Jane Graddell's Journal

Subject:	Getting To Know You Meme
Time:	2:49 pm.
Music:	Al Stewart - "Roads to Moscow".

Via

coreopsis

THE RULES:
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favourite lyric to your current favourite song. Or your favourite kind of sandwich. Or your favourite breed of tropical fish/kind of bug/breed of dog. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your JF with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions

( The questions coreopsis asked me, and my answers )

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Subject:	Doctor Who
Time:	10:10 am.

Note: No real spoilers here, even for those who haven't seen the David Tennant episodes. Unless saying that David Tennant has sexy hair is a spoiler, in which case it's already too late.

Okay. Why didn't anyone make me watch the new Doctor Who ages ago? No, you all merely taunted me with your gushing and squeeing and nifty icons without ever saying, "OMG your life will have no meaning until you've seen the new Doctor Who!"

I love it. I love all of it. I love Chris Eccleston. I love David Tennant. I love Rose. I love Jack. I love Micky, and Jackie. I love the new TARDIS. I love the stuff they kept. I love the stuff they changed. I love the stories, and the acting, and the special effects.

I'm actually not sure where to start talking. ( Okay, so it lacks the plastic rocks, suspiciously fruit-shaped planets, and spaceship crashes rendered by dropping models into oatmeal. )

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Subject:	Character Love
Time:	6:56 pm.

Since it's been 113 weeks since I updated this journal, I'm going to do what I've been doing a lot lately and simply pretend that no time has passed.

The various character discussions on

fandom_discuss have, amazingly enough, got me thinking about how I view characters and my response to them and so on.

In general, I've found that, in the books and shows and movies I enjoy the most, I tend to like the characters I'm "supposed" to like, hate the characters I'm "supposed" to hate, and go with the flow of the plot. I've wondered if this makes me an uncritical sheep and fawning fangirl, as fans who agree with the creator's assumed intent are sometimes called. It's possible, but when I pondered a bit I realized something kind of important about how and why I read or watch certain things.

Put simply, when I find myself not going with the aforementioned flow, when I dislike the characters I'm supposed to like and like the characters I'm supposed to hate, I tend to lose interest altogether and stop reading or watching. I enjoy things where my own perception aligns most closely with what the author is (hopefully) projecting. If I have to fight against the author's intent the whole way, it's just not worth it for me.

And, of course, once I finish something where I find myself in that wonderful sympathy with the author/creator, I can then cheerfully criticize and analyze it to bits. :)

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