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calapine's brand new Passing the Torch
“Where’s the Doctor?” asked Romana. “This is his TARDIS, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, but he copped it a few months back. Epic, it was. Lots of stuff blowing up. Fate of the universe at stake and all that, and he took my hand right at the end and said, Donna, Donna, my love, I want you to carry on my awesome legacy to the universe. Then he gave me this book.” She pulled a book out of her coat pocket and waved it at Romana. The title was untidily scrawled in thick black marker pen (the atrocious handwriting was undoubtedly the Doctor’s). It read: How To Carry On My Legacy by The Doctor.
A TINY RANT ON INTENT:
Paul Cornell has said that a scene of Owen propositioning a woman, being turned down, and then using an alien drug on her to put her into heat for him wasn't "intended" as a rape scene.
Now Amanda of Pandagon has taken another blog off my reading list by saying that peppering her new book with racist imagery was "ironic" and "not intended" to be offensive.
One more time for the slow class, people: Intent doesn't mean jack shit. The Titanic wasn't INTENDED to sink.
Deal with what is, because whether you intended it or not, it's still what IS. Own it. Put on your big kid undies, admit it and apologize, and not one of those "I'm sorry you're offended" weasel deals, either. People are a hell of a lot more willing to forgive when it's phrased "I'm sorry, I meant X and it's come out Y, and Y is a wrong thing that hurts people, period" than any variation of "I meant X and if 5000 of you see Y, what's all y'all's problem?" And even if you finally say the former, you lose a hell of a lot of points if you start with the latter.
The. Titanic. Wasn't. Intended. To. Sink.
calapine's brand new Passing the Torch“Where’s the Doctor?” asked Romana. “This is his TARDIS, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, but he copped it a few months back. Epic, it was. Lots of stuff blowing up. Fate of the universe at stake and all that, and he took my hand right at the end and said, Donna, Donna, my love, I want you to carry on my awesome legacy to the universe. Then he gave me this book.” She pulled a book out of her coat pocket and waved it at Romana. The title was untidily scrawled in thick black marker pen (the atrocious handwriting was undoubtedly the Doctor’s). It read: How To Carry On My Legacy by The Doctor.
A TINY RANT ON INTENT:
Paul Cornell has said that a scene of Owen propositioning a woman, being turned down, and then using an alien drug on her to put her into heat for him wasn't "intended" as a rape scene.
Now Amanda of Pandagon has taken another blog off my reading list by saying that peppering her new book with racist imagery was "ironic" and "not intended" to be offensive.
One more time for the slow class, people: Intent doesn't mean jack shit. The Titanic wasn't INTENDED to sink.
Deal with what is, because whether you intended it or not, it's still what IS. Own it. Put on your big kid undies, admit it and apologize, and not one of those "I'm sorry you're offended" weasel deals, either. People are a hell of a lot more willing to forgive when it's phrased "I'm sorry, I meant X and it's come out Y, and Y is a wrong thing that hurts people, period" than any variation of "I meant X and if 5000 of you see Y, what's all y'all's problem?" And even if you finally say the former, you lose a hell of a lot of points if you start with the latter.
The. Titanic. Wasn't. Intended. To. Sink.
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Date: 2008-04-26 10:41 am (UTC)