Beyond the Roundels

I made this post mostly in February and prefaced it with: "Belated, and I'm still not through reading the collection yet, but a bunch so far. It's only, what, February? /o\" I must report, I am still not through reading the collection and likely never will be, but I should post this so other people can read the gems I have enjoyed (so far?) anyway:

( Recs in Adventure Series, A Civil Contract, Craddock & Co, Death in Paradise, The Detectorists, The Devil's Cub, Drop the Dead Donkey, Emma, Enemy at the Door, Ghosts (US), The Good Place, The Holiday, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Mabinogion, McDonald & Dodds, No Wind of Blame, North and South, The Winslow Boy, Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully )

In lieu of proper posting...

1. Whumptober's prompt lists are out!


2. Thought this piece of SF found-fic posted to rainbowfic lately was so clever and funny.


3. I don't think I've mentioned this (along with all the other watching/reading posts I've not been making) but I actually started a watch-all-the-Austens project last year. By dint of what fell into my hands and won't really won't, not at prices I'm willing to pay, I've actually done all the available Emmas & got to the two 1996s recently (last year did 1972, 2009 (♥) & 2020), although I haven't rewatched Clueless - I'll have to keep an eye on the charity shop offerings, just to be completist now. But, certainly, compared to most of the others, it was a five cakes situation, honestly - six, given Clueless, and I thought this vid was really well done and highlighted that in a fun way (even if they watched a slightly different five cakes to me - I don't do those kind of web series, though, so I'm not going that far):




(Am being slightly better at keeping up even! We'll see how it goes... Thank you for your continued patience. ♥)

It's now summer, so I am erratic. Sorry about this: sometimes I will be around and comment, sometimes I won't. It all depends. But it's otherwise okay at the moment! And I spent some more birthday money and have some new old telly to watch. (It might even have some Mr. Maxwell in it somewhere. *looks innocent*)

Random good things:

1. OUaT vid for the most adorable thing that came out of S7 - that is, Alice/Robin (or Tilly/Margot, as you prefer), done as a fake movie trailer that should totally be a thing:




2. Mr Bennet Travels Through Time by A Marguerite. Fic in which Mr Bennet is in fact a time traveller who can't get home again. Crack that winds up making so much sense - this is fab. I stumbled over it somewhere and am v glad I did.


3. Beautiful tribute vid for Princess Leia across the whole SW saga - here by beccatoria, for VidUKon.


4. Last but not least, hc_bingo is open for another round!

festivids 2018 has gone live!

(festivids is pretty much like Yuletide for vidders, being a vidding exchange for small fandoms that takes place at a similar time of the year. I have never taken part, but I appreciate the resulting vids hugely! It's always a complete delight to dip in and discover vids for things you'd never even dreamed of vids for.)

You can find all the vids here, and if you enjoy vids at all, I recommend taking a look!

Here are some excellent vids that I have very much enjoyed so far, but there are many more, for many more fandoms over there:

Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Not Gonna Take It
Whole film: oh, we're not gonna take it anymore

Dead Like Me
So Sad, So Lonely
Mason: "I don't want nobody/ Nobody don't want me/ I'm so sad, so lonely/ And I'm always landing on my feet"

Meet Mason: a degenerate, pathetic, and overall, hot mess, of a grim reaper. (And we can't help but love him for it!)

Eureka
I Am A Scientist
Whole show (like, more whole show than any other vid I have ever seen): The madcap scientists of the town called Eureka...this is their story.

The Librarians
Team
Ensemble: They're on each other's team

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing
Whole film: A fun look at the characters of Much Ado About Nothing (1993 version)

Pollyanna (2003)
This Stray Italian Greyhound
Pollyanna & Aunt Polly: "What do I do with a love that won't sit still?"

Sense & Sensibility (1995)
All This and Heaven Too
Marianne & Elinor: "The heart is hard to translate."

Three Men & a Baby/Three Men and a Little Lady
Don't Stop Me Now
Mary & her three daddies: Accidental baby (child) acquisition: it's nothing but fun, fun, fun!



(But, people, there is a FRAGGLE VID, why is there a FRAGGLE VID?? 0_o*)


* Look, Fraggle Rock was TERRIFYING, okay, why don't people understand that?

(My friends came, had a nice time, liked each other, and went. I am now vv tired and also have not yet watched DW, because vv tired so catching up must wait, but in the meantime, one of two posts I made earlier; in this case my final Yuletide recs post. <3)



Somewhat belated, but better late than never, as they say.

( 19 recs in Discworld, Georgette Heyer, Howl's Moving Castle, Hundred & One Dalmatians, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, King Lear, The Librarians, North & South, Northanger Abbey, Owl Service, Poldark, Timeless & Victoria )

Still attempting to make it through this year's collection! Have my next installment of recs:

( 17 recs in HIGNFY/HIst RPF, Adam Adamant Lives, Cadfael, Shakespeare, Diana Wynne Jones, The Hour, Libraries, Life, Malory Towers, Miss Marple, The Mummy, Northanger Abbey, and Sapphire & Steel )

So there's not much going on, and I couldn't resist retrying the meme using last names. Some couples stayed together despite the odds: Evie Eliott & Eowyn, Frobisher & Gandalf, Maddy & Maid Marian, and Servalan & Seven. The results were mostly much scarier than last time, but it did throw up some things that were amusing - and one or two I want badly now:

( More mayhem and scary pairings )

Since I am all disorganised and so on, I have my questions for this meme in two separate posts. The only thing to do seemed to be to post a separate response and collect it all together in the comments. Which can't be sensible, either, but... oh well...

So... My 15 random characters:

( 15 random characters )

For infinitejoys, who gave me the rather wonderful prompt of Turlough/Charlotte Lucas.

And I begin to realise that I fail at the 'no background whatsover, just a conversation for fun' bit of this meme, but I am having fun.   And, amazingly, this is the first Doctor Who story.

( Turlough meets Charlotte Collins (nee Lucas) )