I've been thinking about this thing a lot lately and maybe one day I'll write a full post if I have the energy, but the cliffnotes version is like...

It's not that I dislike happy ending? I like happy endings! I want the characters I like to live and to be happy! Sometimes, I even like the Marriage And Babies happy ending - for example, I was ( Read more... )

So I’ve already talked some about how the scheming seducer stereotype doesn’t fit Anatole’s character at all here. But I wanted to pull a few more quotes and make a few more characterization comments.

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As always, new Pottormore "reveals" cause a lot of talk ( Read more... )

My Anatole/Natasha rant will go first because agrhhhh. This was one of my favorite parts of the book, it’s such an engaging story within a story. The thing is, I could write an entire meta post on this all of its own but since I’ve already talked some about this and because I don’t have the emotional energy right now, I’ll try to keep this brief.

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I’ve decided to finally sit down and write something of a shipper’s manifesto for Peter/Brockdorff from the Catherine (2014) miniseries. I know, I know. I didn’t really see this ship right away and I have permanent slasher goggles on. So, in part this post is to distill and point out some of the things that have, in the end, led me to ship this ( Read more... )

So. One of the good things that have come out from having a Tumblr is being able to talk to people about War and Peace (at least, a lot more than say on LJ). I've also been made an admin on the Tumblr dedicated to the upcoming bbc adaptation (I'm really-really bad at being an admin, since I'm really-really bad at being on top of entertainment news ( Read more... )

A while ago, someone asked me on Tumblr why I like Sonya Rostov. I actually kind of like what I wrote down for the response; in any case it was the first time I actually tried to organize my thoughts about her. (The asker also mentioned that Sonya seemed underdeveloped for them, so I touched on that a bit too.) I'm copying my response here, for... ( Read more... )

For those who have Stephen King’s It, I’m sure you remember the scene where the kids (I don’t remember their exact ages, but the oldest ones had just begun to enter puberty, so like pre-teens or something) have sex in order to escape the sewers/monster. Or rather: the boys gangbang the one girl in the group. Honest to God, this scene always ( Read more... )

Happy 4th of July ( Read more... )

I love Suits ( Read more... )