Window of opportunity.

[rogueslayer452]

Viola Davis winning and providing a beautiful, powerful speech at the Emmys was truly the most and only remarkable thing to come out from the event. I know many were disappointed that Tatiana didn't win, but let's be real, Tatiana was up against some major competition and honestly it's kind of like placing your favorites against each other and deciding who is more deserving. Both Viola and Tatiana are incredibly talented women in their own right and deserve recognition for their work, even the fact that they're nominated means so much, especially in Tatiana's case where it was a miracle she was recognized at all at this event especially for a little genre show that probably nobody at the academy knew or cared about until very recently. But since it's been 67 years since a WOC won such an award, Viola certainly was more than deserving of this moment. She has been very vocal about racism in the industry, and the fact that she made history with this speaks volumes, which hopefully will become a huge step in the right direction.

Similarly, Lilly Singh, one of my favorite YouTubers, won at the Streamy Awards the other night as well, providing a fantastic bookend to her speech which she further elaborates on in her vlog, before and after the event. Just seeing these amazing women getting the proper recognition and opportunity in a positive light is phenomenal to me. ♥

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

Well, most of the awful stuff still comes from the books, but I've at least heard that the book plot wasn't to kill Myrcella, which would mean that book!Ellaria isn't a psycho, a typical bisexual lady trope... You know, apart from the dead LGBT character trope, like Oberyn and Renly.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

but I've at least heard that the book plot wasn't to kill Myrcella, which would mean that book!Ellaria isn't a psycho, a typical bisexual lady trope...

Yeah, Myrcella was attacked but not by any of the women from Dorne, especially not from Ellaria. She never wanted to harm her and she, along with Arianne, were very protective of her. In fact, they attempt to scheme a plan so that Myrcella will become Queen of the Seven Kingdoms after Joffrey dies, since in Dorne the eldest daughter inherits before any younger son. The fact that the show changed not just the inheritance factor by excluding Arianne, but they also turned it into some kind of nonsensical revenge plot against Myrcella because she is a Lannister/Baratheon, something that Ellaria was absolutely against in the books since she saw how the cycle of revenge hurt Oberyn, it is quite disgusting and horrible. It's like the show goes out of its way to treat the women like shit simply for entertainment value, to "up the stakes". Instead of having women be protective of each other, they're trying to kill one another, and that's such bullshit.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

That sounds much better. I would definitely have preferred to see that on the show.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Me too. The show could have been much, much better than what it turned out to be. There was so much potential, so many storylines and character growth scenes that would've been fantastic to see adapted on screen, to give fluidity of the story being told. Had the show been handed off to showrunners who respected the characters and the world, we would've had such a different and better show.