My Fan Fiction

Moro and Princess Mononoke
Moro was a wolf god who had freely roamed the forests for centuries without a care in the world. Lately however her world was changing and not for the good. Humans had started destroying her world. Every day they would chop down trees and every day she would retaliate by attacking them and sometimes eating them but only if she was very hungry as humans did not really taste so good.
One day she was paid a visit from the deer god who told her that something had to be done to restore peace to the forest before it all disappeared. Moro told the deer god that there were only so many humans she could eat. The deer god said that killing humans would never save the forest and then said that all forest creatures must find common ground with the humans if the forest was to survive. Moro could hardly believe what she was hearing. As far as Moro was concerned, the blame lay solely with the humans. The deer god could see how angry Moro had become and decided now was the time to leave but he said he would be back with a gift for Moro and she had better be ready. Moro had no idea what he meant and did not care much for what he had to say, even though he was the most powerful god.
As the months went by Moro went about her daily business of attacking the greedy humans. Then one day Moro felt a change in her body. It was a change Moro was familiar with; she was about to become a mother again. Moro was excited that once again she would have a new family member that depended on her. One morning when Moro awoke she was not feeling well at all in fact she could hardly move. Moro spent that whole day lying down and then later that evening as sun faded away behind the mountains Moro began to give birth. Moro knew that it was too early for her to be bringing new life into this world. It was only a few moments later and Moro had given birth but the little wolf was lifeless and Moro was unable to save her newborn. Never before had such a thing happened to Moro and never before had she felt as sad as she did now.
A short time later the deer god appeared and he had something with him this time and the little something made a crying sound just like a human. Moro moved closer to the deer god and then she recognized the scent of human. The deer god had dared to bring a human into this neck of the woods. Moro could hardly believe it. The deer god told Moro that this human would one day help save the forest and that it was Moro’s duty to make this happen. Moro was now becoming very angry with the deer god; after all how could he even think that she would consider anything that involved a human, especially after what she had just been through. The deer god looked at Moro and then told her that if she really wanted a future for the forest, then the only path for her was to accept this human as her own and teach it the ways of the wolf, for only then would man and beast be able to come together and form an alliance to save the forest. The deer god then left the baby at Moro’s paws and disappeared.
Moro felt insulted and just wanted to leave the baby however the baby began to cry which somehow had an effect on Moro. A part of Moro could not leave this baby to die even though another part of Moro knew that the path ahead would be difficult at best. Deep down Moro knew the deer god was wise and never wrong. Hesitantly Moro picked up the baby and canned it back to her den. Moro then lay the baby human on the ground. This baby was somewhat different to the babies Moro had seen the humans carrying round. It actually had a fine coat of fur that felt like silk and its eyes were bordering on a yellowish colour, similar to that of a wolf. Moro began to wonder if this gift from the deer god was actually a god itself. The days went by and the bond between Moro and her new arrival grew stronger and stronger. Moro decided to give her the name Princess Mononoke after a great wolf god who in a time passed was worshipped by both wolf and man.
Over the years Princess Mononoke grew up to know the ways of the wolf and identified herself as only a wolf. Together Moro and Princess Mononoke were a force to be reckoned with. They would kill any human who dared to destroy any part of the forest.
One day while hunting in the forest, Moro and Princess Mononoke were paid a visit from the deer god, who told them that the time had come for Princess Mononoke to make herself known to those who lived in the realm of the humans. Moro became very upset at the prospect of losing Princess Mononoke. Their bond was so strong that it was often talked about among the other animals of the forest. Moro asked the deer god why Princess Mononoke must leave when together they can fight the humans. The deer god said that Princess Mononoke was a gift to all those who live in the forest and then said he would return in a few days and send Princess Mononoke on her journey to save all who lived within the forest.
Once again Moro’s life had been turned upside down and once again she would find herself alone again. Moro struggled with the fact that she was going to lose Princess Mononoke. One night Moro explained to Princess Mononoke that here would always be a place for her at home in the den but for now she had to follow the wishes of the deer god. Later that evening the deer god turned up with a human who he introduced as Ashitaka. Ashitaka could see the sadness in Moro’s eyes, so he went over to reassure that he would protect Princess Mononoke and make sure she returned safely from their quest to save the forest. For Moro this was a sad day but also a proud day as she had raised a daughter who would be responsible for saving the forests of this beautiful world.

week10~

First, sorry for the late post.

Then this is my last blog, I post week 1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12. Please give me some comments

How do you think Buffy has influenced the contemporary vampire drama “True Blood” and the “Twilight” series of novels and films?

Buffy is on show earlier than “True Blood” and “Twilight”. So Buffy is the “ancestor” of the vampire story. With the beginning of Buffy, all the vampire types are have the same plot. I haven’t seen the drama “True Blood”, so here I don't say something about it. But “twilight”, the most famous novel in 21^st Century, I can show you some influence from Buffy. First, the vampire theme. In the West Country, vampire is a mysterious thing. So this kind of theme can attract more audiences. Second, Buffy is not just a vampire drama, but a romantic story, in this drama, the heroine’s love is an attractive plot. The audiences want to know the happiness of the heroine. An in twilight, the most attractive plot is the romantic love. The funs of twilight all love the true love between the human and vampire. Third, the war of different race is also the influence from Buffy. In Buffy, the clash happened between human and vampire, and in twilight, it is the vampire and wolves’ clash. But in the end, the rights always beat wrongs, and the story has a happy ending.

In what way is Buffy influenced by the romantic gothic tradition?

“Buffy adopts and adapts many romantic gothic conventions”, In Rose (2002), there is a conclusion of that. So in what way Buffy influenced by the romantic gothic tradition? First,

“Buffy employs romantic ideology in contemporary contexts and terms and suggests alternatives within that framework.” Buffy’s story is happened in our date, so the story’s ideology is closed to our time. With the framework, Buffy’s story become a good story with the sense of time. Second,” the characters, story line, and outcome both acknowledge the issues rise in Shelley’s novel and suggest antipatriarchal and postfeminist solutions to the problems Shelley saw in romantic ideology.” In Shelley’s novel, the antipatriarchal and postfeminist is the main point. And in Buffy, it huge raises the main point of Shelley’s novel. Different with Shelly’s novel, Buffy put all the things more close into life.

Reference

Rose, A (2002) of creatures and creators: Buffy does Frankenstein, in R. Wilcox & D. Lavery (eds) Fighting the forces: what’s at stake in Buffy the vampire slayer. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.

week9~

Wilcox and Lavery (2002) identify 9 defining characteristics of ‘quality TV’ – can you apply any of these to other television series that you have viewed recently?

1. Quality TV usually has a quality pedigree. (Friends)

2. Desirable demographics notwithstanding, quality shows must often undergo a noble struggle against profit-mongering networked and non-appreciative audiences (Gossip girl)

3. Quality TV tends to have a large ensemble cast. (Glee)

4. Quality TV has a memory (lost)

5. Quality TV creates a new genre by mixing old ones (prison break)

6. Quality TV tends to be literary and writer-based. (Glee)

7. Quality TV is self-conscious. (Friends)

8. The subject matter of quality TV tends toward the controversial. (gossip girl)

9. Quality TV aspires toward “realism”. (Lost)

Are there any other characteristics that you could add to their list?

Add:

Quality TV must have the health story and actors. Here I want to introduce Glee to you. This TV play is a good play in this year. There are health story, and actors in this TV play. In America, even Obama also like it. The plot is that: some young people like singing, but they are also the strange people in the school; a teacher wants to organize a team called glee, so they get together to finish their dream. In this TV play, there always some person wants to stop glee, so something happened. In a word, the TV play is a high quality TV, so I think the health story and actor is also important for a quality TV.

Reference

Wilcox, R. & Lavery, D. (2002). Introduction, in R. Wilcox & D. Lavery (eds) Fighting the forces: what’s at stake in Buffy the vampire slayer. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.

week12~

How have game shows influenced reality TV?

Hill (2005) tells us “the reality gameshow has become an international bestseller since its arrival in 2000”. From the first gameshow survivor to now the different kinds of gameshow, it is a long and hard progress for both the programme makers and TV viewers. Now, the gameshow become an important part in TV programme. So how the game shows influenced reality TV? I found some answers in Hill (2005):

Firstly, the gameshow has the format which worked well with converging media, like website and telephones. This bring the television marketplace a strong economic.

Secondly, the famous of the gameshow bring the international trade for the producer of the programme. The country who has bought the format of one gameshow can have the main idea of the gameshow and change it into their country’s style.

Thirdly, the reality gameshow have the schedule in the peak time in weekend. With the fun and the reality, it can attract more viewers to watch. It also can increase the costs in the production of reality shows.

Reference

Hill, A (2005) The rise of reality TV. In A. Hill, Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 15-40). Oxon: Routledge.

Why is reality TV so popular for both programme makers and TV viewers?

In Hill (2005), there is a definition of reality TV: “reality TV is a catch-all category, and popular examples of reality programming, draw on a variety of genres to create ratings winners. And for reality TV, the formats were successful drew on the popular genres to create hybrid programmes. Why is the reality TV so popular for both the programme makers and TV views? I think the most important reason is the “real”.

For the programme makers, making such a programme can bring a big profit for them. Different with making drama, sitcom and comedy, the reality TV is a viable economic potion for them. The reality TV has roots in both tabloid journalism and popular entertainment, but it also has their owe characteristic. So for the programme makers, the area of reality TV is a wide area for everyone who worked in the television area.

For the TV views, watching the programmes of reality TV is a way to relax, or an advantaged way to win some money.

Reference

Hill, A (2005) The rise of reality TV. In A. Hill, Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 15-40). Oxon: Routledge.

week11~

How have they constructed our conceptualisation of reality (or at least what we recognise as being real at the visual level)?

I am sorry; I really can't understand what the meaning of this question is. So I decide to answer it in my first understanding. In Hill (2005), there are three ways to classify reality TV: the television industry, scholars and audience.

The television industry’s real may be the real thing which can make the programme. The television industry is flexible in its categorisation of reality TV. The television scholars can show its “real” in a variety of different ways. This one comes from the real life and real person. At last, the television audience is the real people who appreciate this kind of programme.

How does Hill define reality TV?

There are most definition of reality TV in Hill (2005), I will list it and then summarize one which has the main point of this paper.

1. The category of reality TV is commonly used to describe a range of popular factual programming.

2. In the early stage of the genre, reality TV was associated with on-scene footage of law and order, or emergency services. More recently, reality TV is associated with anything and everything, from people to pets, from birth to death.

3. The reality genre is made of a number of distinctive and historically based television genres, such as lifestyle, or documentary, these television genres have merged with each other to create a number of hybrid genres that we now call reality TV.

So the reality TV is a range of popular factual programme which combine several television genres, which include everything from every area.

week8~

Research thefilms that have been adapted from Philip K. Dick novels or short
stories. Which have generally been acclaimed as the most successful? Why?

Some films from Philip K. Dick’s novels or short stories.

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A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly

Paycheck

I think a Scanner darkly can generally acclaim the main point of Philip. This one is one of the most successful movies from his novels. This movie has the science part, and also has the speculative part. Some of the plot just involved in the polity. So this movie is a good movie.

How does Dick’s essay (1999; 1964) illuminate his use of Nazism as a motif in High Castle?

In Dick’s essay, he said using “Nazism is right and proper, because it is a true topic, far more so than any novel or any review……”

For some countries, Nazism is the bad dream. So in High Castle, using Nazism is not only a memory of history, but also a hope for the future. In this essay, Dick gave us a description of Nazism and Jewish, this is the real goal of the writer of High Castle. In the end, he said:” let’s live in the present and for the future, not dwelling neurotically in the outrages of the past.” That is just the writer’s hope.

Reference

Dick, P.K. (1995). Nazism and the High Castle. In Sutin, L. (Ed.), The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (pp.112-117). New York: Vintage.

week7~

what is the difference in emphasis between the terms science fiction and speculative fiction? Which is The Man in the High Castle?
The science fiction put the emphasis on the word “science”, and in the fiction, all the thing can be the thing not in the world. Like in twenty kilometres under the sea, all the thing the writer writes are not the thing in that time, some of the new weapon even is made in the 21st century.

The speculative fiction of course put all the points on the word “speculative”. So this kind of fiction can happened in any time and any person. The thing described in the fiction must connect with the polity or social, and change a little thing which is very sensitive in that time.

The most different thing between science fiction and speculative fiction is the thing in the fiction is also in the real life or not. In the science fiction, the thing which is used by people can not find in real life, but in speculative fiction, it can be found.

The Man in the High Castle is just a good speculative fiction. In this fiction, something happened like the history, and something changed the main idea. The thing in this fiction is also the real thing in that time.