we love the women that fandom hates

siddals: JEYNE WESTERLING. FOR WOMEN LOVEFEST. When she learns...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:10:06 -0500

JEYNE WESTERLING. FOR WOMEN LOVEFEST.

When she learns about Stoneheart, she laughs. Catelyn Stark was never kind, at least not to her (you have wed winter, she said, as though it were a comfort, as I did) but it is not right—it is not fitting, not to her. She remembers what Catelyn said when she brings up the knife to Walder Frey’s throat—there was a part of Ned that I would never share, Catelyn said, sweet southron girls and the sweet southron girl carves across flesh and thinks, strangely, of half-dead Catelyn and herself at sixteen, afraid of a wolf, afraid of her two mothers and it all seems like nothing now.

roxanneritchi: I’m glad I got a chance to say good-bye to you...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:09:12 -0500

roxanneritchi:

I’m glad I got a chance to say good-bye to you in person. Tae-kyung-ssi. Good-bye. Later on, when I’m over this, I’ll tell you that I’m OK, so you won’t have to suffer anymore.

Women Lovefest Day #5 | Go Mi-nyeo.

Saying good-bye to a loved one, and to do so knowing full well you may never again see them, is no simple thing. For Mi-nyeo and for Tae-kyung, the cut is not a clean one, but it is one Mi-nyeo makes nonetheless. With the reason for the loss of her family—the disgrace of her father, the death of her mother, the years of loneliness with only her brother Mi-nam to share that particular pain—at last revealed, Mi-nyeo will not stay. Instead, she goes, to make peace with what she now knows and to separate, emotionally and logically, Tae-kyung from his mother.

Mi-nyeo loves Tae-kyung deeply, and perhaps at the start of the series, when she had not learned to consider her own needs as on par to those of others, she might have stayed. But she would have been miserable, reminded by his presence that Tae-kyung’s mother is why Mi-nyeo has no father, has no mother, has no family but for her brother and an aunt who gave her up. She would have tried, tried so very hard to compartmentalize her feelings, her responses, but what sacrifice would it have necessitated, when Mi-nyeo’s heart was still so raw?

Instead, she makes another sacrifice. Mi-nyeo does not stay; she goes. It isn’t a matter of how much she loves Tae-kyung. Emotions can be and often are complex, and it is possible to love someone deeply, truly, with all you have within you to love another, and to know, too, that if you stay with them, love will not be enough. With the self-awareness, the confidence, and the respect for herself she has gained, Mi-nyeo recognizes what it means for her, that when she looks at Tae-kyung she sees Hwa-ran, and she recognizes, too, that what she needs is distance.

So, she goes, and Tae-kyung does not hold her back.

fandom women love fest [day 7, gwen cooper] 6 favorite caps -...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:08:13 -0500

fandom women love fest [day 7, gwen cooper]

6 favorite caps - torchwood, series 1

Geeks, Nerds, & Ships OH MY?!: Top 5 Reasons You Should Love (or at least respect) Relena Peacecraft-Darlian

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:08:07 -0500

Geeks, Nerds, & Ships OH MY?!: Top 5 Reasons You Should Love (or at least respect) Relena Peacecraft-Darlian:

kaypricious:

To say that Relena Peacecraft-Darlian has been a contentious character through the length of Gundam Wing fandom would be a bit of an understatement. The fact of the matter is that this is a character who amassed several hate sites (one which had an image of Relena coming out of a horse’s…

kleahs: TEYLA: Do you have any family? KELLER: Just my dad. My...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:06:38 -0500

kleahs:

TEYLA: Do you have any family?
KELLER: Just my dad. My mom died a few years back.
TEYLA: I’m sorry. You must miss him.
KELLER: I’m all he’s got left.

4x07 Missing

Growing up, I skipped through grades and graduated at fifteen. Got my Bachelor’s Degree before I was even old enough to vote. I missed out on a lot of things – any kind of social event, you know, parties and dances.

4x13 Quarantine

We Love the Women that Fandom Hates - Day Three

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:05:51 -0500

megkips:

Day Three: Why is this criticism unjustifiable? Why is it justifiable?: Atia

As we have previously discussed, Atia is characterized and insulted - both in series and by critics, as being a wicked harpy or, simply put, a bitch. Also as we have previously discussed, her character has done some pretty awful things to other people under the guise of protecting her family. Really, when you put it this way, she seems like the very definition of a bitch.

Except she really isn’t, and not just because she gets her comeuppance by the end of the series.

WARNINIG: Discussion of full series spoilers, mentions of rape.

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silveraven: Britta-Bot, programmed badly;Wires with fraying...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:05:37 -0500

silveraven:

Britta-Bot, programmed badly;
Wires with fraying ends.
Functioning, mad and sadly;
No faith in herself, or friends.

*wibbles*

Women We Love Fest: Britta Perry, Community (Day 5)

shobogan: 21 Lily icons!

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:05:31 -0500

shobogan:

21 Lily icons!

Meta for womenlovefest

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:05:24 -0500

capeinhand:

I posted some meta about Mary’s relationships with her sisters here.

I can’t believe the week has gone by so quickly! I guess as long as I finish my big post on Mary/Matthew and maybe do some more icons, it won’t have been a complete waste of the week.

kleahs: One of the things I love about Stargate Universe &...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:42 -0500

kleahs:

One of the things I love about Stargate Universe & Chloe’s character is that when something traumatic happened to her, it wasn’t wrapped up in a neat little box and forgotten the next episode. We got to see her inner struggles and watch her overcome her fears and deal.

silveraven: Women We Love Fest: Britta Perry, Community (Day...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:36 -0500

silveraven:

Women We Love Fest: Britta Perry, Community (Day 2)

Took the stars from our eyes: We love the women that fandom hates - Raven Darkholme - day three

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:23 -0500

Took the stars from our eyes: We love the women that fandom hates - Raven Darkholme - day three:

ayries:

So today I’m giving the meta a break, and I’m going to do a fanfic rec.

Specifically, these will be fic recs that I feel explore the character beyond canon’s focus, and which act as sort of ‘fix it fic’- a self aware fuck you to the canons that under-did them.

Not really possible for M’gann but…

skyeofskynet: You will never go back, my gentle queen: a Susan...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:13 -0500

skyeofskynet:

You will never go back, my gentle queen: a Susan Pevensie related graphic. For the we love the women that the fandom hates fest hosted at livejournal.

~~Don’t even talk about shadows. I hate shadows. Shadows hate me~~ .

illsinganyway: Paul Verlaine - Fêtes galantes: En Sourdine We...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:01:06 -0500

illsinganyway:

Paul Verlaine - Fêtes galantes: En Sourdine

We Love The Women That Fandom Hates: Women Love Fest

Photo

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:59:59 -0500

kleahs: Chloe defends Young

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:59:41 -0500

kleahs:

Chloe defends Young

We love the women that fandom hates - Mikaela Banes - day two

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:59:31 -0500

ayries:

And this is the third and final instalment of ‘why canon treated these ladies badly’.

Ah, Transformers. How you frustrate me

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skyeofskynet: Three faces of Padme Naberrie: the queen, the...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:58:13 -0500

skyeofskynet:

Three faces of Padme Naberrie: the queen, the senator, the warrior. It’s part of the We love the women that the fandom hates fest hosted at livejournal.

"Scully is the Skeptic": Why I Love Kate Lockley

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:58:08 -0500

shobogan:

Kate had it rough from the start. She was set up as a potential love interest, and then became an antagonist.

Me, I loved her through all of it. I loved this sarcastic, pragmatic, courageous, passionate, determined woman through all of her strife and all of her bitterness.

Let me tell you why.

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silveraven: Dyson: You would’ve killed Gordon, wouldn’t...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:58:00 -0500

silveraven:

Dyson: You would’ve killed Gordon, wouldn’t you’ve?
Lauren: I’m a doctor. It’s called triage.
Dyson: Call it what you want. I didn’t think you had it in you.
Lauren: You don’t think very much of me, do you, Dyson?
Dyson: You’re inconsistent. First you call a strike on Bo and then you stab a man to save her. I just don’t trust your motives.
Lauren: Well, it’s not your trust I’m interested in.

- Lost Girl 1x07

Women We Love Fest: Dr. Lauren Lewis, Lost Girl (Day 2)