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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I like to imagine that the hatred just comes from all the younger siblings out there who refuse to admit that they were Dawn, once upon a time, and especially that they were emotional over much more trivial things than what upset Dawnie.

Or maybe never had/were a younger sibling themselves? IDK

A lot of the complaints I read have to do with - get this - her voice. Which reminds me of the time back in the 1980's I read a respected newspaper columnist say that part of the reason women didn't get further in politics was because female voices are unpleasant to listen to esp when they are 'stern" or 'strident" (read: nag, shrew, bitch).

You can imagine how I feel about that bs. Gee, Dawn screamed because a Hellgod had her tied to a tower to be sacrificed and some insano was cutting into her with a knife? How dare she! *grrrrrr*