A Recession Just Means I Get to be More Fannish

[meddow]

First of all, quick vid rec: One Girl Revolution by arefadedaway. Why? Because it's got every awesome female character I have ever idolised in this vid (it's got characters from Doctor Who, Stargate, Firefly, PotC, Harry Potter, P&P, Heroes and many, many more), which is a celebration of awesome female characters in general.

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[ragdoll]

I've been slowly working my way through Neil Gaiman's back catalog for a couple of years now. So far I've read Good Omens, Stardust and 1602. My flatmate's got a copy of Neverwhere, so that's probably going to be next. He is amazing. I hope those persistent rumours of him wanting to write a Doctor Who script one day eventuate.

Neverwhere: the book is really good and some day, I'll actually watch the tv series. It took me forever to obtain a copy and I'd heard so many derisive things about it (including from the Man himself) that I was just afraid to watch it. I'm very partial to American Gods and Anansi Boys as well as the kids books. As for the DW script, I really do believe it's in the cards. He's been too damned coy about it this past year, and his backhanded 'denials' have been pretty amusing to read. Of course, Stephen Fry WAS working on a script for s2 (I think) and it never saw the light of day due to a lot of problems so it's still possible we'll never see anything produced that has Neil's name on it. But I'm reasonably sure we will. It just won't be called "The Face in the Dust". LOL

I'll probably get used to Jamie's accent. I remember when I first started watching House and it taking a few episodes to get over the Prince Regent suddenly having an American accent. And, as you say, the prettiness helps. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to getting to watch the proper series. And your post on the series are one of the major reasons why I've been meaning to check it out.

I still haven't quite gotten used to House's American accent either. I keep expecting Hugh to burst into some bizarre Prince George type ramble, completely with broad facial expressions and general idiocy. Hee! It's also been odd watching Damian Lewis on Life and not hearing his lovely accent -- this is what I get for discovering him in The Forsyte Saga and not Band of Brothers like most of the US. ;)

I loved the girls in drag aspect of Tipping the Velvet as well. It's a bit of a kink of mine too. And well, I've yet to see Keeley Hawes disappoint. She's one of those actresses who deserves to be more known that she is and one I keep an eye out for. It's shame whenever she crops up in movies she tends to play 'the wife' (The Bank Job and Death at a Funeral come to mind).

I'm so glad you like Keeley -- for some reason, there's a lot of hatred for her out there, mainly from Life on Mars fans (since apparently Alex is evil because they're all into Sam/Gene). I've adored her for ages - I'd seen her in a ton of costume dramas before I saw her in Spooks and she's just good in everything. But yeah, either 'the wife' or 'the pretty girl everyone wants which makes our plucky but plainer heroine sad'.