Gender Deaths Link and Mark Sheppard is Awesome

[hells_half_acre]

First: One of my favourite can of worms - someone did a count of death in Supernatural based on gender! It's VERY INTERESTING. Some of you may remember that I wanted to do something similar a couple of months ago, except with sexual-assault (either real or metaphoric), but decided that I did not want to bring that kind of wrath down on myself. Likewise, I have made a point not to read the comments that these guys received on this lovely death-count. I find numbers interesting, but I know that there is more to interpretation and context than numbers alone.

Second: Mark Sheppard is awesome.

I really hope he gets added to VanCon at the last minute or something, because I would love to meet him....plus he's been on Doctor Who! It's odd, but since Supernatural is filmed where I live, it doesn't feel as...impossible...to meet the actors. To me though, Doctor Who is something that just doesn't intersect with real-life. So, yeah, not that I can ever think of questions at Cons, but if Mark Sheppard did come, I would totally ask him SOMETHING about Doctor Who.

Anywho...what I really want to talk about is how awesome this little speech he gave at RisingCon is. Link here, and I'll also embed it below. I know that a section of it sort of encourages the petitions and everything that annoy the crap out of me, but in general, it's just a very heartfelt speech about how the conventions are just as loved and important to the actors as they are to the fans...

 

Comments

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

Oh, kudos to them for the attempt for sure. And pretty charts.

In any case, I think if anyone were to try an academic treatment of the subject, the focus would be qualitative/descriptive rather than quantitative, so it's not that I think they were.

But they seemed to have a point to make, and if there's anything I can't resist, it's an argument on the internet ;)

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know ;) You and I have discussed a subject similar to this at length before. You are quite good at arguments on the internet!

My master's thesis was a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research, so I'm a bit of a sucker for using quantitative stuff. But I do agree that they've lead some of their numbers, and didn't do a complete treatment. Still, impressed that they attempted...and also impressed that they were willing to open that can of worms on themselves. I'm not.

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

Oh, exactly. What was your thesis on? *is curious*

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Public Opinion in the Aftermath of the Easter Rising.

I could have published it as an academic article, but I didn't get around to re-writing it in the 3 years after I graduated, and then my Prof. died. So, yeah...sucks. It was fun to do though and I found the topic interesting. It was mainly about when and why the executed leaders of the Rising became martyrs.