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Apr. 11th, 2008 11:57 pmOh dear, the Firefly-Hating-Nutjob lady is still breathing
I'll not comment on the article, except to say that if this was submitted in an academic setting, her unfortunate Prof would probably handle it using a pair of tongs and with a clothes-peg on his/her nose. I never had much to do with the humanities side of things, but I imagine developing your conclusion first, then monomanically mangling the source material out of all recognition in order to get its congruence, is frowned upon.
That's irrelevent. What I was wondering was why she bothers. Lots of things infuriate and disgust me, but the notion of writing long critiques of them is burred under an immensely long list entitled "Better Things to Do" (and which includes things like "Cutting my townails"). Although I wouldn't be any good at it - I'm a bit too tolerant and with too much of a tendency to view things from a Utilitarian point of view - "I detest X. But clearly somebody likes it and who am I to judge them. Besides, if it entertains at least somebody, then it's fulfilling its correct function and what more can you ask?"
I suspect the answer lies in the claque that comments on her pronouncements. I guess we all need to feel we're good at something. If we get enough praise, we can convince ourselves of this even if the praise is patently unjustified. Perhaps the prospect of this glowing feeling, generated by some crowd that heap on attention and agreement is what prompts her to blow (what I'd guess to be) an afternoon of her life in front of a keyboard, especially if she sees little of these things in real-life.
You may think it's even more pointless to comment upon her. But I'm not good at dealing with people, at seeing the word through other eyes. Thinking about what might be really going on here is a useful exercise for me.
Anyway, the first one of these commentaries, on the pilot episode of Firefly, was greeted with outrage by the fan community. But amusement is starting to creep in. Before long, people will be looking forward to them. There'll be fan-sites devoted to her by the time she gets to 'Objects in Space', the last ever episode.
I'll not comment on the article, except to say that if this was submitted in an academic setting, her unfortunate Prof would probably handle it using a pair of tongs and with a clothes-peg on his/her nose. I never had much to do with the humanities side of things, but I imagine developing your conclusion first, then monomanically mangling the source material out of all recognition in order to get its congruence, is frowned upon.
That's irrelevent. What I was wondering was why she bothers. Lots of things infuriate and disgust me, but the notion of writing long critiques of them is burred under an immensely long list entitled "Better Things to Do" (and which includes things like "Cutting my townails"). Although I wouldn't be any good at it - I'm a bit too tolerant and with too much of a tendency to view things from a Utilitarian point of view - "I detest X. But clearly somebody likes it and who am I to judge them. Besides, if it entertains at least somebody, then it's fulfilling its correct function and what more can you ask?"
I suspect the answer lies in the claque that comments on her pronouncements. I guess we all need to feel we're good at something. If we get enough praise, we can convince ourselves of this even if the praise is patently unjustified. Perhaps the prospect of this glowing feeling, generated by some crowd that heap on attention and agreement is what prompts her to blow (what I'd guess to be) an afternoon of her life in front of a keyboard, especially if she sees little of these things in real-life.
You may think it's even more pointless to comment upon her. But I'm not good at dealing with people, at seeing the word through other eyes. Thinking about what might be really going on here is a useful exercise for me.
Anyway, the first one of these commentaries, on the pilot episode of Firefly, was greeted with outrage by the fan community. But amusement is starting to creep in. Before long, people will be looking forward to them. There'll be fan-sites devoted to her by the time she gets to 'Objects in Space', the last ever episode.
