And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.

Angelus ,'Damage'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:27:23 pm PST #6572 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hmm. I've been an official election observer in Mexico. And I've been a lot of places.

Okay, I should be able to get this together. It's hard because I am so new, you know? There's so much (internal) pressure to make an impression, and at the same time people don't know me so they don't know that I'm not..., I don't know. I want things to be interesting but I don't want to be all, oh, I'm so cool...also, I maybe need to get over some of this self-deprecating shit.


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:28:44 pm PST #6573 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Is this JE replaying?

Also, they changed the ending? How so?


Sue - Jan 28, 2007 6:28:56 pm PST #6574 of 10001
hip deep in pie

There was a really fantastic flashback that just...ummm.

I kept thinking in that section. "His hands are HUGE!...They're the size of her head...I wonder if Steph is watching this."


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:30:20 pm PST #6575 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

But wait, doesn't he - okay, maybe only one.


§ ita § - Jan 28, 2007 6:30:49 pm PST #6576 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Recorded and watching during a down spell. Although I'm having a migraine, and the match is so cool that relaxation is hard.

Federer also looks like he has the softest skin.

That is how I calm myself.

Not working too well.


Sue - Jan 28, 2007 6:33:04 pm PST #6577 of 10001
hip deep in pie

My only quibble is the ending. That was a bit ... impossibly fairy tale for me, especially since the book ends in a perfectly lovely way as it is.

Yeah, I thought so too, and it seemed especially weird since it was a fairly dark portrayal otherwise.


sarameg - Jan 28, 2007 6:38:59 pm PST #6578 of 10001

I got they were tying it in to her childhood, but although I think the book did emphasize Jane's sadness at her lack of a family, it wasn't the whole point to me. So that bugged.

Yeah, but... I'm with you. It was kinda like huh? Show me the moment "Reader, I married him." Show me Rochester seeing his kid's eyes! Show me Jane being his eyes and all that. At least they included Adele. But still the guh moment! OK, I'm a little obsessed with that. Cause, guh! But the point was the romance. With a confused emotional jackass, which I now see and which kinda freaks me out as I adored that trope but anyway...


sumi - Jan 28, 2007 6:43:32 pm PST #6579 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Over at tWop somebody whose seen him in person says that Gonzo also have extremely pretty skin and made her knees all wobbly.

IJS.


billytea - Jan 28, 2007 6:46:13 pm PST #6580 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Recorded and watching during a down spell. Although I'm having a migraine, and the match is so cool that relaxation is hard.

Very cool match. There's been some great tennis this Open.


Amy - Jan 28, 2007 6:46:45 pm PST #6581 of 10001
Because books.

Also, they changed the ending? How so?

They only tack something onto the end, brenda. It's a family portrait. But it includes the Rivers sisters, and George the aging manservant, and Mrs. Fairfax. Also, they have two kids, which bugs. As much I like to think Jane would have asked for something like that to be done, really, in that era, not so much.