[ November 16th, 2007 ]
A Public Service
What I am talking about, people, is the abomination of Mary Sues. Without proper guidance, teenagers who think they can write (or even those who have an inkling of writing talent) are subject to create drab, cliche, overly-powerful and 'special' characters. And the worst of them appear in fanfiction. Yes, my dear readers, your favorite anime, movie, and game characters are being raped by Mary Sues as we speak. And I mean literally. Have you seen how many 'romance' fics there are on the internet involving a Sue and a canon character? Perhaps not. You are lucky.
Unfortunately, not everyone is. Some people are now suffering from permanent brain damage from reading these atrocities, and sadly, some carry the disease and spread it. Children who thinks writing these Sues are okay start writing them as well, and the chain continues. The worst of the Sues, however, are self-inserts. But we will not go into that. The self-insert stage is a normal occurrence in most children. However, if this continues into adulthood, we know we have a problem.
It is not too late, however. Protect yourself from this plague by avoiding pits of cow dung (http://www.fanfiction.net/). If that is unavoidable,
We can all make a difference.
[ October 23rd, 2007 ]
Rowling just sunk lower
Dumbledore isn't really my favorite character, but you have to admit, he's cool. I'm pretty upset not because he's gay, it's because Rowling says it NOW, after the series, after he's looked so good in our eyes and there isn't ANY evidence whatsoever of his sexuality in the books aside from the fact that he isn't married (which can happen to any straight spinster). It's so obviously a way to catch attention after the series is over. Pathetic and revolting for a writer I admired half a decade ago.
Not to mention that the seventh HP book was so full of
1. Harry is alive. Now I understand this is a children's book of sorts, so the main character should live by the unwritten laws of literature, BUT she's set him up to die since what, the fourth book? (not sure 'bout that) And then the reason for his being alive just comes up and you think, 'what the hell is that crap?' I dunno bout you guys, but there seems to be something lacking in that explanation, like it was some fangirl's fanfiction plot so haphazardly made up. Some might argue that this is to balance the deaths of a lot of characters, but I point out that the deaths are not of MAIN characters at all. Fred is just a support character, and Lupin was only a main character in one book. If Rowling wanted to kill someone off to give a reason to keep Harry alive, kill Ron or Hermione. I'd say that's balanced.
2. The epilogue. So obviously fanservice for the fans of the canon pairings. There was no point in it, as everything would have been wrapped up all right after the last battle. No, don't tell me it would have been an insight into the world after Voldemort is dead, or an assurance that the guy IS gone. It would have been wrapped up like the other books were, with a little scene just after everything. Her last bit of fanservice irritated me.
3. The last battle. Not really fanservice, but crap nontheless. I expected mroe from this. I mean, this was THE end of the end, the icing on the cake, the last Boss battle. And we have a single wave of the wand and Voldemort's dead, not even showing his legendary dueling prowess. Damn.
So yeah, Rowling SUCKS now. Don't be mistaken, I don't regret reading the books. Maybe I regret reading the seventh, but the first ones were cool. Too damn bad Rowling had to let her fans get to her.
[ October 4th, 2007 ]
Desperate Housewives and Philippine Med Schools
For those who aren't aware,
In an episode of Desperate Housewives, one of the actresses sees a doctor, doubts him, and asks him for his diplomas, saying she wants to make sure he didn't get it from "some med school in the Philippines." This was followed by an uproar in the Philippine community, and even the government is asking for an apology, calling the line a "racial slur". (I'm too lazy to put up links for the news articles, but I bet you can find a video on youtube and an article on gma-news.net)
First, facts up.
There had just been a scandal in the Philippines about nursing students cheating on the board exam,thus the retake. That was in the news all over the world. Also, there's this specific neighborhood in the Philippines that is so popular for mass-producing fake diplomas. It's illegal, but it's funny how the RP police isn't cracking down on the entire place. The diploma-makers are so good at running, I guess.
I read an argument that the Philippines IS known for fake diplomas, so this is what I say: ofcourse it is. Does that mean doctors from other countries don't get fake diplomas too? Why single out the Philippines?
Remember, Teri said "med school". She wasn't pertaining to the mass-produced diplomas. She was saying Philippine medical education was substandard. Hmm. Actually, a lot of Filipino doctors and nurses are employed all over the world, including the US. In fact the Filipino work force is highly regarded by foreigners in the Philippines who have had them as employees(or at least, two of the foreigners I know do).
The Filipino is stereotyped as a maid, a cab driver, or a whore. So annoying (well, jokes about the maid one are pretty damn funny). And now they want to degrade Filipino doctors too? While the line was meant to be humorous, it just adds to the IGNORANCE of some foreigners. Things like this leads to racism. Also, it shows how ignorant the script writer was.
To Filipinos who read this, please, PLEASE do not act like the stupid monkeys people think you are. I mean COME ON. Even in Ragnarok servers, I get killed in the PVP room AND get dissed just because I'm Filipino.
To people of other countries, STOP GENERALIZING, GODDAMMIT. Laugh at ourselves? Filipinos can laugh at themselves. They probably do so more than any other people in the world. We know ourselves better. What I will NOT tolerate are insults brought about ARROGANCE and IGNORANCE.
Mabuhay
pissed [ MOOD ]