Best Men Are Molded Out of Faults, by a_t_rain. Measure for Measure, Angelo/Mariana, contains implicit sexuality (of course it does, it's Measure fic!) but nothing too graphic. What happens after the grand theatrical gesture? a_t_rain's Shakespeare fics are always wonderful, and I love this one a lot -- she manages to wring some hope out of the unprepossessing ( Read more... )

I've finally gotten around to watching my shiny new Star Wars DVDs. As a result I've got something to add to the "I Need To Get Out More" file: the line "Only Imperial stormtroopers could be so precise" gave me an exceedingly disturbing mental image of puritanical stormtroopers ( Read more... )

Those of you acquainted with the more outré fanfic genres will be amused that, while hunting down articles for a paper, I just ran across one with the title "Male Pregnancy and Cognitive Permeability in Measure for Measure."

The mind boggles. ;)

(It actually looks like a pretty good article though...)

Have just received a copy of the Stratford (Ontario) Festival brochure in the mail. This year, I have every intention of going, since they've got some stuff that looks terrific -- I'm particularly excited about Edward II (of course!) and Measure for Measure (which will feature Thom Marriott as the Duke and Jonathan Goad as Angelo... *drool*) And ( Read more... )