Morning Lovelies!!!

I'm back from the land of internet less. (and at friends skip 360 or so, any links to stuff I missed would be very appreciated!)

I had a post planned out in my head, talking about ... something. I don't remember what because catching up on my flist I caught lots of lovely posts about positive female characters (or lack there of) depending on what the article was about. Hmmm... I have lots of thoughts on this.

I adore female characters. And not just in a want to get in their knickers kind of way (though a bit of that too) But I love to read about female characters. I'm a slasher who has a huge kink for well-written, well-rounded, well-characterised female characters. Of any age.

gabrielleabelle has an awesome chart showing relationship both female-female and male-male of various scifi shows. It demonstrates that while a show like Buffy is centered around a female character and has incredible depth and flexibility to it
s female-female relationships, it does not inhibit the ability to have equally complex male-male relationships. I think shows like Xena, while very female-positive, don't give that same balance. And as the charts shows, most male-centric shows (even if they have strong female characters) don't have the depth/complexity to their female-female relationships.

As an aside - I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see that chart done for HP or Merlin though I have no technical skills to do so. Just throwing that out there!


Also linked this morning by dalmeny was an article on Single Feisty Females and the Bechdel-Wallace test.
Why have I never heard of this test before?

Any film passes the Bechdel-Wallace test if it contains one scene in which

1. Two women
2. Talk to EACH OTHER
3. About something other than a man.

It's quite brilliant. Women who exist together (with brains enough to converse!) for the purpose of something greater than enhancing the man's plot and/or discussing their love lives!

Other cool links! melusinahp linked to Connecting with female characters in geek television.

‘I just don’t really like many female characters, you know?’

Oh, dear. Now that sounds familiar. :/
[ETA: possible spoilers for Merlin 3.06 in comments]
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Birthday Thank yous!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone for your overwhelming loveliness this past week. I’ve sat and stared at my computer screen for ages trying to find the words... but they are beyond me. This feels incredibly self-indulgent, but I really must say thank you in this way.

( My Heartfelt Thank Yous )

HD PARTY POSTS!!!

The Party Posts for HD's 10 yr anniversary are rockin!

For those of you who don't watch harrydraco to keep yourself sane, you can now track these posts by selecting to get an email when Someone posts an entry tagged comm: the 10th anniversary party HERE.

I've missed the first three! GAH! *runs to catch up* Why is everyone drunk already???

ETA: Oh, MAN that alphabet game is soooo cool. I wanna read everything!