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[gileonnen]

For Yuletide this year, I was so terrifically spoiled.

I got three brilliant fics about Kyllikki in the Kalevala/Finnish Mythology fandom, each one excellent in its own way:

Roots and Branches (Gen, General Audiences) -- Kyllikki teaches herself to dance again. A brief, lyrical meditation on the metaphors of maidenhood and a dancer's strength.

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[reconditarmonia]

...G&S title!

[gileonnen]

I know. ^_____^

[reconditarmonia]

Also - I was hoping I'd be able to sit down and read through Coriolanus this semester, since I'm writing a paper, and while I haven't quite managed to do so (instead reading bits secondary sources refer me to), damn, that opening scene. I love Shakespeare's commoner characters sometimes (Michael Williams in Henry V being one of my other favorites).

[reconditarmonia]

(also Coriolanus's canvassing scene is hilarious)

[gileonnen]

It IS. He is just plain no good at politics, which are about pretending to like people one plans to use rather than about whacking things with a great big sword. Funny how his mother never saw this conflict of interests.

[reconditarmonia]

I'll let you know how the paper turns out. (It isn't about that scene - it's about enclosure/food riots)