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thefourthvine

209: Wondrous Strange

Sep 24, 2010 22:58

Those of you who were on the earthling filter way back when he was still leasing space in my body may remember that I suffer from a very severe case of Familial Lyrics Disorder, as did my father and my grandmother before me. (Some of our incorrect songs have been handed down through three generations!) It's not just that I mishear and misremember ( Read more... )

[rec theme: rare pairings], rpf, historical, heyer, dcu, star trek

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annakovsky September 25 2010, 16:16:30 UTC

GREAT, now I really want Justin Timberlake/Julia Child, so thanks for that!

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 17:32:42 UTC

OMG YOU SHOULD WRIIIIIIIITE IT OMG PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. Think of it! Time travel! ( came up with that, and you can't deny it is awesome almost past your ability to deal with it.) Justin Timberlake in a hat! Paris! JULIA DOES JUSTIN!

*swoons*

annakovsky September 25 2010, 21:13:58 UTC

Augh, time travel! Man, idek, why is the idea of Justin Timberlake wistfully longing after Julia Child so arresting? It keeps reminding me of how that dude from Neutral Milk Hotel got obsessed with Anne Frank and would have recurring dreams that he built a time machine and could go back to rescue her and then he wrote a whole album about her, except with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE BEING KIND OF CRAZY AND WISTFUL THAT WAY.

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 21:35:43 UTC

Man, idek, why is the idea of Justin Timberlake wistfully longing after Julia Child so arresting?

BECAUSE IT IS TRUE. AND BEAUTIFUL.

I don't know why, actually. I just know that it's one of those thoughts I don't want to unthink, because it makes my world a better place.

I BET HE HAS AN AUTHENTIC FRENCH CHEF APRON. And I bet he buys autographed copies of her books.

sequinedfairy September 25 2010, 16:42:00 UTC

I THINK JULIA CHILD/JUSTING TIMBERLAKE IS MY NEW OTP.

...the scariest part is how little i'm kidding.

_medley_ September 25 2010, 17:25:57 UTC

EXACTLY. *is scared with you*

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 17:35:13 UTC

JOIN ME IN MY TENT MADE ENTIRELY OF TINFOIL. It is a happy place! We will talk about Justin's basically proven love of Julia!

sequinedfairy September 25 2010, 17:39:49 UTC

I AM ALREADY THERE, AND I HAVE BROUGHT THE N'SYNC ALBUMS AND THE REALLY BAD MANIPS OF JT AND JULIA.

(...is there anyone with graphic skills around here? BECAUSE NOW I REALLY WANT THOSE MANIPS.)

frostfire_17 September 25 2010, 16:45:55 UTC

OH MY GOD YOU PIMPED THE HITTITES FOR ME. I love you. I love you SO MUCH. I have actual *tears in my eyes* right now, from loving you so much. I mean--okay, first, I am so GLAD you liked the story! Yay! and secondly, that is my favorite ever myth, oh my god, <3 Kumarbi x a million, and thirdly--the HITTITES. My cup runneth over with joy, no kidding. ♥ ♥ ♥

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 17:36:31 UTC

That is because the Hittites are awesome! At least in your hands. I wasn't kidding - I really do think you should write novels set in the era. You could bring popularity to the Hittites at last!

Now you need to tell me the part about the sex with the cliff face. That puts Prometheus in the shade, I tell you what.

stasia September 26 2010, 01:54:17 UTC

I'd read books set in the Hittite eras. I've already read all of a melodramatic manga set there, and I love every silly second, just for the fun crazy politics!

Stasia

frostfire_17 September 26 2010, 03:38:08 UTC

Ahaha, well, we'll see about the novel thing. As for the cliff face, in retrospect I totally should have included that bit in my story notes, because it is hilarious. Here, I will tell you ( ... )

_medley_ September 25 2010, 17:30:54 UTC

Like sequinedfairy, I'm kind of scared by how much my brain approves of Justin Timberlake/Julia Child.

You know the U2 song that goes, "have you come here for forgiveness/have you come to wake the dead/have you come here to play Jesus/to the lepers in your head"? I know it's lepers. Jesus, lepers, I get it. Really. But my brain insists beyond all reason that it's leopards. Jesus and the leopards, I feel, might be a more interesting story. *g*

And now I'm off to read fic in fandoms I don't know, YAY.

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 17:37:47 UTC

Your brain is clearly an entirely sensible brain, and it can join mine in the Justin Timberlake/Julia Child fanclub.

Jesus and the Leopards would make an AWESOME parable. That is precisely what Christianity needs: more leopards.

_medley_ September 26 2010, 21:48:56 UTC

More leopards would have to help. And you seem to have started a decent-sized fanclub!

innocentsmith September 26 2010, 06:23:50 UTC

For many years of my childhood and adolescence, I thought it was, "Have you come here to fake cheeses/For the leopards in your head?"

Large felines, man, they hate imitation mozzarella.

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liddle_oldman September 25 2010, 20:30:59 UTC

First -- do you know that these are called Mondegreens? The most famous, of course, is "Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!".

Second -- secret identities. In the WB Batman, there was on ep in which he ended up in Metropolis, and he and the Big Boy got into this weird competition for the attention of Lois Lane. At one point, Bruce Wayne says to Superman, "She kinds of likes us. It's the other guys she doesn't care for." I thought that was -- interesting, for a cartoon.

Third -- and you understand that I mean this is a purely objective fashion, with no personal involvement or inferences whatsoever -- you are so cute. Though -- who wouldn't pine for the unattainable Julia? Think of the dinners.

thefourthvine September 25 2010, 21:30:52 UTC

1. Yup! Although, seriously, mondegreens are only the beginning of the terrible things my brain can do it lyrics. It's criminal, is what it is.

2. At one point, Bruce Wayne says to Superman, "She kinds of likes us. It's the other guys she doesn't care for." I thought that was -- interesting, for a cartoon.

See, to me this is comforting, because at least Lois knows what she's getting into. Iris Allen didn't find out she'd married the Flash until their first wedding anniversary. (Hint for any superhero out there: don't do this.)

Of course, it also suggests some interesting things about Lois. But with the WB Batman, there's at least a chance they meant to do that. The terrible thing with the comics is that you have all these moments of doubt, because on the one hand there's no other possible interpretation, and on the other, you suspect they didn't get it.

3. Hell, sometimes I pine for the unattainable Julia. She's basically the ideal woman. Plus, there's a woman who knows how to french a green bean, if you get my drift.

mari_redstar October 12 2010, 02:58:07 UTC

Hey now, Iris found out Barry was the Flash on the first night after their wedding, because he talked in his sleep! ("First night after their wedding." Because he talked in his sleep. Keeping in mind that Iris was a groovy swinging liberated woman with jazz records in her bachelorette flat. I'm going with "knew well before the wedding," personally.) He just didn't, uh, tell her for a year. (And even then, the previous Flash and his wife had to talk him into it.) During which she didn't bother bringing it up, because, well, it seemed so important to him and, I don't know, she thought it was kind of cute how he thought she was fooled? ...I love comics so much. They're like LSD for people who like to make timelines.

Speaking of the previous Flash, labyrinthine timelines, and comics swingerfic: somebody should totally write wildly inappropriate 1970s pre-Crisis Jay/Joan/Barry. Jay thinks Barry's adorable, Barry was drawing little hearts around Jay's name in his Trapper Keeper when he was twelve years old, and it still wouldn't even make ( ... )