Blaunche of Lancastre Hath Backe
or, Punchy Descriptions of Medieval Literature In the Wee Hours.
angevin2: the question about chaucer's man in black cracks me up though ;)
angevin2: but that's because it's 5:20 am and the man in black is "really" john of gaunt and on no sleep at all this makes me giggle for no reason
jucundushomo: LOLOL
jucundushomo: *collapses in laughter*
angevin2: also he spends most of the poem talking to a possibly naked chaucer-avatar about his dead wife and chaucer-avatar doesn't really get it because at the end he's all "so what happened to her?" and the MIB is all "she's dead, dumbass!"
angevin2: you don't really get a proper sense of how weird chaucer is from the canterbury tales alone
angevin2: you can tell he's john of gaunt, btw, because his wife is "fair lady whyt" (i.e., blanche), and at the end he goes off to a "long castle" which is a pretty obvious lancaster ref
angevin2: also, according to the poem, he liked big butts and he could not lie
angevin2: ...and now, since my mental image of john of gaunt is basically gielgud in the beeb richard ii i am in an extremely strange mental place
jucundushomo: HAHA
angevin2: because i am hearing gielgud declaiming those immortal words
angevin2: the thing that indicates that i really need to go to bed, though
angevin2: is that it's weirdly enjoyable ;)
angevin2: (i may have to post this.)
jucundushomo: *cracks up*
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angevin2: the question about chaucer's man in black cracks me up though ;)
angevin2: but that's because it's 5:20 am and the man in black is "really" john of gaunt and on no sleep at all this makes me giggle for no reason
jucundushomo: LOLOL
jucundushomo: *collapses in laughter*
angevin2: also he spends most of the poem talking to a possibly naked chaucer-avatar about his dead wife and chaucer-avatar doesn't really get it because at the end he's all "so what happened to her?" and the MIB is all "she's dead, dumbass!"
angevin2: you don't really get a proper sense of how weird chaucer is from the canterbury tales alone
angevin2: you can tell he's john of gaunt, btw, because his wife is "fair lady whyt" (i.e., blanche), and at the end he goes off to a "long castle" which is a pretty obvious lancaster ref
angevin2: also, according to the poem, he liked big butts and he could not lie
angevin2: ...and now, since my mental image of john of gaunt is basically gielgud in the beeb richard ii i am in an extremely strange mental place
jucundushomo: HAHA
angevin2: because i am hearing gielgud declaiming those immortal words
angevin2: the thing that indicates that i really need to go to bed, though
angevin2: is that it's weirdly enjoyable ;)
angevin2: (i may have to post this.)
jucundushomo: *cracks up*
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)