Comments | witchwillow: Story Of A Little Black Child Who Liked To Read SF

witchwillow

Story Of A Little Black Child Who Liked To Read SF

Apr 13, 2007 12:48

pandorasblog Responded to me here about my new icon in a GIP post. But my comment was too long and I don't want to break it up into two or more parts.

Her:I just finished Octavia Butler's "Kindred" last night, oddly enough. Enjoyed it a lot, and also the biographical info my edition of the book had was interesting ( Read more... )

me, fandom_and_race

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skywardprodigal April 13 2007, 17:29:37 UTC

Hey there,

In my house, my brother and I loved sci-fi together. Our friends did too. We were a couple of nerdy homebodies, but friends who were down loved sci-fi as well.

Now, I still dislike fandom, but I'm willing to engage with specific fans regarding sci-fi/fantasy and tropes because, well, because I'm that important to me. I <3 this post. And I'm going to read and reread it. Because yes, and yes, and yes.

And yes.

I loved DS9 when I realized an empire was going down. I loved Voyager for having the Maquis. But assimilation and acculturation on certain terms seems to always shake down one specific way. It gets antsy.

There's a novel I love, fanfic, the Talking Stick Circle* by Macedon and Peg. Within that braided novel is one particular section that nailed me right between the eyes by showing me my hatred of so-called troublemakers. But stories like that are few and far between. Every creative act counts and fanfiction matters because it's about hearts, dreams, yearnings and inner realities ( ... )

pandorasblog April 13 2007, 18:18:19 UTC

I really want to give this the reply it deserves. I'll be back after the weekend. :)

dragovianknight April 13 2007, 19:45:37 UTC

And a black Commander I got to see every week? Woohoo!

I'm still bitter it took Sisko so damn long to be promoted to captain. Umm, the man secured the only known stable wormhole for the Federation; isn't that worth something, Star Fleet?

witchwillow April 13 2007, 20:03:08 UTC

Back when I used to read the tie-in novels, I got the sense that the universe was exploding all over and that they were really damn lucky he was the type of man he was. Or they might have found all sorts of nasties waiting for them.

dragovianknight April 13 2007, 20:08:32 UTC

Imagine if they'd put someone like Kirk in charge of DS9.

witchwillow April 13 2007, 20:21:46 UTC

*snickers*

Uhm... there'd be a lot of alien babies? Uhm no, I mean there'd be a lot of dramatic close calls? Wait, what do I mean? That's positive?

Taking Benjamin's role as the Emmisary aside and how that helped or hindered his progress, I think Kirk would have pissed Kira off, and the Bajoran Government. And perhaps the whole storyline would be about how everyone else was trying to save the Galaxy while Kirk wined and dined the Cardassians.

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