Comments | themonkeytwin: North & South, 2/4

themonkeytwin

North & South, 2/4

Jul 08, 2012 23:49

Okay, I'm not going to lie. The screencapping got a leeeetle intense on this one. In my defence, so much of the storytelling goes on in the imagery that partly I was just trying to capture some of that, but it really is somuch that it's almost impossible. I spent most of my time whittling them down to some kind of manageable number. Plus, I'm ( Read more... )

i am of the people of the long wind, musetastic: tv/episode, north&south, picspam ensuage, project: n&s "liveblog" picspam excuse, liveblogging at which i suck

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workerbee73 July 9 2012, 15:00:05 UTC

**basks in the perfection of this commentary**

Back with thoughts later. For now? I bask. :D

themonkeytwin July 9 2012, 15:05:07 UTC

And the pics. Don't forget to bask in the pics. Mmmm, bare Thornton neck.

workerbee73 July 9 2012, 15:13:42 UTC

His neck. OMG. Just that single button undone.

**ogles with you**

And their intense staring contests. It's like, the words coming out of their mouths couldn't be nice even if they tried, but their eyes-- the eyes tell a different story entirely.

themonkeytwin July 9 2012, 15:22:43 UTC

They are just so utterly fascinated with each other. It's such an addictive mixture of understanding and mystery, and they can barely drag their attention away from each other. The stares are SO INTENSE. APPROVED.

anonymous November 26 2018, 00:03:36 UTC

You wrote this ages and ages ago but I'm writing a long research paper about the politics and implications of North and South and stumbled onto this and it's so! good! It's like god's own cross between a strong argument to go watch this series, damnit, and an analysis of the themes (many of which I didn't even think of before reading this, like the symbolism of the cemetery being the green space). And you write so beautifully, highlighting the poignancy of the series with things like "And oh, Nicholas. Your beloved, motherless daughter - your partner as much as Mrs Thornton is her son's - is dying because the workers have no defence against being used and discarded by the masters, and this grapple for leverage is ten years too late to save her, and that cost only drives you harder and blinds you to the cost others will pay too. And no one's entirely right and no one's entirely wrong and no one understands enough." That's such a lovely way to say that! I love it! Anyway I hope you don't mind if I use a few of the ideas in here for my ( ... )

themonkeytwin November 26 2018, 12:00:56 UTC

Wow, blast from the past! Thank you for commenting, N&S sounds like an excellent subject for a paper, there is certainly a lot in it - Gaskell did such an amazing job of observing and exploring those issues in her work. I'm glad you enjoyed my own flailing and thoughts about it! Good luck with your research :)