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

[endeni]

About those meta recs:
Have you read "And When The Sky Was Opened: The Passion of Cordelia Chase" 1, 2 by eleusis_walks? His take on Cordelia as a saint is very original and goes a long way to reconcile oneself with canon. :) Actually, /all/ of eleusis_walks essays are awesome, like the one on Mystical Pregnancy on Ats (Blessed Art Thou Among Women: Female Identity and the Monstrous Womb in Angel: The Series) - its link seems to be inaccessible at the moment but I have a copy saved if you want.
On the epic scope of Ats: Black and White and Grey all over: the moral world of Angel, the series by Minim Calibre, Power Play by ros_fod.

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META! *squees*

BTW I read paretti's meta last night (a little light bedtime reading) and you are right it's wonderful, thank you for the rec!

I adore that there's still stuff available to be read from "back in the day" - being so new to this fandom I love that it has a history, and the internet serves as a big library even though some of it is lost.

I have not read eleusis_walks meta on Cordy although I remember that it won "best meta" at the wicked awards two years ago. I think it was a combination of "I don't want to be spoiled" and "I can't even go there" *sniffle*

I thought his meta "Someone Has to Speak for Her" (racial politics in the Buffyverse) was absolutely superb in a "I wish I didn't agree with this but it's absolutely true" way. I've noticed the same thing though, that links I had previously aren't working. Huh.

[endeni]

Yay, glad you liked! Towards the end of the meta paratti writes "Illyria is a character that embodies agency.", and I just love this definition, I think it's her most striking quality: a female character (well, for a certain definition of the term, admittedly) who embodies agency - isn't that a sadly novel and thus very powerful concept?

Oh, I just adore eleusis_walks essays! The one about the cosmology of the Buffyverse just blew my mind. So sad most things are not available anymore. - And it's not even friend-locking 'cause he added me ages ago and I still can't access those links... *sighs* LOL, luckily I am obsessed like that and as I said I have everything (most things?) saved if you want. ;)

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luckily I am obsessed like that and as I said I have everything (most things?) saved if you want

Sure if it's not too much trouble! Do you need my email addy?