the massive continuity of ducks

in which one teen reads their way through some books, and blogs about it

[mswyrr-deactivated20181203]

It’s a longstanding point of media sadness to me that Leslie Howard never played Lord Peter Wimsey on screen

[theodoradove]

HERE LIES AN ANACHRONISM IN THE VAGUE EXPECTATION OF ETERNITY.

Lord Peter Wimsey’s suggestion for his own epitaph in the fourth of “The Wimsey Papers”, published in The Spectator, December 8, 1939. (via theodoradove)

[fabular-mr-fox]

Dear me! it’s a dreadful mistake to ride two hobbies at once.

Lord Peter Wimsey, Whose Body? (via larazontally)

[allieinarden]

Dorothy L. Sayers, professional ender of perfectly normal chapters on sudden and disturbing notes.

[theodoradove]

Birthday present to myself this year (with help from various relatives).

[flimwimsey]

reblogging this with the express purpose of bragging because my mother is listed as a source for a recent edition of this book

[wayfarers-all-221]

'I say, I don't think the human frame is very thoughtfully constructed for this sleuth-hound business. If one could go about on all-fours, or had eyes in one's knees, it would be a lot more practical.' ‘There are many difficulties inherent in a teleological view of creation,’ said Parker placidly.

Clouds of Witness, Dorothy L. Sayers (via wayfarers-all-221)

[flaviantemple]

There was something rather splendid about the way those two claimed one another, as though nothing and nobody else mattered or even existed; he was the only bridegroom I have ever seen who looked as though he knew exactly what he was doing and meant it.

Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman’s Honeymoon (via magidthomasina)

[copperbadge]

That one time Dorothy Sayers wrote Sherlock Holmes self-insert kidfic where her original character Peter Wimsey consults Sherlock Holmes over the affair of a missing kitten.

Click to embiggen image to get the full fanfic. 

[flimwimsey]

Lord Peter gazed down sadly. Muffled in an overcoat and a thick grey scarf, he looked, with his long, narrow face, like a melancholy adjutant stork.

Clouds of Witness

[the-gwendolyn-reading-method]

Fan Art

Harriet Vane from Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night 

by lynnet

(via H.D. Vane by lynnet on deviantART)

[lifeislikeabadrpg]

Lord Peter Wimsey: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction

Warning: Dorothy L. Sayers was anti-Semetic. It shows up in Busman’s Holiday, ”Tallboys”, and might have done so in other places. I do not talk about that disgusting part of her writing here. If you choose not to continue or not to read her works I don’t blame you. No author is worth that. 

Preview: basically I talk about how the Lord Peter series actually understands how people live with chronic PTSD. There is a lot of media that, with more or less understanding, show the spectacles of PTSD, but far less that have a character who deals with PTSD on a regular basis, much less realistically.

Caveat: I suffer from chronic PTSD brought on by what people generally call one of the most abusive childhoods they’ve ever heard of. You may consider me a non-objective writer as a result. If you believe this makes me unreliable, keep scrolling. 

Second caveat: I strongly dislike the Lord Peter sequels. If you love them, you may wish to ignore this post, because I criticize (very briefly) their portrayal of PTSD as mere cowardice. 

Note: if you want me to post to Tumblr my analysis of PTSD in various media, please send me an ask. If I’ve read it or seen it, I will provide it. I’m thinking about actually reading/watching/listening to media that people recommend as well so I can talk about this stuff. Basically I believe very strongly in the idea of appropriate representation where it comes to PTSD, which I know is not a wish really shared amongst a large part of the general population, but to hell with that. Life is Like a Bad RPG began with me trying to cope with my PTSD, and it might as well continue that.

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[flimwimsey]

'a very british murder' has a wimsey fan as the host - i approve so much its difficult to quantify

[harrietvane]

“It’s very good of you-“

"No, no, not at all. It’s my hobby. Not proposing to people, I don’t mean, but investigating things. Well, cheer-frightfully-ho and all that. And I’ll call again, if I may."

[anachronavis-deactivated2014011]

if you post a lot of dorothy l. sayers/peter wimsey/harriet vane stuff please like or reblog this so I can follow you!

i need more sayers in my life.

[tanaudel]

I reread this for the ’30s office politics and newspaper jokes. I keep forgetting the other, Gatsby-party, drug-smuggling plot.

[plenderleith]

The Wimsey family is an ancient one—too ancient, if you ask me. The only sensible thing Peter’s father ever did was to ally his exhausted stock with the vigorous French-English strain of the Delagardies. Even so, my nephew Gerald (the present Duke of Denver) is nothing but a beef-witted English squire, and my niece Mary was flighty and foolish enough till she married a policeman and settled down. Peter, I am glad to say, takes after his mother and me.

Biographical Note, Paul Austin Delagardie (via plenderleith)

[pineyewoman]

Leslie Howard in Pygmalion