Fangirling and Troping
I have jumped on the bandwagon and it's crazy awesome.
Come on, how can I not like an escapist fantasy with that kind of one-liners like Doctor Who eh? I'm kind of amazed at how entertaining this is. So far in the fifth series each episode seems better than the last (except the one with the vampire fish from our space but still).
My pet theory so far is the one with Amy not being human If you are familiar with this theory give me evidence, I want it to happen.
Matt Smith's rocking the geek chic. Amy's choice? Shippiest eppy ever. And OMG CAN THE DREAM LORD COME BACK? I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHOSE EVIL SELF IS A SHORT BALDING MIDDLE-AGED MAN WITH A FETISH FOR MINDFUCKING? wow...
And, if you've seen the last eppy and loved it, go see it de-construct on TvTropes.
TV TROPES!!!! WHY DO I LEARN FROM TV TROPES THAT THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN IS BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE?!?!? *faints* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OMIGOD I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!
And ugh. I have this trope in my head. I've spend the last two days researching it and there are similar tropes but found nothing definitely matching.
Like, for example a heroine is feeling trapped, shut in, needs to escape and then she's reading Lady of Shalott and then here comes a guy along and boom! Heroine realises what must be done (A Great And Terrible Beauty is slightly this). It's usually done straighter, with the heroine named Elaine etc and the author calls the book an adaptation or inspired by so and so. No no 'Art Imitating Ar't is taken and that's not it.
Another example is Frankenstein's creation/monster feeling a kinship with Milton's Satan from Paradise Lost. Also done straighter with actual fallen angels involved in the story (Fallen. Don't read it. Please). Diana Wynne Jones uses poetry and ballads a lot that play a significant role in the plot--it's of course done brilliantly. But it's not in the way Gaiman does it, by subtle references (it's called Epigraph in tv tropes) that are meant to clue in the reader but not the characters.
So. What's the trope? Perhaps Book Within A Book? But it's not specific enough. *SIGH*
I need more examples to make this an actual trope.
Come on, how can I not like an escapist fantasy with that kind of one-liners like Doctor Who eh? I'm kind of amazed at how entertaining this is. So far in the fifth series each episode seems better than the last (except the one with the vampire fish from our space but still).
My pet theory so far is the one with Amy not being human If you are familiar with this theory give me evidence, I want it to happen.
Matt Smith's rocking the geek chic. Amy's choice? Shippiest eppy ever. And OMG CAN THE DREAM LORD COME BACK? I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHOSE EVIL SELF IS A SHORT BALDING MIDDLE-AGED MAN WITH A FETISH FOR MINDFUCKING? wow...
And, if you've seen the last eppy and loved it, go see it de-construct on TvTropes.
TV TROPES!!!! WHY DO I LEARN FROM TV TROPES THAT THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN IS BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE?!?!? *faints* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OMIGOD I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!
And ugh. I have this trope in my head. I've spend the last two days researching it and there are similar tropes but found nothing definitely matching.
Like, for example a heroine is feeling trapped, shut in, needs to escape and then she's reading Lady of Shalott and then here comes a guy along and boom! Heroine realises what must be done (A Great And Terrible Beauty is slightly this). It's usually done straighter, with the heroine named Elaine etc and the author calls the book an adaptation or inspired by so and so. No no 'Art Imitating Ar't is taken and that's not it.
Another example is Frankenstein's creation/monster feeling a kinship with Milton's Satan from Paradise Lost. Also done straighter with actual fallen angels involved in the story (Fallen. Don't read it. Please). Diana Wynne Jones uses poetry and ballads a lot that play a significant role in the plot--it's of course done brilliantly. But it's not in the way Gaiman does it, by subtle references (it's called Epigraph in tv tropes) that are meant to clue in the reader but not the characters.
So. What's the trope? Perhaps Book Within A Book? But it's not specific enough. *SIGH*
I need more examples to make this an actual trope.