(Because uber-long post gets a two-part response.) :D
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is my favorite Vonnegut book for a whole lot of reasons. But the main character is totally one.
I am intrigued. Mainly because I'm kind of a Vonnegut!anarchist myself, what with Welcome to the Monkey House being my favorite Vonnegut, ("All the King's Horses," my favorite piece within.) I've always gotten the raised eyebrow for choosing that book as my fave. ;)
Elvira, from Mozart's Don Giovanni . . . I can't help admiring someone as stubborn as her
*delivers standing ovation* *pulls out Don Giovanni CDs to have a listen at that trio* (Don't shoot, but my utter favorite is the Giovanni/Zerlina duo from Act One.) :D
Aragorn and Arwen WHO? Faramir and Eowyn were the real deal!
I must come to Italy and hug you just for that sentence alone. &hearts
all of these supposedly emancipated woman who are oh so modern and oh so interesting always, ALWAYS, have an epiphany on the second to last chapter when they're like OMG I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THE GUY WHO'S BEEN OGLING ME SINCE PAGE TEN.
. . . and then Miss Emancipation immediately FALLS AT HIS FEET. Dear God, this. THIS.
Okay, if I quoted everything I loved about your Eddie Dean commentary, I'd be copy-pasting the whole thing. So I'll just say this: That is the most beautiful love letter to a fictional character that I've ever read. And you're really making me want to re-read those books. &hearts
. . . and this: why the heck should I want a Mr. Darcy when I can want an Eddie Dean?
*applause*
(I gave you "E" because of Eddie Dean. The "Emma" section was a delightful bonus of snark.) ;)
Heee yay for Vonnegut anarchists who don't necessarily love Slaughterhouse Five better than the others! Tbh I love Mr. Rosewater because of the whole spin on how if you're a decent person and have money and want to use it to do good for others you're automatically considered crazy - and I thought the entire thing was genius. Also I kind of loved that it made a statement that if you're poor/don't have money/didn't have much luck in life it doesn't mean that you're necessarily slacking off or don't deserve help. And I loved that it also brought back some of my favorite things in Slaughterhouse Five (Trout, the Dresden bombing) but that it was an entirely different spin. I just have a lots of feelings about this one. (Also your favorite is totally an excellent choice too XD)
And haha the DG/Zerlina duet is amazing! Totally great choice. My favorite is probably the second act finale though... ;) and that said my favorite single aria will never not be Elvira's first one. <3
*virtual hug* FARAMIR AND EOWYN WERE EPIC. What were the movies thinking, sidelining the one TOLD love story in that book for making up the Aragorn/Arwen stuff? ;) Especially when they had that perfect flawless beauty that Faramir/Eowyn was?
Gosh I know about Emma? Miss Emancipation is a patronizing know it all for all the book and then whoooops, I KNEW NOTHING OH MY PLEASE MAN OF MY LIFE FORGIVE ME. Thanks, I'll take Jane Eyre or any Catherine from Wuthering Heights at any time. They might be less shiny (and more crazy) but at least they never fell at anyone's feet after all of that charade. Ugh. Hate. Which is also why I hate that entire 'every woman wants a Mr. Darcy' thing that everyone is so high on - dude, I don't want a rich guy who thinks he's holier than thou and whose mistakes are always perfectly justified and who spends an entire book being an ass. But then we find out that he's OMG SO FLAWLESS and we're supposed to go along with it? Pfff. No thanks. I'll have all the Eddie Deans in the world. ;)
And that said aw thanks <333 I think it's obvious that I'm a trifle obsessed with that guy but my fifteen year old self was so charmed, she could barely resist. I mean, how can you not fall for someone who manages to stop a crazy train with dead baby jokes? ;) also YESS RE-READ THEM. They're always good for the soul. Okay, the last one a bit less, but. ;)
Any excuse to dig into the Mozart is a good excuse for me. ;) So, the Elvira trio you mentioned -- is it Ah Taci, Ingiusto Core!, or another one? I had a bit of trouble looking through the track listing. (And this is where I wish I could really read Italian. Following the libretto along with the performers and quickly jumping over to the English translation so I know what the hell just happened . . . just doesn't cut it.) :(
What were the movies thinking, sidelining the one TOLD love story in that book for making up the Aragorn/Arwen stuff?
I will never figure it out for sure, but maybe . . . because Faramir/Eowyn's passion wasn't loud and in-your-face enough for the moviemakers? Or maybe because, even for fans of the books, they weren't exactly sitting at the cool kids' table? One thing I remember from when the movies first came out was the great uproar over the omission of Tom Bombadil and his songs. Him, fans made a fuss over, but not so much fuss over the back-burnering of Faramir and Eowyn. IDGI.
I'll take Jane Eyre or any Catherine from Wuthering Heights at any time. They might be less shiny (and more crazy) but at least they never fell at anyone's feet after all of that charade.
"less shiny (and more crazy)" . . . LOL, way to get the point across! You would make an EXCELLENT Lit teacher, you really would. Oh, if only one of my instructors had said something like that. If only.
how can you not fall for someone who manages to stop a crazy train with dead baby jokes?
Hehehe. Excellent point. And poor Blaine, having to deal with a human even crazier than he was. Bet he never saw that coming. XD
I meant that one, yes! It makes me cryyy ;____; she's just so HOPEFUL in there and you know she's getting screwed all over again and ;_____; sometimes I just hope that she and Leporello hooked up after the ending so they could commiserate together about Giovanni, lol. Just because they'd totally get each other. ;)
Maybe because it was too late and it wouldn't work for all the three movies? (Stupid thing, since gosh seriously they were so amazing, they could have worked five minutes of that in the last movie. Especially since THE PUBLIC WANTS LOVE STORIES. Siigh, they'd have been so good considering that they hooked up in one of the darker moments.) I remember the Bombadil fussing too, but tbh I can get why they cut that part - movie-wise it would have meant just stalling the action and in the book it felt like a completely separated story. Except that meh, I'll just be forever sad that Faramir and Eowyn got relegated to the director's cut and that they haven't kept the part where they kiss on the ramparts. Which had the best dialogue eveeeer. Sigh. Never mind that I had to sit through the Aragorn/Arwen invented parts which were mostly boring...
Heee I actually did want to teach English Lit so that I could diffuse the verb of Emily Bronte.. before realizing that in this country studying English Lit means not getting a job until you're forty if you're lucky. But srsly I just hate that at least here any English lit written by a woman gets sidelined by darned Jane Austen. I'd rather have the not shiny crazy women over any Austen girl - heck, at least Jane Eyre wasn't shiny but knew what real problems meant and chose the guy she wanted on her own (regardless of the fact that Rochester wasn't the kind of fake jerk that turns out to be Prince Charming *cough*), she didn't exactly fall at his feet. And the crazy Catherine from WU was miles more interesting than any of those supposedly modern Austen women. Yeah, right. (And the second Catherine rocked - I'd like to see an Austen character marrying someone that -she- has to teach how to read... Emma wouldn't have looked at poor Hareton twice. Too badly raised. ;) ) [and hee sorry for the rant. My anti-Austen feelings run deep. ;)]
I know? XDDDDDDDDD Blaine hadn't really a chance against that. Oh Eddie. You and your crappy jokes. <333
sometimes I just hope that she and Leporello hooked up
LOL, not after that fic you wrote. I think Leporello's heart is already taken. ;D
in this country studying English Lit means not getting a job until you're forty if you're lucky.
Alas, it means the same in this country. D: Which is why this English Lit major spent half her life in IT and software tech support. :(
I'd like to see an Austen character marrying someone that -she- has to teach how to read... Emma wouldn't have looked at poor Hareton twice. Too badly raised
*jaw drops* Holy cow, I never thought of that. Dayum, why weren't my English professors more like you?
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is my favorite Vonnegut book for a whole lot of reasons. But the main character is totally one.
I am intrigued. Mainly because I'm kind of a Vonnegut!anarchist myself, what with Welcome to the Monkey House being my favorite Vonnegut, ("All the King's Horses," my favorite piece within.) I've always gotten the raised eyebrow for choosing that book as my fave. ;)
Elvira, from Mozart's Don Giovanni . . . I can't help admiring someone as stubborn as her
*delivers standing ovation*
*pulls out Don Giovanni CDs to have a listen at that trio*
(Don't shoot, but my utter favorite is the Giovanni/Zerlina duo from Act One.) :D
Aragorn and Arwen WHO? Faramir and Eowyn were the real deal!
I must come to Italy and hug you just for that sentence alone. &hearts
all of these supposedly emancipated woman who are oh so modern and oh so interesting always, ALWAYS, have an epiphany on the second to last chapter when they're like OMG I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THE GUY WHO'S BEEN OGLING ME SINCE PAGE TEN.
. . . and then Miss Emancipation immediately FALLS AT HIS FEET. Dear God, this. THIS.
Okay, if I quoted everything I loved about your Eddie Dean commentary, I'd be copy-pasting the whole thing. So I'll just say this: That is the most beautiful love letter to a fictional character that I've ever read. And you're really making me want to re-read those books. &hearts
. . . and this:
why the heck should I want a Mr. Darcy when I can want an Eddie Dean?
*applause*
(I gave you "E" because of Eddie Dean. The "Emma" section was a delightful bonus of snark.) ;)
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And haha the DG/Zerlina duet is amazing! Totally great choice. My favorite is probably the second act finale though... ;) and that said my favorite single aria will never not be Elvira's first one. <3
*virtual hug* FARAMIR AND EOWYN WERE EPIC. What were the movies thinking, sidelining the one TOLD love story in that book for making up the Aragorn/Arwen stuff? ;) Especially when they had that perfect flawless beauty that Faramir/Eowyn was?
Gosh I know about Emma? Miss Emancipation is a patronizing know it all for all the book and then whoooops, I KNEW NOTHING OH MY PLEASE MAN OF MY LIFE FORGIVE ME. Thanks, I'll take Jane Eyre or any Catherine from Wuthering Heights at any time. They might be less shiny (and more crazy) but at least they never fell at anyone's feet after all of that charade. Ugh. Hate. Which is also why I hate that entire 'every woman wants a Mr. Darcy' thing that everyone is so high on - dude, I don't want a rich guy who thinks he's holier than thou and whose mistakes are always perfectly justified and who spends an entire book being an ass. But then we find out that he's OMG SO FLAWLESS and we're supposed to go along with it? Pfff. No thanks. I'll have all the Eddie Deans in the world. ;)
And that said aw thanks <333 I think it's obvious that I'm a trifle obsessed with that guy but my fifteen year old self was so charmed, she could barely resist. I mean, how can you not fall for someone who manages to stop a crazy train with dead baby jokes? ;) also YESS RE-READ THEM. They're always good for the soul. Okay, the last one a bit less, but. ;)
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What were the movies thinking, sidelining the one TOLD love story in that book for making up the Aragorn/Arwen stuff?
I will never figure it out for sure, but maybe . . . because Faramir/Eowyn's passion wasn't loud and in-your-face enough for the moviemakers? Or maybe because, even for fans of the books, they weren't exactly sitting at the cool kids' table? One thing I remember from when the movies first came out was the great uproar over the omission of Tom Bombadil and his songs. Him, fans made a fuss over, but not so much fuss over the back-burnering of Faramir and Eowyn. IDGI.
I'll take Jane Eyre or any Catherine from Wuthering Heights at any time. They might be less shiny (and more crazy) but at least they never fell at anyone's feet after all of that charade.
"less shiny (and more crazy)" . . . LOL, way to get the point across! You would make an EXCELLENT Lit teacher, you really would. Oh, if only one of my instructors had said something like that. If only.
how can you not fall for someone who manages to stop a crazy train with dead baby jokes?
Hehehe. Excellent point. And poor Blaine, having to deal with a human even crazier than he was. Bet he never saw that coming. XD
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Maybe because it was too late and it wouldn't work for all the three movies? (Stupid thing, since gosh seriously they were so amazing, they could have worked five minutes of that in the last movie. Especially since THE PUBLIC WANTS LOVE STORIES. Siigh, they'd have been so good considering that they hooked up in one of the darker moments.) I remember the Bombadil fussing too, but tbh I can get why they cut that part - movie-wise it would have meant just stalling the action and in the book it felt like a completely separated story. Except that meh, I'll just be forever sad that Faramir and Eowyn got relegated to the director's cut and that they haven't kept the part where they kiss on the ramparts. Which had the best dialogue eveeeer. Sigh. Never mind that I had to sit through the Aragorn/Arwen invented parts which were mostly boring...
Heee I actually did want to teach English Lit so that I could diffuse the verb of Emily Bronte.. before realizing that in this country studying English Lit means not getting a job until you're forty if you're lucky. But srsly I just hate that at least here any English lit written by a woman gets sidelined by darned Jane Austen. I'd rather have the not shiny crazy women over any Austen girl - heck, at least Jane Eyre wasn't shiny but knew what real problems meant and chose the guy she wanted on her own (regardless of the fact that Rochester wasn't the kind of fake jerk that turns out to be Prince Charming *cough*), she didn't exactly fall at his feet. And the crazy Catherine from WU was miles more interesting than any of those supposedly modern Austen women. Yeah, right. (And the second Catherine rocked - I'd like to see an Austen character marrying someone that -she- has to teach how to read... Emma wouldn't have looked at poor Hareton twice. Too badly raised. ;) ) [and hee sorry for the rant. My anti-Austen feelings run deep. ;)]
I know? XDDDDDDDDD Blaine hadn't really a chance against that. Oh Eddie. You and your crappy jokes. <333
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LOL, not after that fic you wrote. I think Leporello's heart is already taken. ;D
in this country studying English Lit means not getting a job until you're forty if you're lucky.
Alas, it means the same in this country. D: Which is why this English Lit major spent half her life in IT and software tech support. :(
I'd like to see an Austen character marrying someone that -she- has to teach how to read... Emma wouldn't have looked at poor Hareton twice. Too badly raised
*jaw drops* Holy cow, I never thought of that. Dayum, why weren't my English professors more like you?
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