be the better idea. It would mean less reliance on the boundaries of physics, for one thing. I’m not sure if it would be more cost...
May 19th
May 18th
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Dumb question
Has anyone ever written a fic where GLaDOS is the good guy? Sort of like Wicked for the Portal set? Or maybe proving the adage about history being written by the winners. ;) I always like seeing spins like that, but what brought it to mind was a friend watching Cabin in the Woods. I half-jokingly said, “now imagine that GLaDOS’s motivations were similar.” …And then I got...
May 18th
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May 18th
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SPEAKING OF AWESOME MOVIES THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT MY GORRAM THEATER STILL DOESN’T HAVE IRON MAN 3!! *rages* It’s going to be Avengers all over again. And I already know what to look for because SOMEONE on twitter tweeted about an article calling a thing into question that I otherwise wouldn’t have questioned. Grrrr.
May 18th
Star Trek Into Darkness
I liked it. I did. And for the most part they got the emotional cues right, but…  I can understand the complaints about Abrams being in charge, now. And not just because I found out he never liked Star Trek and felt it was too “moralistic” (although I think that’s why I was more aware of things in this viewing). I’ll try to keep my comments spoiler free, but will put...
May 18th