Well, at least the Other Team dropped all pretense that it's about promoting what they sincerely think constitutes more deserving works. If you're willing to count that as progress.

There is a backstory. These episodes are about a character who gets separated from a childhood friend because they have different special talents, and in bitter revenge, sets out to magically negate everyone's special talent, until the main characters turn up and eventually show her wrong. So, a pro-diversity plot.

Which they misunderstood as an anti-equality message.

I am not joking. I was lurking in the Puppy nomination threads at the time. I thought that someone had to be trolling them, and they'd never fall for it. Right?

Right.

They literally thought that My Little Pony was making an anti-equality point. Yeah. Yeah, I know.

Also they're silly because it wasn't even close to the best episode that season. /s

Heck, I'd vote for that based on the title alone.

Holy crap! Until I read your comment I never realised Seveneves is a palindrome.

Guess I'm one of the Lucky 10,000 today. Thank you.

As for the Hugo finalists, I hoped this wouldn't happen but am not surprised. I figured the 500+ members who voted Vox Day for Best Editor last year would be sufficient in number for the Rabid Puppies slate to do well this year despite the greater overall participation in the nomination stage.

On the positive side, a number of non-RP works are also finalists, and if nothing else, this result strengthens the support for ratifying E Pluribus Hugo.

That's a more extreme version of 4/6, which passed last year and may -- should -- get ratified this year.

There's also the more complex EPH proposal, about which my own feelings are... well... more complex.

A list of top nominees which didn't make the ballot comes out after the Awards ceremony. (That's what George used to determine the main Alfie recipients last year.) Just remove the RP slate nominees from that.

I would strongly suggest putting Jessica Jones (and Daredevil, for that matter) on your binge list.
The episode that was nominated is the season finale, but the primary narrative arc runs through all 13 episodes. Part of the fun of watching the show is trying to figure out just what the hell is going on.

Um... you do know that I'm coming, yes? My lines are usually pretty long. Though they'd be a lot longer if we didn't cap them.

I don't know why it won't win. It and The Martian are my two favourites and I honestly don't know which I'd rank higher.

To be clear, Ben Yalow has reservations about EPH for admirable and thoughtful reasons: He said (during Sasquan's WSFS Business Meeting) that Worldcon fandom should beware of seeming to change the rules solely because it didn't like the election results, especially when those new rules are so complex they require their own FAQ.

This is a valid point, one I respect though I voted the other way, and that I commend to everyone's attention. Or come to the MAC2 Business Meeting and hear the estimable Ben himself.

-- Rick Moen

Edited at 2016-04-27 04:10 am (UTC)

My Little Pony is a great show that works for both children and grownups. We have dozens of modern works that are aimed at 10 year old boys that everyone claims to love (Star Wars, Transformers, comic books, etc), but a show aimed at girls is considered juvenile and stupid. That speaks more to the cultural sexism than it does to the Puppy slate.