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I am not dead! Also, I'm moving to Canada.
Hello, my long-neglected LJ!
It has been several years, and I don't have any excuse except that life happened. What specifically happened if that my career has moved gradually onwards, to the point where I am now a fully qualified respiratory physician, and about to embark on a fellowship in Lung Transplantation - in Toronto.
I thought that with ( Read more... ) -
I aten't dead
My archive tells me the last time I posted on here was in 2013. This is a little scary. I dug it up mostly to revisit the posts about my trip to Nepal six years ago, in preparation for another visit ( Read more... ) -
The Hobbit
Just saw The Hobbit. My review below the cut - beware of spoilers.
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Anything but ordinary: the overlooked sidekick
Another quiet shift, another character essay. This time, I'm going to focus on an entirely different type of character: the charmingy normal everyman.
These are the characters most people are supposed to be able to relate to. We might have to wonder what makes The Doctor tick, but nobody has to think about Rose - she's a shop girl from a housing ( Read more... ) -
Not quite human: the appeal of troubled genius
Yesterday, I showed my mum an episode of Sherlock in an attempt to get her into it. About halfway through the episode, she remarked, "I know why you like this! It's just like Doctor WhoThe statement is superficially absurd, but on a certain level, she's pretty spot-on. And it's not as if my Mum was aware of the fact that Sherlock is partially ( Read more... ) -
Sherlock
And where would I be without a new thing to squee over?
Following multiple recommendations from trusted friends, as well as a vague understanding that Stephen Moffat was somehow involved, I decided to watch Sherlock. This, for those who struggle to keep up with all the Sherlock Holmes adaptations floating around the moment, is the BBC modern-day ( Read more... ) -
Terry Pratchett, The Long Earth
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Why yes, I did just spend my Saturday evening writing an essay on Mary Sues
I first came across the term “Mary Sue” when writing my Harry Potter fanfic, The Greatest Kind of Magic. My beta reader at the time defined it as “A character who is boring, clichéd and perfect in every way.” Of course, as I delved further into the world of fanfiction, I realised that definition didn’t quite cover it. A Mary Sue is a self-insert. A ( Read more... )