emo emo emo

[wondygal]

Today is sucky and full of stupid tears and I'm feeling emo. So I'm going to lock myself in my room and read my new copy of Good Omens, which I've been meaning to read for a while and finally picked up today. While I was at the bookstore, I also started reading Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, and, man, I love her prose

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[futuresoon]

GOOD OMENS CAN CURE ALL ILLS. TRUFAX. It is my faaavorite book, and I loves it forever, yes yes. ♥

The only impression I got of Oliver Cromwell is that he was pretty much a bastard, too. But then, this was in an American classroom; we are not known for having the best perspective on things that have nothing to do with us. (Or, indeed, things that do have something to do with us.)

[wondygal]

That's good! I've only read the foreword and I'm having fun already, so it looks very promising. I can't see how Pratchett + Gaiman could result in anything less that awesome, really.

Were I not feeling so emo I would think that was fascinating, and want to understand where the different perspectives come from, or at least go read his wikipedia page. However, I am meh, so I... still think it's pretty interesting, but feel to lazy to wikipedia it. AND, MAN, WHEN YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO USE WIKIPEDIA, YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.

[selenak]

*provides Wiki link*

[wondygal]

Thanks! Btw, I was going to ask you yesterday if you had seen this Donna vid set to Pretty Woman? It's lovely, and I think it's from the period you were travelling.

[selenak]

Oh, I like The Settling.

Re: Cromwell, well, if you were Irish you had plenty of good reasons to hate him. (as in, a LOT OF DEAD BODIES.) Or if you were in any way connected to the theatre, seeing as he made it illegal. Or if you were a Catholic. But he definitely was a far more talented ruler than Charles I. ever was (Charles I: like his grandmother Mary, personal niceness does not make up for ruler incompetence. The only Stuart I could ever stand was Charles II., who reminds me of no one as much as his maternal grandfather, Henri Quatre - both without any religious fanaticism in a fanatic age, both used to lack of power, defeat and exile before they got the top job, and both witty and to the point in their conversation). And tried his best to make this non-monarchy work, especially economically.

[wondygal]

I do like a nice historical, and everyone is excellent in this one. The format made me think of the Alias pilot.

Except for Cromwell, and what I know about him is that he was a smart ruler, and a very important figure in regards to England's development. I remember being amused (in that "oh, important people of history everywhere, you do such stupid things, I can only lol and hope nobody does that again." ...it's a thing, right?) that he offed Charles I., reopened the Parliament, and then took the country for himself and dismissed it again. I think Henry VII and Elizabeth came off looking good, and the other Tudors were stupid. Which is overly simplistic, of course, but it worked to remember who was who.

In any case, very interesting. They dug up his corpse and beheaded it? Did not know that. Ouch.

[selenak]

His corpse didn't feel it. More importantly, the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, by which Clarendon negotiated Charles II.'s return, made sure that with a very few living exceptions plus four corpses, there would be no reprisals against Cromwell's followers after the Restoration. This was very useful for John Milton

[wondygal]

*facepalm* And heh. Many hees, in fact.

Mary is an interesting case, as you point out. And I was also just thinking of Evelyn, Mary and Elizabeth.

[livii]

I'm sorry you're feeling emo. Hex is an excellent curative, however! And it just cheered me up (I'm tired, I wanna go home) to see someone on my flist going "hey, you know who's awesome? Hex!" sort of thing. HIS POWERS ARE LEGENDARY, DUDE.

[wondygal]

He's so adorable! Also his accent is adorable, and Ace was being so awesome to him. Plus there are such GREAT Hex icons.

[livii]

It's ever so useful that Phil Olivier has done such hilarious beefcake photoshoots, I tell ya. I consider it a strong indication of my ability to exercise restraint from time to time that I haven't made one with his ass on it. ;p

[wondygal]

It's truly a gift from the gods. That one on your icon is priceless. There should be fic where Ace finds out Hex did beefcake photoshoots when he was younger, and then she mocks him and then they have sex. (curse your contagious shipper powers! They are so cute on The Settling! They drink tea and talk about time travel and ♥.)

*blinks* Are those on the picspams you made? I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT. I'm going after them right now.

[carawj]

Hello! Do you mind terribly if I've friended you? I was nosying because I've seen you around Who fandom, you seem awesome and interesting, and you're talking about Good Omens and Seven & Ace & Hex audios. There's just no bad there, really! ;D

[wondygal]

Hello! Not at all, I'll friend you back! It's always great to share Big finish love. It's good to meet you.

Your icon is so freaking adorable, btw.

[wondygal]

HEROESSSSSS. SPOILERS ARE EVERYWHERE, THE FIRST EPISODE LEAKED, AND I AM DOING MY BEST TO NOT WATCH THE CRAPPY YOUTUBE VERSION, BUT I WANTSSSSS.

Also Lost, totally. MY SHOWS. COME BACK.

Know how like, in the movies, a character who never does anything wrong does something ONCE, and then everyone around is all, "oh, person x, so wonderful, never does anything wrong!", and then Person X feels very bad? Far from me to say I don't do bad things in a alarming frequency, but WHAT UP, UNIVERSE.

and, oh, sigh, hp. I freaking love that universe. and so my heart is an easy target for it, yes.