People. I beg you

Recommend me something to read, oh uber amazing reading list. Please. Anything. Something that is available online?

Because you see, I have no main fandom right now, so I'm sticking to a fandom full of 12 year-old weaboos who have no idea about anything.

Because seriously, why do people have to use this icon where I can see it?

So give me something or I may come back to this shit like I do every day.

Anything. Please.

You wouldn't beleive me if I tell you I should be studying right now, would you? You would

But I have awesome links. So don't need to concern yourself about this post's subject.

bcbgrl33 writes: Lessons on Black Women in Sci-fi: Nyota Uhura and the Disappointment of Martha Jones

Thus fandom became infatuated with this pairing, bashing anyone who was not for Ten/Rose. With the intrusion of this Black woman- who was just as capable and intelligent, if not more so, than Rose- fandom went nuts. No one could replace their Rose; thus, Martha was made by fandom to feel unwelcomed and unworthy of any of her accomplishments in the season, especially in comparison to Rose, the epitome of femininity and pureness.

What really ticked off a lot of Martha fans was that her very real feelings toward the Doctor (bolstered by the Chemistry between David Tennant and Freema Agyeman) were downplayed or seen as intrusive towards the poor Doctor, who was 'clearly' just trying to get over Rose, his true love. Her feelings towards the Doctor were seen as petty, annoying, and uncalled for by fans. He was supposed to be with Rose and their was no 'evidence' to support Ten/Martha ship. The writers helped fuel this idiotic thinking by writing her as worthy of only “One Trip”, so as not to seemingly replace Rose.

[...] With that being said, I love love love Uhura as well because she helped save the world with her inteligence, was assertive and clever, and on top of being incredibly skilled at what she did, she gets the guy. What's more to love? But inspite of her positive attributes, all of these are downplayed by fandom in both communities. It just seems that whenever their is a strongly written Black female character and a hint that they are sexual or romantic towards the Lead, there is a loud, vocal protest from fandom (as you can see with the backlash between Uhura and Martha). It is the same stuff different year.

Black women aren't regarded as white women. Don't try to argue this with me. I mean it. And boy if they aren't regarded as white men if you know what I mean. *look at slashers*

inkstone has a very interesting post with two videos that look at Shonen Jump's Big 3 through time, from 1968 to 2007. Thoughts on a Saturday Afternoon.

I do think, however, that these videos are a good illustration of how the criticism of WSJ's editorial is justified at times. Because, to be honest, there's a part of me that says the Big 3 remaining so static -- I mean, the order shuffles occasionally but it's always One Piece, Naruto & Bleach -- can't be healthy in terms of artistic creation and story innovation. And I say that as someone who just got into One Piece and totally understands now why it's so popular in Japan and really admires the structure & execution of the plot. That can't be good for the manga industry, you know? Since I'm fairly sure part of the reason the current Big 3 are the current Big 3 is very strongly tied to multimedia franchises and marketing. In other words, if there's not a strong component for multimedia opportunity, it's not going to take off.

And from a creator standpoint, that... is really problematic.

And I don't have such a good relationship with OP (yeah, some day I had to come out and say it). So you may want to stick with inkstone's view.