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Missed last Wednesday, so have some stuff to catch up with (though not that much book-wise).
The House of Always, Jenn Lyons. About halfway though -- continues to do interesting stuff with its framing device, not sure where it's going (except that we need to catch up with the kraken).
Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw. Readaloud, I got the part of Mrs. Higgins, which is great fun for calling Henry an idiot. Henry really is an awful person, if humanized by his neuroatypicality, and A Type that is still around. Go Eliza, as usual!
Some Friendlier Sky, AMarguerite (requires ao3 login). Cosette/Courfeyrac fic, rec'd to me after I posted my take on Cosette as a gothic novel protagonist. This is a charming alternate ending to Les Mis, fluffy with serious undertones, gives healing to all the unresolved trauma in the book. Definitely an update with modern social-justice sensibilities, and I did notice the characters talking like modern people, but didn't mind because I'm used to them talking in French :-D. Also has shout-outs to Arthurian romance, along with other popular fiction of the time (yes, the timing works out for the characters to be reading Notre-Dame de Paris, I hadn't realized what a long time gap there was between novels).
Macbeth, William Shakespeare. Reading the full play this time -- I was First Everything, witching is so much fun. This is *such a good play*, the language is amazing.
The House of Always, Jenn Lyons. About halfway though -- continues to do interesting stuff with its framing device, not sure where it's going (except that we need to catch up with the kraken).
Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw. Readaloud, I got the part of Mrs. Higgins, which is great fun for calling Henry an idiot. Henry really is an awful person, if humanized by his neuroatypicality, and A Type that is still around. Go Eliza, as usual!
Some Friendlier Sky, AMarguerite (requires ao3 login). Cosette/Courfeyrac fic, rec'd to me after I posted my take on Cosette as a gothic novel protagonist. This is a charming alternate ending to Les Mis, fluffy with serious undertones, gives healing to all the unresolved trauma in the book. Definitely an update with modern social-justice sensibilities, and I did notice the characters talking like modern people, but didn't mind because I'm used to them talking in French :-D. Also has shout-outs to Arthurian romance, along with other popular fiction of the time (yes, the timing works out for the characters to be reading Notre-Dame de Paris, I hadn't realized what a long time gap there was between novels).
Macbeth, William Shakespeare. Reading the full play this time -- I was First Everything, witching is so much fun. This is *such a good play*, the language is amazing.