nigeltde: if trixie could just think hard enough she would undo everything (Default)
Today was my last day at uni (GOD it's nice to be a student. Except for pending assignments). So it was my last chance to ask Cute Girl from Contemporary Medievalism Seminars what her lj is. She is the only person, in three years of uni so far, that I know for sure poked around in my corners of fandom (I've had my suspicions, never before confirmed). Well, goodbye Cute CM Girl! I hope you happen to randomly stumble upon this post. I'm not a stalker!

I am SO CLOSE to finishing Mists of Avalon! SO CLOSE! There is not one. single. character. in this book that is lighthearted. EVERYONE has issues big enough to hang an entire ongoing epic fantasy series on. I can't decide whether it's intense or infuriating.

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Aw! Ray's "dorky," "nerdy," and "geeky" moods all prominently feature his glasses. God bless the glasses!
nigeltde: if trixie could just think hard enough she would undo everything (oh yeah?)
So I'm reading Mists of Avalon for Contemporary Medievalism (and people were complaining about the length of Name of the Rose! That was a zillion times better) and you know, better than I expected, especially considering the first hundred or so pages. Obviously I like the Sir "not even Ioan Gruffudd was this gay" Lancele(o)t and Arthur stuff, Morgause and Kevin are fun and I enjoy reading from Morgaine's POV. Bradley needs an editor like George Bush needs to shut the fuck up, but I can handle that. I'm finding it pretty difficult to continue though; I very rarely actually loathe characters, especially when I can read from their POV, but sweet jesus, I want to ring Gwenhwyfar's scrawny white neck. Those puritanical fucking rants and hysterical screaming fits bring the whole thing to a steaming, stinking stop and I want to boot Arthur for not booting her and sticking to his word and actually having opinions, instead of caving to her every revolting request. I can't see why this character is so repellently extreme; the character interactions are so complex that it's not necessary to serve the plot.

ETA: OMG there's a miniseries! It must be SO camp. I have to get it from Isaac.

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