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[kaizoku]

I heard Amber Benson on the radio today! She has a new book out called Death's Daughter. They played I'm Under Your Spell. On the radio! Okay, okay, it was only NPR but still.

The interviewer asked her about Tara getting killed off and she said that people were upset especially because Tara and Willow were gay role models etc. but didn't mention how lesbians getting killed off is a long-held convention. (Oh hai Watchmen I see you over there doing that in 2009.) Whatever, it was an interview, you can't get everything in.

I want a cabin. With a loft. WHERE I CAN ESCAPE TO. And it should have internet. And magical porn-inspiring powers.

A friend was talking about writing a play with a gay or lesbian character who doesn't meet a tragic end, so now I'm thinking about maybe doing something similar with a transgender character. Have no ideas yet, but I'll think of something. Am currently obsessing over Pan's Labyrinth reel_merlin fic and thinking hard about the juxtaposition of violence and fantasy. Deep thinky thoughts. Which I will not subject you to.

I've seen some of the discussion (mostly in bandom I think?) about warnings and triggers and I don't have much to say other than that, for me personally, if I *am* warned about rape/non-con in a story then I am much less likely to be freaked out by it than if I go in without any foreknowledge. Also, if you don't know what triggering means, PLEASE FUCKING GOOGLE IT. I don't think anyone over 18 should be walking around without SOME idea of what a great many people are struggling with all the time. It's been said before but - if you think you don't know anyone who's been sexually assaulted: you do. That's all.

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[heather11483.livejournal.com]

OMG YES. We are totally Spanish-language and Maribel buddies. *clings* Dude, all we need is someone who's doing an Alejandro González film like Babel or 21 Grams, and we'll have the full triad of brilliant Mexican directors, hm? :P

ALSO, ALSO, and you have to tell me if this is insane, but I am actually planning on genderswapping Y Tu Mama. Gwen is actually Julio and Morgana is Tenoch. EEEEEEP. And I think I'm going to have Nimueh be the Luisa character who teaches them both a thing or two. Because otherwise Luisa would be Arthur or Merlin and that's not quite gelling for me yet. BUT I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYONE ABOUT IT SO I AM FREAKING OUT A LITTLE. I don't know if I can pull it off!

[kaizoku.livejournal.com]

ICON!!! That would be so awesome. There's so many movies I keep thinking someone should do. I watched "Once" last night and was all MERLIN AND ARTHUR! IRISH BOY MEETS... CZECH... GIRL. WHTEVER IT WOULD TOTALLY WORK!

HOL FUCK YES THAT IS BRILLIANT!!! NONO Merlin and Arthur are obviously their lame boyfriends at home that they say they're not going to cheat on. I think I like Nimueh as Luisa, it kinda works with her being tragic and behaving oddly.

I'm freaking out about making Uther a fascist! Even though he kinda is already but in Merlin, he's a sympathetic fascist and the whole point of Captain Vidal is that he's not sympathetic. Will people be like OH GOD YOU MADE UTHER TOO EVIL? Or will they be like OH GOD THE CAPTAIN ISN'T BELIEVABLE ANYMORE?

[heather11483.livejournal.com]

NONO Merlin and Arthur are obviously their lame boyfriends at home that they say they're not going to cheat on

YES. THIS. Good, I'm not totally insane, then. *g* I like Nimueh as Luisa too, for the reasons you stated.

Also, dude, I can't think of anyone else who could be Vidal, Uther will be perfect. I think whether or not Uther's sympathetic is still debatable enough for it to work, to be honest. He's hardly a woobie. I SAY JUST GO FOR IT. *nod*