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Category: Goofs

Memos from Torchwood’s HR Department

March 27, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

Hiring will now involve job ads, interviews, and background checks. “Some sexy babe just wandered by” is no longer a…

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: torchwood

House of Scandal

March 21, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

I’ve been watching a lot of TV dramas lately, because I’m struggling with character development and those long-form dramas can…

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: House of Cards, learning to write more good, Scandal

Ye Olde Slashe Shippes: Morte D’Arthur

March 17, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

If you haven’t read Le Morte d’Arthur you really must, because Thomas Mallory was a fascinating dude and his stories–many…

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

Ye Olde Slashe Shippes: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

February 25, 2014 Demetria 2 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 Leave a comment

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: torchwood

Selections from my rejected Downton Abbey script

January 23, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

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

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 Leave a comment

I can’t tell any more.

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Posted in: Blog, Goofs Filed under: Hunger Games

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