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red_satin_dollWhen I posted some of my favorite meta for 2012 on the buffyverse top5 last month, I wrote that I hoped for more of the same high-caliber meta in 2013. Wish, granted:
"Why the Buffyverse?" by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lostboy_lj Inspired by shapinglight 's "fanfic musings" (inspired in turn by brutti_ma_buoni .... and so it goes. You get the idea.) He takes on the question why is anyone still writing Buffy fanfic at all?
"The Monomythology of Buffy" also by bylostboy_lj This is already on my best meta of 2013 list. Absolutely essential reading: Buffy's journey through the lens of Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" - a Cliff Notes version but a hell of a lot smarter, and with pretty visual aids. One of lostboy's talents is laying out complex ideas boiled down to their essential components, with a great deal of wit. I've been linking to this on convo threads all over the place as if it was Apocalypse Season.
Speaking of must-read meta: a conversation betweenlostboy_lj and local_max on the Monomythology post inspired max's musings about Ben's literal and figurative role in S5 as a "illusory comfort" and representative of the medical establishment, how he tries to placate Buffy regarding her mother's illness, and how he "self-medicates" to keep the reality of Glory at bay: it’s consistent with a pattern of Ben: he uses deception to placate Buffy (and others) into believing that a real problem, whether it be Glory, the string of crazy people in her wake, or Joyce’s upcoming death (though Ben is not actually aware of the last one), is not a real problem. Don’t sweat it, no need to prepare (though, it’s not as if preparation is possible): your problem is in good hands. As per usual with max, penetrating intelligence, personal honesty, compassion and intellect come together in a fascinating consideration of a "key" (pun intended) but oft-overlooked character.
And of a more general nature (not specific to this fandom),angearia has a thing or two to say about "authorial intent" and the complexity of determining who the "author" is, especially in a work such as BtVS in which there are so many hands, so many voices involved in it's creation (writers, producers, actors); a question further complicated (and multiplied to the nth degree) by the presence/participation of the readers/viewers as co-creators of a give work. She argues passionately that "the reader" is also an author - and no greater example of this can be found than btvs fandom as we engage with the series over time, emotionally and intellectually. Long live the Revolution, indeed.
FYI: I am procrastinating on my "Ted" meta for the Big Damn Lovefest, and everything else on my to-do list, like a mad thing. Pain from a recent injury is about to do me in.
"Why the Buffyverse?" by
lostboy_lj Inspired by shapinglight 's "fanfic musings" (inspired in turn by brutti_ma_buoni .... and so it goes. You get the idea.) He takes on the question why is anyone still writing Buffy fanfic at all? "The Monomythology of Buffy" also by by
lostboy_lj This is already on my best meta of 2013 list. Absolutely essential reading: Buffy's journey through the lens of Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" - a Cliff Notes version but a hell of a lot smarter, and with pretty visual aids. One of lostboy's talents is laying out complex ideas boiled down to their essential components, with a great deal of wit. I've been linking to this on convo threads all over the place as if it was Apocalypse Season.Speaking of must-read meta: a conversation between
lostboy_lj and local_max on the Monomythology post inspired max's musings about Ben's literal and figurative role in S5 as a "illusory comfort" and representative of the medical establishment, how he tries to placate Buffy regarding her mother's illness, and how he "self-medicates" to keep the reality of Glory at bay: it’s consistent with a pattern of Ben: he uses deception to placate Buffy (and others) into believing that a real problem, whether it be Glory, the string of crazy people in her wake, or Joyce’s upcoming death (though Ben is not actually aware of the last one), is not a real problem. Don’t sweat it, no need to prepare (though, it’s not as if preparation is possible): your problem is in good hands. As per usual with max, penetrating intelligence, personal honesty, compassion and intellect come together in a fascinating consideration of a "key" (pun intended) but oft-overlooked character.And of a more general nature (not specific to this fandom),
angearia has a thing or two to say about "authorial intent" and the complexity of determining who the "author" is, especially in a work such as BtVS in which there are so many hands, so many voices involved in it's creation (writers, producers, actors); a question further complicated (and multiplied to the nth degree) by the presence/participation of the readers/viewers as co-creators of a give work. She argues passionately that "the reader" is also an author - and no greater example of this can be found than btvs fandom as we engage with the series over time, emotionally and intellectually. Long live the Revolution, indeed.FYI: I am procrastinating on my "Ted" meta for the Big Damn Lovefest, and everything else on my to-do list, like a mad thing. Pain from a recent injury is about to do me in.
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Date: 2013-03-11 09:21 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2013-03-11 10:14 pm (UTC)I need to start getting into
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Date: 2013-03-11 10:23 pm (UTC)Congrats on the awardage at the Willowy Goodness Awards btw!
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Date: 2013-03-11 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-11 10:59 pm (UTC)Btw - you're the perfect person to ask - what do you think about the new template? Is the text readable against the grey? The very plain one I had for two weeks was annoying me for some reason. This seems like a nice compromise between that one, and the woodcut one I had before, but I could be wrong on that count. Feedback, please?
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Date: 2013-03-11 11:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-12 12:04 am (UTC)I keep meaning to mention how much I like that icon (S7 FTW!) I can't remember the name of the episode but I love that scene between Dawn and Buffy; it's a reminder (when Buffy gets too closed off later on) of how much she truly cares.
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Date: 2013-03-12 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-03-12 01:07 am (UTC)Good luck with the meta and injury!
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Date: 2013-03-12 07:19 pm (UTC)Which episode (if any) is your Buffy icon from? I'm thinking sometime S5.
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Date: 2013-03-12 07:29 pm (UTC)Intervention.
Need to make some new ones one of these days.
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