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itspileofgoodthings

when people compare the Brontes to Austen it makes me go feral with rage actually.

#because the Brontes are 100% Romantics and Austen is definitely more of a Realist when it comes to their novels #they’re on opposite ends of the literary spectrum

imissthembutitwasntadisaster

It's quick it's easy it's free - lying down on top of your bedding in your day clothes and just closing your eyes for a bit then waking up five hours later disoriented and dehydrated

imissthembutitwasntadisaster

Aha but those five hours are not real time! As is evidenced by the total feeling of unreality after you awake? The 1.4 seconds it takes to fall asleep in this situation however? Very real.

#lads is it normal that I do this literally multiple times a week #It’s ruining my sleep cycle #Alas that 1.4 seconds are all too real

wonderstruck

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#northanger abbey #jane austen #my last Austen novel!

On some godforsaken whim I actually watched the Netflix Persuasion with Dakota Johnson, and I was genuinely surprised that I didn’t completely hate it? I mean it’s not very good and it’s a dreadful adaptation and an enormous disservice to Anne Elliot and Jane Austen, but I didn’t hate it. I think that there was the possibility to do a Persuasion along these lines and do it well. I kept thinking about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but the not zombie parts. It’s goofy and everything is dialed up to eleven, but it’s still recognizable as a fun, campy take on the story. In its better moments the Netflix Persuasion is the same—specifically the supporting characters. I definitely have room in my heart for a Mary Musgrove who says things like “I’m an empath.” Because it’s true to her character! A lot of the supporting cast felt perfectly like themselves, just with this heightened, tongue-in-cheek contemporary styling. I think these kinds of adaptations can work and be fun if done well. Back when they first released trailers for this movie I remember thinking the “now we’re worse than exes, we’re friends” line would actually be perfect for a Clueless-style teen romcom adaptation of Persuasion. After watching the movie I still think that—a lot of the stupid modernizations actually could have fit just fine in an alternate version of this movie that had a stronger identity and better execution.

The real problem is that this movie fundamentally doesn’t understand Anne Elliot, or the main conflict between her and Wentworth. This movie has never even met the real Anne Elliot. Anne is woefully out of character and her and Wentworth’s story is so mishandled that it drags the whole thing down and turns it into an unrecognizably bad adaptation. If they had figured out how to create versions of Anne and Wentworth along the same lines of what they did for characters like Mary, Elizabeth, Sir Walter, and Mr Elliot this could have worked great. This movie knows how to take an accurate read of a character then turn them into a funny, faux-contemporary exaggeration of themselves, it just doesn’t do that for Anne and Wentworth.

On the other hand, I think it is worth asking whether a funny, faux-contemporary version of a character like Anne Elliot could even exist. Unlike someone like Elizabeth in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies who has character qualities that can be exaggerated for comedy, Anne is such a reticent, gentle, and internal character that perhaps an exaggeration of her just couldn’t be made campy and fun. And if that’s the case, then they simply shouldn’t have attempted a Persuasion with these foundational sensibilities, even if it did give us a perfect Mary Musgrove.

#the correct answer is no they should not have done this #I truly love this Mary Musgrove though #Mr Elliot was great as well even if the story choices they did with him were nonsense #shocked I actually found some redeeming value in this garbage movie #persuasion #jane austen #anne elliot

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ANDREW GARFIELD DR. POMATTER WAITRESS

#brain flash sorry #this probably isn’t anything #waitress musical #dr pomatter #andrew garfield #musical theatre

wonderstruck

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#wives and daughters #elizabeth gaskell #it’s taking me FOREVER to get through it #but I’m really enjoying it!#I think it’s on track to be the longest book I’ve read

Overheard a lady at work say “I just eat salsa straight out of the jar as gazpacho” completely seriously and I feel like that’s the kind of statement that belongs on tumblr

I wish I could turn off my comprehension of the English language so I could fully enjoy the new Great Gatsby cast recording

#I’m sorry the lyrics are SO BAD #and the orchestration is dull and not anywhere near jazzy enough #BUT the vocal performances are spectacular #and the tunes are genuinely catchy and fun #but I *CAN’T just listen #but I can just listen to them and enjoy myself without being distracted by how terrible the lyrics are and how bland the musical styling is #and how I get the feeling this show doesn’t really understand The Great Gatsby or adapt it very well #oh well #the great gatsby musical #the great gatsby broadway

I think praying for someone might be the ultimate Get Loved Idiot

#what are you going to do about it #I WILL be lifting you up in prayer #you can’t stop me

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hi Symph!! thank you sooo much for posting the Les Mis audios! if i were to request anything else, I would say Bring Him Home, Stars, One Day More, and/or the Finale! 🫶🏻

Bring Him Home had a lot of background noise unfortunately - a plane flew overhead, someone’s phone rang, the person next to me was eating popcorn… but I do have it! Here it is, just bear with me on the audio quality:

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John Riddle makes you forget any background noise, though! I’ll also get your other requests uploaded in the morning - I can’t possibly deprive you of Jordan Donica’s “Stars”!

#holy crap I just shared the short clip of Bring Him Home that’s out with someone earlier today and was wishing for a full recording!#this is perfect #also not to be a John Riddle fan but oh my God etc.#his voice is SPECTACULAR I am OBSESSED with this man #john riddle #les mierables

itspileofgoodthings

And some lass would win him over. His nature was loving, and he’d find someone to love.

#I had actually been thinking about this exact line recently #topical in my life #it’s tough #Ella Enchanted has so many great poignant memorable bits like this #or maybe it’s just that I read it a million times

Look I love Disney movies too, but honestly I am so over the cultural assumption that they are the standard/definitive version of fairy tales

#please go read some other tellings of these stories I’m begging you #fairy tales

Apparently I’m in the Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2 phase of this quasi breakup.

#I’ve been listening to it on repeat for the better part of a week now #also big shout out to the entire discography of Jackie Oates for getting me through the first stage when I realized it wasn’t going to work #Jackie Oates #rachmaninoff

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Reposting since I couldn’t reblog

oleander-neria

Regrettably this is extremely true, and I never fully believe it until I’ve spent significant time away from social media. I’ll be more or less remaining off tumblr at least until Pentecost 💔

#I could feel my brain putting itself back together when I was off social media during lent #I like my life so much better this way #as much as I love tumblr and even though I have a great little corner of the internet here #I don’t think I can or should come back until I can figure out a better way to balance it in my life #😢

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incomingalbatross

the process of going from "no Lent, only Easter >:0" to "maybe Lent will fix me"

#it’s that time of year again!#see you at Easter #maybe lent will fix me

2023 Reading List

River Secrets (Books of Bayern #3) - Shannon Hale

Heartless - Marissa Meyer

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Something Fresh - P.G. Wodehouse

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

I, Robot - Isaac Asimov

Queen’s Peril - E.K. Johnston (Note: Star Wars)

The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson

Crooked House - Agatha Christie

The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events #3) - Lemony Snicket

Dragonsinger (Harper Hall Trilogy #2) - Anne McCaffrey

The Thief (Queen’s Thief #1) - Megan Whalen Turner

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Coraline - Neil Gaimen

Ahsoka - E.K. Johnston (Note: Star Wars)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

The Queen of Attolia (Queen’s Thief #2) - Megan Whalen Turner

The King of Attolia (Queen’s Thief #3) - Megan Whalen Turner

Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia deLuce #5) - Alan Bradley

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

Day Boy and Night Girl - George MacDonald

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (Note: read by Andy Serkis)

A Conspiracy of Kings (Queen’s Thief #4) - Megan Whalen Turner

Rebel Rising - Beth Revis (Note: Star Wars)

Thick as Thieves (Queen’s Thief #5) - Megan Whalen Turner

Return of the Thief (Queen’s Thief #6) - Megan Whalen Turner

The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4) - Lemony Snicket

Two Tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Arthur Conan Doyle (Note: The New Catacomb & The Beetle-Hunter)

Moira’s Pen (Queen’s Thief) - Megan Whalen Turner

The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French - Arthur Quiller Couch (Note: illustrated by Kay Neilsen)

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) - J.R.R. Tolkien (Note: fan-made audiobook by Phil Dragash)

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) - J.R.R. Tolkien (Note: fan-made audiobook by Phil Dragash)

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings #3) - J.R.R. Tolkien (Note: fan-made audiobook by Phil Dragash)

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1) - Johnathan Stroud

Partners in Crime (Tommy and Tuppence #2) - Agatha Christie

The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe

Rebecca - Daphne duMaurier

Dracula - Bram Stoker (Note: Dracula Daily)

Afterworlds - Scott Westerfeld

The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co. #2) - Johnathan Stroud

Uneasy Money - P.G. Wodehouse

Renegades (Renegades Trilogy #1) - Marissa Meyer

Archenemies (Renegades Trilogy #2) - Marissa Meyer

Total: 44

Favorites: Persuasion, Queen’s Thief

Honorable Mentions: Lockwood & Co., Something Fresh

Further notes on LOTR: Andy Serkis is great but I thought his Hobbit was just fine, not remarkable. A little disappointing. Phil Dragash never disappoints and I truly think his audiobooks are the ultimate way to experience the trilogy (provided one likes the Peter Jackson movies).

#reading list #2023 books #I adore the Phil Dragash audiobooks and I will never shut up about them #they’re so good #Phil Dragash #I’m loving Lockwood & Co. so far #it’s surprising excellent #and Queen’s Thief was SHOWSTOPPING SPECTACULAR etc etc #oh my goodness they were so exceptional #I have a lot more thoughts about it like I expected them to be good but they’re SO good #and Persuasion! I adored Persuasion #the last two Austens I’ve read (Mansfield Park and Persuasion) I just loved immediately and I didn’t even have to try #unlike the previous Austen novels I read which took a little more for me to get into them #I don’t know if it’s just that I’m a more experienced/mature/whatever reader now or if Persuasion and MP were just more my thing #Lastly Something Fresh was genuinely hilarious and an absolute delight #another good year for reading!#I think I gotta stop reading Star Wars novels though they’re not very good

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