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rthstewart) wrote2012-04-14 09:49 am
rthstewart) wrote2012-04-14 09:49 am
BANG! POW!
The Narnia Big Bang is in full swing and you should go check it out!
We have the creepy gothic circa regna tonat by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deathsblood
And the delightful caper,The Red Leather Trousers Escapade (1/17) bywingedflight21 (Eustace, Jill, pineapples, and a mongoose who thinks he's a squirrel)
And To Every Thing There Is a Season byedenfalling (which I am going to read now read last night and it's fabulous)
snacky also has a poll up.
There is also wonderful art up for the stories byheverus, i_autumnheart, caitriona_3 and sophiap
My thanks to the folks on AO3, guest(s), mattador and Samizdat, for the kudos. (Given that Samizdat is the name of one of my favorite Star Wars fics from the 90s by Shura4, I really did a double-take when I saw that handle).
I was going to put this behind a deep (new LJ! scissors) cut that was all navel-gazing about how as of Friday after 29 years, I am no longer swimming in the Tiber, but have pulled myself out of that river and decided to cross the Thames. I mention this only as I know a lot of you have been down this road (and swum this river), and so probably understand the general vibe of anger and regret.
(Also, I'm sorta kinda floundering on something with the latest AW update, so that's got me hand wringing. Sunday? Maybe Sunday? if you are interested in hearing me flap, fluster, and ramble, drop a line or ping me. Here, have a paragraph!
Helen tried a different tactic. “Over the summer, did you hear anything from Susan, or about her through Peter? What did you suppose she was doing?”
Digory looked thoroughly flummoxed. “I recall Peter saying Susan was visiting Washington and New York? Sightseeing?” He shook his head. “I’m afraid it was uninteresting to both of us, Helen, and I paid it very little mind.”
“Shopping,” Polly said crisply and with a hint of disapproval that put Helen’s back up. “Peter shared Susan’s letters with me when I asked and she wrote me once or twice. Susan was excited about attending a formal dinner at the Embassy when Churchill visited. She told me what she wore and where she bought her shoes.”
Oh Susan, you clever, clever girl. Helen knew for a fact a great deal more had occurred during even that dinner. The Official Secrets Act be damned, she had to ask at least one question, though the answer already appeared plain. “So you do not know any reason why Susan or Edmund would be drawn by inclination or background into espionage?”
“That’s preposterous!” Polly said immediately.
We have the creepy gothic circa regna tonat by
deathsbloodAnd the delightful caper,The Red Leather Trousers Escapade (1/17) by
wingedflight21 (Eustace, Jill, pineapples, and a mongoose who thinks he's a squirrel)And To Every Thing There Is a Season by
edenfalling (snacky also has a poll up.There is also wonderful art up for the stories by
heverus, i_autumnheart, caitriona_3 and sophiapMy thanks to the folks on AO3, guest(s), mattador and Samizdat, for the kudos. (Given that Samizdat is the name of one of my favorite Star Wars fics from the 90s by Shura4, I really did a double-take when I saw that handle).
I was going to put this behind a deep (new LJ! scissors) cut that was all navel-gazing about how as of Friday after 29 years, I am no longer swimming in the Tiber, but have pulled myself out of that river and decided to cross the Thames. I mention this only as I know a lot of you have been down this road (and swum this river), and so probably understand the general vibe of anger and regret.
(Also, I'm sorta kinda floundering on something with the latest AW update, so that's got me hand wringing. Sunday? Maybe Sunday? if you are interested in hearing me flap, fluster, and ramble, drop a line or ping me. Here, have a paragraph!
Helen tried a different tactic. “Over the summer, did you hear anything from Susan, or about her through Peter? What did you suppose she was doing?”
Digory looked thoroughly flummoxed. “I recall Peter saying Susan was visiting Washington and New York? Sightseeing?” He shook his head. “I’m afraid it was uninteresting to both of us, Helen, and I paid it very little mind.”
“Shopping,” Polly said crisply and with a hint of disapproval that put Helen’s back up. “Peter shared Susan’s letters with me when I asked and she wrote me once or twice. Susan was excited about attending a formal dinner at the Embassy when Churchill visited. She told me what she wore and where she bought her shoes.”
Oh Susan, you clever, clever girl. Helen knew for a fact a great deal more had occurred during even that dinner. The Official Secrets Act be damned, she had to ask at least one question, though the answer already appeared plain. “So you do not know any reason why Susan or Edmund would be drawn by inclination or background into espionage?”
“That’s preposterous!” Polly said immediately.
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Whatever is inspiring you to cross the Thames (and whatever that means), I hope it's a bright thing, and that you find peace with it all.
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Helen has been a revelation. And congrats on your move to Berlin! This all sounds SO exciting. And really you are so my hero for doing this all and to do so now.
I hope you enjoy Rat and Sword. I'll be posting on FF.net soon.
As for Helen, yes, there's lots of Helen in this update. And Asim. And Edmund. and Lucy.
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I'm very much enjoying that you've reached a point in the character development where we're seeing the limitations of characters initially introduced as these wonderful accomplished people with amazing lives and/or potential (depending on age). And at the same time, having a character like Helen emerge from assumed blandness.
Part of this has been rattling around in my head trying to figure out how to write itself out as a review of RaSGTW. To be continued....