neadods | Morning round of recs (Reply)

svilleficrecs has a very interesting essay on Rose vs Martha. I didn't think the issue could be discussed neutrally without character bashing. I was wrong. This isn't about who's a better *person*... This isn't about who's a better, more effective, healthier for the Doctor or more reliable companion... This isn't about who's a better feminist role model... This isn't about who's more likable... This is about who's more compelling as a main character in a piece of narrative entertainment.

Fascinating. (And I'm relieved to see that I can discuss the characters as a writer instead of solely as a fan.) Need to mull before I respond, but it's well worth your time to read through and mull as well.

Ursula LeGuin for the Win! Clever, sarcastic people with keyboards utterly rock my world.

I probably need to change the "fic rec" tag to just "recs," as am using it fairly liberally... but frankly, that seems rather more effort than needed.