YES!  She is serving up primo bitchface there. I want lessons.

YES!  She is serving up primo bitchface there. I want lessons.

@The_Tuna:disqus  And let us not forget the epic Xander Harris relationship fuckup of Season 6, at which point fandom denounced him en masse all the while sort of giving Anya a pass for returning to her mass murdering ways in the aftermath, even though the show didn't.

@The_Tuna:disqus  And let us not forget the epic Xander Harris relationship fuckup of Season 6, at which point fandom denounced him en masse all the while sort of giving Anya a pass for returning to her mass murdering ways in the aftermath, even though the show didn't.

I think 95% of it is in good fun. There's a truly lunatic contingent out there, but good-natured hysteria seems to be part of the general ethos of this fandom.

I think 95% of it is in good fun. There's a truly lunatic contingent out there, but good-natured hysteria seems to be part of the general ethos of this fandom.

@avclub-20d4c2d722de8dd0f1ec4e055d9b639e:disqus I've noticed that my regular Mako apologism posts get a lot of likes, so clearly we're not alone.

@avclub-20d4c2d722de8dd0f1ec4e055d9b639e:disqus I've noticed that my regular Mako apologism posts get a lot of likes, so clearly we're not alone.

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus  pretty much the mouseover text on this comic: 
http://xkcd.com/1049/

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus  pretty much the mouseover text on this comic: 
http://xkcd.com/1049/

I'm sorry, you lost me at "nearly."

I'm sorry, you lost me at "nearly."

@CathodeRayMissionary:disqus Asami kind of had that dynamic with him a few episodes ago when she was reeling from the whole "my father is fomenting a violent rebellion and I had to electrocute him in the chest before fleeing my home which is now a crime scene" thing.

@CathodeRayMissionary:disqus Asami kind of had that dynamic with him a few episodes ago when she was reeling from the whole "my father is fomenting a violent rebellion and I had to electrocute him in the chest before fleeing my home which is now a crime scene" thing.

Get thee far from here, and look not back. Forget you ever heard of "shipping," and your life will be both simpler and happier.

Get thee far from here, and look not back. Forget you ever heard of "shipping," and your life will be both simpler and happier.

And it's to the show's further credit that not once have they ever commented on this or suggested that any of these women are exceptions of the Eowyn, "hey! this chick can fight!" type. The first season of A:TLA had several Important Lessons About Sexism (including two Very Special Girl Power Episodes) and then…

And it's to the show's further credit that not once have they ever commented on this or suggested that any of these women are exceptions of the Eowyn, "hey! this chick can fight!" type. The first season of A:TLA had several Important Lessons About Sexism (including two Very Special Girl Power Episodes) and then…

Nope. I'm Amon.

Nope. I'm Amon.