here you will find a masterpost of all the meta i've written. if you're interested in my fic, have a look at my fic masterpost instead
you can sort by title, fandom or date posted by clicking on the table headers, or click on an essay's title to jump to that essay's section on the page!
title | fandom | date |
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stewjon isn't gaelic: obi-wan kenobi and the problem with "space scotland" | star wars prequel trilogy & its fandom | 19/10/23 |
building a 21st century bond: 007, q, and the fantasy of espionage | james bond (craig movies) | 13/6/23 |
merlin: the perfect (never)ending | bbc merlin | 22/3/23 |
stewjon isn't gaelic: obi-wan kenobi and the problem with "space scotland"
6.9k - culture, appropriation and racism in fandom - read on ao3
a detailed look at the prequels fandom's created setting of 'stewjon', and how it ties into the anti east asian racism prevalent within the star wars fandom as a whole
building a 21st century bond: 007, q, and the fantasy of espionage
3.7k - masculinity, technology and capitalism - read on ao3
an analysis of casino royale and skyfall through a lens of shifting masculine values in the 21st century, particularly as they pertain to violence, technology and individual power
merlin: the perfect (never)ending
4.6k - narrative structure and tragedy in the context of fandom longevity - read on ao3
an argument in favour of the ending of merlin in terms of the endurance of the merlin fandom, contextualised via beowulf and shakespearean tragedy