Greetings, anatomy students!
Long time – no see! 😜
As many of you know, I was at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con last weekend. Saw a huge forest fire on the flight down. 🔥 I could see the main plume from miles away and it looked a good deal like a nuclear mushroom cloud! You can just make it out at the front of the wing. 😳
Arrived Thursday after lunch. Grabbed a shuttle that dropped me off near the Convention Center. Scrambled to the press desk, checked in, and got my Press Pass plus an ADA sticker as my ankle is not yet fully functional. 🤕
Rushed to Suite 6DE barely making it into the event: “A Conversation With Ron D. Moore!”😅
The audience was surprised and delighted to discover the host was none other than Mary McDonnell of “Battlestar Galactica” and “Dances With Wolves” fame! You may recall, Mary played the part of President Laura Roslin on Galactica.
She greeted us with her melodious and resonant voice and soon invited the guest of honor to join her.
It was Ron D. Moore, himself! This is her brief introduction of Ron.
Mary welcomed Ron and told him how much she enjoyed working with him on Battlestar. She then began a series of thoughtful questions which he answered with his usual frankness and candor.
She asked Ron if his ability to write strong women is an indication of feminism. He is not sure but he has empathy for women. I found the following part quite interesting as Mary queried Ron about writing parts for strong women in the face of power. She complimented him for being able to do this as few men show such talent and insight. She also praised him for writing equally strong men.
I wondered if he writes strong women intuitively, and not necessarily by plan. He said he enjoys writing parts for strong women. He talked about the process of getting a female captain (Captain Janeway) onto Star Trek: Voyager. He also said he puts himself in women’s shoes which is always a winning strategy, imo. 🤩
Mary asked Ron about shutting off the creative process when he is not at work. He doesn’t really do that. He is able to leave work and concentrate on other things but running in the background is always something that his brain is working on. He warned about getting totally immersed as a show runner because there is no limit to the amount of involvement that can engulf one.
In this last and final clip, Mary asked Ron about the great love between Jamie and Claire throughout their different lives and across time. Ron agrees that Diana Gabaldon wrote the perfect love story of two people who found their soul mates. although it is a wonderful concept, he is not sure true love is real and that there is only one soul mate for each of us. Mary loves the story of Jamie and Claire because it gives us hope. She is a solid fan of Outlander! 🥰
She ended the session with a huge hug for Ron. Clearly, she carries a lot of affection for him and their time working together!
I hope you enjoyed this review of Ron’s conversation with Mary. It was enlightening for me, especially Ron explaining that Outlander time has come to end. We who disagree will continue to read the books! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
“So say we all!” 😉
The deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
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