I'm a bid under the weather right now, but have some Chocolate Box Ficathon tales I very much enjoyed:

15th Century History:

Made Glorious Summer: terse and beautiful take on the complex brotherly relationship between Edward IV and (future) Richard III.

Star Trek: Discovery:

Shelter in the Storm: in which Michael and Saru support each ( Read more... )

This one I saw last Saturday with dear friends, and we had a great time, masks and being parted on the seats not withstanding.

( Very spoilery musings ensue )

Watched this one with friends, which meant we could talk about it afterwards; we all enjoyed it thoroughly, including being pleasantly surprised that it managed emotional continuity with Endgame while still being an essentially light hearted summer movie. So far, Tom Holland remains my favourite movie incarnation of Peter Parker. Also, the mid- ( Read more... )

Ifinally got around to watching Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, and lo, it turned out to be as great as advertised. All the Spiderpeople were characters in their own right, even the pig, and yet Miles, whose origin story this was, managed not to be overshadowed. The animation was wildly inventive, embracing its comicbook-ness, and used the ( Read more... )

A good example of how we all read different books even if it's the same book, especially if we go in having opinions on the subject: two revies of a new biography of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson, called A certain idea of France.

The New Yorker's review

Review by the London Review of BooksWhat these two reviews agree on is that it's a ( Read more... )

Am currently abroad with the APs who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with yours truly on Teneriffe, will post a pic spam once I find the time, but for now, have a few links collected in the recent week:

X-Men meta (mainly movieverse):

Why Magneto isn‘t right (about everything ( Read more... )

So not what I should be doing, but the muse wants what it wants. In this case, a "Five things" story about Peter Parker and Tony Stark. Beware of Infinity War spoilers.

Anything like me (5446 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen ( Read more... )

Because getting the Spider-Man: Homecoming dvd has put me in the mood. Incidentally, one of the extended scenes is an "Extended Cut" of Peter's home movie that sums up his part of Civil War, and in which we find out that, since as opposed to everyone else involved this wasn't an angsty occasion for him and he was still on an adrenaline high post- ( Read more... )

The Americans:

While pondering whether or not to volunteer for The Americans this Yuletide, I checked whether there were new stories since last year, and indeed there were. I especially liked:

It's never over: a look at Oleg in season 5.

My last night: Philip and Elizabeth post Martha.

The Defenders:

Saints in Effigy a Claire pov on ( Read more... )

...and I don't mean the latest attempt to repeal the ACA, because that particular sparing came through hard work by people who made phonecalls, Senators Murkowski and Collins putting people before party and McCain proving he has a sense for cliffhangers and drama ( Read more... )