#carolinebowman

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There's already an LotR musical :)

But the salty Dornishmen are described as olive-skinned so I think someone with a darker complexion would have fit better

True.

The term “olive skin” has always been a bit vague to me so I checked what Wikipedia says: “It is often associated with pigmentation in the Type IV to Type V range of the Fitzpatrick scale. Type IV coloration is frequent among populations from the Mediterranean, as well as parts of Asia and Latin America. Type V coloration is frequent among populations from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Latin America, and the Indian subcontinent.”

Soooooo Latino fancasts can work according to this.

(Now if you want my opinion, I still think that Oded Fehr is the most perfect Oberyn out there, sorry Pedro. And I agree, I would rather go for people with darker complexions when it comes to the Martells)

Okay I know you’re joking but your ‘andrei who????’ tag hurts my heart / But yes Mama Bolkonskaya is important. I wish we knew literally anything about her (gdi Tolstoy)

1a. andrei who???? 

1b. while a facetious statement honestly..... that kind of dismissal fits quite well. considering everything he’s done (not standing up to his father for marya, generally being a dick to lise, kind of hating people).... andrei who

I HATE NIKOLAI TOO

I SHARE YOUR PAIN, and I’m sorry one of your favourite shows let you down like this, and that you lost one of your few OTPs, but… I’m probably the wrong person to vent to, sorry! I was and still am devastated because I loved Michael, and my first thought was ‘noooooooo, I can’t watch this show ever again’ and I almost reblogged a few posts along those lines but, tbh? I’m gonna keep watching it, and I’m pretty sure it’s still gonna be my happy place. 

I understand why people are jumping ship, but Jane/Michael was an added bonus for me, and I honestly never expected to get as much quality material for them as we did. I genuinely believe the show did their story justice: against all (ok, my) expectations, Jane picked Michael over the sexy, unpredictable guy. I love the show for doing justice to what Jane feels at certain moments in her life – not to how she should feel at all times. I understood why Rafael appealed to her more than Michael for a while there (even though I didn’t ship them), and I loved that the show didn’t make it seem like she made the ~wrong~ choice by giving a relationship with him a try: she simply needed more trust and stability at that moment in time than he could give her (ahh, the side effects of a hot and steamy romance). I loved watching Jane fall in love with Michael all over again, absolutely, because I’d been rooting for them from the start, but mostly? I loved that stability won out for her in s2 because I honestly wasn’t expecting that. 

And… well, s3 has just not been as enjoyable to me as s1-2. Not because watching Jane and Michael being happy together is boring, but because the twists and turns I’d grown to love about the show (such as Jane picking Michael – honestly, I’m still not over it) were… not as exciting anymore. My attention kept wandering and that never happened during s1-2. I’ve seen a lot of “I just want Jane to be happy” posts, and I understand the sentiment, but I personally loved watching her juggle all her problems, and trying to find a balance between her kid, career, and relationships. I loved the drama of it all, and I was sort of missing that this season. And I’m not saying they had to kill off Michael to shake things up, but I’m also not seeing why they weren’t allowed to do it. I really don’t think the writers did it for shock value. They’d been hinting at his upcoming death for some time, and most fans didn’t even expect him to survive the s2 finale. To me, it’s great and not cruel that they let Jane and Michael be happily married for a while, and I’m happy for Jane that she got those moments with the man she chose to marry. While I feel cheated about the 4-year time jump (that part I’m actually really annoyed about, because seeing other characters’ angst is what the appeal of hurt/conflict is all about), I’m… sort of looking forward to this new phase in Jane’s life. 

ALSO, I really don’t think the writers killed Michael off just to make Jane/Rafael endgame. Yes, there’s a part of me that’s like “Michael had to die for that to become an option again, huh”, ngl, but… it’s not as if Rafael will have “won” if they get together again. Jane’s husband died! And if they are endgame, I think it’s a pretty bold move to let their story play out like this. Jane picked Rafael once, only to slowly realize she wanted the life Michael stood for and pick him. I'd be interested to see what it takes for Jane to see Rafael as a romantic option again. I’ve seen a lot of posts about how great it is that Jane The Virgin doesn’t treat unpredictable romances as more romantic than ones that are based on communication, and I agree, but I also think that the show wasn’t pushing a “this is what relationships should be like, always” agenda by letting Jane choose Michael in s2. It was trust and stability she wanted at the time. Maybe Rafael can give that to her now. Or maybe he can give her something else she needs. If the show continues to allow Jane to explore her options, and change her mind, and love people depending on how she feels at certain moments in time, I’ll be a happy viewer. A happy viewer who will always love (Jane/)Michael and who is still not a fan of Rafael, but a happy viewer nonetheless.  

Happiness? Did JRB write two musicals called Parade? :p