but I will be watching you very closely for gender issues, show.
Well, I did notice she was only sometimes called Dr. When they were transferring power from Stark to her, he was Dr. and she was Ms.
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§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 9:06:28 am PDT #4161 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
askye - Jul 18, 2007 9:19:26 am PDT #4162 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
When she came into GD some people refered to her as Ms and some as Dr and she asked why people were calling her Ms Blake and not Allison.
I seem to have forgotten -- but what was the trigger for the sponteous combustion. I know it was the radiation but why were the bursting into flames now and not a month ago?
lisah - Jul 18, 2007 9:20:14 am PDT #4163 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Well, I did notice she was only sometimes called Dr. When they were transferring power from Stark to her, he was Dr. and she was Ms.
I noticed that too and wondered what was up.
Fiona - Jul 18, 2007 9:33:53 am PDT #4164 of 10001
Oh! Anyone watched Jekyll with ColdFeet/Murphy'sLaw!Nesbitt?
It's written by Steven Moffat, of Doctor Who's Empty Child, Girl in the Fireplace and Blink, which should bode well. But I watched the start of the first episode, and it didn't grab me at all.
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 9:35:13 am PDT #4165 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fiona, a friend of mine who's been watching says it gets better. Or that it doesn't get better. I forget which. There were some parts she liked, though.
Fiona - Jul 18, 2007 9:37:27 am PDT #4166 of 10001
Well, I've given up and it's too late to jump back in now. If all the reviews are fantastic and they repeat it on BBCTHREE soon, I might give it another shot. Right now all the reviews are just praising James Nesbitt, so if you're a fan, go for it.
Scrappy - Jul 18, 2007 9:45:05 am PDT #4167 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our friends Will Shetterly & Emma Bull RAVED about Jekyll and told us we had to watch it. And they are fabulous writers (please to buy their awesome new books) and discerning watchers, so we are defintely giving it a go.
Vortex - Jul 18, 2007 10:02:13 am PDT #4168 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Heh. The whole thing is funny to me, working in academia. I think that she was called Ms. Blake when she was the GD government liaision because her job was not based on her Ph.D. The head of GD is a more academic/science oriented job, so her title is relevant. Some people probably are calling her Ms. because don't know that she has a Ph.D., but she's now their boss, so she's not Allison anymore.
BTW, you may call it gender issues, but it's closer to reality that people will call assume Ms. than everyone calling her Dr.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 10:04:49 am PDT #4169 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
but it's closer to reality that people will call assume Ms. than everyone calling her Dr.
In a town full of academics?
Vortex - Jul 18, 2007 10:15:55 am PDT #4170 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
In a town full of academics?
Yes.