Bashing is a favourite fandom sport, yes. Some fandoms are worse about it than others, but none are immune.
Nichelle Nichols is simply amazing. I haven't watched the cartoon yet, but it's next on my list (after I get through the Original Series).
Don't understand the Mary Sue complaints? Uhura was a linguist who specialized in dialects, particularly Romulain and Vulcan. She was the communications specialist. In later series - I believe they had her filled by Troy (in TNG). She wasn't good at other things - just translating and interpreting communications. It's not like she was skilled at hand to hand combat. And how is she any different than Sulu or Chekof?
She's a woman. Fandom traits that fandom finds adorable/sexy/forgivable in male characters, in female characters lead to Mary Sue accusations and the aforementioned bashing.
From dipping my toes in Sci-Fi fandom, it definitely has a different vibe from media fandom. I'm not sure why that is.
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Date: 2009-05-20 08:38 am (UTC)Nichelle Nichols is simply amazing. I haven't watched the cartoon yet, but it's next on my list (after I get through the Original Series).
Don't understand the Mary Sue complaints? Uhura was a linguist who specialized in dialects, particularly Romulain and Vulcan.
She was the communications specialist. In later series - I believe they had her filled by Troy (in TNG). She wasn't good at other things - just translating and interpreting communications. It's not like she was skilled at hand to hand combat. And how is she any different than Sulu or Chekof?
She's a woman. Fandom traits that fandom finds adorable/sexy/forgivable in male characters, in female characters lead to Mary Sue accusations and the aforementioned bashing.
From dipping my toes in Sci-Fi fandom, it definitely has a different vibe from media fandom. I'm not sure why that is.