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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

So I cranked out another post for my WordPress Avengers blog, "Featherdusters at 400 Yards." It's another a series I've been doing about Steed as a trickster, in this case the ways he hides in plain sight by assuming a cover but dropping hints that he's not who he appears to be. You can read it here: https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/cunning-old-foxes-iii-hiding-in-plain-sight/.

If you want to read the other posts in this series, you can do that here: https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/category/themed-blog-series/cunning-old-foxes/.

You can access the full blog at https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/.
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dissolute · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:11 pm Post subject:

One of my favourite examples is in "Build a Better Mousetrap" where he introduces himself as being from The National Distrust - a quango that doesn't trust the owners of stately homes to keep them properly maintained.
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

Yeah, Mousetrap has a lot of trickster stuff going on. I've written three blogs about it already, and there's still more to unpack.
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

New Blog Post on Featherdusters at 400 Yards

In this post, I examine the ways in which Steed and Mrs Peel's true courage and virtue are contrasted with the villainy of the Danger Makers.

Content notice for discussion of ableist themes and disabled-as-villain tropes.

Read the post here: https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/courage-virtue-and-woundedness-in-the-danger-makers/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

Nother Blog Post

Here's a little something I tossed off about the conversation between Mrs Peel and the undertaker in "Dial a Deadly Number."

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/undertaking-respect/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

The Exclusivity Arc

So about a year or so ago, I went through the whole of Season 4 to figure out how the arc of Steed and Mrs Peel's relationship worked. The result was a 9-post series on Tumblr, which later sprouted a couple extra features. Since that initial series, I revised some of my thinking about stuff from "Too Many Christmas Trees" onward, so I've collated everything into only 3 posts (with revisions) plus 2 extras on my WordPress site, and it's now all there for your delectation.

You can start with the Introduction and Overview, which also has links to the other parts: https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2017/12/17/the-exclusivity-arc-introduction-and-overview/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

An Invitation

I'm always open to questions or comments about my blog posts. You can interact with those at the WordPress site directly in the comments on individual posts (https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/), you can reply to something on this thread here or maybe start a new one, or you can send me an ask at my tumblr (http://sparklywaistcoat.tumblr.com/)

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

A new blog, on Classical references in "The Danger Makers."

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/classical-references-in-the-danger-makers/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

Today is International Hug a Medievalist Day, so I'm posting a link to the blogs I did on medieval confluences in the Avengers:

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/category/themed-blog-series/medieval-maunderings/
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dissolute · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:17 pm Post subject:

You always have insightful and quirky articles in your blog, super!
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy them.

As always, I welcome questions and comments here or at the blog itself. Folks can also send me asks on tumblr, anonymously, if they prefer, at http://sparklywaistcoat.tumblr.com.
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

A Thing about wardrobe

A while back I tossed off a little something on my tumblr about wardrobe colors in Season 5, based on a convo some of us were having on that site. I've reposted it on my WordPress blog.

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/sartorial-synchrony-or-not/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

New Blog Post about "Second Sight"

So I blogged another blog, titled "Blindness, Ableism, and Models of Disability in 'Second Sight'," and you can read it at https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/04/21/blindness-ableism-and-models-of-disability-in-second-sight/.

Content notice for discussion of ableism and disabled-as-villain tropes in that blog post.

This is the first in what I hope will be an occasional series on representations of disability in The Avengers.

As always, I welcome questions and comments about my work, which you can post on the forum as a reply here or as a new thread, or on my WordPress blog itself, or you can send me an ask (anonymously, even!) on my tumblr at http://sparklywaistcoat.tumblr.com/. (You don't have to have a tumblr account to do an ask, I don't think, just click the "ask me anything" link in the sidebar.)
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

A Little Smackerel of Something While I Get My Act Together

Just recycling a little bloglet I did a while back to give y'all something to ponder while I try to finish a more extended piece that is driving me mad.

You're welcome.

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/steed-and-iris-in-man-in-the-mirror/
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

New Blog Post about "How to Succeed ... at Murder"

There! Finally got this one done.

Some mumblings I made about issues of voice and ventriloquism in "How to Succeed ... at Murder."

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/voice-and-ventriloquism-in-how-to-succeed-at-murder/
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QuiteQuiteFantastic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:38 am Post subject:

This is one of my favorite personality traits of Steed, and I made many comments about it in my book. I see it as a confidence man-style feint designed to get a reaction from the villains, to see if they betray any guilt on their faces. Sometimes he uses it to test a hunch as well because he might suspect them but be uncertain. So, it's nice to see someone else noting it and writing a blog about it. Very well done. I look forward to reading more soon.

Michael
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MasterMind · Thingumajig Joined: 17 Sep 2017 Posts: 64

QuiteQuiteFantastic · Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 2:37 pm Post subject:

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New Blog Post on Feather Dusters at 400 Yards

Mumblings about Steed and Tara. And Steed and Cathy. And Steed and Emma. Also patriarchy.

https://therealavengers.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/mumblings-on-patriarchy-perceptions-and-partnerships-or-who-gets-to-decide-what-steed-wants/
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