What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!

'Just Rewards (2)'


Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.

Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2012 1:16:28 pm PDT #20862 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Also, while I appreciate that they went to the trouble to come up with that quadrupedal loping thing the werewolves do, it is utterly ridiculous looking. Not to mention it would result in their hands being covered with all sorts of unhygienic crap (sometimes literally when they're racing through the woods... or the gutters of deserted city streets). Do not shake Derek or Scott's hands unless you've seen them washed recently.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 1:30:25 pm PDT #20863 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, you can't be man shaped and man jointed and pull that off. I guess it's cheaper to CGI than full wolf, or that's only an option if you're born a werewolf, or whatever their mythology is. If it doesn't look stupid, it looks creepy. At least the kanima had a full transition going on.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 1:41:07 pm PDT #20864 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, my GOD: [link]

That's going to be so much fun. I call dibs on the slush pile.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 24, 2012 1:42:27 pm PDT #20865 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wait- is that something official? I am getting old, man.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 1:54:25 pm PDT #20866 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

IT IS OFFICIAL!!

I'm sorry, the sheer bad ideaness of it is making me asscappy. Whoo hoo. Sorry, no, it's not a bad idea--they'll just have a lot to skim. I mean, he sees what he gets tweeted. Say goodbye to the 140 character limit, kiddoes.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2012 3:33:33 pm PDT #20867 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I would not be brave enough to lift the 140 character limit if I were running a show where there are canonical alphas and omegas. Davis' eyebrows are going to break orbit when he gets a look at the submissions.


Juliebird - Aug 24, 2012 3:41:46 pm PDT #20868 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

A new era for TV?

Also, doesn't submitting story ideas automatically and legaly strike them from being airable? Not that fan ideas of plausible stories equals potential canon stories. But, like, isn't posting your story where the creator can read it tantamount to ensuring it will never happen in canon, law-wise? But, still, the very fact that this is even on the table is incredible.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 3:50:20 pm PDT #20869 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The rules might very well say they become MTV's property.

There are rules about what you can and can't send, and...knotting looks more allowable than violence and trespassing on cursory review.

It's pretty funny.


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 4:40:37 pm PDT #20870 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm trying to work out if I have magical negro feels about Teen Wolf. I was distracted by Boyd being cooler than Isaac and Erica, and not paying attention to the bit where he has no story. He's the actor off auditioning for other shows, so it's most likely he's not going to be depended on to be there in S3, so I don't know how much better that's going to get.

When Isaac turned out to be the one that came to Scott, I was surprised. I honestly thought we were supposed to think that Boyd was the one with sense. But the abuse story has to have some redemption and saving of the victim, I suppose. Can't have you go through that and then be the bad guy (even though that was marginally Matt's story). But not the way they'd set it up with the window into his life from the get go.

Deaton is definitely the support role, and has been from way before the story started. Don't know if that's a family thing--Kendra seems to disagree with his approach to things. And he's been given little to no explanation or motivation other than helping the lead--but the lead's not white. They don't say he's not white, but he doesn't look white, so...

I hadn't realised the snippet of script I'd read revealing Deaton was gay had been cut. I thought I'd just forgotten it. Disappointing. I was attached to that being canon.

I'm assuming that the Deaton family gets more background in S3--does that erase the stilted underdevelopment of S1-2, even if Boyd doesn't go anywhere? How much can you say the show underdevelops PoC if the lead isn't white? Danny doesn't have much backstory either, even though he has some nowstory.

Fandom does not seem to give a flying fuck about anyone with a touch of melanin, though. I do not see those fanworks.

Completely unrelated to any of this--is Derek the only werewolf who's less hairy when he's wolfed up?


Typo Boy - Aug 24, 2012 6:44:36 pm PDT #20871 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Just caught up on Grimm. One minor point: I know their costume and special effects budget only covers sock puppets. But when your new villain is supposedly the bad-assiest to date, is "watermelon with fangs" really the look to go for?