Fic: Friday Night, Iron Man, Tony/Pepper, PG, fluff

Happy Birthday, Splash!

Title: Friday Night
Author: Holdouttrout
Rating: Really Tame. Some bad words. A smattering of snogging.
Category: Fluff
Fandom: Iron Man
Pairing: Tony/Pepper
Author's Notes: Written as a birthday fic for splash_the_cat. OMG. It is HARD to write for a pairing that I only know two hours' worth of canon for. On the other hand, Tony is really fun to write. Hopefully you don't roll your eyes too much at me.
Summary: Shoes, the workshop, and Pizza Hut. (The rest of the summary is with the rating.)


( He still flirted with her )

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Fic: Friday Night, Iron Man, Tony/Pepper, PG, fluff

Happy Birthday, Splash!

Title: Friday Night
Author: Holdouttrout
Rating: Really Tame. Some bad words. A smattering of snogging.
Category: Fluff
Fandom: Iron Man
Pairing: Tony/Pepper
Author's Notes: Written as a birthday fic for splash_the_cat. OMG. It is HARD to write for a pairing that I only know two hours' worth of canon for. On the other hand, Tony is really fun to write. Hopefully you don't roll your eyes too much at me.
Summary: Shoes, the workshop, and Pizza Hut. (The rest of the summary is with the rating.)


( He still flirted with her )

*_*_*_*_*

IBARW: I want fandom to do better

My fandoms have skanky race issues.

I HATE that my fandoms have skanky race issues. I feel bad that they do. I want to gloss over the whole problem or try to explain them away. "Oh, well, they just couldn't get another actor for the role." "Oh, they didn't realize what they were doing." "Oh, well, someone had to die." "Oh, well, they're just portraying reality by casting that person in that role."

I'd much rather not deal with the criticism. I especially don't want to learn what to look for, because then in my next fandom, I might start noticing their skanky race issues without having them pointed out to me. I might end up making more awkward comments to people about commercials whose "humor" plays on racial stereotypes, or comment on the lack of characters of color in primary roles, or make a comment about how it was predictable that character A would bite it, because they aren't white.

I get really frustrated when race issues in media are pointed out to me. Partly because I feel like I should have noticed already, mostly because I think we could do better if we tried, and because there's a part of me that feels REALLY BAD for liking something that isn't even mostly decent about race.

I WANT my fandoms to do better. I want to know that the casting department wasn't consciously or unconsciously swayed by racial stereotypes. I want to know that the writers thought about characters they are portraying in more than two dimensions. I want to look at the next Star Whatever, and not feel like we're going backwards.

So please, fandom, do better?

IBARW: I want fandom to do better

My fandoms have skanky race issues.

I HATE that my fandoms have skanky race issues. I feel bad that they do. I want to gloss over the whole problem or try to explain them away. "Oh, well, they just couldn't get another actor for the role." "Oh, they didn't realize what they were doing." "Oh, well, someone had to die." "Oh, well, they're just portraying reality by casting that person in that role."

I'd much rather not deal with the criticism. I especially don't want to learn what to look for, because then in my next fandom, I might start noticing their skanky race issues without having them pointed out to me. I might end up making more awkward comments to people about commercials whose "humor" plays on racial stereotypes, or comment on the lack of characters of color in primary roles, or make a comment about how it was predictable that character A would bite it, because they aren't white.

I get really frustrated when race issues in media are pointed out to me. Partly because I feel like I should have noticed already, mostly because I think we could do better if we tried, and because there's a part of me that feels REALLY BAD for liking something that isn't even mostly decent about race.

I WANT my fandoms to do better. I want to know that the casting department wasn't consciously or unconsciously swayed by racial stereotypes. I want to know that the writers thought about characters they are portraying in more than two dimensions. I want to look at the next Star Whatever, and not feel like we're going backwards.

So please, fandom, do better?

Dragon*Con--Filters and More!

So, um...Things have Changed, and I accidentally made two DCon08 filters, neither of which look right. Therefore, you must answer a new poll. [Poll #1236975]

Dragon*Con--Filters and More!

So, um...Things have Changed, and I accidentally made two DCon08 filters, neither of which look right. Therefore, you must answer a new poll. [Poll #1236975]