Another Fandom Snowflake Challenge...
Jan. 23rd, 2023 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat#12: In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.
Not really fannish, since I'm not truly fannish about anything at the moment. Well, maybe Cillian Murphy and Peaky Blinders. (I've given up on Soap Twitter - they got holier than thou on me, and as you may well know, that pisses me off. I don't handle self-righteous fans well. Particularly when they are wrong and threatening to cancel me on social media. But that's another post. Assuming I bother to explain it. Assuming anyone wants to know.)
I miss the Buffy fandom sometimes. I do not miss the kerfuffles.
Anyhow, goals..
1. To start painting again. I need the outlet. Also considering doing other arty projects. But baby steps.
2. Frame and hang on my wall some of the photographs I took. (Saw an add on FB about Picture Tiles, that you can do as a group, and hang up easily without a hammer and nails.)
3. Finish the novel that I've revising, and start working on revising and finishing the other two, so I can start on two more. I've three novels in the works, and two on the back burner. Plus an old novel idea that I'm considering reworking.
Lots of stories to tell and complete, and no time to do it in. These are all original works of fiction. (I'm not good at playing in other people's sandboxes with their rules, I like to play in my own sandbox and make my own rules. Need some semblance of control over the world, and no one telling me that I'm doing it wrong or questioning my take on the characters. Also, as a former copyright specialist - I don't want anyone telling me that I don't have the right to play with my characters as I see fit. ) That's not to say I don't like fanfic - I do. And I have written it. But it's not what I tend to want to write, if that makes sense? (Although I am tempted to write a fanfic about Peaky Blinders...)
4. Make it through the sizable movie, comic book, novel, audible, and television queue. I really shouldn't add any more books to my kindle or digital comic collection - until I read the ones that I already have. Same with the audible collection.
Once, I finish Peaky Blinders - I may jump to The Last Of Us, or
finish the White Lotus (which is incredibly boring and I do not understand the appeal of it at all. It's put me to sleep twice, and my attention always wanders during it.) I also want to re-watch S1 of the Witcher, and see S2 - but am kind of waiting for S3 to drop first. There's also the rest of Interview with the Vampire, New Amsterdam, Nancy Drew, Rosewell, Mayfair Witches, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Vienna Blood, and All Creatures Great and Small to get through. (Have watched the last two episodes of All Creatures Great and Small, just one episode behind.)
I also need to go back to Kaldeiscope, try Wolf Pack (Paramount +), The Originals,
And, there's the Pale Eye, and various other things. The list is seemingly endless.
I'm dragging out Peaky Blinders - because I'm loving it and don't want it to end. It's harder than it should be to find a television show, book, or movie that captivates me. Considering how many there are now - you'd think it would be easier to find them, but no.
***
Eh, what the hell? Brief Kerfuffle on Soap Twitter - brief in that it lasted no more than five tweets. And most were mine, because I got pissed off. Twitter kerfuffle's don't go on for very long. Well not unless it goes viral or you are popular, I'm not - thank god. Been there, done that, and only on Voy forums, Whedonesque, and live journal, do not want to be popular on Twitter. Twitter is scary.
So...there's this crazy soap that I've been watching with Mother (well, not together - she's in SC and I'm in NYC, but we discuss it every day on the phone - it gives us something to talk about). I discovered I could get spoilers on Twitter, and FB. However - they are vague (dammit) and the people doing it - eh.
The current storyline is a woman dying of leukemia (Willow) needs to find her biological birth mother (Nina), who turns out to be her nemesis, or worst enemy. The woman who has systematically bullied her for years. And even exposed the child she thought was hers to a cult leader. Her adoptive mother was not exactly a saint either, Harmony (but crazily enough? More likable than Nina (combination of acting and writing, I suspect)). Nina's diabolical mother gave Willow to Harmony, because she didn't want the kid taking the money that her husband put in a trust for Nina. Nina was in a coma at the time and Madelyn was executor of the trust. (Madelyn put Nina in the coma.) Nina has done some horrible things herself. Anyhow, Harmony persuaded Willow on her 21st Birthday to do the ritual of getting stoned and sleeping with cult leader. Everyone did this. Including Harmony. The cult was loosely based on NXIUM (a real life one in NY), but Disney pulled the plug on the storyline before it got too far into what NXIUM was doing (*cough*humansextrafficking*cough*). So really just nasty cult hijinks.
On Soap Twitter, I tweeted:
"Nina bullied Willow for years. Harmony was preferable to Nina, and that's saying something."
Soap fan: Did you really state that Harmony a human sex trafficker who sold Willow for sex, is more preferable? Not anybody is going to pay attention to your opinions any longer.
Rachel: You do realize that Harmony was into human sex trafficking and sold Willow. That is far worse than anything Nina has done.
Me: No, Harmony didn't sell Willow into human sex trafficking. She gave Willow to the cult leader to seduce, which is reprehensible but it's not the same thing as sex trafficking. Disney pulled the plug before they went there. It's not NXIUM.
Me: Also, you do realize we are discussing fictional characters in a soap opera. The characters actions are ludicrous. This is Soap Opera that has a fandom that celebrates the marriage of a woman to her rapist. And another marriage of a woman to a serial killer, who kidnapped her child. Judging other's opinions on these characters is not a slippery slope you want to slide down.
Me: Here's a link defining human trafficking - see.
Me: I'm surprised anybody was taking my opinions on soap twitter seriously. Most of my followers don't even watch soap operas or care.
Sigh, this reminds me of the idiotic debates I got into with self-righteous Xander and Angel fans on Buffy fanboards.
Angel Fan: How can you love Spike, after Seeing Red?
Me: I don't know, how could you love Angel after Passion or Becoming...or Dear Boy...
Angel Fan: Not the same, Angel didn't have a soul.
Me: Neither did Spike. Not seeing the difference here - well, except for the fact that Spike showed remorse.
Angel Fan: Except that was a man's crime and not the same..
Me: Yes, Angel breaking Jenny Calendar's neck isn't a man's crime. Seriously? They are vampires, both of them are. It's a show of metaphors.
Xander fan: How can you like Spike after he raped Buffy! You rapist sympathizer!
ME: Oh please. He didn't rape Buffy, she threw him off. Then he got upset, felt remorse and got a soul. Xander tried to rape Buffy when he was possessed by a hyena, never showed remorse, and pretended it was the hyena.
Also this is a fictional show about vampires.
Xander fan: I know that.
Me: All evidence to the contrary.
I swear people give me a headache sometimes.
****
In other news...I found this tid-bit amusing at work.
Apparently they are offering courses in "Managing Up" - learn how to manage above yourself and work with your leaders effectively. I kid you not, they are actually offering course entitled "Managing Up".
I was tempted to respond: "okay, aren't you already doing that - you are actually good at that. What you really need is a course in learning how to "manage down" or "supervise" effectively, and resolve conflicts with your subordinates." But I decided I didn't have the bandwidth to get into that battle, so just ignored it. I probably should take the course - I suck at managing up. But it would have been more useful ten-fifteen years ago. Now? I don't care.
Not really fannish, since I'm not truly fannish about anything at the moment. Well, maybe Cillian Murphy and Peaky Blinders. (I've given up on Soap Twitter - they got holier than thou on me, and as you may well know, that pisses me off. I don't handle self-righteous fans well. Particularly when they are wrong and threatening to cancel me on social media. But that's another post. Assuming I bother to explain it. Assuming anyone wants to know.)
I miss the Buffy fandom sometimes. I do not miss the kerfuffles.
Anyhow, goals..
1. To start painting again. I need the outlet. Also considering doing other arty projects. But baby steps.
2. Frame and hang on my wall some of the photographs I took. (Saw an add on FB about Picture Tiles, that you can do as a group, and hang up easily without a hammer and nails.)
3. Finish the novel that I've revising, and start working on revising and finishing the other two, so I can start on two more. I've three novels in the works, and two on the back burner. Plus an old novel idea that I'm considering reworking.
Lots of stories to tell and complete, and no time to do it in. These are all original works of fiction. (I'm not good at playing in other people's sandboxes with their rules, I like to play in my own sandbox and make my own rules. Need some semblance of control over the world, and no one telling me that I'm doing it wrong or questioning my take on the characters. Also, as a former copyright specialist - I don't want anyone telling me that I don't have the right to play with my characters as I see fit. ) That's not to say I don't like fanfic - I do. And I have written it. But it's not what I tend to want to write, if that makes sense? (Although I am tempted to write a fanfic about Peaky Blinders...)
4. Make it through the sizable movie, comic book, novel, audible, and television queue. I really shouldn't add any more books to my kindle or digital comic collection - until I read the ones that I already have. Same with the audible collection.
Once, I finish Peaky Blinders - I may jump to The Last Of Us, or
finish the White Lotus (which is incredibly boring and I do not understand the appeal of it at all. It's put me to sleep twice, and my attention always wanders during it.) I also want to re-watch S1 of the Witcher, and see S2 - but am kind of waiting for S3 to drop first. There's also the rest of Interview with the Vampire, New Amsterdam, Nancy Drew, Rosewell, Mayfair Witches, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Vienna Blood, and All Creatures Great and Small to get through. (Have watched the last two episodes of All Creatures Great and Small, just one episode behind.)
I also need to go back to Kaldeiscope, try Wolf Pack (Paramount +), The Originals,
And, there's the Pale Eye, and various other things. The list is seemingly endless.
I'm dragging out Peaky Blinders - because I'm loving it and don't want it to end. It's harder than it should be to find a television show, book, or movie that captivates me. Considering how many there are now - you'd think it would be easier to find them, but no.
***
Eh, what the hell? Brief Kerfuffle on Soap Twitter - brief in that it lasted no more than five tweets. And most were mine, because I got pissed off. Twitter kerfuffle's don't go on for very long. Well not unless it goes viral or you are popular, I'm not - thank god. Been there, done that, and only on Voy forums, Whedonesque, and live journal, do not want to be popular on Twitter. Twitter is scary.
So...there's this crazy soap that I've been watching with Mother (well, not together - she's in SC and I'm in NYC, but we discuss it every day on the phone - it gives us something to talk about). I discovered I could get spoilers on Twitter, and FB. However - they are vague (dammit) and the people doing it - eh.
The current storyline is a woman dying of leukemia (Willow) needs to find her biological birth mother (Nina), who turns out to be her nemesis, or worst enemy. The woman who has systematically bullied her for years. And even exposed the child she thought was hers to a cult leader. Her adoptive mother was not exactly a saint either, Harmony (but crazily enough? More likable than Nina (combination of acting and writing, I suspect)). Nina's diabolical mother gave Willow to Harmony, because she didn't want the kid taking the money that her husband put in a trust for Nina. Nina was in a coma at the time and Madelyn was executor of the trust. (Madelyn put Nina in the coma.) Nina has done some horrible things herself. Anyhow, Harmony persuaded Willow on her 21st Birthday to do the ritual of getting stoned and sleeping with cult leader. Everyone did this. Including Harmony. The cult was loosely based on NXIUM (a real life one in NY), but Disney pulled the plug on the storyline before it got too far into what NXIUM was doing (*cough*humansextrafficking*cough*). So really just nasty cult hijinks.
On Soap Twitter, I tweeted:
"Nina bullied Willow for years. Harmony was preferable to Nina, and that's saying something."
Soap fan: Did you really state that Harmony a human sex trafficker who sold Willow for sex, is more preferable? Not anybody is going to pay attention to your opinions any longer.
Rachel: You do realize that Harmony was into human sex trafficking and sold Willow. That is far worse than anything Nina has done.
Me: No, Harmony didn't sell Willow into human sex trafficking. She gave Willow to the cult leader to seduce, which is reprehensible but it's not the same thing as sex trafficking. Disney pulled the plug before they went there. It's not NXIUM.
Me: Also, you do realize we are discussing fictional characters in a soap opera. The characters actions are ludicrous. This is Soap Opera that has a fandom that celebrates the marriage of a woman to her rapist. And another marriage of a woman to a serial killer, who kidnapped her child. Judging other's opinions on these characters is not a slippery slope you want to slide down.
Me: Here's a link defining human trafficking - see.
Me: I'm surprised anybody was taking my opinions on soap twitter seriously. Most of my followers don't even watch soap operas or care.
Sigh, this reminds me of the idiotic debates I got into with self-righteous Xander and Angel fans on Buffy fanboards.
Angel Fan: How can you love Spike, after Seeing Red?
Me: I don't know, how could you love Angel after Passion or Becoming...or Dear Boy...
Angel Fan: Not the same, Angel didn't have a soul.
Me: Neither did Spike. Not seeing the difference here - well, except for the fact that Spike showed remorse.
Angel Fan: Except that was a man's crime and not the same..
Me: Yes, Angel breaking Jenny Calendar's neck isn't a man's crime. Seriously? They are vampires, both of them are. It's a show of metaphors.
Xander fan: How can you like Spike after he raped Buffy! You rapist sympathizer!
ME: Oh please. He didn't rape Buffy, she threw him off. Then he got upset, felt remorse and got a soul. Xander tried to rape Buffy when he was possessed by a hyena, never showed remorse, and pretended it was the hyena.
Also this is a fictional show about vampires.
Xander fan: I know that.
Me: All evidence to the contrary.
I swear people give me a headache sometimes.
****
In other news...I found this tid-bit amusing at work.
Apparently they are offering courses in "Managing Up" - learn how to manage above yourself and work with your leaders effectively. I kid you not, they are actually offering course entitled "Managing Up".
I was tempted to respond: "okay, aren't you already doing that - you are actually good at that. What you really need is a course in learning how to "manage down" or "supervise" effectively, and resolve conflicts with your subordinates." But I decided I didn't have the bandwidth to get into that battle, so just ignored it. I probably should take the course - I suck at managing up. But it would have been more useful ten-fifteen years ago. Now? I don't care.
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Date: 2023-01-24 03:22 am (UTC)I still remember one year my nana came out to visit us in the summer - and every day she would watch "her stories" - and I - wanting to spend time with her - would watch with her. So I learned the storylines and what was going on.
Then - literally 10 years later - I was in college and one of my housemate was into the soaps - so she would watch them - and I would sit down and watch sometimes, since it was during lunch. And - she watched the same one - and it was the SAME STORYLINE - I mean - they just recycled it - the same actors playing the same parts - and whatever happened during the last 10 years, they were back in the same spot with the woman having amnesia and not recognizing her husband, and the controlling mother working against her. And in the other one, it was *still* Sammy and her sister - it was hilarious :D
Pretty sure we watched Days of our Lives nad Y&R
The other thing my nana liked to watch, was wrestling - my brothers joined us for that :D
Harmony persuaded Willow on her 21st Birthday to do the ritual of getting stoned and sleeping with cult leader.
I mean, ew, but if she was 21 she was presumably an adult and could make her own decisions? It's hardly sex trafficking unless mom was forcing her and took her away from her home and controlled her movements?
But yeah - arguing with people on the internet - not something that feels productive :D
LOL at "Managing up" - this morning I called Bossman - I started with 'EVERYONE is being *extra* stupid today!" - he responded "I hope you aren't including me in that group?" I said "well I haven't talked to you yet today - I'm reserving judgement"
Probably not a prime example in that course :D
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Date: 2023-01-24 06:07 pm (UTC)And yep, for the most part, the storylines are rehashes of older ones, in some not all cases, the older storylines worked better. Writing has kind of slide down-hill in the genre, along with the acting. Too much competition from other things for the talent.
The idiotic leukemia/Nina's daughter storyline is a complete rehash of other better older stories.
Yep, Willow had a choice in the matter, and had to take courses to get there - cult. Her mother was guilty of aiding in the indoctrination but to be fair, the mother was also indoctrinated and a victim of the cult leader. So it doesn't equal human sex trafficking at all. Stupid soap fans.
Hee, what you said to Bossman sounds like something I'd say...
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Date: 2023-01-24 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-25 03:28 am (UTC)Only Doctor Who kind of improved with time. Although it's not exactly a serial.
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Date: 2023-01-24 02:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-24 06:00 pm (UTC)I think Cavill left after the 3rd Season, when his contract was up, because he thought he was doing Superman again for DC (he's not, Gunn isn't going forward with anything from the Snyder films, broke poor Cavill's heart and his fandom's apparently). I'm not a huge Cavill fan. He's pretty, but he doesn't appear to know how to emote well with his eyes. So, I didn't care all that much. I watched the Witcher for the older female lead, Jennifer (?).
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Date: 2023-01-24 07:10 pm (UTC)I would describe the older major character as Tissaia, but Yennifer was Geralt's love interest and if you mean her I definitely agree.
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Date: 2023-01-25 03:28 am (UTC)You didn't answer the question on what the precursor series was?
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Date: 2023-01-25 01:41 pm (UTC)And yes, Anya Chalotra (Yennifer) was outstanding. I watched it for her too.
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Date: 2023-01-25 05:41 pm (UTC)I tried it - not sure, is Blood Origin worth going back to?
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Date: 2023-01-25 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-25 11:30 pm (UTC)We tend to be fairly similar on this sort of thing - so I'll go with your take on it. Also, like I said, I tried to watch the first episode and just couldn't follow it or get into it, at all. I got too many things to watch as it is. I may try Last of Us instead, it looks more interesting. Also, I like the actress in the lead role.
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Date: 2023-01-26 12:27 am (UTC)