This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.

Snyder ,'Chosen'


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 6:30:20 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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 28, 2007 6:47:55 pm PST #6582 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

At least you could be glad when Mercutio gets killed fairly early on.

Oh, and was I ever glad. Prior to this afternoon, I'd never been put in the position of rooting for Tybalt so he'd make Mercutio STFU.


§ ita § - Jan 28, 2007 7:05:11 pm PST #6583 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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

Well, I'm loathe to just take her word for it. This is something I need to verify first hand.


Lee - Jan 28, 2007 7:07:27 pm PST #6584 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

ita, can you meet me in spoilers lite in a moment-- I have a Hustle thing.