Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


Natter 54: Right here, dammit.  

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.


Dana - Sep 20, 2007 10:58:11 am PDT #1898 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Damien Lewis. Toby Stephens.

Edit: Though they're British, so the broodiness is probably genetic.


§ ita § - Sep 20, 2007 11:01:48 am PDT #1899 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Rhind Tutt can brood too. Or some such spelling.

I think they both have their moments.

I came home and I did nap. The hard part is going back to work.


bon bon - Sep 20, 2007 11:02:54 am PDT #1900 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Mmm, Toby Stephens. Where did you go, friend? But when was he ginger?


Susan W. - Sep 20, 2007 11:05:29 am PDT #1901 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Random question of the day: anyone else ever developed a crush on a historical figure, or did I go completely over the edge the moment I looked at a portrait of a man 202 years older than me and thought "MROWR!"?

I mean, sure, I have Secret Celebrity Boyfriends, Secret Baseball Boyfriends, Secret Fictional Boyfriends, and Secret Fake News Boyfriends (three at last count, because how am I supposed to choose between Stewart, Colbert, and Oliver?). But a Secret Historical Boyfriend? Who is by definition also a Secret Dead Boyfriend?


Sophia Brooks - Sep 20, 2007 11:07:58 am PDT #1902 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Random question of the day: anyone else ever developed a crush on a historical figure, or did I go completely over the edge the moment I looked at a portrait of a man 202 years older than me and thought "MROWR!"?

I have a little thing for Alexander Hamilton. Also, when I was little (like 7) I had a crush on Eisenhauer based on the coin. My mother still makes fun of me.


Dana - Sep 20, 2007 11:09:51 am PDT #1903 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Where did you go, friend? But when was he ginger?

He is in my head. It may not reflect reality.


Kathy A - Sep 20, 2007 11:11:24 am PDT #1904 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Does having a Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, but only as he was long before I was born, count? Because one of my first serious lustings-after was for Burt Lancaster as seen in The Crimson Pirate. What a yummy bare-chested former gymnast he was in that movie!


Ginger - Sep 20, 2007 11:29:00 am PDT #1905 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've had a crush on Henry Adams for 20 years.

How did TicketMaster manage to get this seeming monopoly?

My theory is pact with the devil.

I used to work with a guy named Ellery Queen.


Susan W. - Sep 20, 2007 11:35:42 am PDT #1906 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

OK, glad I'm not the only one. (My crush is the 1st Duke of Wellington. Which is probably not terribly surprising to anyone who knows me. OK, yes, I find some of his political views obnoxious, but he was all snarky and spicy-brained. And hot!)


erikaj - Sep 20, 2007 11:36:48 am PDT #1907 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Oh, I bet I have, Susan. Not across centuries, probably.