We need to stop meeting like this. And by “this” I mean a few weeks late. I had a week long trip to Florida with my whole immediate family (bigger than most people’s distant families), followed shortly thereafter by a cousin’s wedding/family reunion . And then I recently started a new job. So things have been adventurous and busy lately. Life is now seeming to settle down, which I prefer because that means that I’ll have more time to focus on the thing I love the most: sleeping. Wait! I mean rambling about mythology! So read on to hear about the nature of mythology and happy endings, focusing on Jupiter Ascending and Ex Machina. As always, major spoilers after the jump.
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Multiplicity in Protagonists, or, The More the Merrier
Guess who just got done being sick and bedridden for an entire week and still can’t really talk right?
Me. It was me.
So that was a painful and awful week I just went through. But I’m back in business now. And guess who’s also back in business?
Orphan Black. It’s Orphan Black.
This season has hit the ground running and it’s got me thinking about how awesome it is to have multiple female characters in a show. I’ve noticed this in other places as well, most notably Frozen – but also some old school mythological references. And thus the rambling begins…. Continue reading “Multiplicity in Protagonists, or, The More the Merrier”
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