Same old story, different fandom.

[annakovsky]

Ugh, you guys, the Leslie-bashing is already starting in Parks and Rec fandom, and I feel so weary. She hasn't even broken up with Ben (yet? I'm unspoiled, keep me that way!), but I feel like if she does in season 4, the fandom is going to be a nightmare hellscape of misogyny, and it's upsetting to me. On my Murtaugh List: listening to sexist bullshit that seems to assume that any woman who cares about her career or even her own happiness over a dude is an uppity bitch. I am too old for that shit.

Ladies bashing ladies. When are we going to cool it on that, fandom?

(Haha, the best, most nonsensical bashing so far: I keep seeing people complain that because Leslie said, "If this turns into something real" to Ben after they had been dating a week, she is not taking the relationship with the appropriate level of seriousness. Lolololol you guys have met a human being before, right? EVEN IF SHE WAS MENTALLY PLANNING THEIR WEDDING, SHE WOULD SAY THAT SO AS NOT TO SEEM LIKE A WEIRDO. But no, try saying "When we get married" to someone you've been dating a week, see how that goes over.)

(All the Leslie-bashing from Ben's POV is starting to make me hate Ben, so I think I'm going to have to, like, quit reading fic/watching leslie_ben/following some tumblrs. Otherwise I am totally going to end up writing spitefic where Leslie breaks up with Ben for Ron.)

(Which, honestly, I have been really in the mood for Leslie/Ron fic lately anyway. Whyyy is there not more, they're so married! Blatant mustache discrimination.)

But whatever, the season 3 DVDs came out yesterday! Delightful things from the stuff I've watched so far:

1) The gag reel's revelation that Adam Scott clearly hates Rob Lowe's guts, and that Nick Offerman probably does too. (Offerman is harder to read, but omg, Adam, are you even trying to hide your irritation??) This makes me like both of them SO MUCH MORE THAN I ALREADY DID, Rob Lowe, you are such a jag, I wish you would get out of this otherwise delightful cast.

2) Mike Schur said that he's been friends with Rashida Jones since 1993. THAT WAS THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR AT COLLEGE. OH MY GOD, THAT IS AMAZING. I want weird Harvard RPF of them now where she's way out of his league but he has a huge crush on her, and they listen to Neutral Milk Hotel and go to Lamont together and complain about fires on the red line. Also now I am wondering if this is how Poehler knows Rashida, since Schur wrote for SNL and produced Weekend Update, etc. That is adorable and delightful.

3) Ugh also the commentaries and gag reel totally made me ship Amy Poehler/Adam Scott a little bit. What's next, am I going to write JKras/Jenna Fischer fic, ugh wretchery.

4) Pratt getting a boner when Aubrey slapped him omg. Haha, I don't know if he was in character, but it kind of seemed like not? EITHER WAY, I AM CHOOSING TO BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED FOR REAL, WHATEVER.

5) Adam Scott trying to think of a name for a hot club and coming up with RASCALS. I am still laughing today. Nerdddddddddd.

6) Also other stuff, but I feel like this is getting boring.


Okay, enough fandom stuff for now. In other news, I dyed my hair blond, bought tickets to visit my brothers in Seattle later this month, and am trying to deal with my depression over the 40 degree drop in temperature and constant rain this week. I hate when summer ends.

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[jolielaide.livejournal.com]

Ugh to ladybashing, and *eyes closed* to spoilers, but whoah, hey, yay to Seattle! When?! Do you know that Seattle is 3 hours from Portland? I'M JUST SAYING.

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that is true! I'm going to be flying in on Sept 22 and out on the 27th, so it's not for super long, but it would be awesome to maybe work out getting together somehow! I feel like I haven't seen you guys in forever. Haha, probably because I haven't, I guess. It would be awesome to remedy that!

(ALSO I am so impressed with you guys' long run! Fod was telling me about it and it sounded SO INSANE AND AMAZING.)

[jolielaide.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap. We're going to be in Austin for a wedding on just exactly those dates, WHY GOD WHY. We really haven't seen each other in about a squillion, like maybe Slag Heap, or...not Writercon, surely? Anyway, YES to remedying. Maybe we just need to pull the trigger and make a plan...

(The run was great and Fod was A FREAKING SUPERSTAR. She really was so awesome. And, well, you know, ADORABLE. I can't wait to do it again next year!)

[annakovsky.livejournal.com]

Oh man, seriouslyyyy?? Lame, how does that always happen!! Oh well. And oh God, now I am trying to think about the last time -- it actually might have been Slag Heap, which is so super depressing. Though I feel like I saw you in NYC one time maybe after that, and I saw Wit in Boston when she was there for a conference at one point? Which may or may not have been after. But it's got to be more than five years ago, based on where I was living at the time! DDD: That is bummerific! Maybe we really should make a plan, that would be extremely fun!

(It made me so happy you guys did that together!!! With Spander 10K shirts lololol <33333333333333333)