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Life after television
I’m knackered, but I’m fairly certain it’s the good “I’ve been busy” kind of knackered, rather than the “woe, existence saps the very soul from my being” kind of knackered. Having said that, there comes a point for every introvert where she has to nail the door shut and seal herself into her chamber of solitude for recharging. Particularly if said introvert intends to be able to speak in something other than grunts at Eastercon in a fortnight.
On Monday, I went to the Slash Fiction Study Day at De Montfort. It was another thoroughly enjoyable day; grateful thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dr_porn for providing a venue for these discussions for the past three years. (And thank you to edge_of_ruin for doing all that driving!) I went to panels on “True Pairings” and “Slashing the Academy”: in the first of these Kellie Ann Aki Takenaka spoke about officers and batmen in the Wimsey books, Jeeves and Wooster stories, and Lord of the Rings. Vera Cuntz overcame technical difficulties to give a fascinating discussion of the visual evidence for Snape/Harry from the Harry Potter films; particularly striking (and funny) was her juxtaposition of Harry’s first sight of Snape in Sorceror’s Stone with Rhett Butler’s of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind.
sheenaghpugh has helpfully posted a summary of the “Slashing the Academy” panel so that I don’t have to. This panel – with papers on H.D., Richard Aldington, E. M. Forster, and Russell T. Davies (d’ya see what I did there) – was probably the most enjoyable and interesting I’ve attended at these study days. In the final session of the day, several people involved in the Organization for Transformative Works briefed the conference on how their various projects have advanced recently.
This is the last slash fiction study day that will be running at De Montfort, and conversation naturally turned to: what next? I wonder whether Redemption might be a suitable occasion to run something similar; probably on a smaller scale, perhaps a morning of papers and discussion. What do regular Redemption attendees think? Would this be something you think you might enjoy participating in and/or attending? Would the more academic format of ‘giving a paper’ sit with the more open style of Redemption panels? Would you want to maintain a focus on slash (which helpfully gives the papers an organizing principle) or include discussions of fanworks more generally?
And, finally, I shall remark in passing upon various portents of doom: I slept blissfully through Wednesday’s earthquake (although the news headlines the following day were classic: “BRITAIN’S CHIMNEYPOTS SHAKEN!”) Meanwhile, what looked like a deathly reek seeping from Mordor that hung over the Fens as we drove to Leicester on Monday turned out to be a a fire in a cabbage factory. And Gale Force Winds Have Broken Our Telly! – the satellite dish fell over during the night. Truly, civilization has collapsed. Or it would have, if t’internet had gone with it.
Finally finally, Abigail Nussbaum has finished her series of excellent essays on Deep Space Nine, and has collected links to them in this post. Hmm, the DVD player isn't bust... I may just watch some DS9...
On Monday, I went to the Slash Fiction Study Day at De Montfort. It was another thoroughly enjoyable day; grateful thanks to
dr_porn for providing a venue for these discussions for the past three years. (And thank you to edge_of_ruin for doing all that driving!) I went to panels on “True Pairings” and “Slashing the Academy”: in the first of these Kellie Ann Aki Takenaka spoke about officers and batmen in the Wimsey books, Jeeves and Wooster stories, and Lord of the Rings. Vera Cuntz overcame technical difficulties to give a fascinating discussion of the visual evidence for Snape/Harry from the Harry Potter films; particularly striking (and funny) was her juxtaposition of Harry’s first sight of Snape in Sorceror’s Stone with Rhett Butler’s of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. sheenaghpugh has helpfully posted a summary of the “Slashing the Academy” panel so that I don’t have to. This panel – with papers on H.D., Richard Aldington, E. M. Forster, and Russell T. Davies (d’ya see what I did there) – was probably the most enjoyable and interesting I’ve attended at these study days. In the final session of the day, several people involved in the Organization for Transformative Works briefed the conference on how their various projects have advanced recently. This is the last slash fiction study day that will be running at De Montfort, and conversation naturally turned to: what next? I wonder whether Redemption might be a suitable occasion to run something similar; probably on a smaller scale, perhaps a morning of papers and discussion. What do regular Redemption attendees think? Would this be something you think you might enjoy participating in and/or attending? Would the more academic format of ‘giving a paper’ sit with the more open style of Redemption panels? Would you want to maintain a focus on slash (which helpfully gives the papers an organizing principle) or include discussions of fanworks more generally?
And, finally, I shall remark in passing upon various portents of doom: I slept blissfully through Wednesday’s earthquake (although the news headlines the following day were classic: “BRITAIN’S CHIMNEYPOTS SHAKEN!”) Meanwhile, what looked like a deathly reek seeping from Mordor that hung over the Fens as we drove to Leicester on Monday turned out to be a a fire in a cabbage factory. And Gale Force Winds Have Broken Our Telly! – the satellite dish fell over during the night. Truly, civilization has collapsed. Or it would have, if t’internet had gone with it.
Finally finally, Abigail Nussbaum has finished her series of excellent essays on Deep Space Nine, and has collected links to them in this post. Hmm, the DVD player isn't bust... I may just watch some DS9...
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The earthquake did wake me up and I too have been pondering on the end of days. I'm convinced my dodgy plumbing is about to spring a leak.
The Slash Day was really enjoyable - thanks to you too for being such good company. Hope the telly's repaired soon and have a nice, quiet retreat.
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Eek, get that plumbing checked out!
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I've been pretty tired, too, after Monday, though I'm gradually coming round, I think. It was an excellent day.
I'd certainly be interested in a series of programme items at Redemption. I guess there might need to be some thought as to whether it should be a solid half-day, or a series of items throughout the con (like the books panels) - depends whether participants would be coming over specially or would be there anyway? Whatever, I like the idea. As for the scope, I'd be happy with a slash emphasis, but perhaps it might be good to be het-/gen-friendly, not least to avoid restricting what might already be a relatively small group of participants?
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Spreading the academic stream across the weekend actually sounds like quite a good idea, providing there's enough interest; thanks for that. The book panels are a good example: I really liked how they built up over the weekend, and those who had attended all of them became friendly with each other by the end of the weekend, like we got familiar with each other likes and opinions. I'll have a think!
Oh, and a link to Lim's Us (the songvid I was talking about), in case you haven't found it yet (and I misdirected you to You Tube).
I just realized I don't have a Garak/Bashir icon. Wah!
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I don't see a specifically slash-focussed academic track working, though. Slash is the province of a small but enthusiastic minority at Redemption: academia likewise. The intersection of the two sets is likely to comprise about four people.
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I'm so glad people seem to have enjoyed 'Slashing the Academy'!
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It was a terrific panel, so informative and thought-provoking, and I loved how all three of the papers worked so well together.
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I hope you're getting to do just that.
Particularly if said introvert intends to be able to speak in something other than grunts at Eastercon in a fortnight.
It could make for some interesting panel discussions.
The Slash Study Day sounds like it was highly enjoyable, and I have utterly failed to get to any of them.
I think it might be a good thing to do at Redemption, although I'd agree with others who have suggested scattering it through con like the books thread.
Alack and alas and woe for the lack of telly brought down by the elements! I hope the DVDs are sufficing.