Comments | selenak: Of pilots, doctors and pirates

selenak

Of pilots, doctors and pirates

Aug 09, 2006 21:27

One of the reasons why I'm glad the Multiverse stories are posted anonymously at first is that I find it intriguing what feedback one does and doesn't get without the name attached. (So far, some nice feedback for my main Multiverse story and the recipient of the pinch-hitting second one liked that one, which is a relief.) Conversely, I read ( Read more... )

meta, gone with the wind, battlestar galactica, star wars, multiverse, dr. who, firefly, pirates of the carribean, fanfic recs

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ffutures August 9 2006, 21:54:14 UTC

Hate to say it, but I tried to leave feedback on several stories and couldn't, got an error message every time. It may be the browser I use (Opera), or some other problem, but I couldn't get the form to work at all.

selenak August 10 2006, 04:50:10 UTC

andrastewhite said she had fixed the problem, and I had no trouble leaving feedback in the last few days. So it might be your browser, but then, I'm a technical ignoramus. You should tell Andraste, though.

nolivingman August 9 2006, 23:36:53 UTC

Thanks for pointing out those Star Wars stories. I don't usually read in that fandom, but that Leia story in particular I would have hated to miss. So very good. I find the quality to be high throughout Multiverse, actually. It's a great challenge.

Scarlett is descended from Becky Sharp! (Though I haven't seen the latest version; I'm too faithful to the BBC mini). I hadn't thought of the Scarlett/Becky thing; this post is full of great connections like that. And I hope that Elizabeth does end up on her own - I don't think she and Will are ready to be married, and Jack's not a good bet for a long term relationship, to say the least. She's got some growing up to do and with them having chosen to make her modern in so many ways, I like the idea of her having her growing-up time on her own.

selenak August 10 2006, 04:58:11 UTC

Elizabeth is, dare I say it, cookie dough. *g*

Anyway, you're welcome. Though to be fair, I'm far from the first to make the Becky -> Scarlett connection; several of the original reviews did, but then, in the 1930s, Vanity Fair was apparantly far more on the book critics' curriculum. As for the new film version, it has some conscious allusions to GWTW the movie as well as some striking visuals and goes very much against the tasteful pastel look of many Regency tv series and movies, bringing out the colourfulness of the period. (Which I love, and which, if one takes a look at the decorations at the time, is absolutely true.) But like I said, they softened Becky up. For example, she really is a good friend to Amelia from day 1, and of course, that robs the shrugging "oh, for Christ's sake" way Becky disillusions Amelia about George in the end of its power. And she's a good mother. Because no audience likes a female character who isn't a loving mother, you know. And she never ever had sex with Lord Steyn, she just did some heavy ( ... )

artaxastra August 10 2006, 00:07:36 UTC

I want to see all three of them sail off together to a happy (potential)OT3. I want to see Elizabeth get it all. And then write about what she does with it!

selenak August 10 2006, 05:00:14 UTC

You're a pirate, too.*g*

shezan August 10 2006, 09:54:17 UTC

Oh, of course Scarlett is descended from Becky Sharp. The latest production suffered from foreign-right-itis - they made her nicer to make her more saleable. Dunderheads.

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vaznetti August 16 2006, 21:12:45 UTC

Oh! Now that the names are up -- thanks for the recommendation (the River and Yoda piece was my doing.)