PEDM: 5 April

[andraste_oz]

I've been having some interesting feelings about all the fan reactions I've seen to this photo of Colin Morgan for the filming of Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth'. There have been lots of "OMG war injury! how can I bear it! I'm going to cry" etc etc comments. I find it tremendously funny. I've never had problems looking at Colin (or any other

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[lazlet]

Testament of Youth is one of my favourite books and I have vivid memories of sitting in the 6th Form common room sobbing while I read it. It's weird reading the casting and thinking, oh dear, people are going to be very upset about what happens to the people these actors are playing. :/

I also can never understand why people aren't obsessed with the First World War when I've been obsessed with it for nearly 40 years!

[kathyh]

I hope they're teenagers.

Yes, so do I! I suppose it's me getting old but I do find so many fannish reactions completely over the top these days.

What do you mean nobody ever talks about the First World War?

That's most certainly not true in the UK. I would say we talked far more about the First World War than we do about the Second, particularly this year. If we were in any danger of forgetting, which we aren't, the radio and tv schedules would make sure we didn't.

I read the first Quirke book and got rather irritated because I thought it was all a bit too obvious. I could see the answer to the mystery a mile off. I've read better Irish crime mysteries than Quirke I'm afraid.

[archaeologist_d]

As an American, we don't get WWI covered very much in school and since we came in late to it and didn't have much invested, it gets shorted in our history.

I even went past Gallipoli when I visited Troy and didn't know what it was about so....

As for Quirke, Colin's character seems charming which will go a long way towards women falling all over him - at least in books. I've only see the first download, though.

[issy5209]

The reaction is a bit over the top isn't it - its not real
Although I have just read the book, and his death is pretty tragic, but thats the whole point of it - everybodies death was tragic (and there where so many...)
I find (especially Tumblr) some people incredibly naive and well, young

RE WW1 Really? I would have been surprised too, with Anzac day coming up, and it being the anniversary, its very much part of our awareness - my primary school kids know much more than I did at their age.

Quirke - I don't think the DVD's will ship until its been aired on BBC (as yet, its only been aired on RTE) - I think thats the case. Maybe been the strong silent type is what attracts the women (to Quirke).

[mirabile_dictu]

I think you're right about WWI in the States; I certainly don't hear about it the way I do about WWII. But it has meaning to me because my mom's dad lost a big chunk of his middle due to being shot; it was fascinating to stare at, or at least I thought so as a young child.

But what really intrigues me is my first cousin twice removed (I think that's the correct terminology; he was my mom's mom's first cousin) who everyone called "Bun." I only met him once and found him very quiet; he just sat and let his sister do everything, including all the talking. Mother explained that he had shell shock -- and I met him in the late 1970s. I adored his sister and her husband; I called them aunt and uncle and met them many times. But Bun only the once. I still wonder what happened to him and what he'd been like before the war.

ANYWAY, all that to say yes, you're right.

Quirke? I had to google it and now I want to watch it. Thank you for mentioning it!