May. 8th, 2011
Racialicious has an article on how Astrid Farnsworth (and Jasika Nicole) is AMAZECAKES. And it's not wrong, although I think it's a bit dewy-eyed about some of the bits I find problematic, like Walter never calling her by her proper name.
Anyway, it has this bit:
Astrid is a lifelong computer geek with a B.A. in Music who speaks five languages and bakes up a storm when she’s stressed out. ...Her sparkling emotional intelligence is a welcome change from Magical Negresses who solve white people’s problems with folksy wisdom and a hug to the bosom. It is rare for the Math/Science Nerd trope to be deployed subtly and it is almost never embodied by a women of color. Astrid is essentially a unicorn. A really, really good-looking unicorn.
And now I'm really nostalgic for Martha Jones. Who was vastly more of an everygirl than ... anyone on Fringe, but she was also an emotionally intelligent nerd, and I loved her.
Anyway, it has this bit:
Astrid is a lifelong computer geek with a B.A. in Music who speaks five languages and bakes up a storm when she’s stressed out. ...Her sparkling emotional intelligence is a welcome change from Magical Negresses who solve white people’s problems with folksy wisdom and a hug to the bosom. It is rare for the Math/Science Nerd trope to be deployed subtly and it is almost never embodied by a women of color. Astrid is essentially a unicorn. A really, really good-looking unicorn.
And now I'm really nostalgic for Martha Jones. Who was vastly more of an everygirl than ... anyone on Fringe, but she was also an emotionally intelligent nerd, and I loved her.
Title: Sozin's Alliance
Author: LizBee
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Mai, Sokka, Katara, Yue
Pairing(s): Mai/Sokka, other minor pairings
Warning(s): (highlight to reveal) Arranged political marriages; off-screen arranged marriage between first cousins; imperialism.
Beta(s):![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bnharrison did her very best to rescue me from mediocrity.
Notes:loopy777 requested Mai/Sokka in the kiss meme a few weeks back. That sort of turned into this.
Summary: It's a political marriage to preserve the century-old alliance between the Fire Nation and the Southern Water Tribe. Mai should probably feel honoured.
( 'Mai spent the long journey to the south compiling a mental list of all the things she was leaving behind.' )
Author: LizBee
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Mai, Sokka, Katara, Yue
Pairing(s): Mai/Sokka, other minor pairings
Warning(s): (highlight to reveal) Arranged political marriages; off-screen arranged marriage between first cousins; imperialism.
Beta(s):
bnharrison did her very best to rescue me from mediocrity.Notes:
loopy777 requested Mai/Sokka in the kiss meme a few weeks back. That sort of turned into this.Summary: It's a political marriage to preserve the century-old alliance between the Fire Nation and the Southern Water Tribe. Mai should probably feel honoured.
( 'Mai spent the long journey to the south compiling a mental list of all the things she was leaving behind.' )
