Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Here's a great article on why so many people are having issues with certain DCnU's books - A Response from a Female Comic Book Fan

This, especially, kind of hits the nail on the head for me - I’m a grown woman. I have sex. I have no problem with sex. I have no time for “slut shaming,” and I certainly don’t care who other women sleep with. It’s my personal choice an adult woman who I sleep with, and it’s every other adult woman’s personal choice as well. Not my business, and not anyone else’s either.

But what a lot of the commenters on Red Hood and the Outlaws seem to be forgetting is that Starfire is not a real person who made the choice to have lots of anonymous sex on her own. She is not a “sexually liberated woman.” She’s a character, who was written by a person – specifically, a man. Starfire’s preening in a bikini and talking about how she wants to have sex with people whose names she won’t even remember is not about celebrating the sexually-liberated woman of the Twenty-First Century, throwing off the shackles of male oppression. It’s about giving men the chance to fantasize about having a hot chick with big boobs want to do them without any consequences.

Ding, ding, ding. Thank you.

I haven't really weighed on the whole DCnU thing because I decided I was going to wait until the books were out, but, after last week's whole debacle over Catwoman and Red Hood and the Outlaws (not to mention the thin-ification of Amanda Waller and the girlfriend-ification of Power Girl), I've made up my mind.


( In which I discuss my fangirl origins and lament on the sudden emptiness of my pull box )



Some other really good links along the same vein of the above article:

A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire

Shortpacked does the math for DC


And now here are a couple links of awesomeness:

Women Fighters in Reasonable Armor

Fuck Yeah Warrior Women

Title: Fireworks
Author: saone77
Summary: Just another New Years in Gotham
Rating: PG
Pairings: Dick/Tim
Fandom: DC Comics
Warnings: Not betad, grammarians beware.
Word Count: 2172
Disclaimer: This is indulgent, cracktastic fiction.
Notes: Written for the New Year celebration square of my Schmoop Bingo card which I'm finally getting around to. Bad me.



( I do dearly love any plan that ends with you red as a tomato, Short Pants )

Title: Fashion Can Be a Real Bitch
Author: Saone
Summary: Billy and Teddy meet their scariest adversary yet.
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Notes: Written for j_crew_guy's prompt. Thanks for the quickie beta! *smooshes you with girl!germs*
Timeline: AU after #12. Civil War? What Civil War?

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Some stayed drabbles, some turned into fics, some, ah hell, I don't know, I need a nap.

Standered disclaimer. The characters aren't mine, yadda, yadda. Nothing worse than a PG13 (Sorry folks). No betas were harmed in the making of this post, so read at your own risk.

And away we go...

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j_crew_guy, yeah, I know you asked for Jay/Silent Bob, and Pink Power Ranger, but, dude, there are some places even *I* won't go. ;)

Danny/Mike from Las Vegas ( here )

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A Billy/Jason - Power Rangers ( here )

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And, as for WWYO... You'll get your music meme fic, when I get my Halloween fic. ;P

*Ahem* Moving on... *bg*

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For pleasance

Tim/Kon ( here )

*****

And, Virgil/Richie... kinda ( here )

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kabukivice gets a full size (or four drabbles in one)

Tim/Kon ( here )

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And, for calicojane

Tim/Bart friendship ( here )

*****

And a snarky sequel to the Tim/Bart
( here )

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And, I know it's not on the list, Tim/Ollie ( here )

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Last, but not least, a little something for te

Tim/Clark ( here )

Title: Cupid Kills

Summary: After his conversation with Grace, Roy did
some thinking, and that's never a good thing.

Warnings: This is set right after Outsiders 11, so it
does contain spoilers for that issue.

Rating: PG13

Comments: Thanks go to j_crew_guy for the beta,
workingslacker for the encouragment, and thete1 for posting about Bartleby.com, which is where I found the title. *g*

( To the fic... )