Somewhere Different Now

While I was prowling through the Awesome Ladies Ficathon reading fics, I seem to have ended up writing something.  It's a Dollhouse double-drabble focusing on Adelle DeWitt.  It's rather hasty and unbeta'ed, but anyone interested can find fic and prompt right here. If you want to find the many other ficlets better than mine and write/prompt some of your own (you should!) , here's the shiny banner to take you to them:




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TV Meme, Day 15:  Favorite Female Character

( Women who rock )

Precisely at the moment the end credits of the final episode of Dollhouse finished, it started to rain. It was as if the sky was crying because there is no more Dollhouse. Damn you, Fox!  Damn you, foolish audiences who never watched Dollhouse or tuned it out before it got good!

( Epitaph Two: The Return SPOILERS )

Tonight's Double Dollhouse was a mixed bag. ( cut for spoilers and length )

Whoa. Dollhouse tonight was definitely the best so far this season and right up there in the top few the show has done so far.  It was also painful as hell.  It took on the issues of moral compromise, rape, and victimization that the show generally traffics in and dealt with them head on, no holds barred.  All of the characters who were in the episode gained important levels of development, and the actors put in some fine performances.

( detailed and SPOILERY thoughts under the cut )

I have a few Dollhouse-watching buddies on this f-list already,  but  I hope to convince the rest of you to join.  Why?  Two reasons.

(1) This show is brilliant and I think you will like it!
(2) Dollhouse isn't doing very well in the ratings, which is hard to avoid since it's in the Friday night doomtime that killed Firefly (*shakes fist at Fox*).  The second season has just started airing, but the word is that if ratings don't pick up then Fox won't even finish airing this season.  I will be very, very sad if this show dies in mid-season. 

Let's explore reason #1 in more detail.

Dollhouse is thoughtful, peopled with complex characters, funny, plotty, and overall the sort of television we need to encourage in America.  It provides great fodder for feminist analysis, if you're so inclined.   You should watch it.  So there.  Still want more info?  Here it is, spoiler-free for those who might want to start from the beginning.
( if you saw one or two episodes and weren't impressed, click here )
( if you don't know much of anything about Dollhouse, click here )

( who's who picspam of pretty! )

I want to help out this phenomenal show!  How can I boost its ratings?  you may be saying by now. Watch it in a way that counts.  If you are in the US and not in a Nielson household, that means it's better to watch it on Hulu, iTunes, Fox on demand, or TiVo than just on your TV, since all of those computer viewings count but only Nielson ratings count for actual TV screen viewing.  High ratings in these nontraditional media were what got Dollhouse a second season in the first place.  Here's more info (complete with links) from the blank_dolls community, which also includes a bit of info for non-US people.  If you would prefer to watch on your normal TV or need to set your tivo, it's on at 9 pm on Fridays on Fox. 

( where should I start watching? )

Have fun watching!  If you have questions, feel free to ask. 
Those of you who already watch, let's pimp this show like mad!  (And then analyze the feminist implications of using the word "pimp" with regards to a show about prostitution and exploitation!)

OMG!  Dollhouse tonight!!  So awesome!!!  Joss Whedon FTW!!!!

*pause to breathe deeply and regain ability to type in comeplete sentences* 
Folks, if you've liked some of Whedon's previous series but you haven't watched Dollhouse due to the mediocre reviews of the first few episodes, you might want to rethink your decision.  This show has grown into some damn fine television.

( This kind of expansionist thinking led to the Trail of Tears! [CONTAINS SPOILERS] )

Dollhouse tonight continued last week's trend of actually being good, if perhaps not quite as good as last week.

( spoilers below!  )