the other end of the telescope
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bluelovesorangeone of my favorite author notes, ever:
For the boys who might have been Taran and the girls who will always be Eilonwy
The High King - Lloyd Alexander
I loved the Prydain Chronicles when I was in junior high, and I just picked up the High King last week (to continue on my there is a world outside of JKR's trek) and it just re-confirmed that I've had this lingering crush on Wales, thanks to Mr. Alexander. Also, if Tolkien had written in Alexander's style, I would have enjoyed the Lord of the Rings that much more (yes, blasphemy, but whatever. Two Towers is my favorite of the trilogy.) There's a quiet, flowing quality to Alexander, that doesn't happen to me when I'm reading Tolkien - he's much more denser and archaic, in a way. I can't really explain it, the linguistics and sentence structures of it aren't simple. I may have to re-read the trilogy and see again.
And back to the High King- I've never thought about it when I was reading them, in the first flush of discovery, but now years down the line...Eilonwy and Taran were my OTP, even more than Sophie and Howl from Howl's Moving Castle were.
Strange, how a few years can change your perspective. Or maybe fitting.
I feel slightly bad for admitting this, but the new eps of Gilmore Girls are exciting me more than the prospect of new Buffy, which is just sad, when you think about it. Thanks ever so, David Fury. *yes, I'm being incredibly petty and blaming this sudden two episode slump to basically call the remainder of the series a horrible vacuum if Fury continues to write for the show, because, woo! We always need more exposition and NOTHING HAPPENING AT ALL.'
Forgive me, I'm a little bitter.
But. Drew Goddard, I have faith in you. And Joss, you know I still love you best.
Even though Alias is slowly worming its spy-hands on my cold little fandom heart. Cos...Sark...the New Not Really English Hot Menacing Charming Villain -- I prefer David Anders over James Marsters (the sound of my LJ-friends unfriending me in horror) and I want more Sark. Also, Lena Olin is possibly the hottest woman I ever did see.
*swoons*
*blinks*
I usually go after the heros (Buffy, Harry). What's the matter with me? I've suddenly given in to my anti-hero complex! Well, television wise....
I'm writing a longish fic thing. It's annoying me highly, but we shall see.
ETA: One of the best cures for the blues is to watch A Hard Day's Night and HELP!. Preferably, back to back. I love the Beatles.
For the boys who might have been Taran and the girls who will always be Eilonwy
The High King - Lloyd Alexander
I loved the Prydain Chronicles when I was in junior high, and I just picked up the High King last week (to continue on my there is a world outside of JKR's trek) and it just re-confirmed that I've had this lingering crush on Wales, thanks to Mr. Alexander. Also, if Tolkien had written in Alexander's style, I would have enjoyed the Lord of the Rings that much more (yes, blasphemy, but whatever. Two Towers is my favorite of the trilogy.) There's a quiet, flowing quality to Alexander, that doesn't happen to me when I'm reading Tolkien - he's much more denser and archaic, in a way. I can't really explain it, the linguistics and sentence structures of it aren't simple. I may have to re-read the trilogy and see again.
And back to the High King- I've never thought about it when I was reading them, in the first flush of discovery, but now years down the line...Eilonwy and Taran were my OTP, even more than Sophie and Howl from Howl's Moving Castle were.
Strange, how a few years can change your perspective. Or maybe fitting.
I feel slightly bad for admitting this, but the new eps of Gilmore Girls are exciting me more than the prospect of new Buffy, which is just sad, when you think about it. Thanks ever so, David Fury. *yes, I'm being incredibly petty and blaming this sudden two episode slump to basically call the remainder of the series a horrible vacuum if Fury continues to write for the show, because, woo! We always need more exposition and NOTHING HAPPENING AT ALL.'
Forgive me, I'm a little bitter.
But. Drew Goddard, I have faith in you. And Joss, you know I still love you best.
Even though Alias is slowly worming its spy-hands on my cold little fandom heart. Cos...Sark...the New Not Really English Hot Menacing Charming Villain -- I prefer David Anders over James Marsters (the sound of my LJ-friends unfriending me in horror) and I want more Sark. Also, Lena Olin is possibly the hottest woman I ever did see.
*swoons*
*blinks*
I usually go after the heros (Buffy, Harry). What's the matter with me? I've suddenly given in to my anti-hero complex! Well, television wise....
I'm writing a longish fic thing. It's annoying me highly, but we shall see.
ETA: One of the best cures for the blues is to watch A Hard Day's Night and HELP!. Preferably, back to back. I love the Beatles.
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Re: Eowyn and her globe?
Date: 2003-01-16 06:32 am (UTC)Hee! You'd think I would have had the skill to scroll up and actually see the right name, wouldn't you? Silly silly me.
As for LoTR - the movies are coming easier for the than the books ever did. I've been trying to read the trilogy since I was fourteen or so, and finally managed it - fifteen years later.