Dragged me through the deepest waters

[sovay]

I don't know if this day-plus headache is the result of the heat or the humidity or some other meteorological factor that could knock it off any time now, but at least what I am doing right now is eating lemon poppy seed ice cream and reading my paperback of Nevil Shute's Landfall (1940) which arrived this afternoon. davidgillon, the foreword directly cites as inspiration the friendly fire incident involving HMS Snapper on December 3, 1939: "It is remarkable that he was able to get this lightly fictionalised version of the event past the censors." Have a couple of links.

1. Courtesy of moon_custafer: a gifset of Bishop from Aliens (1986), whom I love.

2. Courtesy of handful_ofdust: a chunk of meta on the first three Pirates of the Caribbean proving that after fifteen-ish years, none of my emotions about these movies have gone anywhere (and that gaudior and I should totally feel smug about reading the signs of Elizabeth's self-actualization as a pirate). In any case, even though I am on record as liking the myth-arc of the original ending, it appears that I am one hundred and ten percent here for the hypothetical AU of "Pirate King Elizabeth with her devoted, snatch-heroism-from-the-jaws-of-disgrace ex-Royal-Navy Commodore Norrington." Would also watch the Will and Elizabeth Flying Dutchman Jailbreak Show. Come on.

3. I just really like this picture of Galina Vishnevskaya and Benjamin Britten. I presume it was taken during the recording sessions for the War Requiem (1963), whose rehearsal tapes are still one of my favorite bootlegs in existence. "Please, ladies and gentlemen, I want to have a bash, as they say, at the Sanctus."

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

Ooh! I want those hypothetical AUs too! *reminds self to look for fanfic later*

[sovay]

Ooh! I want those hypothetical AUs too!

Right? This was the kind of meta post I really wish had come with AO3 links.

[asakiyume]

That's a great gifset of Bishop. I don't remember the movie well enough to remember the scenes (or even Bishop himself, to be honest--my only memories are of the child who's managed to hide and survive), but I love what you wrote in your 2015 entry, and I just like the gifs in and of themselves. And the sentiment expressed.

Hope you rise up today headache free.

[sovay]

but I love what you wrote in your 2015 entry, and I just like the gifs in and of themselves. And the sentiment expressed.

It's an important distinction!

Hope you rise up today headache free.

Alas, no, but I had an urgent care appointment, and with luck the results of that will help.

[troisoiseaux]

I had a massive crush on James Norrington in, oh, probably 5th grade? This was specifically a result of the second movie, so take from that what you will.

It's been an age and a half since I watched the movies, but I've been meaning to for ages. They were extremely formative.

[sovay]

I had a massive crush on James Norrington in, oh, probably 5th grade? This was specifically a result of the second movie, so take from that what you will.

I mean, he takes a major level in moral ambiguity; what's not to be interested in?

They were extremely formative.

I enjoyed the first movie immensely and then the second and third, while structurally disasters, were like very specific parts of the inside of my head realized on the big screen with a big budget and I am not sensible about them.

[sorcyress]

Yyyyep. I'm pretty sure contemporary entries from my journal speak _very_ fondly about Scruffy!Norrington, despite my one-true-love feelings for ~Captain~ Jack Sparrow (who I now expect I would roll my eyes at a bit more, being a grown ass adult and not an inexperienced child)

~Sor

[minoanmiss]

*reads and hands you a star*

i have art for you, one in progress, one ready if i can get out from under my life to post it.

[sovay]

i have art for you, one in progress, one ready if i can get out from under my life to post it.

I look forward!

(Everyone's life seems to have fallen on them lately; do not stress.)

[selenak]

Thank you for the Pirates meta! I only watched the first three movies for precisely this reason - to me they were Elizabeth's story, fond as I was of other characters as well, but they were her story, and had come to a conclusion, and there was no need for more canon. (Fanfic is another matter.)

re: Elizabeth and Norrington, some old links: A great missing scene for them, and an essay about them.

[sovay]

Thank you for the Pirates meta! I only watched the first three movies for precisely this reason - to me they were Elizabeth's story, fond as I was of other characters as well, but they were her story, and had come to a conclusion, and there was no need for more canon.

You're welcome! I do not quite recognize the existence of further movies for similar reasons; I have seen gifsets of some quite good mermaids and I appreciate their existence, but I have no desire to fill in the context.

re: Elizabeth and Norrington, some old links: A great missing scene for them, and an essay about them.

Much appreciated! Shall read. (Man, I remember when people posted their fic to LJ.)

[gwynnega]

I've never seen Aliens, but I should. I imprinted on Lance Henriksen in Dog Day Afternoon, even though his role in it is quite brief.

[sovay]

I've never seen Aliens, but I should.

I recommend it on grounds of Lance Henriksen alone, although Sigourney Weaver is also deservedly iconic.

I imprinted on Lance Henriksen in Dog Day Afternoon, even though his role in it is quite brief.

I had forgotten he's in that! I was very proud of myself for spotting him a few years ago in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) where he barely has any lines.