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Ye Olde Slashe Shippes: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

February 25, 2014 Demetria 3 Comments

I was supposed to be an English major, but I majored in Medieval Studies by accident. I just kept taking…

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: arthur, bromance, medieval literature, merlin, ye olde slashe

Torchwood flowchart

February 1, 2014 Demetria

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: torchwood

Selections from my rejected Downton Abbey script

January 23, 2014 Demetria

COUSIN ISOBEL Well I think the flower arrangements are entirely adequate. COUSIN VIOLET Oh no you don’t, bitch. Cousin Violet…

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: downton abbey

Current obsession: gentleman thieves

January 14, 2014 Demetria

Lest this blog become an endless series of complaints about media I like enough to keep consuming, but not enough…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: arsene lupin, E.W. Hornung, gentleman bastards, Locke Lamora, nightrunner, raffles, Sherlock Holmes

How I spent 2013

December 19, 2013 Demetria 2 Comments

2013 marks my second year of completing a novel-length textual product.* I didn’t technically finish a novel, in the sense…

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Posted in: Blog, Writing About Writing, Yearly wrap-up Filed under: learning to write more good, my writing, navel gazing, word count

Re: The Hobbit movie

December 15, 2013 Demetria

“Farewell, good thief,” he said. “I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: lord of the rings, The Hobbit

Shitty analysis: Marxist Lord of the Rings

December 1, 2013 Demetria 1 Comment

I made the same mistake as thousands of students before me: I believed that since I loved to read and…

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: lord of the rings, shitty analysis

Terrible marketing idea, or brilliant satire?

November 24, 2013 Demetria

I can’t tell any more.

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: Hunger Games

Sympathy for the Footman

November 22, 2013 Demetria

I admit it, I watch Downton Abbey. It’s totally a guilty pleasure, equal parts soap opera and fashion show (those…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: downton abbey

Isn’t it Bromantic

November 18, 2013 Demetria 3 Comments

This has been a huge year for bromance on screen, especially for genre films and TV. Totally platonic love between…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: bromance, ender's game, lord of the rings, merlin, Pacific Rim, sherlock, star trek, supernatural, thor, top gun, x-men

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