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Today I finished this essay I've got due tomorrow. I love this essay. A couple weeks ago we studied The Tempest in class, and we watched this movie version of it. It sucked. Badly. Especially in terms of feminism and women having power and independence and having their lives revolve around things other than men/sex/emotions. So this essay was basically a rant about that movie, explaining why it sucks so much, and the best thing is is that my teacher totally approved the topic and helped me with a rough draft and told me that my essay was especially strong in terms of evidence.

I love being able to write essays about topics I care about. :D And this thing was supposed to be 5-7 pages, which was too damn short, because I got to the end of the seventh page and there was more I could say, except that I couldn't. *sigh*

And then what's ironic is that I decided to reward myself for finishing my essay, so heart_of_man and I watched Doctor Who, Tooth and Claw through Girl in the Fireplace. And of course, Girl in the Fireplace is just a scaled-down version of this movie.

But I kept my mouth shut! (Well, mostly. I had to comment when Reinette and her friend were laughing about the fatal illness of the king's previous mistress. But other than that, and a few snorts here and there, I was quiet!) As velesia might remember, last time I watched Girl in the Fireplace, I did it with alcohol. XD This time I had perspective, though. I remembered Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, thought of how much worse GitF could be, and managed to sit through it just fine.

(I think I will need alcohol when we get to SitL/FotD, though. Even months later, when I haven't seen them since they aired, the thought of those episodes and the relationship therein makes me want to smash things and swear. And I mean really swear, which I don't tend to do. I am still disconcerted that I can hate something fictional so much.)