Which I quite seriously want as my epitaph. Well, with my name instead of Charlotte.
Get in line.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Betsy HP - Mar 11, 2004 6:45:08 am PST #1248 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2004 6:53:13 am PST #1249 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Which I quite seriously want as my epitaph. Well, with my name instead of Charlotte.
Get in line.
Well, I'm in no rush to kick off, so....
Betsy HP - Mar 11, 2004 7:04:28 am PST #1250 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
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Katerina Bee - Mar 11, 2004 7:32:32 am PST #1251 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Thanks for the wrod, Nilly: my day is now officially made in the shade! Wow! I'm already happy, because it's the two-year anniversary of my current employment. Yay income. So very useful.
About endings: Completely in agreement about Charlotte's Web. The first time I read it, at I think age 8 or so, as soon as I read the horrible news that Charlotte had not been saved, but had actually died, well: I actually hurled my book across the room and refused to touch it for a week because I was furious with the author. I finally came back, though, because I had to know how it ended. Charlotte's epitaph is a thing of beauty, and a fine thing for either for this fictional spider or a Buffista.
Another ending that makes me cry every single time is the end of The Incredible Journey, but that's probably due to the great satisfaction that things did work out after all, all hope abandoned, and the old dog was finally seen gallantly "coming as fast as he could."
Dana - Mar 11, 2004 7:54:42 am PST #1252 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, the endings of Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon.
justkim - Mar 11, 2004 8:04:47 am PST #1253 of 10002
Another social casualty...
I love the end of The Wizard of Oz. I love that it's not a dream, because, as much as I love the movie, the ending always rankled.
Ginger - Mar 11, 2004 8:06:39 am PST #1254 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, Gaudy Night. It's just complicated to say why, since it's the romantic ending you want after three books' worth of proposals and evasions.
Nilly - Mar 11, 2004 8:11:47 am PST #1255 of 10002
Swouncing
I love that it's not a dream, because, as much as I love the movie, the ending always rankled.
There was a movie they made combined of several of the later Oz books, Return to Oz, that had an ending which left it somewhat open as to whether it was a dream or a reality (several same actors played characters both in the 'real' world and in Oz). My mom took my brother and me to see it, and I think that until this day, more than 15 years later, we're both still arguing with her regarding that point (we say it wasn't a dream, mom say it was).
Dana - Mar 11, 2004 8:12:22 am PST #1256 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's just complicated to say why, since it's the romantic ending you want after three books' worth of proposals and evasions.
Yeah. And because it's true to the characters and the themes of the book. And because it involves Oxford and Bach.
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 8:17:27 am PST #1257 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There was a movie they made combined of several of the later Oz books, Return to Oz,
I love and own this movie. It's actually based on the second and third Oz books. Also has the great Dorothy-facing-electroshock-therapy scenes.