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Why obsessively analysing Buffy can be a handy RL skill.
You might remember that I mentioned reading a book whilst on holiday (‘The Girl in a Swing’ - one of my mother’s favourites) and how little I liked it. Well about 1/3 through I decided to just give up, because it irritated me so much. My mother was a bit disappointed, because she had counted on me to be able to explain things to her that happened later on. So instead she just filled me in on the rest of the plot (which btw - *shiver*! I’m am SO GLAD I didn’t continue, just hearing about it freaked me out. Gah!). Anyway, turns out it was all extremely symbolic and stuff - and it took me around 10 minutes to unravel the whole thing. Maybe less.
You see the book relied heavily on metaphors, allegories, symbols, foreshadowing, hidden clues, the way things are connected etc. etc. And having spent the last 3 years contemplating exactly this sort of thing, it was almost absurdly easy (Been there, done the meme, got the feedback...). Not to mention that the central idea was the concept of something Other trying to live in our world, with no real understanding of human morals and the way things work! Sound familiar?
My mother was very impressed. :)
So there - the skills acquired when analysing Buffy can be really useful!
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School starts tomorrow, so hopefully I can get my life back! Today my internet was *ded* most of the day - on the upside I got A LOT of housework done!
Oh and I posted fic yesterday: Goodbye Mr Chip.
You see the book relied heavily on metaphors, allegories, symbols, foreshadowing, hidden clues, the way things are connected etc. etc. And having spent the last 3 years contemplating exactly this sort of thing, it was almost absurdly easy (Been there, done the meme, got the feedback...). Not to mention that the central idea was the concept of something Other trying to live in our world, with no real understanding of human morals and the way things work! Sound familiar?
My mother was very impressed. :)
So there - the skills acquired when analysing Buffy can be really useful!
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School starts tomorrow, so hopefully I can get my life back! Today my internet was *ded* most of the day - on the upside I got A LOT of housework done!
Oh and I posted fic yesterday: Goodbye Mr Chip.