Budoka in Quarantine
As a scholar and a musician, I can carry on with my work. Of course, things have changed – conferences became Zoom calls and concerts got replaced by recordings, for example. Still, I feel that…
martial arts Zanshin
Category: blog
This personal archive of Musings (aka my weblog) functions as a database for interesting fanfiction I came across, as well as for my own work on (among other things) autism, bisexuality, fan studies, King Alfred of Wessex, mermaids, music & (ludo)musicology, martial arts, (neuro)psychology, video games, the medium formerly known as TV, and random nerdiness. I hope that you’ll enjoy browsing through my Musings (Blog).
fanfic King Alfred of Wessex
Alfred / Modwenna / Wyrm
Surakian wrote this untitled fanfiction for The Last Kingdom, in which King Alfred gets very sick (when hiding in the Athelney marshes) and Modwenna cures him. She finds out that he has a wyrm in…
fan studies
Monstrous Mermaids
Some preliminary findings of my PhD research, in a table. I categorized these “monstrous mermaids” in fan art and gave them their names. Monstrous Mermaids Frankenstein Mermaid Zombie Mermaid Vampire Mermaid Robot Mermaid Identity Markers…
fanfic
Mermaid in a Wheelchair
An author under the pen name of Lilith Ravenwood wrote the following story.
mermaids
Mermaids of Colour
When the Disney studios announced that they had cast Halle Bailey in the role of Ariel, aka The Little Mermaid, for their latest live-action remake, there was a wave of reactions and most of all:…
medieval studies the medium formerly known as TV
Princess Gis(e)la of France
Special interests are one of the most common characteristics of people with autism*, and in my experience, they often come as a surprise. While watching Netflix’ series Vikings to examine the portrayal of King Alfred,…
fanfic translations
Spanish King Alfred fanfic
I had to brush off my Spanish, but with a little help from my friends, I managed to understand this fanfiction about El rey Alfred by Venezuelan Tumblr user marithesoprano. With her permission, here I…