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[ebonlock]

I finished up Dexter s. 2 yesterday and the end left me a little cold. They'd pushed Dex way out onto a ledge and instead of making him either jump or fly, they kind of cheated him back off it again. Usually the writers are better than that, so I was disappointed.

After that, and a lazy day wherein I picked up another sister's birthday gifts (being born into a family with birthdays all within a two month span of time right after Xmas is its own unique form of hell sometimes), ran a few other errands, and then curled up and did a lot of nothing except enjoying the rain from my nice dry, cozy couch. Did bake some "No Pudge" brownies, which turned out surprisingly well and made my entire apartment smell like chocolatey goodness. Then cyranocyrano popped by for our usual SG-1 night.

I apologized profusely before showing him "The Broca Divide", if you've seen it you know why. Aelf contends it's the worst ep of season 1, though I'm still an "Emancipation" hata' myself, at least TBD contains the one and only scifi plot point based on seasonal allergies, to the best of my knowledge. As an allergy sufferer myself I kind of enjoy that. We made it through 3 eps before calling it a night, and I commented to C- that re-watching the older eps is fun because I get to see again why all the rules and procedures most of us take for granted in the SG universe now came about in the first place. It's like SG-1 was an extended Alpha test and SGA has become the Beta test.

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

In my opinion (I can't speak for Ellie), it was the fact that they put Sam in a dress and suddenly all the guys on the team started to treat her differently and make inappropriate comments. And the fact that, as I recall, none of the guys had any problem with the way they were treating their women until Sam was kidnapped.

What she said too. The dress scene reminded me way too much of a lot of old films where the stodgy girl in glasses would take them off and let down her hair and suddenly all the guys would be like, "WOMAN!"

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It's not just old films. Modern teen films are full of 'nerdy hot chick who gets a complete make over by taking off her glasses'.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

You're right, and it should really stop, seriously, please make it stop.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It's very frustrating, for someone who finds glasses really hot and lazy writing infuriating.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

It's very frustrating, for someone who finds glasses really hot and lazy writing infuriating.

A-fucking-men, my brother.

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

And I don't really have a problem with *that*, per se. Lord knows I can find a woman more attractive just by the addition of glasses and a pony tail or, stop my heart, pig tails. What bugs me is that this somehow leads (especially in fiction) to treating said woman as if she is no longer the same person. As if, because the male in question suddenly finds her attractive he can no longer remember that she has any other qualities *beyond* her physical body.

Women, as a rule, don't do this. The Doctor puts on glasses and we all say "wow, he just got so much cuter," but we don't stop appreciating his wit and charm or his ability to save the day at the last nanosecond by some highly improbable means. :) You know, it's that whole "largest sexual organ" thing.

And, hmm, why do I have no Vala in pigtails icons?

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

And, hmm, why do I have no Vala in pigtails icons?

That is an excellent question. I just wish more scifi took risks with the whole gender/sexuality thing rather than re-running the same tired cliches and pretending that everybody in space is straight. Fanfic does this exceptionally well, but the televised version not so much.

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

Which leads right back to The Doctor, doesn't it? :)

Mmm. Vala. I think I may go hunting for new wallpaper when I get home.

Heh. I'm in quite a mood of late. Must be all that excellent porn someone keeps putting in my inbox....