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[themeletor]

My drive-by reaction to Persuasion:

Sam West's Mr Elliot is too loveable. Not scammy enough, really.
Also, he does this thing. This eye thing. This... intense thing. It's just ... a thing. And it makes me afraid my mini tv is going to combust. Wtf, he makes Jane Austen dialogue rawr. How does that happen?

Also wtf, she's (Anne) hanging out on his (Wentworth) boat? Since when? Did I miss this in my two readings? Makes no sense.
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Now, I write. Austen-y boat stuff. Mwahah.

Then I read, because I'm on page, like, three-oh-something and freaking out. Why must life continually interrupt my escapist bliss?

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[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but do you remember when Capt. Wentworth declares he'd never have a woman on his ship?

And then immediately admitted to taking his friend's wife along on the start of his last cruise, all the way to-- was it Gibraltar?

Yes, I do remember that.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

Portsmouth to Plymouth, unless trivia evades me again. Could have been t'other way round. But it was actually recounted by another, and he claims it was for no reason other than dedication to Harville. In fact... *flipflipflip* "All merged in my friendship, Sophia. I would assist any brother officer's wife that I could, and I would bring anything of Harville's from the world's end, if he wanted it. But do not imagine that I did not feel it an evil in itself."

Admittedly, I had forgotten even about that, so snaps to you for calling me on it; still, it's...

ok, point is, the end of the movie was a departure from the end of the book. and I liked the end of the book's style better. and I needed something to whine about and go detail-twitchy on.

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I had forgotten even about that, so snaps to you for calling me on it

I've got large chunks of Austen semi-memorized. Makes discussing them easier. :)

I needed something to whine about and go detail-twitchy on.

Perfectly reasonable.

Me, I'm sitting here being traumatized that my biggest early-20s crush (Mr Darcy as played by David Rintoul) grew up to be Dr Clive from Mutiny and Retribution.

I mean... that's.... that's... just wrong.

*huddles in corner, wimpering*