Yuletide recs (3 of many)
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kangeikoI didn't do much reading today, as I mostly slept and puttered about. But that means that I can get my recs caught up with my reading. (Otherwise at the end of the reading there will be fifty squillion recs to write and - no. I'm just not that disciplined.)
Anyway, Recs Post the Third, Grandson of Recs:
Dr Seuss - One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
- Out of the Dark
Let me say it now - I have zero familiarity with Dr Seuss. It was not a big feature of Communism when I was growing up. BUT. I love rhyming little pieces, especially when they are sinister, and this brought the creepy and unsettling by the spadeful.
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RPF - X-Files
- The Schizophrenic Critique of Pure Reason in Beckett's Early Novels
I am not a real fan of RPF, I confess. When I read it, I tend to do so guiltily, as if someone will find out and punish me for it. BUT. David Duchovny/Gillian Anderson: I had to try it. And here David finds out that Gillian is not Scully, and while she may be beautiful, she is not smart. And David likes smart. And - oh, yes, exactly. It's perfect, and a little sad.
Aside: For a brief moment (about three seconds of my life I'm never getting back) I loved Gil Grissom (from CSI) with a fiery, fiery passion. This lasted until I saw an interview with the actor who plays him, and it immediately became apparent that he is a complete airhead. I was utterly crushed, and developed a deep sense of foreboding that the people I had crushes on were merely acting smart, as opposed to being smart themselves (my major worry was for Anthony Stewart Head, and the cast of The West Wing). Luckily, they turned out to be able to carry on a conversation (or at least an interview), so disaster was averted. BUT. I completely understand David's disappointment in the non-existence of Scully. Yes.
(That explanation was a lot longer than it was meant to be. Possibly as long as the fic. Never mind.)
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ROME
- The Aeneid
Pitch-perfect continuation from the end of the show, with Veronus - who is dead, no really, guv'nor - setting up house with Pullo to run the collegia and raise their multitude of kids. Including Aeneas, formerly Caeserion.
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Deadwood
- The Enemy of my Enemy
Al makes his morning rounds, sometimes during S1. This is perfectly in character, and made entirely out of squee.
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Blackadder
- The Birthday Party
Speaking of squee, Queenie has her twelfth birthday party, and Edmund has to go. Drat. BUT. There is cake! And Nursie! And hide and seek! And Lizzie/Edmund! It's like the lost kid!episode, and made me giggle madly.
Anyway, Recs Post the Third, Grandson of Recs:
Dr Seuss - One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
- Out of the Dark
Let me say it now - I have zero familiarity with Dr Seuss. It was not a big feature of Communism when I was growing up. BUT. I love rhyming little pieces, especially when they are sinister, and this brought the creepy and unsettling by the spadeful.
*
RPF - X-Files
- The Schizophrenic Critique of Pure Reason in Beckett's Early Novels
I am not a real fan of RPF, I confess. When I read it, I tend to do so guiltily, as if someone will find out and punish me for it. BUT. David Duchovny/Gillian Anderson: I had to try it. And here David finds out that Gillian is not Scully, and while she may be beautiful, she is not smart. And David likes smart. And - oh, yes, exactly. It's perfect, and a little sad.
Aside: For a brief moment (about three seconds of my life I'm never getting back) I loved Gil Grissom (from CSI) with a fiery, fiery passion. This lasted until I saw an interview with the actor who plays him, and it immediately became apparent that he is a complete airhead. I was utterly crushed, and developed a deep sense of foreboding that the people I had crushes on were merely acting smart, as opposed to being smart themselves (my major worry was for Anthony Stewart Head, and the cast of The West Wing). Luckily, they turned out to be able to carry on a conversation (or at least an interview), so disaster was averted. BUT. I completely understand David's disappointment in the non-existence of Scully. Yes.
(That explanation was a lot longer than it was meant to be. Possibly as long as the fic. Never mind.)
*
ROME
- The Aeneid
Pitch-perfect continuation from the end of the show, with Veronus - who is dead, no really, guv'nor - setting up house with Pullo to run the collegia and raise their multitude of kids. Including Aeneas, formerly Caeserion.
*
Deadwood
- The Enemy of my Enemy
Al makes his morning rounds, sometimes during S1. This is perfectly in character, and made entirely out of squee.
*
Blackadder
- The Birthday Party
Speaking of squee, Queenie has her twelfth birthday party, and Edmund has to go. Drat. BUT. There is cake! And Nursie! And hide and seek! And Lizzie/Edmund! It's like the lost kid!episode, and made me giggle madly.