this article makes me want to kill people
Oct. 13th, 2009 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gmonkey42As seen, and torn to shreds, on ontd_startrek:
WOMEN ARE RUINING SCIENCE FICTION WITH ALL THEIR EMOTIONS AND GIRL COOTIES
This post may be a little disjointed because I can only read a few sentences of the article at a time before exploding into another fit of apoplectic rage.
LOL he thought original Battlestar was better than new Battlestar? (I confess I've seen neither but I thought the consensus among fans was that the new one was pretty awesome.) And he thinks it's significant that the asshole who played original Starbuck is pissed off that his character got gender-swapped? Yeah, if you want to know about how we're going to cultivate the next generation of scientists, ask that dude from The A-Team, he knows what's what.
Shows are allowed to have gay characters now?! It's the end of the fuckin' world!
Here's where it starts to get really bad:
Really? If you think there are absolutely no homoerotic undertones to Kirk and Spock's relationship then you have obviously neverseen even heard of the show and probably live in a cave.
Also: written primarily by women? Well, that automatically robs it of all legitimacy!
And nice job taking a stab at those fruity Brits! Everyone knows real men decide to be born in the United States!
But this is the part that just shits me to tears:
Right. Because if boys don't want to do science then IT WILL BE THE END OF SCIENCE BECAUSE THERE IS NO POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE. I totally forgot that scientists are, by definition, male.
...you know, I could make a sarcastic remark at this point along the lines of "HOLY SHIT WHERE DID MY PENIS GO?" but my heart's just not in it. I'm so sick of this bullshit.
WOMEN ARE RUINING SCIENCE FICTION WITH ALL THEIR EMOTIONS AND GIRL COOTIES
This post may be a little disjointed because I can only read a few sentences of the article at a time before exploding into another fit of apoplectic rage.
LOL he thought original Battlestar was better than new Battlestar? (I confess I've seen neither but I thought the consensus among fans was that the new one was pretty awesome.) And he thinks it's significant that the asshole who played original Starbuck is pissed off that his character got gender-swapped? Yeah, if you want to know about how we're going to cultivate the next generation of scientists, ask that dude from The A-Team, he knows what's what.
Shows are allowed to have gay characters now?! It's the end of the fuckin' world!
Here's where it starts to get really bad:
Slash fiction is a form of fan fiction written primarily by women where characters in science fiction TV shows are gay and have homosexual relationships completely contrary to the established canon of the show [emphasis added]. The first slash fiction was about the original Star Trek series where women wrote stories about Kirk and Spock in a homosexual relationship.) Given that this is the BBC [Torchwood], all of this nonsense that alienates men for the benefit of women shouldn't be surprising.
Really? If you think there are absolutely no homoerotic undertones to Kirk and Spock's relationship then you have obviously never
Also: written primarily by women? Well, that automatically robs it of all legitimacy!
And nice job taking a stab at those fruity Brits! Everyone knows real men decide to be born in the United States!
But this is the part that just shits me to tears:
As we know science fiction has inspired boys to pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology as men. With women killing science fiction on television, the current generation of boys won’t have this opportunity to be inspired to work in these fields. There is still a great deal of written science fiction that is real science fiction so all is not lost. However, many boys who would have gone on to make scientific discoveries and invent new technologies will not do so since they will never be inspired by science fiction as boys.
Right. Because if boys don't want to do science then IT WILL BE THE END OF SCIENCE BECAUSE THERE IS NO POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE. I totally forgot that scientists are, by definition, male.
...you know, I could make a sarcastic remark at this point along the lines of "HOLY SHIT WHERE DID MY PENIS GO?" but my heart's just not in it. I'm so sick of this bullshit.
