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Previous reports: “Láadan vs. tlhIngan Hol: Differential Diffusion of Created Languages”
The next panel I attended was “Women’s vs. Men’s Magic in Fantasy”, which was moderated by Nisi Shawl, and attended by Suzy McKee Charnas, John H. Kim, Elizabeth Vonarburg, and Jane Yolen.
Sadly, this panel was something of a disappointment.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kphoebe and I had been very keen on attending it, since different systems for feminine and masculine magic is kind’ve an important plot point in Seen and Spoken, but the combination of the late hour, the crowded room, and the panel’s seeming total disinterest in audience participation (or even attention) was a bad one. Karen and I spent most of the time writing odd little notes to each other in order to stay awake, and I’m pretty sure that seeksadventure (who was sitting on the other side of me) actually did doze off at one point (I expect her to deny this, of course!).
On the plus side, some of our notes to each other were pretty interesting. And I wrote a quick little sex scene! (short on words, but long on hawt, I assure you)
Highlight: One of the panel members (Jane Yolen, I think) said something about John Dee and Rasputin showing up in a novel I’d not read, and I wrote on my notebook “John Dee and Rasputin get around.” (because, y’know, while I’ve not read that novel, I’ve read plenty of others that included one or both of those guys)
Karen responded: “Did you know that Colossus is Rasputin’s great-great-great nephew? It’s true! Thanks, Chuck Austen!” Thus proving once again that All Things Lead to X-Men.
Previous reports: “Láadan vs. tlhIngan Hol: Differential Diffusion of Created Languages”
The next panel I attended was “Women’s vs. Men’s Magic in Fantasy”, which was moderated by Nisi Shawl, and attended by Suzy McKee Charnas, John H. Kim, Elizabeth Vonarburg, and Jane Yolen.
Sadly, this panel was something of a disappointment.
kphoebe and I had been very keen on attending it, since different systems for feminine and masculine magic is kind’ve an important plot point in Seen and Spoken, but the combination of the late hour, the crowded room, and the panel’s seeming total disinterest in audience participation (or even attention) was a bad one. Karen and I spent most of the time writing odd little notes to each other in order to stay awake, and I’m pretty sure that seeksadventure (who was sitting on the other side of me) actually did doze off at one point (I expect her to deny this, of course!).On the plus side, some of our notes to each other were pretty interesting. And I wrote a quick little sex scene! (short on words, but long on hawt, I assure you)
Highlight: One of the panel members (Jane Yolen, I think) said something about John Dee and Rasputin showing up in a novel I’d not read, and I wrote on my notebook “John Dee and Rasputin get around.” (because, y’know, while I’ve not read that novel, I’ve read plenty of others that included one or both of those guys)
Karen responded: “Did you know that Colossus is Rasputin’s great-great-great nephew? It’s true! Thanks, Chuck Austen!” Thus proving once again that All Things Lead to X-Men.
