[meta] in progress

After talking to my sister, K, I really want to write about the way authors interact with their readers online; the way fans who become authors a) deal with fans and b) still act like fans first and authors second; the way author-fan expectation can change fan expectation; and how that can effect the way a new form of the source material is received.

(This is inspired by The Dresden Files, the show, and the way it hasn't been renewed, compared to Stardust.)

Unfortunately, I'm just taking a packing break to eat a bagel and then I'm back to it, so this will have to wait. I just wanted to put it here so I can remember to talk about, I hope.

(I've just switched my background show to a Scooby Doo movie, but I was watching a Cheetah Girls movie because they were singing and dancing their way through Barcelona and I was enjoying seeing all the places I visited once and would like to visit again. I can't tell you how many Disney tv movies I've watched just to see parts of Hawaii. Yeah.)

[vid rec] Supernatural "Women's Work"

So sisabet and sockkpuppett made a Supernatural vid to Hole's "Violet".

This is the comment I left on each of their journals:

I've been thinking about this vid ever since I watched it, trying to find the right words to comment, but I don't have them. I can say thank you for making this, thank you, a hundred times thank you, but that's not right, either. I want to have thoughtful things to say, and instead I am just rocked to the core because all my complaints, all these things I've said (and sometimes felt like I've said them to a void, even though I know there are other people who feel the same way) are suddenly right there in the vid, compacted, everything all at once like a gorgeous combination punch.

So thank you for making this vid. It puts together all the things some fans want to ignore, puts it all into a visual, visceral blow.

I'm going to link this to everyone I know and then watch it again to see if I can move beyond being absolutely thankful someone made this vid.

And also, I've just realized I am grateful for this vid because I am so tired of talking into a (often perceived) void. (I say often perceived because I do discuss this with people who agree to me, but the more vocal people are the ones who, basically, tell me to shut up and stop worrying so much, it's just a television show and not worth my energy. Those are the comments which stick with me and make me frustrated and exhausted.) I think the visual impact is, in this case, a much better example than any number of essays.

Thank you.

The links to download can be found here.

I suggest you go watch this vid, whether you are a fan of Supernatural or not. This is a fandom-specific exemplification of a greater trend of sexualized violence toward women. It's everywhere; this could be almost any fandom source, almost any news source. It's sickening, and it's powerful. You should watch it.