#intertextual references

[i12bent]

Håkon Bleken is a Norwegian artist, b. Jan. 9, 1929. He is a major figure in contemporary Norwegian art, and esp. known for creating images that have a relation to literary works, such as those of Kafka, Mann and Ibsen.

Here is a canvas from 2015, titled Spring - shown in the retrospective exhibition titled Do Not Go Gentle...

[whydoyouhavetobefictional]

Intertextuality in Riverdale Masterpost?

Um. I’ve been thinking about making a masterpost of all the intertextual references in Riverdale, but since I am quite shy, I thought about asking whether anyone would be interested? It seems a bit foolish to go through the whole series spotting those references, if I’m only doing it for myself. I’d divide it by episodes and include the person who did the reference, the quote and the thing they were referring.

[grassangel]

Koschei the Deathless in Russian folklore: *buries his heart to achieve immortality* Missy (who went by Koschei at the Academy): *declares her hearts the property of the Doctor*

[eijaksa]

Ed, as he walks through the bushes after being banished:

(literally)

[dailyplaywright]

Sunday 26th April – The Scottish Play

Three women sit side by side in an ice cream shop. They are facing the window, sitting in height order, eating their ice creams in complete synchronicity. The sun is setting outside, and throwing the shadow of ‘ICES’ onto the women as they lick their ice creams.

First woman: This ice cream place is super good

                       I’m glad I got a double scoop

Second woman: It’s the best one in the town

                            I’ve had my share of ice cream too.

Third woman: I want to come here every day

                        It’s sweet and creamy – I can’t resist.

First woman:  I miss you two when you’re not here

                       Why can’t you come here all the time?

Second woman: Next time we come times will have changed.

                            We’ll all be different women too.

Third woman: Can we stop talking in iambic pentameter yet? I know we’re three women and this is Scotland, but is it necessary to construct a modern day Macbeth around the consumption of ice cream?

[grassangel]

Eventually the other animals protest at the amount of hard work and sacrifice he is imposing on them, and they remind him that in the old stories, Aslan didn’t come to enslave the animals, but to set them free. The ape mocks them and insults them: do they think they’re as smart as Aslan? Do they know more than Aslan himself? Well, no, they admit, hanging their heads, they don’t. And then the ape tells them, “True freedom doesn’t mean doing what you like, true freedom means doing what I tell you!” And he sends them off to look for more oranges and bananas.

from New name, same old crap, which notes that the Alliance Defense Fund has changed its name to Alliance Defending Freedom, but still retains all of its bigotry and discrimination. Which I'm mostly just posting to note that oh, Loki's line was a reference to a Narnia book I haven't read, and giggle at Joss Whedon's atheism, because it is lovely. Because in a single line he's referencing C.S. Lewis: that obeying a person without critical thought because they say they have power is foolish - that believing in a God because a priest says you should is foolish as well and also aiming a jab at Loki himself for claiming to be one true ruler.

[grassangel]

What I wouldn't give to be in the same train carriage when these two are plotting...

Amy Pond: So, you have enemies, then? The Doctor: Everyone's got enemies. Amy Pond: Yeah, but mine's the woman outside Budgens with the mental Jack Russel. You've got, you know, arch-enemies. — Doctor Who, "Victory of the Daleks" (Written by Mark Gatiss, aired 17 April 2010)

John: I just met a friend of yours. Sherlock: A friend? John: Well, an enemy. Sherlock: Oh. Which one? John: Well, your arch-enemy, according to him. Do people have arch-enemies? — Sherlock, "A Study in Pink" (Written by Steven Moffat, aired 25 July 2010)