Academic jargon abuse, oh my! My skills are mad skillz.

[schmevil]

In my defense, I was on no sleep.

TA: So you write?

MHC: Ah... a little poetry, which isn't terribly good and some derivativefiction. Um.

TA: Oh! Really? What kind of derivative fiction?

MHC: Er... well, at the moment I'm attempting a reworking of the Superman story reconciling several 'subtextual readings' of the various texts, including religious and queer interpretations. I'm interested in looking at will to power in a patriarchal context, as it relates to the ideologically opposed characters Lex Luthor and Clark Kent, and how such religious and queer readings can expose the similarities in their positions, and explode the myth of the hero and villain. Particularly the plurality of the hero (Clark Kent, Superman and Kal El) is an interesting contrast to Lex Luthor's unified persona. Witness how in Smallville, this becomes problematic for the hero's position as arbitrary- *MHC looks around* Um...

TA: Right.

Class: ...

TA: So, Jane. You said that you write as well?

Jane: Yes. I'm currently working on my first screenplay. It's a kind of dark, romantic comedy with, like, references to the work of physical comedians such as Chaplin and Carey.

MHC: ...

Yes. This did happen. Yes. I did use air quotes.

No. I didn't make much sense.

Comments

[mollymoon.livejournal.com]

As embarassed as I am sure you were, I have to say that I wholly applaud the way that you explained fanfic (heh, and slash) without using the dreaded term itself.

It would have been much worse had you said:

Well, you know, it's like this minor obsession of mine. See, the WB (and no you can't call it Warner Bros) has this rockin' show called Smallville and the dudes that play Lex and Clark are totally hot. Of course, since everyone is so afraid of homosexuals, we never get to see the real relationship that carries the show. Lex and Clark are totally gagging for each other so I'm like taking it to heart [pound fist to chest] and writing it as a fanfic!"

*inserts sounds of crickets chripping*

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

*pounds chest*

I feel like I've stumbled into a rap video... are we going to be making odd hand gestures and stuffing dollar bills down mens thongs next? ;)

I need to sleep more so these kinds of things don't happen. Oy.

[swanswan.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

Well, that told 'em.

Honestly, I think you're a hero. Brave girl. Brave, eloquent girl.

And you know what? Fuck Jane. Fuck all the Janes!

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

Fuck Jane. Fuck all the Janes!

Hey! Watch what you say.

Seriously, MHC, great job. Good on you. How many people do you think knew what you were talking about?

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

Do I detect a Jane in the thread?

I doubt that even a quarter of the class even knew what derivative fiction was, let alone the intricacies of the Superman mythos. Throw in the 'religious and queer readings' and well, I think I've sufficiently alienated this group of people for the year. ;)

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

Do I detect a Jane in the thread?

You do. You never know where we'll be hiding!

I think I've
sufficiently
alienated this group of people for the year. ;)

Or just scared them enough so they'll back off. Go you!

have you ever seen an lj thread? have you ever seen an lj thread on <i>weed</i>?

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

There's a Jane in the bushes. Red Team go! Red Team go!



Ahem. If you didn't get that, well. Yeah.

Or just scared them enough so they'll back off. Go you!

It's a particular talent of mine.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

Brave? Oh no! I'm acting like a Gryffindor!

*kills self*

[bbathory.livejournal.com]

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen fanfic explained in such academic terms. ::snicker:: You make it sound like a huge literary endeavour.

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

It is a huge literary endeavour. It's just not recognized as such. *g* We have critics, theorists and hacks. What more does a movement need?

[faith-accompli.livejournal.com]

Hey, yours made sense - to most of us, anyway. And anyway, I'd rather read your work (and I don't like Smallville enough to go for fic) than 'a kind of dark, romantic comedy with, like, references to the work of physical comedians such as Chaplin and Carey.' :p

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

*smirk* I wanted to smack her with my Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. All 1500 pages of it.

[faith-accompli.livejournal.com]

You should've. It'd have been a revelation for her.

[aelita.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like it. Do you mind if I adopt it and use it shamelessly to confuse people? *g* Seriously, I'd never come up with anything that eloquent and I think you did great. My answer would'be been 'Porn.'

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

Go for it. *g* Confusing people is a cause I can get behind.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

Academically speaking, you kicked Jane's butt. You *do* have mad, mad skillz. *admires*

[schmevil.livejournal.com]

*bows* Thank you!