Countdown to Slayage.

We leave for St. Augustine, FL in 37 days.  On June 3rd, Whedon Scholars from across the globe will be gathering at Flagler College for Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses.  This is exciting for me because it will be my first time attending (but the fourth time for David--a former "Short Mr. Pointy" award recipient).  Usually, I'm just "net girl" (as Willow Rosenberg would say) and I have no actual background in academics or Whedon scholarship, but even as an outsider to this world I think the experience will be terribly interesting.  The WSA has posted a draft schedule to their website and it looks like I already have some tough decisions to make.

Dollhouse will definitely be a highlight for me, and one of the first sessions on Friday morning will be devoted to it.  Soon after lunch, however, I find my first conflict: Do I go for a panel featuring "A Musical Alpha to Omega: Comparing Musical Languages between the First and Final 150 seconds of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or do I go to "'There Is No Cure For That': Illyria, Dr. Saunders, and the Gendered Body in Angel and Dollhouse"?  From there, my decisions quickly spiral into "Angel vs. Dollhouse" and "Jane Espenson vs. Sociopath in a Sweater Vest."  These are real dilemmas!

David will be a part of two sessions at Slayage: On Saturday, he'll present "From Beneath You, It Foreshadows: Why the First Season Matters," and on Sunday he'll be involved with the "Slaying with Pedagogy: Teaching Buffy to the Millenials" roundtable.


I hope that we'll be able to use this blog to share all the fun, but in the meantime, I'm counting the days and pondering the panels.