We're human, trying to heal to this sound

[sovay]

Chadwick Boseman has died, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Knowing only his Prospero and his poetry, I found this remembrance of Heathcote Williams by his son a difficult read, like being parented by Mad Sweeney, but beautifully written and recognized.

Talking with selkie about the two or so seconds of Burn Gorman visible in the trailer for Enola Holmes (2020) has reminded me that I still have umpty-bazillion feelings about Pacific Rim (2013), including right now maximal resentment of an apocalypse in which it is significantly more difficult to shake hands awkwardly with someone before doing something stupidly, recklessly, selflessly world-saving with them. Which would be a nice option to have on the table, handshake or no.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

I was so heartbroken to read of Boseman's death. He was beautiful, and brought such dignity to everything he did.

[minoanmiss]

*raises a light to Chadwick's memory*

[thomasyan]

Yes, Boseman's death was an unpleasant surprise when I checked the news before bed. Way too soon.

[asakiyume]

I was so surprised by that news :(

[alexxkay]

I first ran into Heathcote Williams as a joke in Neil Gaiman's "Being an Experiment...". Years later, I had a brief correspondence with him. He wanted to buy some Elizabethan books I had reprinted by Robert Greene, as research for a movie role.

[selkie]

If we end up having to fight monsters of various guises while quite possibly endangering our immediate existence and that of entire metropolitan areas, I promise I will very un-sensibly take my mask off and shake your hand. Or equivalent.

[oracne]

Definitely unacceptable. *cries*

[gwynnega]

It seems so unfair that someone like Chadwick Boseman should die so young, when the worst of the worst just keep right on going.