Two brilliant women and their brilliant blogs

[altariel]

Taking Carl to the Pictures, film reviews from a Jungian perspective, is back (why it went away), and talking about Black Narcissus.

And here is Jac Rayner's BlupoBlog, about girls' comics.

Comments

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Ooh, interesting! Amused by the "why the Blogspot version went away" (when I found it; shouldn't that link point here?)

I dread that kind of double-amnesia happening to me; can't currently access my iTunes account on the laptop at home because either I've used a completely forgettable password for the Windows login on that machine, or one of the kids has somehow managed to corrupt the Windows login entirely. The latter's my version, anyway, and I'm sticking to it :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link correction, blogged in haste. Blogspot threw me out for a while and then let me in again. I don't remember chanting any mantras, but perhaps all the swearing did it. iTunes is awful :-(

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

The thing about Apple that I really can't get my head round is that they come up with these amazing mobile devices but then predicate their usage - in this era of Web-based, go-anywhere cloud computing - on you being tied to one specific fixed PC (or Mac, etc) which is Your PC to which you want to synch everything. I mean, what??!?

When one of the whole points of such fabulous mobile devices might be that you would never want a PC again? Or you might be a student who uses the university network and doesn't want to own a PC or a laptop now you've got an iPad? Talk about not understanding your own USP... [rant, grumble]

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Now breathe ;-)

[communicator.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, thanks. I think she stopped posting last time about the time I started reading it. Always enjoyed it.

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

Working my way through Vogler's "The Hero's Journey" right now as I try to put into words why the majority of Shakespeare novels for kids/YA's are so incredibly gendered. Interesting stuff. Anybody ever done a Jungian take on DW? Ten was Hero/Trickster, Eleven is Mage. And Mages are a lot better at being than doing. Hence, I find Eleven incredibly dull to write about. You've managed it, though, haven't you? And got it published.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Sorry! iTunes just happens to be my current Rant Button of non-choice...

(But honestly, is it daft or what?!)

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

And much fun her version is too - though it's Amy and, particularly, Rory who absolutely rock.

(And you needn't think we didn't notice you sneaking the political science in under the guise of SciFiBeowulf, either, madam. Nor the Saving The World By The Power Of Television. I nearly snorted my Sunday-morning-tea-in-bed up my nose at that point.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

(I agree - it is daft!)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D I had some serious fun, and I'm glad you did too!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Next I need to read it to/with First Small Person - though I suspect the LeGuin-ish analysis of the dark hinterlands of apparently idyllic pseudo-Athenian city-states will go right over his head in favour of SPACESHIPS THAT LOOK LIKE DRAGONS!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Quite right too, because dragons are INSTANT AWESOME!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Your golden dragons are instant awesome. I particularly appreciated the Doctor referring to the mechanical one as Smaug, since I'd been picturing it curled up just like the one on my childhood copy of The Hobbit...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I may just have had something like that in mind...!

Hope First Small Person enjoys it :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I did find Eleven relatively easy to write in KD (although some people remarked that he sounded too much like Ten in it). I think that I think of the Doctor as catalyst, really: the organising principle of the story.

Edited for nuance.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

the organising principle of the story.

With the obliging tendency to explain the plot and deliver the lessons in political philosophy en route ;-)

I think given that you were writing KD before you'd presumably had much chance to develop a sense of Eleven (I know you got some advance info, but presumably you hadn't got to watch the whole series?!) it would be hardly surprising if it was difficult to shake off Ten entirely. And there are moments throughout S5 when Eleven's wordy oh-the-genius-of-me rants are rather Ten-ish. He is still the Doctor, after all.

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

The "Taking Carl to the Pictures" blog looks really interesting. Thanks for mentioning it.
I am interested in Jungian stuff, even if the man himself had some rather large shortcomings and some of his theories are a little crackpot.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoy reading it, she's a very witty writer.