Tumblr is filled with 'Hunger Games' gifs and macros and spoilers and the media is filled with reviews and book/movie comparisons. Some of the conclusions are 'crappy Battle Royale ripoff' and others decide 'OMG BEST BOOK AND/OR MOVIE EVER'. As always I suspect the truth is somewhere inbetween.

I was even thinking about making an effort to try and the read the books and maybe later see the movies due to the hype. Then I saw this post on Tumblr in which an anon ( spoilers )

I'm also falling out of love with 'Castle' because, while the episodes are still pretty good, Stana Katnic, who portrays Beckett, can think of nothing more interesting or important for her character's future than to 'make babies' with Castle. I usually blame the [mostly male] writers for having nothing better to do with a female character than make her pregnant but now female actors can't think of anything else they'd like to happen?

I want to write fanfic where Castle, who in canon already has a teenage daughter he raised pretty much on his own, tells Beckett he's had a vasectomy and/or does not want to start having babies again at his age [he's older than Beckett]. But I'd probably get no readers for such a fic because the Castle fandom seems to be 90% 'Beckett and Castle need to get married and have lots of babies' and 9.9% 'Ryan/Esposito slash because men can't ever just be close friends'.

On a similar note I'm glad I quit watching 'Bones' before childfree Temperance went batshit for asshole Booth's sperm.

Add this to reasons I find it hard to relate to a lot of female characters. Even the canonically childfree ones, including the lesbian childfree [Arizona, Grey's Anatomy] give in eventually. Even Cara [Legend of the Seeker] had to be given a shoehorned back-story son.

So, here's the thing. In the outside of realms of possibility I ever get published I swear that I'll never write shitty epilogues where everyone is forced into heterosexual couples who breed like rabbits. If I have a childfree protagonist she'll remain that way. There will be gay/lesbian couples. There will be threesomes and open relationships and the happily unattached. There will be adopted children. And my commitment to these things are probably just one more reason I'd never find a publisher in the first place because there's this obsession with pretending that m+f=biological children is the best and only suitable life path.

Multi-fandom icons for tvcrush20in20 round 10: Male Characters



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I signed up for the syfybigbang finally. It'll be V (2009) but I haven't decided on the storyline yet. I'm toying with ideas for the scifiland big bang as I think I'll do that separately. It will give me an excuse to do more fic/graphics/fanmixes and take the pressure off the syfy bigbang wordcount being spot on by the first check-in.

For a castleland challenge we had to pair up and write a fic together. I was paired up with kaitlia777 :D; the resulting fic, Take Me Out to The Ball Game, is here

Meme – comment and I'll give you three fandoms for your to answer these questions about:
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favourite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?

scandaloussteph gave me V, Castle and Doctor Who
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For the castleland bigbangalt; prompt#001 opposites, theme:season one


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Title: The Birth of Nikki Heat
Wordcount: 2055
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Set during the pilot episode, "Flowers For Your Grave"; Castle's point of view regarding his novels, dealing with writer's block, his personal interactions, and his redemption in the form of Beckett and the new character she inspires
Content: set during ep1x01, no violence or sexual references beyond those included in the episode
Prompt: For a castleland challenge, bigbangalt, theme "season one", prompt artist's choice and 100_tales prompt #035 birth
Disclaimer: not mine, not for profit

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Ten Castle wallpapers for the castleland bigbang alt.
Theme = Season One

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