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Rynne ([personal profile] rynne) wrote2008-10-26 10:02 pm

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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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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.)

[identity profile] shinyopals.livejournal.com 2008-10-27 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, you should practically get a medal for the GitF rewatch! XD One time I rewatched pre-s4 I attempted to make all comments in my LJ reaction *positive* and OMG SO HARD.

SitD/FotD pretty much embody *everything* that's wrong with Moffat. It's like the others were just warming up to how bad he could be. They have everything! XD

Sounds like quite a cool essay. I can write for hours about things I'm interested in. (Although given how DW centric my interests are, I doubt it would give me an English degree at the end...)

[identity profile] rynne.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I just kept reminding myself that it wasn't as bad as it could be. XD I think if I had to write a positive reaction post to this episode, it would consist of: "Well...it's very pretty." :p

I ♥ my essay. I don't often get a chance to rant about misogyny in actual writing assignments. XD

[identity profile] shinyopals.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
My positive thoughts on GitF didn't even comment on how pretty DT's shirt/tie combination is. I'm not quite sure how this happened! XD

[identity profile] velesia.livejournal.com 2008-10-27 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I love papers like that... nothing remotely similar yet this semester *sigh* but I the classes I have papers due in are science classes, they want data not philosophy. *pouts*

[identity profile] rynne.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I've got a science paper due on Friday. I'm not looking forward to it. XD