I've just printed out Beowulf ( Read more... )

Today we went to look in the cellar to see if any of my three boxes of books I had stored there had survived the great Out Of The Blue Mould Rush of Summer 2012. Predictably, non had ( Read more... )

Well, those were two of the most annoying weeks I've ever had. Sorry to anyone I've left waiting with an answer, I will get to it now.

I'm still fighting with this damn Beowulf paper and would love some ways to procrastinate relax after working on it. Are there any favourite shows/books/comics/video games etc. my lovely little friendslist had that ( Read more... )

Something that I just stumbled over in my re-read of A Storm of Swords concerning Cersei and Tyrion.

( Urge to write Lannister AU rising. )

It is worth noting, before we leave the whole topic, that the ethical aspect of the dragon confrontation is handled, explicitly and implicitly, with a sensitivity seldom found in the traditional legends. Neither the dragon's attack on the Geats nor Beowulf's counter-attack is amoral. The dragon, whose cup has been stolen by a thief, has a case, and ( Read more... )

Well, I have to do something when I'm pretending to work at my papers.

( ASOIAF helps me procrastinate. )

[Beowulf] offers himself directly as the sacrificial victim, and is prepared to provide the atonement for the evils visited on his subjects. The battle begins, and Beowulf finds himself in the midst of a ring of fire.
'The Trials of the Epic Hero in Beowulf' by Peter F. FisherBut does it burn, burn, burn, Mr. Fisher? As the flames went higher? See ( Read more... )

I don't like Saints Row 3 as much as I liked Saints Row 2 and I'm probably going to do a whole post on why in the future, but this right here was pretty fun ( Read more... )