#1963policebox

[emptyduckpond]

1963policebox replied to your post “I don’t want kids but now I want a daughter. I want to name her Clarke...”

it would totally happen

Good! Thank you, this makes me happy that someone else agrees!

[through-space-and-mind]

Tagging game thing ...

1. What color would you want to have as your natural hair color? I like it how it is currently/naturally (blonde).

2. If you could choose one language (obviously one you don’t know yet) to speak fluently without having to learn it, which one would it be?  I don't speak French fluently yet, so that, but if you mean something I don't know at all, Russian.

3. Favourite Musical?  Les Misérables

4. Place you want to visit most at the moment? London

5. Favourite colour and why if there’s a reason.  Green - both the light (not yellow-green, just not dark) kind of green and the darker, almost blue-ish emeraldy kind of green

6. Something you like about yourself. (I know there’s something!)  I can make origami foxes ... and, with assistance, I can apparently look like Fra Fee

7. Why did you chose the icon you have now?  Eponine is my favorite Les Mis character (NOT because of her love problems but because she is badass and awesome, especially if you read the Brick)

8. What is your first language and do you speak any other languages?  English.  I can speak French ... slowly and hesitantly ... with someone who speaks slowly to me ... and does not use much slang.

9. Your Hogwarts House. (I’m just assuming everyone here is in the Harry Potter fandom?)  Gryffindor

10. Imagine you had to chose one country (not the one you are currently living in) to spend the rest of your life in. Which one would it be?  England

11. Favourite/ in your opinion most interesting time in history?  I don't have a favorite, but I would like to have been around to look at books right after the printing press got invented ... or to play music with Mozart's sister Nannerl ... or to be a part of a revolution before many women were ... or, you know, to see the earth form.

[itsericidle]

Was tagged by 1963policebox

Rule one: always post the rules

Rule two: answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones Rule three: tag 11 people and link them to the post Rule four: actually tell them you tagged them

1. What colour would you want to have as your natural hair colour?  Probably mine to be honest

2. If you could chose one language (obviously one you don’t know yet) to speak fluently without having to learn it, which one would it be? EVERY LANGUAGE but if I had to choose, German or Dutch

3. Favourite Musical? Guys over Dolls, Les Mis, or Sweeney Todd

4. Place you want to visit most at the moment? Italy or France (or India or Georgia too)

5. Favourite colour and why if there’s a reason. I don't have a specific favorite color

6. Something you like about yourself. (I know there’s something!) Erm I somehow manage to get good grades

7. Why did you chose the icon you have now? Its Eric Idle

8. What is your first language and do you speak any other languages? English and I'm studying french and will also take Japanese (my friends joke that I know every language but no I really want to though)

9. Your Hogwarts House. (I’m just assuming everyone here is in the Harry Potter fandom?) Hufflepuff represent!

10. Imagine you had to chose one country (not the one you are currently living in) to spend the rest of your life in. Which one would it be? Canada

11. Favourite/ in your opinion most interesting time in history? Either the Renaissance or Medieval times.

My questions:

1. What URL you wish you had / envy the most?

2. What's your OTP (I mean your favorite / gives you the most feelings)?

3. Your childhood TV show?

4. Fictional character you wish you were like?

5. One thing you are proud of yourself for (anything at all because there is something)(brag all you want you're awesome)?

6. Your favorite flavor of tea (or coffee or etc.)?

7. How many tabs do you have open right now?

8. Your biggest pet peeve?

9. Give an unpopular opinion of yours?

10. Favorite genre of bookD?

11. What language do you want to learn (that you aren't currently learning /have not already learned)?

I'm too tired and have to do homework so I'll tag 4 people sorry (It's finals next week and I am relearning everything)

[letsreviewbooks]

So I read your review about "A tale of two cities" and I chose to comment in an ask instead of in the actual comment line because I'm using too many words. ;) First: Oh my God. I loved your comparisons! You started with Les Miserables (YES! :D and bless you for using this gif :D ), digressed to Mulan (my fav Disney movie) and then you mentioned Tom Branson!!! Oh and of course the Harry Potter parallel! I agree with you in a lot of points, especially about the characters.

You’re my first ask ever! I’m so happy someone loved my comparisons ! I’ve just started studying the novel as a matter of fact but I didn’t get to the point where we analyze the characters yet. I can’t wait to see what people who actually studied this their whole life have to say about them. 

About Lucie, I really think her character is what it is because of the context. It’s really annoying for us but books written by men during this period usually have that kind of characters (I have to read Evelina by Burney next and I can already tell you it’s gonna be a pain in the ass). I guess that’s part of what make the book look boring because I, for one, like my heroine sassy and in charge and that’s also maybe why I don’t read that much Victorian novels. Dickens as an author never particularly attracted me. I know it’s horrible to say but I don’t really care about Oliver Twist and all his childhood dramas – or is that David Copperfield ? – anyway I’ve studied basic English civilization for three whole years and my teacher was actually a big fan of the Industrial Revolution period and of the Victorian Era which means I know more than I ever wanted to about the steaming engine (James Walt if anyone’s wondering) and Victorian context in general so every novel talking about workhouses and such I can live without. I’m the kind of person who gets attached to characters and it often makes a difference in whether I love the book or not. I scarcely if ever read for historical background.

I went off topic again.. I was talking about Lucie, yes, and I was going to say that if she is the way she is because (I guess) she stands for the ideal woman, it’s a little extreme even for the context because there are plenty of Victorian novel main female characters who aren’t as flat. I want to mention Jane Austen but I feel it’s different because she’s a female author, but who else… Well I’m going to stretch a little bit and mention French authors like… let’s say Victor Hugo (I’m not actually sure they’re contemporary but it should be around the same period) his female characters aren’t as thin as Lucie is. I got the feeling that Lucie was nearly ethereal, she was there without being there and that’s why I think she’s more an allegory than anything else. She has no flaw, that’s it. That’s why she doesn’t come as real as everyone else, I think.

About Miss Pross, I began to care about her in the third part of the book because compared to Lucie, she was awesome (not so hard because compared to Lucie everybody is awesome). I was desperate to connect with a character at that stage and I supposed I was so bored by the characters, I started to wonder if it was possible to ship Pross with Lorry. I didn’t say anything about him at all in my review, that’s true. I agree with you though, I liked him very much because he looks like a nice man and I couldn’t help but imagine an old man who looks like a kind grandpa. He looks like the glue that stick everything together and, you’re right, he is the most “normal” character because, I think, he’s the most developed. He’s here from beginning to end and as such, we have time to get to know him whereas Darnay or Carton don’t often get much “screen time”. Every chapter with them is quickly done.

I think I have quite the same feelings as you about Madame Defarge… I liked her in the beginning but after a while my admiration for her (because she is quite badass, we have to admit it) began to fade away. I think that’s how we’re supposed to feel because she’s kind of an embodiment of the Revolution? So there must be a duality fascination/repulsion? She’s a bit extreme with her convictions but I guess that it’s what makes her a great character.

I kind of want to watch a movie adaptation of the book in fact but I’m not sure because watching an adaptation after having read the book is sometimes irritating. I’m thinking about that because you mentioned I’ve talked about Les Misérables and I’ve heard quite a lot of criticism about the movie but people don’t seem to realize that it’s an adaptation of the musical which is itself adapted from the book… Of course it won’t be exactly like the novel. There are quite a lot of good adaptation of Les Misérables which are closer to the book – Robert Hossein’s for instance is a really good one – but that does not mean Hooper’s Les Misérables wasn’t a good movie. In the case of A Tale of Two Cities, I’m almost thinking it would maybe work better for me as a movie (and by movie I mean mini-series BBC style) than as a book. I know a loooot of people won’t agree with me and maybe call me the slayer of good old literature but, fact is, this book is really hard to read, not because it’s hard to understand but because the way we apprehend literature has changed so much and it’s completely normal. Literature has evolved, keeps evolving even today, and I’m afraid the book is not as enjoyable for the masses (understand by that people who aren’t passionate about Victorian literature or specialist of British literature but casual readers) as it once was, not because of the general story but because of the way written words present that story. I think an ethereal (*cough* boring *cough*) Lucie wouldn’t be as nerve-grating on screen for instance.  

I’ve got waaaay off topic and I’ve written way too much. And maybe you won’t even see this answer because I’m hopeless with technology. I’m not sure I answered everything you asked me… I hope I did. J

I’m happy to discuss my reviews with anyone who wants to! Don’t hesitate to ask, I don’t bite I promise.