Robinson L maintains a livejournal account under the handle Arkan2, where he reviews and/or rants about books, movies, tv shows, his college, and politics. Reportedly crashed into an asteroid in late 2004 and died a fiery death. He got better. He aspires to be (in no particular order) a successful author, an activist, and a parent.
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at 20:30 on 28-07-2010
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Spoiler, if stuff that happens in the first minute of an episode counts as a spoiler: Liz X is not a non-recurring character.
Okay, in light of that, I think the wisest course for me would be to keep my trap shut from here on until I've seen the entire fifth series. I interpreted the end of Hungry Earth/Cold Blood to mean they intended not to revisit these characters or this particular bunch of Silurians ever again. (“It's a thousa... - at 15:00 on 28-07-2010 link This is my impression. In general, Davies appears to a Tokenist, whereas Moffat seems mostly to occupy the “colorblind” camp. This means that Davies' idea of racial sensitivity is always to have one (and only one) person of color around most of the time, one who isn't a raging stereotype or anything else obviously offensive. He's also more likely to spot the most obvious unfortunate implications in racial dynamics which colorblind Moffat could miss. I came to my conclusion abou...
- at 20:30 on 26-07-2010 link Quick follow-up which hopefully will not result in conversational necromancy! I just yesterday got around to reading that article on the use of singular “they” and feeling rather uncomfortable because, yes, I do in fact take issue with that quote from C. S. Lewis at the beginning of the post. “as everybody ought to do who falls into deep water”? That's a terribl...
- at 20:30 on 22-07-2010 link What have I done? What have I done?
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at 20:30 on 21-07-2010
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Robinson L: I've also tried out the other options, including the “wh” and “bl,” but they just produce pronouns like “wher” and “ble,” which doesn't seem to be making a point about racism. Jamie: Shani has helpfully pointed me at the probable origin of the 'ble' / 'whe' thing, which is a very clever bit of Swift-like satire from the 1980s.
Oh, I... - at 20:36 on 20-07-2010 link I have to agree with Dan that the point is undermined by the propensity to change around gender-neutral terms such as Capital-A Art, and by missing a whole slew of gendered terms such as “chick,” “Sir,” “fangirl,” “misogynistic,” “bitch,” and several others which presently slip my memory, not to mention its complete failure to address anatomical terminology. At the same time, I agree with Rami that the re-gender process does do its job, if...
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at 22:00 on 19-07-2010
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(Late as usual and long as usual …)
Jamie: Just playing with regender …
Good goddess, that is fantastic! Easily one of the five coolest things this month. Best of all is its rendering of this very playpen discussion. Hence:Arlene B: Arlen? The best male equivalent of "Arlene" out there is Arlen? Woman, what? Kyle: I am Kylee :( I am the unfunny one from South Park. Br...
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at 05:30 on 21-06-2010
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This nuanced defence of RTD's Doctor Who seems to be exactly on the mark, to my mind.
Any spoilers for the current series there, Andy? We're only two-thirds through. - at 18:45 on 14-06-2010 link (Last one, I promise) Jamie also wrote the entire body of work generally attributed to one W. Shakespeare, except King Lear, which was a collaboration with Arundhati Roy. Oh bugger, I've gone and put the spoiler tag in the wrong place again, haven't I?
- at 18:30 on 14-06-2010 link Jamie is all of these things, and the One as well. This all came out when he single-handedly freed us from the Matrix, restored the lost city of Atlantis, and saved the world from a coalition of Skynet, the Narada and a Vogon Constructor Fleet. However, we forgot it all again when the Doctor's meddling somehow cracked the space-time continuum, thus wiping all those events from existence and incidentally flinging Richard MacDuff's prize sofa back in time to the Cretaceous Period. Jamie still retains h...
- at 15:30 on 14-06-2010 link No, Jamie is actually in a coma, and the rest of us are all just hallucinations created by his subconscious. Wait, damn, I forgot the spoiler tag.
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at 20:00 on 22-05-2010
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Niall: So you're arguing that RTD's third-series finale was his best? Controversial!
Personally, I argue exactly that. Even with the downright disturbing Christ parallels and the death of the Master, it's still by far the best. Notably, the Doctor's restoration is not accomplished by deus ex machina, the Arkangel Network having been firmly established earlier on. His “only one thing to say” to the Master might seem corny to some, but I found it touching... - at 03:15 on 05-05-2010 link Re: Terry Pratchett's discussion of Doctor Who. I still can't get over the fact that he prefers Torchwood, and thinks highly of “Small Worlds”—“(the one about fairies)” as he puts it. I think my brain imploded reading that. At least he respects “The Empty Child.” Personally, I think Doctor Who is one of those shows which really points up t...
- at 20:00 on 28-04-2010 link The depressing thing Guy, is how much that reads like the rhetoric my uni (“college,” as we refer to it over here) is spouting lately. In other news, I learned from a Tea Partier the other day that England is a socialist country. (Cue “The More You Know” graphic.)
- at 20:30 on 19-04-2010 link Viorica: I know J.K. Rowling's not popular around here, but she definitely just kicked David Cameron's ass. I've never been a big fan of Rowling's, and between ptolemaeus and you lot, my opinion of her as an author has sunk rather low. This, though? [tips imaginary hat] Well played, madam. Viorica: ugh, more Doctor-fancying? Yee-eesh. As if we didn't get more than enough of that in Davies' run. And why can't the Doctor's companion ever start out in a relationship and just s...
