Fluffy Bunnies

[arachnekallisti]

Well, squirrels.




CoE was beautifully crafted, but damn depressing. There's a blog comment here that kind of sums up the way I feel about it. And yes, good art can be angsty, dark and grim can be worthwhile, etc... but there comes a point when it starts to feel a bit Diabolus ex Machina. There's only so much Dark Darkity Grim Dark Grim you can take in one go. Especially when most of the Torchwood fandom seems to be a bit like this right now:


So anyway, that's why I'm staying away from the Whoniverse right now, and looking for a fandom that's got a bit more in the way of fluffy bunnies. Where by "fluffy bunnies" I mean "cancer-riddled deranged dual-katana-wielding mercenaries and the angsty time-travelling overcomplicated-family-treed mutants with Messiah complexes who love them".

Well spotted, flist. I'm on a Cable and Deadpool kick. I have a shiny fandom that never stops bringing the crack, and also a shiny new OTP.

Anyway, C&DP related scans and other linkage:
1. Best deathtrap ever involving a teddy bear.
2. One for the Innuendo Squad.
3. Slash? What slash? Nothing to see here.
4. The X-Men Relationship Diagram. Always good for a laugh. Wolverine looks like Euston Station...
5. Two different versions of the Summers family tree. For when you are tired of your brain and want to melt it.

Comments

[arachnekallisti.livejournal.com]

Making people happy was the plan.

[prochytes.livejournal.com]

As you know, I was much impressed by CoE and have no issues with Great Art Being Depressing. I too, however, have been visited by an overpowering urge to read a lot of P. G. Wodehouse or something. Everything is better with Squirrel Girl, of course, for which much thanks.

Since I too have felt it prudent to retreat from the Whoniverse for a space, I am a little stymied in terms of fic production. I have three TW pieces in production, but I am not sure whether anyone is feeling up to them. On a related issue, would it be accurate to say, in terms of canon, that Wulf Sternhammer's relations with women (if any) were always doomed to failure? It is important for something I am contemplating.

[arachnekallisti.livejournal.com]

I did think it was beautifully done, and I don't particularly object to art forms being depressing - I have, after all, been known to watch things like Blake's 7 and Neon Genesis Evangelion for fun. I'm just in need of a certain amount of recovery time right now, staying away from the fandom until the sobbing and ranting dies down, and taking a certain amount of refuge in sarcasm (because, yes, I cried quite a lot during Days 4 and 5).

As regards Wulf's love life: he's had a couple of canonical one-night-stands, and appears to have had groupies (for want of a better word) back in his own village, but no actual relationships as such. You know what my take on this is, but it may be relevant to your fic. If it's the one I'm thinking of, I'd love to see it.

[prochytes.livejournal.com]

If it's the one I'm thinking of, I'd love to see it.

I suspect that it is. It has been hastily promoted to the top of my to-do list, since (as noted above) I do not think anyone is in the mood at present for: my TW cross-over mind-screw; my CoE comedy (sic); or (especially) the post-CoE hurt/comfort fic. You know what my hurt/comfort fics are like. Remember "Penance", the post-BtVS S6 one? Definitely a time for fluffy bunnies right now instead.

[prochytes.livejournal.com]

By the way, it must be a great sorrow to Doreen that she is in the wrong comics universe to encounter Gorilla City: "a legacy of the days when every tenth villain was a talking ape of some description, and Barry Allen knew them all". Happier times...

[arachnekallisti.livejournal.com]

I think it was TV Tropes that described Squirrel Girl as a Silver Age character loose in a modern setting. Mind you, she appears to be well aware of this herself. I'll see if I can dredge up some scans...