I had a similar (private) chat with drinkingcocoa after her meta, so I'm just going to repeat most of it here.
I personally have always kind of adored the term 'Cumberbitch' - fandom reaction has made me feel a bit guilty over it, but the play on words is irresistible to me. Not just the name, the 'female' aspect of it, but the 'to be someone's bitch' connotations as well. It just works too well to pass up.
Reading your meta makes me feel less guilty about it, which I see as a good thing *g*
I don't think you were on my f-list when I took this straw poll, but the people who came out of the woodwork (weren't even on my f-list) just to call it 'heinous' quite surprised me and I haven't been quite game to use it in public since. Maybe I should...
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Date: 2013-08-13 06:09 am (UTC)I personally have always kind of adored the term 'Cumberbitch' - fandom reaction has made me feel a bit guilty over it, but the play on words is irresistible to me. Not just the name, the 'female' aspect of it, but the 'to be someone's bitch' connotations as well. It just works too well to pass up.
Reading your meta makes me feel less guilty about it, which I see as a good thing *g*
I don't think you were on my f-list when I took this straw poll, but the people who came out of the woodwork (weren't even on my f-list) just to call it 'heinous' quite surprised me and I haven't been quite game to use it in public since. Maybe I should...
http://daasgrrl.livejournal.com/130903.html
The fandom police do bother me, but I suppose I should just get over it.