Snowflake Challenge Day 11 and other randomness

[cornerofmadness]

Day 11: In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


Honestly for creators you have to look no further here, all my friends I gave props to in the fanfic love part of this challenge. ALl of them do original fiction and art in conjunction with fan stuff. So go check them out.

But if I had to pick a creator, it would be Gene Roddenberry. Now I've already said I'm a huge Star Trek fan. It is by no means a perfect creation. It still has its fair share of misogynism and racism. I think that might have much more to do with producers and censors of the time, if you dig into Roddenberry's life. He wanted to show women and all races working together but that didn't fly with the money men of that era.

With all the dystopias of this era, it's nice to have a prettier version of a future to look forward. Instead of wallowing in what is wrong (and think about the 60s and how turbulent it was.), Roddenberry's creation shone a bright light. Be the change you want to see, that is what Roddenberry tried to do and to me, that's worth 100 dystopian creations.

I wonder what he could have done if he had been around in the 90s with Joss Whedon or today. At least he got closer to his vision with The Next Generation. Much of the racism was gone and sexism a bit better. His creation inspired scientists the world over. You can see the footprints of things we have now (tablets, cell phones, google glasses etc). So he will always be an important creator to me.

It was raining badly inside my office today. Whee.

I'm trying hard not to be in L's play. I'm sorry but it's a 30 mile drive down to where we'd reherease and I don't want that much time taken out of my writing. Sigh. If it was at the school maybe.

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[pronker]

I agree with the sentiment that Roddenberry had vision and turned it into gold, all the while dancing the Corporate America dance to get things produced his way, more or less. It was an eye-opening moment to sign the petition to get Season Three on the air and have it, you know, actually work.

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[cornerofmadness]

that had to be something. My Mom signed the petition for Season Three. Her and Dad are also great fans.

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[pronker]

That's neat to hear! :)

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[cornerofmadness]

Several geeky friends are jealous of my semi-geek parents. Sure beats parents who look at you like you're crazy for liking SF.

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[pronker]

We are lucky!

That's true, we were a genre family: westerns (Rawhide and many more), horror/scifi (Twilight Zone), action (Combat!), mysteries (Alfred Hitchcock Hour). The only genre I don't recall my folks liking was sitcoms, such as I Love Lucy. For those, I relied on my gramps for a watch buddy. ;)

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[cornerofmadness]

Oh yeah my parents were into Twilight Zone and I know they watched Westerns (i did not). I'm a huge mystery fan. Not much on comedies myself, I'm very selective on those. The one I remember from childhood is M.A.S.H.

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[pronker]

A show that grew into greatness.

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[cornerofmadness]

Yes indeed.