After a few brutal days of work today is slated to be normal. Even light. Which means Patty and I will see each other before dark, go out and do something nice, etc. And while I do need to work a bit this weekend, I will also have time for things like laundry and doing the cleaning necessary to put some new furniture in place.
Okay. I don't have to decide about this Cardiff business now. In fact, it can wait a few weeks, and, even more than that, if I flip out and decide to change my mind about it last minute, I can afford to do so, so for now, I'm just going to Let It Go. Is it wrong that I care more about getting gluten-free Fabulous Welsh Cakes than the Ianto-factor? Why, WHY is that a sentence in my life?
Best compliment on the paper yet? "It makes me want to watch Torchwood." For those of you asking, the conference is apparently going to make all the papers web-available. Now that I've done feeling not-ready-for-prime-time about it, I'll keep you posted.
I know some of you have been eying the Thomas Canty art on debsliverlovers. Prices have just been dropped on two of the original drawings. Everything by him there is still a steal. If you haven't visited the auction recently you should.
It seems that me, you, and the whole of the Internet has been super cantankerous over the last few days. Which isn't to say we all shouldn't be or that I'm apologizing. I've just noticed a personal sense, and I think I'm not alone in this, that the uncomfortable issues many of us wind up discussing here have led to more upset and difficulty than in the past. I'm not sure what it is, other than the more unpleasant cousin of Outrage Fatigue. I wish it didn't feel like that.
Deadline for Dragon*Con academic programming is May 30. I should totally submit something, but have no idea what. I should probably take on another piece of the Great Death Project, but I'm enjoying my brief break from it right now. Does anyone have any thoughts on anything they'd like me to have a go at at D*C?
I always feel bad because I don't tend to take on comics in any of my pop-culture work, and the D*C academic track is rightfully wanting comics content. There is a whole comics component to the Death Stuff (in large part thanks to Wendy Pini's awesomeness at Gallifrey, who gave me multiple places to start), so I could totally submit on that, but it's A Lot of Work, that I possibly don't want to be doing this summer before Patty's off traveling a lot.
Last night on Buffy: "Tabula Rasa." I really, really, love Spike/Buffy. And Giles/Anya wasn't so bad either. And hey, this is so where RTD got retcon. Also, Willow, you are a dumbass.
Outrage Fatigue is a really good name for it; it sums up the way I've been feeling at any rate. I shall likely be crooking that particular descriptive in the future!
Calcium? Hmm. I thought we were billion year old carbon!
For me "Outrage Fatigue," which I think I got from John Stewart during the Bush years, is when more bad shit happens and I flap my hands and don't care, because I'm all full up. This cranky, cranky thing feels like something else, albeit related.
Spike/Buffy is on par with Angel/Buffy (I acutally wrote Angle/Spike, before I noticed and changed, god, that's really Freudian) and the ship-wars (iirc, it's been a while) were epic.
It's an issue because some (myself included) didn't appreciate the way the show presented the power and interaction of the power issue .The conclusion of the season regarding their relationship irritated me to no end. Any more and it's a spoiler.
Consent issues come up, but hey! It's Buffy/Joss! Crazy ship wars too. I can't wait to dish! We have to hang out soon.
Buffy/Spike is the only thing that made season 6 bearable for me. (I really like the beginning of the season. It's only in the middle-end that I started to hate it.)
Oh, the consent issues don't bother me. You know me, all about the dub-con. You'll see what my issue is when you get to it, I'm pretty sure ;-)
My main problem with S6 is with the Willow storyline. (*hates*) and what happens at the end of the season, which I think ruins a lot of previous emotional punches.
Spike/Buffy is incredibly popular in some quarters and incredibly loathed in others. So it's not really an unpopular opinion, but it's definitely an opinion that will get you screamed at if you say it in front of the wrong person. The fanwars over Spike/Buffy were insane. *is still traumatized*
I totally still shipped them at the point you're at--I miss that era. Also, Giles/Anya was freaking awesome and I wish they'd done more with it.
Huh, really? I thought I was very much in the minority for not being able to hack Spike/Buffy except as non-canon (pre-canon?). I'm watching S6 for the first time too; I knew Spike/Buffy was coming but I'm pretending it's all a dream.
Hardly. Spuffy remains the single biggest ship in the fandom, I think. That and Buffy/Giles. Both of which creep me out, but I'm very clearly in a tiny minority on both counts.
I'm actually watching with interest to see how your thoughts on the Spuffy pairing take shape as you watch the rest of S6 and then S7.
For those of you asking, the conference is apparently going to make all the papers web-available. Now that I've done feeling not-ready-for-prime-time about it, I'll keep you posted.
Does a happy dance!!!!!!! YAY!
I cannot wait to show my IRL TW friends your paper :D And be able to cite in the future!!!!!
I've been crankier lately because I've finally stopped hiding my inner crank. :-) No, seriously, it's a good sign. I need to stop bottling this shit up.
On the teacher who got hauled into court for doing her job: man, I want a neatly transcribed list of those words, including the two Yiddishisms for the male sexual organ.
For those of you asking, the conference is apparently going to make all the papers web-available. Hurrah!
It seems that me, you, and the whole of the Internet has been super cantankerous over the last few days. Yeah. I've opted out and am sitting on the back porch with Buffy and Spike.
Last night on Buffy: "Tabula Rasa." I really, really, love Spike/Buffy. Oh I am SO looking forward to seeing what you think of the rest of the season, partly because I am a Spuffy shipper who fell for Jack/Ianto, when I thought I'd never fall for another 'ship in the same way. I just like my couples messed up... (Spike/Buffy make Jack/Ianto look healthy. No really.)
As I said, I'm looking forward to seeing what you make of them. Because they give a new meaning to complicated, and their journey (separate and together) throughout S6 and 7 is just incredible... As Spike says in 'Crush' it's not pretty, but it's real.
It seems that me, you, and the whole of the Internet has been super cantankerous over the last few days. Which isn't to say we all shouldn't be or that I'm apologizing. I've just noticed a personal sense, and I think I'm not alone in this, that the uncomfortable issues many of us wind up discussing here have led to more upset and difficulty than in the past.
My fault, sorry! I infected the internet with my PMS.
"Tabula Rasa." I really, really, love Spike/Buffy. And Giles/Anya wasn't so bad either. And hey, this is so where RTD got retcon. Also, Willow, you are a dumbass.
Yeah, pretty much all of this. Though you know, I think I might be the only one didn't hate the magic abuse storyline. I mean, I don't love it or anything, but at the very least it convinced me to never ever get addicted to drugs. *thumbs up*
I'm a huge fan of Willow's entire seven-year arc. She's makes a lot of bad decisions now, but holy crap she's the most powerful magic user in the Western hemisphere and nobody ever saw fit to give her a mentor until she, well, what she will do.
"For those of you asking, the conference is apparently going to make all the papers web-available."
Awesome!
"Does anyone have any thoughts on anything they'd like me to have a go at at D*C?"
Sure! I'll throw a suggestion out there: something about rebooting in relation to characters (not necessarily character death)? It seems to me like the model for popular US comics, TV series and action heroes is to go through lots of reboots. When either the character or the setting changes too much from the original, the entire thing just gets started over again from scratch. But the Whoniverse seems different because the rebooting is very self-conscious, sort of tongue-in-cheek. I go through periods when I hate rebooting because it just leads to the same story getting told over and over again, but if you love the big character-driven epic type of stuff, the appeal is unavoidable... anyway, that's the type of thing I'd love to hear your analysis on, although there may already be a lot of papers on it that I don't know about.
Also would someone please ask racist Rand Paul to explain why he thinks Obama criticizing BP, a foreign company, is unAmerican?
I promise, not all of us from Kentucky are crazy. Cross my heart. Also, this article talks about how Paul's civil rights comments when unnoticed by the national media (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100520/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2167_13). An interesting read, if nothing else.
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Wow, that's amazing and wonderful.
Last night on Buffy: "Tabula Rasa."
I enjoyed that episode, but dear gods the season takes an extreme nosedive after that. OTOH, the Buffy/Spike stuff remains interesting, if also on occasion very Joss.
I think the Rand Paul thing is quite telling. The right wing people like him keep telling their followers it's about America and Jesus, when their real god is money.
I get you on the outrage fatigue. I have semi-regular brown outs where there's so much shit happening that I just want to say "shit is happening. Again. Like it always has and like it always bloody will because people are evil, vile creatures" then I spend a few days getting extremely drunk and being very hermitty.
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Calcium? Hmm. I thought we were billion year old carbon!
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YAY. They are my favorite times a billion! =D
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Like I said: I really, really look forward to discussing it with you.
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It's an issue because some (myself included) didn't appreciate the way the show presented the power and interaction of the power issue .The conclusion of the season regarding their relationship irritated me to no end. Any more and it's a spoiler.
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Buffy/Spike is the only thing that made season 6 bearable for me. (I really like the beginning of the season. It's only in the middle-end that I started to hate it.)
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My main problem with S6 is with the Willow storyline. (*hates*) and what happens at the end of the season, which I think ruins a lot of previous emotional punches.
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Dear Joss,
Stop saying you're a feminist. You're not.
Love, all women everywhere.
P.S. That doesn't mean we don't like your tv. Well, except for Dollhouse.
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(Where can I sign?)
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I totally still shipped them at the point you're at--I miss that era. Also, Giles/Anya was freaking awesome and I wish they'd done more with it.
There's lots of Spike/Buffy fic on my old archive website if you're interested (nothing written after 2006, but a lot of the classics are there).
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I'm actually watching with interest to see how your thoughts on the Spuffy pairing take shape as you watch the rest of S6 and then S7.
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Totally with you on the Buffy/Giles = creepy bench. It trips my incest squick.
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Does a happy dance!!!!!!! YAY!
I cannot wait to show my IRL TW friends your paper :D And be able to cite in the future!!!!!
Can you tell I'm excited?!
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Awesome! I look forward to it.
Giles/Anya wasn't so bad.
I like Giles/Anya rather a lot, actually, though I'd never have thought of it prior to "Tabula Rasa." And I think you're right on the retcon.
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And this show does not go easy on it. Which I love. Which some people hate. And there are ugly moments. I'm interested to see how you respond to them.
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On the teacher who got hauled into court for doing her job: man, I want a neatly transcribed list of those words, including the two Yiddishisms for the male sexual organ.
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I'm pretty sure "schlong" is one of the two the kids picked, less so about "schmuck".
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I LOL'ed. :D
Tabula Rasa is a great ep and I share your opinions on it. The next five eps are completely... WHOAH.
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Hurrah!
It seems that me, you, and the whole of the Internet has been super cantankerous over the last few days.
Yeah. I've opted out and am sitting on the back porch with Buffy and Spike.
Last night on Buffy: "Tabula Rasa." I really, really, love Spike/Buffy.
Oh I am SO looking forward to seeing what you think of the rest of the season, partly because I am a Spuffy shipper who fell for Jack/Ianto, when I thought I'd never fall for another 'ship in the same way. I just like my couples messed up... (Spike/Buffy make Jack/Ianto look healthy. No really.)
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Buffy and Spike, not so much.
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My fault, sorry! I infected the internet with my PMS.
Won't happen again.
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Yeah, pretty much all of this. Though you know, I think I might be the only one didn't hate the magic abuse storyline. I mean, I don't love it or anything, but at the very least it convinced me to never ever get addicted to drugs. *thumbs up*
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Awesome!
"Does anyone have any thoughts on anything they'd like me to have a go at at D*C?"
Sure! I'll throw a suggestion out there: something about rebooting in relation to characters (not necessarily character death)? It seems to me like the model for popular US comics, TV series and action heroes is to go through lots of reboots. When either the character or the setting changes too much from the original, the entire thing just gets started over again from scratch. But the Whoniverse seems different because the rebooting is very self-conscious, sort of tongue-in-cheek. I go through periods when I hate rebooting because it just leads to the same story getting told over and over again, but if you love the big character-driven epic type of stuff, the appeal is unavoidable... anyway, that's the type of thing I'd love to hear your analysis on, although there may already be a lot of papers on it that I don't know about.
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I promise, not all of us from Kentucky are crazy. Cross my heart. Also, this article talks about how Paul's civil rights comments when unnoticed by the national media (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100520/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2167_13). An interesting read, if nothing else.
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Wow, that's amazing and wonderful.
Last night on Buffy: "Tabula Rasa."
I enjoyed that episode, but dear gods the season takes an extreme nosedive after that. OTOH, the Buffy/Spike stuff remains interesting, if also on occasion very Joss.
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I'm glad to hear that, because I'm wildly curious about your paper.
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For cripes sakes it is is nationally recognized sexuality ed curricula!
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honestly, Giles/Anya makes more sense than Xander/Anya.
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