A quick rant
Jan. 13th, 2014 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meridian_roseWatching something created by Steven Moffat is a bit like eating candy floss (cotton candy). It's fun at the time but essentially without substance.
Sometimes however it's more like a meal that looks tasty and the pastry is lovely but then what's this misogyny-gristle doing in here and why oh why is there unwanted mocking-homosexuality-celery which I didn't ask for? Don't even think you can order a glass of female-character-milkshake without extra doses of Motherhood-flavouring, a huge slice of She's!Mrs!John!Smith-lemon on the rim, and/or a few cubes of obsessed-with-asshole-genius being added.
It wouldn't be so bad if his brand of queerbaiting misogyny wasn't so prevalent in wider media, but it is.
So here's the thing. When it comes to my original fic writing:
I will never apologise for writing childfree characters who remain childfree.
I will never apologise for writing characters who are on the asexual spectrum or who otherwise identify as queer.
I will never apologise for exploring characters being in non-sexual and/or non-monogamous relationships.
I will never apologise for writing characters, especially female ones, who have no interest in marriage, especially "traditional marriage"
I will also never apologise for writing characters who are straight or white or male or all of those things, because inclusivity shouldn't be another word for exclusivity with no men allowed.
I will however include male characters who are in touch with their emotions, who don't objectify women, and/or who are otherwise not assholes. (Asshole characters of any gender shall be frequently fed to dragons, metaphorically or literally. I make zero apologies for this also).
Because these characters are hard to find, and if mainstream media can subsist on a steady stream of "white man wants a white wife to have babies with but spends most of his time being more emotionally connected with his white male sidekick (but no homo)" then I feel justified in writing lots of characters like childfree women and bisexual people to fill the gap in the narrative market.
(Also if you have felt angry at Moffat's writing, you might like the Does Steven Moffat Still Suck? tumblr. For reference I'm currently mostly pissed off after the 50th Anniversary Who and Sherlock 3.2, I don't even know what'll happen when I get to 3.3)
Sometimes however it's more like a meal that looks tasty and the pastry is lovely but then what's this misogyny-gristle doing in here and why oh why is there unwanted mocking-homosexuality-celery which I didn't ask for? Don't even think you can order a glass of female-character-milkshake without extra doses of Motherhood-flavouring, a huge slice of She's!Mrs!John!Smith-lemon on the rim, and/or a few cubes of obsessed-with-asshole-genius being added.
It wouldn't be so bad if his brand of queerbaiting misogyny wasn't so prevalent in wider media, but it is.
So here's the thing. When it comes to my original fic writing:
I will never apologise for writing childfree characters who remain childfree.
I will never apologise for writing characters who are on the asexual spectrum or who otherwise identify as queer.
I will never apologise for exploring characters being in non-sexual and/or non-monogamous relationships.
I will never apologise for writing characters, especially female ones, who have no interest in marriage, especially "traditional marriage"
I will also never apologise for writing characters who are straight or white or male or all of those things, because inclusivity shouldn't be another word for exclusivity with no men allowed.
I will however include male characters who are in touch with their emotions, who don't objectify women, and/or who are otherwise not assholes. (Asshole characters of any gender shall be frequently fed to dragons, metaphorically or literally. I make zero apologies for this also).
Because these characters are hard to find, and if mainstream media can subsist on a steady stream of "white man wants a white wife to have babies with but spends most of his time being more emotionally connected with his white male sidekick (but no homo)" then I feel justified in writing lots of characters like childfree women and bisexual people to fill the gap in the narrative market.
(Also if you have felt angry at Moffat's writing, you might like the Does Steven Moffat Still Suck? tumblr. For reference I'm currently mostly pissed off after the 50th Anniversary Who and Sherlock 3.2, I don't even know what'll happen when I get to 3.3)
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Date: 2014-01-16 12:42 pm (UTC)Donna's departure was definitely the end of an era. There are moments of good but the show lacks the polish and direction of earlier episodes.
The more I read, the more I wonder if Matt Smith is also somewhat to blame, with tales of skeevy behind the scenes inappropriate touching, which bleeds into his portrayal of the Doctor, which is already being largely written by Moffat, who thinks lack of consent is hilarious. The Doctor just isn't the same character with him and Moffat pulling his strings.
So I'm still hoping Capaldi will be a better Doctor and the next season might improve. There's a couple of tumblr posts about how Capaldi is already an award winning writer and might be more forceful with his own take on things (the ultimate fantasy on many fans wishlist is he also takes over as show runner!)