Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Amy - Jan 28, 2007 6:25:19 pm PST #6571 of 10001
Because books.

God, yes. That was a great bit.

Oh my, yes. And Toby Stephens has a dedicated new fan here.

My only quibble is the ending. That was a bit ... impossibly fairy tale for me, especially since the book ends in a perfectly lovely way as it is. I got they were tying it in to her childhood, but although I think the book did emphasize Jane's sadness at her lack of a family, it wasn't the whole point to me. So that bugged.


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:27:23 pm PST #6572 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hmm. I've been an official election observer in Mexico. And I've been a lot of places.

Okay, I should be able to get this together. It's hard because I am so new, you know? There's so much (internal) pressure to make an impression, and at the same time people don't know me so they don't know that I'm not..., I don't know. I want things to be interesting but I don't want to be all, oh, I'm so cool...also, I maybe need to get over some of this self-deprecating shit.


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:28:44 pm PST #6573 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Is this JE replaying?

Also, they changed the ending? How so?


Sue - Jan 28, 2007 6:28:56 pm PST #6574 of 10001
hip deep in pie

There was a really fantastic flashback that just...ummm.

I kept thinking in that section. "His hands are HUGE!...They're the size of her head...I wonder if Steph is watching this."


brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 6:30:20 pm PST #6575 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

But wait, doesn't he - okay, maybe only one.


§ ita § - Jan 28, 2007 6:30:49 pm PST #6576 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Recorded and watching during a down spell. Although I'm having a migraine, and the match is so cool that relaxation is hard.

Federer also looks like he has the softest skin.

That is how I calm myself.

Not working too well.


Sue - Jan 28, 2007 6:33:04 pm PST #6577 of 10001
hip deep in pie

My only quibble is the ending. That was a bit ... impossibly fairy tale for me, especially since the book ends in a perfectly lovely way as it is.

Yeah, I thought so too, and it seemed especially weird since it was a fairly dark portrayal otherwise.


sarameg - Jan 28, 2007 6:38:59 pm PST #6578 of 10001

I got they were tying it in to her childhood, but although I think the book did emphasize Jane's sadness at her lack of a family, it wasn't the whole point to me. So that bugged.

Yeah, but... I'm with you. It was kinda like huh? Show me the moment "Reader, I married him." Show me Rochester seeing his kid's eyes! Show me Jane being his eyes and all that. At least they included Adele. But still the guh moment! OK, I'm a little obsessed with that. Cause, guh! But the point was the romance. With a confused emotional jackass, which I now see and which kinda freaks me out as I adored that trope but anyway...


sumi - Jan 28, 2007 6:43:32 pm PST #6579 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Over at tWop somebody whose seen him in person says that Gonzo also have extremely pretty skin and made her knees all wobbly.

IJS.


billytea - Jan 28, 2007 6:46:13 pm PST #6580 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Recorded and watching during a down spell. Although I'm having a migraine, and the match is so cool that relaxation is hard.

Very cool match. There's been some great tennis this Open.