Category Archives: Fandom

The Wayward Sisters Come Home

We finally got to see the Wayward Sisters in action last week via their backdoor pilot on Supernatural. It had a lot of ground to cover, and if someone who wasn’t watching Supernatural to begin with tried to pick it … Continue reading

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Why I Never Wanted to Be a Companion on Doctor Who

As a Doctor Who fan, I get asked “I bet you’d love to be a companion, wouldn’t you?” And I always pause. Because, wouldn’t I? Wouldn’t I love to find that beautiful blue box? To step inside and discover it’s … Continue reading

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A Wish List for the Wayward Sisters Series

It was recently announced that Supernatural is trying out another spin-off via backdoor pilot. It revolves around the character Jody Mills, who’s been taking in orphans and runaways and training them to be hunters. After the disaster that was Supernatural: … Continue reading

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Top 11 One-Off Women of the New Series of Doctor Who

There are quite a few excellent females characters who briefly wound through the Doctor’s story, but for this list the  main criteria criteria was really that they could only appear in one story (there’s a couple 2-parter character in here, … Continue reading

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Defending My Own Least Favorite Companions

Yes, this is another Doctor Who post. One of the things that I’ve been noticing more and more lately, is the divide in the fans. There has always been debate. No one’s opinions align exactly. That’s part of what’s so … Continue reading

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Audio Adventures with the 10th Doctor and Donna

I tried not to be too spoiler-y, but you if you don’t want to know things before experiencing the audio adventures, you should probably steer clear. Just in case. 🙂 We need to talk about this. If you’re anything like … Continue reading

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Say Something Nice: Some Days I Really Hate Being in Fandom

I love being a fan. It’s totally fun. It means there’s something you enjoy. Most people are lucky enough to be fans of something: a TV show, a movie franchise, a sports team, a musical artist. Fans are some of … Continue reading

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Romance Ain’t Dead: the Marriage Variant (and it’s “isn’t” not “ain’t”)

In working on a recent project I found myself struggling to find an aspect of romantic relationship that I could really tap into, so I thought, okay, what are the romances that I really like? What couples were able to … Continue reading

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I’m So Depressed (How to Survive Post Con Depression)

This past weekend the wonderful Gallifrey One convention for Doctor Who took place. It was three days of Whovian heaven, complete with cast and crew members and a plethora of fans. An entire weekend of panels, interviews, cosplay, ribbons, screenings, … Continue reading

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That True Fan Thing: The Disturbing Exclusive Nature of Geek Culture

Cause this shit is NOT okay. This is something I’ve been wanting to post about for awhile and I feel like the GamerGate incident is a good time to bring it up. And I’m not even going to address the … Continue reading

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