Banner for Slayerstillness Challenge 28 up NOW

[red_satin_doll]

Banner Gallery HERE for tempertemper, clockwork_hart1 and juliet316, including a Banner Maker's Choice. Congratulations to all the winners of this round!

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This was my second time making awards banners and someday oh someday I will make it easier on myself by having a preset design and placing icons atop it like sensible people do. Until then...each of the banners was individually made and ipiccy has no way for me to size the font exactly. Still, I think they came out pretty good, and relatively consistent when standing side-by-side. (Minor flaws are part of the charm, of course, like the slubby weave on a raw silk blouse. So says I.) Your feedback is always appreciated and valued - what say you, Gentle Reader?

If I had known that awards banners existed and that someday I'd be making such, I'd have picked a shorter screenname two years ago. Think of the banner makers, people, think of the artists!

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FYI: the deadline for Challenge 29 of slayerstillness is Friday August 1st, (ETA: deadline extended to August 8th per starry_night) midnight at your time zone. The prompt this time around is "The Freshman" (btvs S4.01) and you know what I'm thinking, don't you?

WHAT THE HELL WAS YOUR PROBLEM WITH "MATURE" WOMEN, JOSS WHEDON?

Comments

[starry-night.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the promo for the current challenge. I'm gonna extend a week anyway because there are still only 3 icons entered :(

And I agree about Joss' aversion to mature female characters. I would have loved a few more eps of Giles/Olivia moments and even Maggie Walsh I didn't mind until the Adam thing (but that was mostly the Adam thing I hated not her).

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Re: the Adam thing, I read an interview with Lindsay Crouse that she didn't want to leave the show, but heard it about it when she got to the set (it was a negotiation mix up) so who knows, she was supposed to be the Big Bad that year.

But notice how many female big bads that would have made and notice they are all linked by "insanity" in ways that male big bads are not? Angelus, The Master, the Mayor, we know what they are doing and why. We never find out why Maggie does what she does, so she comes off as just crazy - add to that watching Riley and Buffy have sex, trying to kill Buffy, etc etc and you've got *hint wink* insane old possibly closet-case lesbian (maybe) who is arrogant enough to take on male priviledge and succeed in not one but TWO male-dominated fields (academia and the sciences).

And it's also a pattern with female teachers or academics, although Joss isn't kind to male academics either.

And Olivia being portrayed as afraid to stay in Sunnydale when courage is a primary moral value on the show bugs me to no end. And gosh she was great with Giles. She could have been a great character.