New awesome words

[sasha_feather]

Two words that should clearly enter common usage:

1. Textravert (n) (coined by badgerbag): a person (like me) who is more inclined to extraversion in textual format.

2. Dollhouse (v) (coined by takumashii:

To make excuses for the failings of a serial entertainment in the hope that those failings are going to be undercut any moment now, because they're just too stupid to continue as presented.

Usage example:

"I thought the last episode of Glee was kind of bad, but I'm Dollhousing it for at least a couple more episodes."

ION I am still extremely tired, and I promise to call the doctor tomorrow.

Comments

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Dollhouse just skeeves me out too much. I have some friends who enjoy it despite its problems, and trust that it will go to a place where those problems are dealt with better (I think mystickeeper feels this way); but a show based on a rape premise, that doesn't even admit it, is pretty gross IMO.

There's a review that states this really well at Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/09/two_views_dollh-comments.shtml)
(scroll down to the 2nd one, by Gianduja Kiss)

[handyhunter.livejournal.com]

For me, not only is the premise a huge problem, but the writing on the show doesn't seem very Whedon-like (the closest thing I saw to it was Amy Acker's character in 2.01). I mean, I watched Buffy and Angel despite the horror aspect because I liked other things about them so much, but I haven't found anything in Dollhouse to make me want to watch it despite its premise -- maybe that's the point and the show isn't for me, but I'm really not seeing its appeal, beyond pretty people in the cast, which is practically standard for all shows, or wanting to see certain actors (which is my only reason to tune in, right now). I guess I don't know how to view it in a fun, happy way because the premise doesn't strike me as something to be taken lightly, unlike, say, Leverage, my happy show, which is about thieves turned sort of good, awesome banter, and outrageous scarves and hats! (and without nearly so many issues.)

Maybe Whedon is trying to find a new way to tell stories, but I liked the similarities of theme and character archetypes in the Buffyverse, Firefly and Astonishing X-Men. If he went back to that kind of storytelling, I wouldn't mind. They weren't perfect stories, but I don't think they're as problematic from the get-go as Dollhouse (or Dr. Horrible, for that matter, which I think was a bit of a mess in how it ended up perpetuating some of the problems it was attempting to highlight and maybe subvert).

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Yes! I agree completely. I was really uncomfortable with Dr. Horrible, and far too uncomfortable with Dollhouse to watch beyond the 2nd episode.

I love Leverage! It's great.