If one year's back on my shoulder

[sovay]

Not having read any of the source novels, approximately twenty minutes into the first series of Poldark (1975–77) as I lay on the couch self-medicating with the late eighteenth century, I remarked to spatch, "Is there any aspect of this homecoming that is not going to be a clusterfuck?" on which the answer turned out to be no, whence it seems the engine of the plot. Since I came to this show by having to wait for the third season of Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–17) to arrive at my local branch library, I was more than ordinarily entertained by the line pertaining to the hero's soldiering past, "Shocking business, eh? Losing the Colonies." The bomber leather frock coat is as impressive as advertised.

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[thisbluespirit]

I was thrilled by Demelza turning up as full-bore feral as she does. Her introduction made me inclined to bet that Patricia C. Wrede had seen this series.

Aw, good. I mean, I think she's quite feral at the start in the books, too; she just calms down sooner and rather more than the 70s one ever entirely does & I am 110% Team Angharad on that one. And, heh, re. your mother! Glad to know Ross was so memorable. XD

I like Verity immensely. So far she often seems to be the person in the room with the brain cell.

Yeah, she is the one possible exception to the non-clusterfuck Poldark rule, but then again, she also makes Choices, lol. I do like Norma Streader generally, too. I forget what else I've come across her in aside from EatD and Poldark, but I'm sure there was something, and she's always good.

Francis is a trash fire, it should go without saying that I like him.

Also aww and yay. (George is an even bigger trash fire, but unless you're going very speedily, I don't think you will have achieved Ralph Bates yet, or at least not more than a glimpse of him).

Actually, one funny thing about you giving that link is that I had never realised there were 16 episodes in s1! I'd just assumed there were 13 as usual for UK 70s TV. My DVD copy is unfortunately one of the BBC Playback ones they did of a few things taken from the VHS editions where they edited three or four episodes into one long episide. (Only the intro/credits are missing, though, but it does mean that I have to guess where each episode starts and ends. Now I realise I have three whole more episodes than I may have been accounting for!)

You should do him as an Element sometime.

He would be a rather good one! I wonder which... ?

[sovay]

Actually, one funny thing about you giving that link is that I had never realised there were 16 episodes in s1! I'd just assumed there were 13 as usual for UK 70s TV.

That's neat. I assume it made good use of the extra time.

He would be a rather good one! I wonder which... ?

I was going to complain about how difficult it is to think of an unexpectedly charming element, but then I thought of how much I like tungsten filaments over LEDs. It has a variety of weird properties, alloys well, and its source ores are often found when mining tin.