Comments | lonewytch: meta: The Bell Jar

lonewytch

meta: The Bell Jar - The Crimson Horror

May 10, 2013 20:26

In which there is much riffing on the idea of the Bell Jar, both scientific and literary; some exploration of Welsh Saints, mistletoe and Sir Gawain; some subversion of the way symbols have been used up until now; and those old favourites of a monster mirror, the x motif, the chair agenda and eye symbolism.

( The bright day is done, and you, my child, are for the dark. )

myth and metaphor, damn you moffat, meta, doctor who

Comments 8

jackdavfan692 May 10 2013, 22:43:30 UTC

Regarding the presence of veils. What, if anything, did you make of the fact that for most of the episode, Madame Vastra hid her face behind a black veil? I think she only lifted it twice (and she didn't wear it at all during the climax of the ep, when they were trying to defeat Mrs. Gillyflower & derail her plan)--- once just before the brother of the police detective left, and again when she, Jenny, and I believe Clara & the Doctor visited the coroner.

boji May 10 2013, 23:48:44 UTC

Am working backwards through meta for comments tonight ( ... )

rhoda_rants May 11 2013, 01:43:52 UTC

Ooooh, thank you for explaining "virago"--I couldn't work what she was saying there, and was totally lost. Well, not totally, I got the gendered insults bit, but I went, "Hang on, what was that middle one?"

Clara being the TARDIS is my favorite of the theories surrounding Clara--well, the one I most hope is true.

This was a very confusing episode for me, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Very much enjoyed this meta though. As I said before, you're brilliant, and I definitely learned something. The whole blood/well/purification thing behind the name "Winifred" is amazing.

goingbronco May 11 2013, 04:57:45 UTC

The pictures in this one are so disturbing. I didn't find the episode disturbing, but just by themselves...creepy lol.

elisi May 11 2013, 14:07:48 UTC

I totally blame you and janie for - IMMEDIATELY - the moment he picked one up - thinking 'CHAIR AGENDA!'

Not that I don't like it, mind you. ;)

Thank you for pulling everything together (esp the Bell Jar stuff) my mind has been all over the place and the episode was just so much FUN that I found it very hard to delve beneath...

(Icon in honour of the ice in his heart... Made it myself, in a bit of a rush, hence the rubbish quality.)