bf: the church and the crown
I have a new favourite BF, and it is beautiful and fabulous and I recall reminding myself to get it about a billion times over the past five years and now I've finally listened to it and OH IT IS SHINY SO VERY SHINY. Farewell, Loups-Garoux, you had pride of place for quite a while really, but apparently 17th century France trumps werewolves, who'd have thought it?
(It's absurd really the ones I end up loving, cause Eight and Six are the best audio Doctors, one for the voice!sex and the other cause his voice is just so rich and expressive and that's much to one's advantage, obv, in the audio medium (you, dearest reader, can choose which is which) but it's Davison's stuff that I end up with the OMG!Fannish!love for.
Take the audio!companions: I haven't actually heard Hex yet, but I think I'm one of three people who listens to BF who sort of, er, really doesn't like Evelyn (shusht, I know), Charley I'm terribly fond off but it's Erimem I am utterly in love with. And, oh, her interaction with Peri and just those brief moments at the beginning of the audio when they're giggling together: awesomesauce, dudes.)
But, yes, The Church and the Crown, how many ways do I love thee? Probably about a dozen. Firstly, it's a historical, hurrah! And it's a period I adore ridiculously thanks to someone foisting an abridged version of The Three Musketeers on me when I was wee. Louis, Anne and most especially Richelieu are beautifully drawn characters and the dialogue is just delicious throughout. Contrast the politics and dramas with the more lightweight humourous stuff from the musketeers (complete with Dumas in-jokes, dudes! There was squee, so there was!) and a rather nifty soundtrack and it is fabulous liken cherry pie. For the ears.
Also, swordfights. Obv, I can't actually see them, but the thought is totally there and that's the important bit... I should really check who wrote it actually...Cavan Scott and Mark Wright... have they done any more? I don't recognise the names.
Oh, and Erimem I love her, I love how she's able to cope with the situation because this is more-or-less the sort of environment she's been raised in, but it is so very different cause, heh, centuries later, but she's quick and clever and adapts her knowledge to get them an in and the way she relates to the King, Cardinal and Queen is just sheer awesome win, and I could totally listen to this for another couple of episodes. Moar padding pls.
Basically, not a huge amount happens in it, it's mostly a domestic dispute that just so happens to affect the fate of a country, and has people standing around and talking rather a lot, often rather wittily, and it's quite perfectly marvellous.
(It's absurd really the ones I end up loving, cause Eight and Six are the best audio Doctors, one for the voice!sex and the other cause his voice is just so rich and expressive and that's much to one's advantage, obv, in the audio medium (you, dearest reader, can choose which is which) but it's Davison's stuff that I end up with the OMG!Fannish!love for.
Take the audio!companions: I haven't actually heard Hex yet, but I think I'm one of three people who listens to BF who sort of, er, really doesn't like Evelyn (shusht, I know), Charley I'm terribly fond off but it's Erimem I am utterly in love with. And, oh, her interaction with Peri and just those brief moments at the beginning of the audio when they're giggling together: awesomesauce, dudes.)
But, yes, The Church and the Crown, how many ways do I love thee? Probably about a dozen. Firstly, it's a historical, hurrah! And it's a period I adore ridiculously thanks to someone foisting an abridged version of The Three Musketeers on me when I was wee. Louis, Anne and most especially Richelieu are beautifully drawn characters and the dialogue is just delicious throughout. Contrast the politics and dramas with the more lightweight humourous stuff from the musketeers (complete with Dumas in-jokes, dudes! There was squee, so there was!) and a rather nifty soundtrack and it is fabulous liken cherry pie. For the ears.
Also, swordfights. Obv, I can't actually see them, but the thought is totally there and that's the important bit... I should really check who wrote it actually...Cavan Scott and Mark Wright... have they done any more? I don't recognise the names.
Oh, and Erimem I love her, I love how she's able to cope with the situation because this is more-or-less the sort of environment she's been raised in, but it is so very different cause, heh, centuries later, but she's quick and clever and adapts her knowledge to get them an in and the way she relates to the King, Cardinal and Queen is just sheer awesome win, and I could totally listen to this for another couple of episodes. Moar padding pls.
Basically, not a huge amount happens in it, it's mostly a domestic dispute that just so happens to affect the fate of a country, and has people standing around and talking rather a lot, often rather wittily, and it's quite perfectly marvellous.