Recs and a tech question

[ishtar79]

I’ve been having a problem for a while from videos fro YT, VM and the like-when I try to go full-screen, I get a wide screen, regardless of whether the video is embedded or at the main site, and with all my browsers. Does anybody have any idea why that may be?

Meta rec: Neoliberal Holmes, or, Everything I Know About Modern Life I Learned from Sherlock by magnetic_pole I watch BBC’s Sherlock, but have been both unable to truly enjoy it and growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it. This post shines an unforgiving light on every issue with the show I had, plus a few I hadn’t before reading it. Beyond its brilliant breakdown of Sherlock, there’s something to the core of the message that can be applied to fandom in general. At any rate, brilliant and thought-provoking.


Vividcon vid recs:
Things have changed by trelkez Ats The compelling tragedy that is Wesley’s story.

Around the Bend by danegen Multi Shiny fun of women behind the wheel.

Bad Romance by sisabet Smallville Even before watching I was “yay!”, because sisabet and Lady Gaga! What’s not to like? What I didn’t expect was going through a rollercoaster of emotions and left in a daze, unsure whether to cheer, cry or desperately read hunt down every single fic I ever loved when I was SV-obsessed.

Prowl by sisabet and sweetestdrain Multi There’s a reason this has been recced all over the place and generating all that discussion. Very clever look at fandom, in message and in delivery. ETA: The vidders chose not to warn, but that doesn't mean the video has no triggery content. Proceed with caution

Tandemonium by jarrow BSG If you’re even a little disappointed by how BSG’s final seasons went, this is guaranteed to have you standing up and going ‘fuck, yes!’.

For Your Entertainment by dualbunny BSG The song might seem like an odd fit for Tyrol, but it’s no more bizarre than the way his arc went. I still don’t know what the writers were going for, but this vid brilliantly highlights what they actually did.

Comments

[heather.livejournal.com]

growing increasingly uncomfortable with fandom’s over-the-top reaction to it.

Yes, this is a large chunk of my discomfort. That post could be applied to so many of the shows fandom eats up with a spoon and ultimately, it all makes me a bit queasy.

I have enjoyed and been fannish about plenty of problematic sources - even now I'm in Merlin fandom - but in order for me to compartmentalize (and I don't think there's anything wrong with compartmentalizing, our choices would be slim if we didn't), I need something in the source that is wholly unique, or that I can relate to even if it's underused or underwritten. With Sherlock, there's nothing unique. I can get subtextual teasing and pretty camera work anywhere. Hell, I can even get HOLMES elsewhere. And anything on the show I might be able to relate to is either dead or looked at with derision by everything from the narrative to the leads.

It's just not for me.

[ishtar79.livejournal.com]

Hey, if we had to stick to non-problematic sources to be fannish...there wouldn't be much of a fandom, is there? But I hear you, there has to be *something*. Unfortunately, for most of fandom, 'something'=two slashable attractive male leads+ (optional) EPIC MANPAIN. And I like my gratuitous slash as much as the next person, but it's not enough to sustain me.