brokenbacktango: Image from the Star Trek original series episode "Operation Annihilate!" (STXI: Captain Robau)
brokenbacktango ([personal profile] brokenbacktango) wrote in [personal profile] jmtorres 2009-11-14 06:57 pm (UTC)

You're really not kidding when you say "Soon, there will be no walls left."

Other than Becky, there was one pair of crossplayers (I wasn't even aware of this term before now, I love it) in the foreground at the beginning of the scene that revealed the featured fanboys to be a gay couple--that was it for female fans. I'm both disappointed and relieved that there weren't more fangirls in this episode. First and foremost this was a comedic episode so any more interpretations of female fans would have been crazy stereotypes like all the other fan characters. Becky met that quota and then some. The fact that it's reinforcing the notion that most fans active in fandom are men annoys me, however that is something prevalent in ALL media portrayals of fandom, not just Supernatural. Methinks that's a network problem more than a Kripke and Co problem.

I read your recent interpretation of the episode and I really enjoyed it. I'm afraid I don't have a lot to contribute to it since I'm still blurry-brained from sleep but I really appreciated reading it. Thank you :)

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