I believe in doing what I can, crying when I must, laughing when I choose

[sovay]

I am not in any way, shape, or form all right with the death of Alan Rickman.

[edit] Apparently I cope by writing about a film he was in.

Comments

[kore]

2016 is fucking fired.

[sovay]

2016 is fucking fired.

I can't fire 2016 because 2015 was so bad that I need a better year, but I would really appreciate with a cease-fire in the sudden deaths of artists and actors I like, admire, and find necessary presences in the world, especially when they are no older than my mother.

[kore]

I can't fire 2016 because 2015 was so bad that I need a better year

Ah right -- OK, 2016 needs to be saved by Amy Pond remembering and then Matt Smith pops up in a tux with a cane and a jaunty top hat. And then everyone dances at the wedding.

INCLUDING ALAN RICKMAN DAMMIT


also Jesus fuck people need to stop mentioning Tim Curry, I just can't

[the_rck]

This. Oh, so very much this. I fired 2015 in September, but for some reason, it wouldn't go away.

[phi]

This week though? Can we fire this week?

[sovay]

This week though? Can we fire this week?

Absolutely.

[genarti]

2016 damn well better be getting all its awfulness over with at once, please and thank you, world.

[sovay]

2016 damn well better be getting all its awfulness over with at once, please and thank you, world.

I know I can't ask anyone else not to die for the remainder of the year, because long exposure to folktales has taught me that this would be a horrible idea, but . . . yeah. If we're just frontloading the year with grief, maybe the rest of it will be functional.

[zdenka]

Yeah, I just saw. :(

[sovay]

Yeah, I just saw.

I got the news by e-mail: "WTF Alan Rickman?!?" I knew at once what that meant and was upset.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

What? God damn it, no.

Nine

[sovay]

What? God damn it, no.

I felt just as blindsided as I did with Bowie, only in conjunction it feels even more unfair.

[pameladean]

Noooo, he wasn't DONE.

P.

[sovay]

Noooo, he wasn't DONE.

I know.

[sairaali.livejournal.com]

I'm still in denial I think. He just can't be done making art.

[sovay]

I'm still in denial I think. He just can't be done making art.

I had counted on having him around for years.

[desireearmfeldt]

Alas!

[sovay]

Alas!

I know that loss is a normal part of the human condition, but I'd really have been all right with holding off a little on this one.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

This has been a terrible week. We're all going to be a long time recovering.

[sovay]

This has been a terrible week. We're all going to be a long time recovering.

I did not have that many contemporary actors that I followed as I followed Rickman, like character actors from pre-Code or classic Hollywood. Now I'm worried about the rest of them.

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

Me neither.

One of my co-workers and I spent our break walking up and down and appreciating his humor, charm, and refinement together. All I want right now is some free time I don't have, to sit down and watch a lot of his work.

[sovay]

All I want right now is some free time I don't have, to sit down and watch a lot of his work.

Well, I just reviewed one, although I'm not sure it's the best to start with under the circumstances. I'm glad at least I saw Die Hard (1988) in his lifetime. I had just been looking forward to so much more.

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

It looks like the sort of film I'd enjoy.

[sovay]

It looks like the sort of film I'd enjoy.

Go for it, then, and I would love to hear what you think.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

This has been such a horrible week. :(

[sovay]

This has been such a horrible week.

I really mean it: tonight someone invoked these things come in threes and I would just prefer for them to be wrong.