Is Valentines Day even a thing in Australia? My 5 year old is weirdly obsessed with it. Me, I love the geeky Valentines that pop up at this time of year (Pinterest and Tumblr, what did we do before you?)
Chirravutever presented some cute Flash & Arrow chibi Valentines for each of the characters. I don’t know why Picnic with the Sisko is my favourite, don’t judge me.
I also wanted to point readers towards Check Please! an adorable webcomic about a college hockey team with a tiny, gay social-media-obsessed protagonist. Here are the Check Please! Valentines which probably make no sense unless you’ve read the comic. Read the comic, it’s all sports and pie-baking, I love it.
Though of course when it comes to funny, weird fandom valentines, the classic is always Gingerhaze. Can’t be beat. (prove me wrong in the comments, send other links!)
In more love-and-stuff related links, the Angriest has put up one of his best essays yet on Fiction Machine – about the classic movie The Princess Bride. If you haven’t read Grant’s media essays, you’re missing out – he tells a great story of behind the scenes production history, while reminding you everything you loved about the movie itself. Glad he’s not restricting himself to Bad Film Diaries these days. You can support Fiction Machine at Patreon.
Apparently the big Valentine’s movie this year is 50 Shades of Grey which – okay. I’ve seen lots of critical commentary about why this film is a problem, but I particularly liked this piece on The Mary Sue which talks about the responsibility of fiction writers to present sex, kink & BDSM in ways that won’t endanger readers.
I wanted to point again to these great cartoons drawn for Black History Month, emphasising the kind of cool adventurous characters that make kids interested in history.
Speaking of Black History Month, No Award pointed me at this interesting article about the introduction of Franklin as a Peanuts character: the woman who persuaded Charles Schulz to include a young black character, the reasons he had for resisting, and the historical context at the time (which means that even showing Franklin in the same classroom as Peppermint Patty was controversial).
Since it’s Agent Carter week on the blog, what with my surprisingly popular Reasons To Love Agent Carter, plus my review of Issue #1 of Peggy’s new comic miniseries, Original S.I.N., here’s Hayley Atwell talking about sexism. Isn’t it great when the people who play your heroes are also smart and awesome?
Agent Carter is my Valentine.