TOO TRUE. I had a huge crush on Robespierre when we did the French Revolution (mostly because the guy who played him in our historical reenactment videos was a bit on the cute side), and look where he ended up. Now I'm madly in love with Virgil, but not only is he two thousand years deceased, but he's also gay, so... good prospects there, yes?
I LOVE THE BALCONY SCENE. Every time I read it, it just gets more and more... passionate? Yeah, that'd be a good word. It's not too bad, until you start going, Um, how close is Rook to Thom's mouth at this point, actually?, and then it all just falls apart into descriptions of sparks and overpowering emotions and... oh god. WHY.
I would totally read your Harlequin romance. It would be AMAZING. (All my friends and I were going through the romance novel section at Target trying to find one that would be appropriate for one of our other nertastic Honors friends as a Christmas present. Imagine our infinite glee upon discovering "Claiming Dante's Secret Love Child" after having just spent the entire month prior to that wading through two-thirds of the Commedia. My friend Shelby even read the little sample excerpt, with voices and everything. IT WAS BRILLIANT.)
I KNOW, RIGHT? The problem is, at least you have stopped talking about Havemercy constantly by this point, while I still--STILL--find myself referencing it at every possible opportunity. Admittedly, I mostly try to keep it to myself (usually in writing journal entries where I analyze Rook and Thom's mixed negative-positive connections, in comparison to Royston and Hal's entirely negative or wholly positive ones, though I'm trying to bring in other books too - last time I analyzed the first seven pages of Night Watch to see what characterization methods Terry Pratchett uses to establish Sam Vimes' central conflict and position in life as quickly as possible - IT WAS AWESOME), but even I sometimes want to hit myself over the head and go, IT'S ONE BOOK, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, METAL DRAGONS. SURELY IT IS NOT WORTH THIS MUCH DISCUSSION. But no.
WOO MERLIN. I am totally on that boat - there is NO WAY Arthur doesn't know by now. I mean, wasn't it just an episode prior that Merlin shouted something magical to bring down the roof, about THREE INCHES FROM ARTHUR'S EAR? So, either Arthur is deaf (and an idiot), or he knows and is sneaky enough (at least, so far as Merlin is concerned, though WE KNOW BETTER) to conceal it for some as yet unknown reason. (I would say because he wants Merlin to trust him enough to tell him himself.)
I'm glad you liked the postcard! And I agree - it's very difficult to resist referencing all the random books and tv shows and movies that are my life, but luckily I am graced with marvelous friends who have heard me ramble on about these things so many times that, even if they haven't actually read or watched them, they still know what I'm talking about. I'm pretty sure I don't deserve these people and their unending patience, but I appreciate anyone who knows exactly what I mean when I say things like, "King Xerxes is just like Merlin - both effeminate AND useless!" or, "Hahaha, 'brotherly love'..."
And just so you know, I <3 comments of doom and will read them any day of the week.
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Date: 2010-02-11 07:47 pm (UTC)I LOVE THE BALCONY SCENE. Every time I read it, it just gets more and more... passionate? Yeah, that'd be a good word. It's not too bad, until you start going, Um, how close is Rook to Thom's mouth at this point, actually?, and then it all just falls apart into descriptions of sparks and overpowering emotions and... oh god. WHY.
I would totally read your Harlequin romance. It would be AMAZING. (All my friends and I were going through the romance novel section at Target trying to find one that would be appropriate for one of our other nertastic Honors friends as a Christmas present. Imagine our infinite glee upon discovering "Claiming Dante's Secret Love Child" after having just spent the entire month prior to that wading through two-thirds of the Commedia. My friend Shelby even read the little sample excerpt, with voices and everything. IT WAS BRILLIANT.)
I KNOW, RIGHT? The problem is, at least you have stopped talking about Havemercy constantly by this point, while I still--STILL--find myself referencing it at every possible opportunity. Admittedly, I mostly try to keep it to myself (usually in writing journal entries where I analyze Rook and Thom's mixed negative-positive connections, in comparison to Royston and Hal's entirely negative or wholly positive ones, though I'm trying to bring in other books too - last time I analyzed the first seven pages of Night Watch to see what characterization methods Terry Pratchett uses to establish Sam Vimes' central conflict and position in life as quickly as possible - IT WAS AWESOME), but even I sometimes want to hit myself over the head and go, IT'S ONE BOOK, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, METAL DRAGONS. SURELY IT IS NOT WORTH THIS MUCH DISCUSSION. But no.
WOO MERLIN. I am totally on that boat - there is NO WAY Arthur doesn't know by now. I mean, wasn't it just an episode prior that Merlin shouted something magical to bring down the roof, about THREE INCHES FROM ARTHUR'S EAR? So, either Arthur is deaf (and an idiot), or he knows and is sneaky enough (at least, so far as Merlin is concerned, though WE KNOW BETTER) to conceal it for some as yet unknown reason. (I would say because he wants Merlin to trust him enough to tell him himself.)
I'm glad you liked the postcard! And I agree - it's very difficult to resist referencing all the random books and tv shows and movies that are my life, but luckily I am graced with marvelous friends who have heard me ramble on about these things so many times that, even if they haven't actually read or watched them, they still know what I'm talking about. I'm pretty sure I don't deserve these people and their unending patience, but I appreciate anyone who knows exactly what I mean when I say things like, "King Xerxes is just like Merlin - both effeminate AND useless!" or, "Hahaha, 'brotherly love'..."
And just so you know, I <3 comments of doom and will read them any day of the week.