Why the Three Musketeers have Girl Cooties (according to the Paul Cook school of thinking)

[la_marquise_de_]

Ten Reasons Why the Three Musketeers have girl cooties

Comments

[blairmacg]

I read, and rolled my eyes, at that linked article. Your post today made the time I spent reading that article worthwhile.

[la_marquise_de_]

Thank you!

[athenais]

I know! Aren't they dreamy? *fangirls*

[fidelioscabinet]

*dies laughing*

[la_marquise_de_]

They are perfect :-)

[fidelioscabinet]

I less-than-three this about eleventy time infinity.

In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, Whatta maroon.

OK, I can't help myself

[fidelioscabinet]

Bujold tips her hand in the eloquence of her language (normally a good thing) ...

Because allowing women to use language well sets a dangerous precendent, especially when they talk about girly things OMG.

I think I have a spray can of Fool-B-Gone around here somewhere.

Re: OK, I can't help myself

[athenais]

Really? I need to borrow that sometime. John Ringo keeps giving interviews....

Re: OK, I can't help myself

[fidelioscabinet]

Any time. I get it by the case from Amazon on the subscription model. Saves time and money!

[gillpolack]

I love the Dumas and girl cooties list. It helped me realise that the modern version of the Musketeers are teenage hero-girls and that D'Artagnan is the guy trying to win his way into the circle.

That article made me realise why I read Cook's writing and couldn't deal. If he had been writing the article as a joke, I would understand, for it provoked a great deal of discussion, but he really doesn't see what he's doing or how he's doing it. It's odd to find an academic/writer with so little reflexivity. It's also odd to find the assumption that if something's well enough written after a certain style it can't be SF, also.

[athenais]

Katniss Everdeen = Athos