Taste in Sci-Fi

Some of you may have noticed that my interest and involvement in Sci-Fail has been going on for a while now. Back in the first half of the year, there was the spectacular horrible that was RaceFail '09; at the beginning of the month, there was the Mammoth Manthology (which I hadn't yet touched on, actually); and, most recently (that I'm aware of) has been GateFail. (There have been others that were less publicized, but still horribly offensive.)

What all of this together means is that I've been thinking more deeply about what I actually like in Speculative Fiction as a whole. Not just the diversity (or lack thereof), but also the stories I like to see told. And the series I tend to enjoy on Siffy seem to follow a ( certain pattern )

So, while I'm already mostly over Siffy, finding a different series that fits my basic taste profile would help cut the cord, as it were. Sadly, I don't think I'm ever going to find a show that fits all my diversity requirements (Avatar comes the closest, but did, sadly, fall down on GLBTQIA, Fat Acceptance, and Incidentals-who-are-ladies - although I can't say I expected much from Nick re: the first especially), and especially not while also fitting my interesting-premise profile. Even if I did find a show that works, it's doubtful it'd be on the few remaining cable channels we have.

I guess my next steps are to 1) search the internet, or 2) make my own.

Here's hoping that choice the first yields results before I'm forced to default to choice the second -_-a

Random plotty things

After my previous entry, who's really surprised that I've actually been thinking about a premise for a Perfect-For-Me Sci-Fi Show? :P Although, if you are surprised, it's probably because I haven't been telegraphing well enough, sigh. I do technically have a Long History of wanting to fill perceived gaps in fiction and fanfiction alike, especially once they're mentioned, but. I don't know that I've been particularly apt to demonstrate it ._.a Guess I'll find out.

Which basically means it's time for another Dreamwidth Exclusive! \o\ My previous one (and only other one so far) is over here; I have actually finished the line art in the first pic (and pretty much scrapped the plot as well, sadface :{), so I should really get around to scanning it and posting it, but wev. That would be following through on things :P

( Our Story Today... )

...And that's really all I've got for the moment. But the brain, she's a-buzzin' :3b Argh, the research invollllved ;_; AT LEAST I WILL LEARN STUFF?