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shadowkatMerry Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate...
Thank you to candlefeather for the virtual tree. Mucho appreciated.
Off to eat lasgna shortly, Momster makes it once a year for Xmas Eve. Become a bit of tradition. She started it to feed my father's huge family, when we resided in Pennsylvania and they were all in the teens and twenties, while my bro and I were little tykes. As time wore on, and everyone drifted apart, the tradition remained, if only for the three of us that made it together this year.
Wiped by cough and lack of sleep last night, chose to just veg today, while Momster made homemade ice cream and cornbread for the stuffing tomorrow. Opted to see movie either tomorrow or the next day. I go back, weather permitting, on Monday. (fingers crossed that the storm hits on Xmas day and is cleared off before Monday). Wickedly difficult time of year to travel weatherwise, as I'm certain the poor people stranded at Heaththrow airport in London can attest.
Finished Catching Fire last night and am now a third of the way through Mockingjay. What's really hitting me about these novels is the effects of war and violence on the heroine, who at this point can't quite decide which is worse the government she'd been under or the new one she is fighting to put into place. She, much like Buffy in Whedon's comics and series, feels at times like a pawn in someone else's game, but unlike Buffy, Katniss holds her own and remains in control. In some respects I think Collins does a better job of addressing the themes of power, celebrity, war, and even feminism in her novels than Whedon does in the comics. Or rather, I prefer her version and like it a lot better.
Not fair to compare the two, I suspect, since they are different genres and different mediums.
Will state that is refreshing to read a series of novels about a kickass female heroine where the word "rape" and/or sexual violence never arises. Yes, my friends, it is possible to write a tale with these themes addressed and with a young adolescent and kickass heroine who suffers mightily, without that particular plot device. Shocking, I know.
Anywho...happy holidays to one and all.
Thank you to candlefeather for the virtual tree. Mucho appreciated.
Off to eat lasgna shortly, Momster makes it once a year for Xmas Eve. Become a bit of tradition. She started it to feed my father's huge family, when we resided in Pennsylvania and they were all in the teens and twenties, while my bro and I were little tykes. As time wore on, and everyone drifted apart, the tradition remained, if only for the three of us that made it together this year.
Wiped by cough and lack of sleep last night, chose to just veg today, while Momster made homemade ice cream and cornbread for the stuffing tomorrow. Opted to see movie either tomorrow or the next day. I go back, weather permitting, on Monday. (fingers crossed that the storm hits on Xmas day and is cleared off before Monday). Wickedly difficult time of year to travel weatherwise, as I'm certain the poor people stranded at Heaththrow airport in London can attest.
Finished Catching Fire last night and am now a third of the way through Mockingjay. What's really hitting me about these novels is the effects of war and violence on the heroine, who at this point can't quite decide which is worse the government she'd been under or the new one she is fighting to put into place. She, much like Buffy in Whedon's comics and series, feels at times like a pawn in someone else's game, but unlike Buffy, Katniss holds her own and remains in control. In some respects I think Collins does a better job of addressing the themes of power, celebrity, war, and even feminism in her novels than Whedon does in the comics. Or rather, I prefer her version and like it a lot better.
Not fair to compare the two, I suspect, since they are different genres and different mediums.
Will state that is refreshing to read a series of novels about a kickass female heroine where the word "rape" and/or sexual violence never arises. Yes, my friends, it is possible to write a tale with these themes addressed and with a young adolescent and kickass heroine who suffers mightily, without that particular plot device. Shocking, I know.
Anywho...happy holidays to one and all.
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Date: 2010-12-25 12:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-25 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-25 03:44 am (UTC)And I agree re Collins vs. Whedon.
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Date: 2010-12-25 09:18 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-25 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-26 04:05 pm (UTC)Hope you had a great Christmas.