Tsunami of Polls #1 : Any interest in a comm devoted to Buffy and the women of the Buffyverse?

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#1 - Thank you to whomever gifted me with a temporary paid account last month. Now I can create polls! Oh wonderful Anonymous Benefactor, you have no idea what you have unleashed upon this fandom.

#2 - Thanks also the the lovely velvetwhip for coming up with the insanely awesome title/tag phrase "tsunami of polls" and allowing me to snag it.

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The other day I was having a conversation with wickedbish in which I may have mentioned that most fandoms and fandom activity, in my experience, are focused primarily on the male characters. I assumed this was common knowledge. Except that he didn't know that. Because, you see, Ryan's favorite character is Willow (see #2 in his list of "13 Witches I Fucking Love"); he still mourns Tara (as do I; shared grief is comforting) and Buffy is one of his heros. The Gift has convinced him to not commit suicide "so many times". He's all about the ladies, bless.

You know what they say about "assuming".

Oops.

 Then clockwork_hart1 (Lucy) popped into the conversation and in her brilliant, enthusiastic way suggested the idea of a comm dedicated to Buffy, the other women in the 'verse and their interrelationships - complete with a name (Summers Blood) and a banner (she's working on it - is there no end to the young woman's talents?) and three-part harmony. What that might actually look like or what interest there would actually be in such a thing was a matter of conjecture. So I'm channeling my inner Willow (Research Gal) for my very first poll.

What say you, Gentle Reader? Based just on the title of this post, you probably know who you are and how you stand.

(And as this is my first poll, please let me know if it functions ok. And I apologize for the wonky formatting. The LJ instructions for poll-making are vague and confusing at best. So says I.)

[Poll #1955410][Poll #1955410]

Comments

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See, Cassie and Dawn is the most adorable thing! I meed to rewatch Help. Maybe it could kick the muse into gear? *prays*

For a show that was born from the idea of shooting down the horror tropes, that episode kind of employs them in spades. The Madonna/Whore thing is something Joss needs to get the fuck over, though. But, so do most writers. I shame Joss for it because this is a show I feel should know better, but if no one else is employing it... (except maybe Lost Girl, which is about a bisexual Succubus and sex is thoroughly enjoyed by all and never to anyone's detriment, and it's not exclusively tied to undying love blah blah blah).

The torture of Sheila is intrinsically tied to that of Dru by Angelus and Darla in the monastery, too. It's the same thing. Forced to watch two monsters fuck before being eaten alive by them - and god knows what else was actually going on.

Pun intended indeed. And interesting AU (which probably shouldn't be an AU, but there you go - to be honest though, I do quite like Oz, and he got some great lines and he was pretty much the only guy in the whole series I didn't rampantly hate at some point)

And yeah, I've had my fair few issues with the snark squad girls of late. My feelings on S6 and 7 seem to differ quite a lot from thiers. And that Kennedy post? THANK YOU. I needed that in my life! See, I never hated her and actually, she's responsible for one of my favourite fics I've written (Through Dirt was a cathartic thing for me to do), and all of this just makes me like her more. If we'd have had more time, it may have come to more, but look; she was gay, she was a POC and she didn't die or run away. That's fucking impressive considering Joss' MO. Just sayin'

And I always like to bring stuff back to the happy. It's not all doom and gloom in the Buffyverse - I could stand to remember that.