still pretty windy.
Sep. 19th, 2003 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hafitalI work right by the water front and even on calm days it's windy here. Today was a real struggle getting to work. :) The wind kept pushing me every which way. LOL. Nearly got swept off to sea. hee.
In class we're reading Freud's Dora: A Fragment of a Case of Hysteria which I found deeply disturbing for some reason, and so did the rest of my classmates. More so than the actual text warranted, in my opinion. The professor had a tough time getting us off our disgust of Freud and onto the actual critique and analysis of the text in the context of the class (which is focused on the fin-de-siecle Decadent movement). Anyway, I mention this because at the start of class while we were waiting for the professor to show up, we were all commiserating over our many issues with Freud and how we felt he (mis)handled that poor unfortunate "Dora" and someone brought of Jung and then someone else brought up the speculation some have over Freud and Jung's "relationship". And of course I'm thinking that's an RPS pairing that can just die die die. And *then* someone else brought up (I had no hand in this at all, I swear) Tolkien and C.S. Lewis! and their supposed "love affair"! Slash is taking over the world! LOL. Meanwhile, I'm having a tough time not snorting in laughter, and the true test came when someone then brought up Frodo/Sam and how, some say, theoretically, it's supposed to be a reflection on Tolkien/C.S. Lewis. *boggle* From Freud to LOTR Frodo/Sam in about 10 minutes. :) It was rather surreal.
Should someone from that class actually stumble onto this post: Howdy!
So, recs.
First,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
carenejeans has written a lovely Highlander piece called Twelve Kisses (A Baker's Dozen) which I enjoyed muchly. Yay for new HL writers! woo. I loved how this story is structured, how it carried you through their developing relationship.
Second, I'm terribly late with this and I'm sure everyone's read it already, but if you haven't I recommendyahtzee63's X-Men story His Terrible Swift Sword. I don't read much in the X-Men fandom, but I have enjoyed the movies and I'd been hearing about this story all summer *g* and it was interesting to hear Yahtzee talk about it and stuff and I always admire an author who handles plot well. And it was a great story. :) Fun to read. Nice and long and I read bits and pieces in between work and so it lasted a long time and kept me entertained. I*loved* the Logan/Rogue relationship -- by far my favorite parts. The story was interesting and clever and I was engaged throughout. The Eric/Charles relationship, I must admit, is not so much for me. Neither is Bobby/John. Doomed relationships are just so doomed. *g* But I did realize reading this story that should I pick a slash pairing in this fandom, I'd likely go the Scott/Logan route. yum. :) There isn't any Scott/Logan in HTSS, but just their interaction I found really compelling. I like the "on the same side but we don't like each other" dynamic. Reminds me of early Voyager Chakotay/Paris. sigh. I so loved that pairing.
It's Talk Like a Pirate day. Arrrr. So, I'm asking, anyone know of good Jack/Norrington?
In class we're reading Freud's Dora: A Fragment of a Case of Hysteria which I found deeply disturbing for some reason, and so did the rest of my classmates. More so than the actual text warranted, in my opinion. The professor had a tough time getting us off our disgust of Freud and onto the actual critique and analysis of the text in the context of the class (which is focused on the fin-de-siecle Decadent movement). Anyway, I mention this because at the start of class while we were waiting for the professor to show up, we were all commiserating over our many issues with Freud and how we felt he (mis)handled that poor unfortunate "Dora" and someone brought of Jung and then someone else brought up the speculation some have over Freud and Jung's "relationship". And of course I'm thinking that's an RPS pairing that can just die die die. And *then* someone else brought up (I had no hand in this at all, I swear) Tolkien and C.S. Lewis! and their supposed "love affair"! Slash is taking over the world! LOL. Meanwhile, I'm having a tough time not snorting in laughter, and the true test came when someone then brought up Frodo/Sam and how, some say, theoretically, it's supposed to be a reflection on Tolkien/C.S. Lewis. *boggle* From Freud to LOTR Frodo/Sam in about 10 minutes. :) It was rather surreal.
Should someone from that class actually stumble onto this post: Howdy!
So, recs.
First,
carenejeans has written a lovely Highlander piece called Twelve Kisses (A Baker's Dozen) which I enjoyed muchly. Yay for new HL writers! woo. I loved how this story is structured, how it carried you through their developing relationship.Second, I'm terribly late with this and I'm sure everyone's read it already, but if you haven't I recommend
yahtzee63's X-Men story His Terrible Swift Sword. I don't read much in the X-Men fandom, but I have enjoyed the movies and I'd been hearing about this story all summer *g* and it was interesting to hear Yahtzee talk about it and stuff and I always admire an author who handles plot well. And it was a great story. :) Fun to read. Nice and long and I read bits and pieces in between work and so it lasted a long time and kept me entertained. I*loved* the Logan/Rogue relationship -- by far my favorite parts. The story was interesting and clever and I was engaged throughout. The Eric/Charles relationship, I must admit, is not so much for me. Neither is Bobby/John. Doomed relationships are just so doomed. *g* But I did realize reading this story that should I pick a slash pairing in this fandom, I'd likely go the Scott/Logan route. yum. :) There isn't any Scott/Logan in HTSS, but just their interaction I found really compelling. I like the "on the same side but we don't like each other" dynamic. Reminds me of early Voyager Chakotay/Paris. sigh. I so loved that pairing. It's Talk Like a Pirate day. Arrrr. So, I'm asking, anyone know of good Jack/Norrington?
