Snowflake day 8, Temeraire poem, and crossover fic for me!!

[hamsterwoman]

Day 8: In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. The last time I did this challenge (which I found rather challenging even then, because how does one narrow it down to a single piece of canon!) I went with "favorite

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[meathiel]

That beacon lighting scene always makes me tear up ... I'm strange, I know! ;-)

[hamsterwoman]

It totally makes me tear up too, without fail. It's just such a beautiful and emotional scene.

[hamsterwoman]

Haha, "fuck yeah!" is ALSO a totally acceptable emotion for that scene, LOL! :D

[_profiterole_]

Oh, Napoleon/Laurence, that's original, but it makes sense.

[hamsterwoman]

Given the way Napoleon interact with Laurence literally every single time they are in the same place at the same time, I'm honestly surprised it's not a more popular pairing in fandom!

(The real Napoleon has always been one of my historical crushes, and I like the Temeraire-verse version even more, so maybe I'm a tad biased, too :P)

[cyanshadow]

Yesssss the beacon-lighting scene. <3

I forget if I've mentioned this before, but it was actually watching the first movie that turned me on to the books -- my grandmother read The Hobbit to us when we were younger, but when I tried to read LotR in high school, I could never quite make it past the first couple of chapters.

But then the first movie came out when I was in eleventh grade, and I went to see it with some friends -- opening night, I think? Or at least opening weekend; even though it wasn't one of my core fandoms (I don't recall if anyone else was a huge fan), it was a Fandom Movie that we all wanted to support. :D

And as you said -- it's a gorgeous movie, full of interesting characters and things happening and beautiful scenery, and I came away with the realization that interesting things actually happened after Bilbo's birthday party (or whatever it was I got stuck on). :'D

[hamsterwoman]

I forget if I've mentioned this before, but it was actually watching the first movie that turned me on to the books

I think either you've mentioned it or I was conflating you with lunasariel in this regard (possibly both!)

But, yeah, much as LotR is One True Fandom for me, I so do not blame anyone for getting stuck in the early chapters -- it took me something like six months to get to the Council of Elrond, and only after the Nine Walkers set out did I start racing through the book. So I can definitely see getting stuck there until the movie provided a push / encouragement.

(I may also be one of the only people who is kind of disappointed that Tom Bombadil got cut out of the movies. XD)

Aww! I think it was probably for the best in terms of, like, mainstream audience appreciation, but I do wish he'd made it to the Extended Edition :)

I also really like the rentrement as you have it here, being a clear echo but not an exact repetitionI'm glad to hear it! (For a person who doesn't like poetry with a lot of repetition in it, I sure seem

[cyanshadow]

Aww! I think it was probably for the best in terms of, like, mainstream audience appreciation, but I do wish he'd made it to the Extended Edition :)Hahaha. :D Yes, I agree -- it was a bit of a side wander that tbh I don't even remember anymore whether it had any impact on the plot at all or was just fun, so I definitely don't blame Peter Jackson for cutting it

[hamsterwoman]

I was pretty impressed that the extended content was mostly integrated well enough that I couldn't really tell the difference between content I didn't remember because it had been years since I'd last seen the movies, and content I didn't remember because I'd never seen it before. :)

Heh, I think I had basically the same experience :D

And, aww, I'm very pleased and gratified that you remember the on-hold and lice poems! :D (and agree that the repetition actually fit those best :))

<3!

[lyssa027]

the lighting of the beacons is such a beautiful scene

[hamsterwoman]

It is! Well, the scenery being naturally gorgeous definitely helps, too :)

[perpetual]

Ohhhhh, the lighting of the beacons. Brings me right back to the theater, just so full of emotion. I don't think there's ever been a clearer symbol for hope in all media than those flames coming to life, one by one.

Never seen Galaxy Quest but I watched that one too for the hell of it. My, what a beast, even when it was right-side-in. :) And thank you for reminding me it's been way too long since I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[hamsterwoman]

My, what a beast, even when it was right-side-in. :)

Ahaha, yes! XD And, oh man, you've never seen Galaxy Quest?! It's one of my favorite movies, and I'm not even a Star Trek fan (it's a very fun movie that's part very loving Star Trek parody, part just cute sci-fi comedy). And it's got Alan Rickman playing a serious stage actor fed up with playing an alien on a schlock TV show :D

I don't think there's ever been a clearer symbol for hope in all media than those flames coming to life, one by one.

For me, either. It's just such a gorgeous, emotional scene -- and I don't even tend to get emotional about symbolic stuff?