Feeling a bit nostalgic today...
...Ah, on peut trouver un peu de tout sur internet, n’est-ce pas ? Voilà un quiz sur Fanny Ardant, par example ! Combien de points avez-vous ? ;) http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/jeunesse/quiz-86-8-fanny-ardant.htm
(Je suis expert, moi ! *lol*)
In other news, I don’t know why but for some reason I posted my “Miranda as Mrs Robinson” story to ff.net. It’s already the one with most hits out of all my stories there and it got several reviews and favorites. Well, it’s not surprising that it’s certain fandoms and pairings that get all the attention!
Right now I'm writing a short fic with Elle, Bob and “unnamed mother”. (I don’t know if it’s just me but I’ve always had the idea that Elle’s mother’s name was Eleanor. Bob seems like the kind of guy who would give his daughter a shortened version of his wife’s name and then never show her any love or affection.) Sometimes I don't even know why I write the things I write.
I have been thinking about a man I used to know. He has had a hard life. I know many things about his childhood and youth and the changes in his life. (But there are also many details I still don’t know anything about.)
The thing about him is that once he ran away and left everything behind him; he committed a crime he has been suffering in silence for during a very long time. Through a series of unfortunate events (and a twist sort of borrowed from Tipping the Velvet…) he finally saw the wheels of fortune turning and he was able to create a new and better life for himself. But although he managed to find moments of happiness (even peace?) through doing what he loved, he was still suffering because of all the shadows from his past. Longing for the family he had lost. Then, some people came into his life and I believe that they were beginning to change it for the better. (And perhaps he was good for them, too.)
What he never knew is that what he did was never as bad as he thought it was. And even if it had been, he would have been forgiven. But I think that it is often like that - people tend to take themselves too seriously and/or exaggerate things because of their pride and/or fear, which drives them to run away/keep secrets/want to “handle things” themselves, when asking for help/forgiveness/advice would prevent tragedy/disaster. But they don’t… (Of course, we’ll never know if something worse would have happened to somebody if he hadn’t run away before the age of 18.) Anyway, even before realizing that this is the case, I think this guy was beginning to see that there is atonement, “forgiveness” (not from the people affected by his actions, but from “life” itself, if that makes sense) for him; that he, in fact, has the right to live a good life.
There are certain plot holes. (And there are things that perhaps are unrealistic…) Many things will remain unwritten and uncertain. And I don’t think I’ll ever follow him back in time to see him choose another track, or put him in an alternate universe. But that’s okay. I still have a lot of love for him and all the people in his life, and I am very grateful that I got to know him; that he exists. I left him, I think, in a pretty good place: he was almost ready to see that what he had spent his entire adult life looking for was within reach.
ETA: Forgot to mention that I was reading the prompt lists in minerva_fest last night. I only read it to see what I have (potentially) to look forward to; I'm not going to claim any prompt. There were many good prompts there that made me smile. I hope they get written. Then there was one that made me literally grin because it was so AWESOME: Harry Potter/Downton Abbey crossover! I don't remember the wording of the prompt, but it was something about Edith being a witch but for some reason she didn't get called to Hogwarts as a child. I want to read this one!!! I want, I want! :D
(Je suis expert, moi ! *lol*)
In other news, I don’t know why but for some reason I posted my “Miranda as Mrs Robinson” story to ff.net. It’s already the one with most hits out of all my stories there and it got several reviews and favorites. Well, it’s not surprising that it’s certain fandoms and pairings that get all the attention!
Right now I'm writing a short fic with Elle, Bob and “unnamed mother”. (I don’t know if it’s just me but I’ve always had the idea that Elle’s mother’s name was Eleanor. Bob seems like the kind of guy who would give his daughter a shortened version of his wife’s name and then never show her any love or affection.) Sometimes I don't even know why I write the things I write.
I have been thinking about a man I used to know. He has had a hard life. I know many things about his childhood and youth and the changes in his life. (But there are also many details I still don’t know anything about.)
The thing about him is that once he ran away and left everything behind him; he committed a crime he has been suffering in silence for during a very long time. Through a series of unfortunate events (and a twist sort of borrowed from Tipping the Velvet…) he finally saw the wheels of fortune turning and he was able to create a new and better life for himself. But although he managed to find moments of happiness (even peace?) through doing what he loved, he was still suffering because of all the shadows from his past. Longing for the family he had lost. Then, some people came into his life and I believe that they were beginning to change it for the better. (And perhaps he was good for them, too.)
What he never knew is that what he did was never as bad as he thought it was. And even if it had been, he would have been forgiven. But I think that it is often like that - people tend to take themselves too seriously and/or exaggerate things because of their pride and/or fear, which drives them to run away/keep secrets/want to “handle things” themselves, when asking for help/forgiveness/advice would prevent tragedy/disaster. But they don’t… (Of course, we’ll never know if something worse would have happened to somebody if he hadn’t run away before the age of 18.) Anyway, even before realizing that this is the case, I think this guy was beginning to see that there is atonement, “forgiveness” (not from the people affected by his actions, but from “life” itself, if that makes sense) for him; that he, in fact, has the right to live a good life.
There are certain plot holes. (And there are things that perhaps are unrealistic…) Many things will remain unwritten and uncertain. And I don’t think I’ll ever follow him back in time to see him choose another track, or put him in an alternate universe. But that’s okay. I still have a lot of love for him and all the people in his life, and I am very grateful that I got to know him; that he exists. I left him, I think, in a pretty good place: he was almost ready to see that what he had spent his entire adult life looking for was within reach.
ETA: Forgot to mention that I was reading the prompt lists in minerva_fest last night. I only read it to see what I have (potentially) to look forward to; I'm not going to claim any prompt. There were many good prompts there that made me smile. I hope they get written. Then there was one that made me literally grin because it was so AWESOME: Harry Potter/Downton Abbey crossover! I don't remember the wording of the prompt, but it was something about Edith being a witch but for some reason she didn't get called to Hogwarts as a child. I want to read this one!!! I want, I want! :D