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The Disambiguation Thread
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with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.
Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
Re: In defense of astrophysicists
LOL! I know.
Personally, when I saw that ep I explained it to myself that he watched the same BBC (but partially filmed in Vancouver) "Supervolcano" docu-drama that I did and then "geeked out" looking volcano stuff up online. (And I have a sneaking feeling that the writer did watch or work on that production because the parallels were substantial). Think I might have even said as much way back when I "reviewed" that ep, actually.
I'd seen the BBC show only a few months before and I actually predicted most of McKay's exposition dialogue - and my professional expertise is in the biological sciences!
I suppose that my point is that while it's far from impossible that Rodney would know that much about vulcanology, him suddenly being touted as a planet-saving (or not saving) expert on the subject "took me out of the moment" (I actually vocalised to myself "hey, isn't he an astrophysicist, not a vulcunologist") far more than him having geek knowledge or passion for "Buffy" would. But that just might be a personal thing about me and the way I view the character.