Summary: Chris and Ben have a special surprise for the Defiance Community! This week we are joined by none other than @WomenOfDefiance's Michelle! Tune in has we discuss all things Defiance, from the outstanding cast of the show, all the way down to Sensoths, Vibros and bath beads! Listen now: OFF THE SET Discussion with Michelle The Defiance Community Diverse community, from the casual watcher to the fervent gamer and the wildly devoted, some might say stalkerish fanboys and girls. this is partly by design: gamers, die-hard scifi fans, and the nerdsbian fanbase that comes along with the Holy Trinity of Gay that is Murray, Benz, and Kirshner (really how WoD started) a melting pot of fans, which has the potential to go horribly wrong, but everyone’s so NICE; like to think as the show continues the fandom will hold creators responsible for great content (gamers already do this quite a bit) really established a culture fandom already, one that makes fun of itself Syfy can be credited with this, partly from engaging fans so early on Twitter - kept them coming back - live-tweeting really gets people to make sure to watch the show live, which can help with ratings Hellbugs in Love, Jamie Murray fans, Julie Benz fans, KTAM and Sam Skatch, Defiance Roleplayers, etc. looking forward to meeting them at DragonCon and next year’s SDCC Interacting with the stars News and tidbits from twitter. Its amazing how much the cast and crew chirp on twitter, about the show and socializing with fans. Twitter increasingly important to many shows in the age of DVR - Even Stephanie Leonidas is now on Twitter (@StephLeonidas) Looks like even Robyn Williams enjoys Defiance http://www.tvguide.com/News/Robin-Williams-Watchlist-1069325.aspx. Strong Women Roles Defiance has one of the largest cast of strong, independent, and badass women on television. Are they breaking boundaries, are they treading the same ones? Thoughts about this article by Katey Rich? http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Writer-Hates-Strong-Female-Characters-You-Should-Too-39018.html http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/08/lawrence-croft-tomb-raider-the-simple-brilliance-of-gender-flipping/278441/ Defiance does a great job at including more female characters - sometimes, they each fit neatly into their own little archetypes, but at least there are more women being represented. (Buffy, Kill Bill, Norma Bates, etc.) Gayliens Lesbian, bisexual and queer women find more apt representations of themselves in science fiction and fantasy - Defiance continues this tradition Ulysses as the ultimate “gaybro” and Pol Madis as an older queen Oddly enough, can apply the Bechdel test to lesbians in many pop culture movies Favorite moments of the show Any line delivered by Doc Yewll - Trenna Keating steals every scene she’s in Killing Kenya - showed complexity behind Stahma’s character Stahma with Christie in the restaurant (early scene, demonstrates how effective Stahma is at manipulating others) Vibro moment - who knows what that really means, but I ran with it Hopes for Season 2 Amanda/Pottinger creepfest Kenya does/doesn’t return (pluses and minuses to both scenarios) More characters from the game More conflict between generations - Alak, Christie, (Defiance Youth) have only known this terraformed world, whereas their parents are first generation immigrants, of sorts - that could make for some interesting character-building Dragoncon Aug 30th-Sept 2 A couple of Defiance parties: https://www.facebook.com/events/475962535818385/?ref=2 & https://www.facebook.com/events/203272063165343/?ref=2 Community Spotlight Question Last week on community spotlight, we want to open up the floor to hear from our listeners. So we pose a really good community question to you: The Defiance Play the Game,
