I get the need to dramatize things but Matthew Cuthbert WOULD NOT attempt suicide with a gun.  It’s the most ridiculously OOC thing I’ve seen.

I’ve started Anne with an E after resisting for a while out of worry and it’s both as delightful as I hoped and as wrong as I worried.  Some parts are really good and some parts just make me want to hit my head against a wall.  But Matthew and the gun is the worst.

Orphan Gilbert running off to work is pretty bad too.

Anne’s Jane Eyre love delights me.

Yikes! I couldn’t handle any version strayed so horribly from book canon.

So you probably don’t remember the bit in the book about the con artists convincing everyone there was gold in Avonlea, right?  Or the part where Gilbert worked a ship and traveled to Trinidad?

My darling you really are not going to want to watch Anne with an E.  It started out well and Anne really is wonderfully in character and Matthew other than the one scene is perfect (did you ever watch Road to Avonlea?  He’s Jasper Dale.) Marilla isn’t quite right and Rachel is too nice and the friendship with Diana isn’t quite right.  But now it’s getting more and more off the rails.

So many people were excited that I had higher hopes.

I’m stuck now and can’t stop watching.  Don’t make my mistake!

I don’t want to butt in, but I have some thoughts to share?

To be honest, the reason why I love AwaE so much is for the reason that you seem to dislike it, nothingeverlost... BECAUSE it’s stepping away from its source material and fitting to the current social context in which it’s airing. I mean, that’s the point of adaptation, right? To refresh, revitalise, to take narratives/ideas to new places and new meaning. We get lots of cool Canadian history nuggets in all 3 seasons which aren’t present in the source material. I mean, the film set in WW2 is COMPLETELY 110% out of canon too, but that doesn't mean viewers didn’t enjoy it or thought it wasn’t a good narrative. To me, it was very cool to see Anne in that historical context, even if I didn’t particularly love it. I guess... everybody can like what they like.

You don’t like AwaE, and that’s cool.

But when one type of media is adapted to another type of media, elision and interpolation are necessary, because they can’t be adapted word-for-word, and also because the resulting media must be different than the first (or second, or third... I mean, as an example, the Invasion of the Body Snatchers novel has been made into 4 VERY different films, that I know of...) otherwise what’s the point of making it? If it’s the same as what came before, then why bother? It’s not doing anything new, or interesting, so what’s the reason for making it, because wringing money out of something?  

Yes, there are some changes in Anne with an E which depart radically from the series. I didn’t particularly enjoy the con men plot line either. But the various changes in AwaE are there for a reason, to explore themes relevant to today’s audiences: trauma, found family, empathy, social justice, friendship, mental health issues, relationships, work ethic, rural life vs city life, Canadian history... I could keep listing things, but I’ll stop. ^_^;;

I watched this series with my parents, and they really don't like the same types of media that I do, so it was SO GREAT for us to watch this together as a family and enjoy it and talk about it, what we liked and didn’t like, how relevant it is to us or people we know... I guess I have some emotional investment in it because of that?

We may not agree with everything AwaE is doing, but what it IS doing is bringing a younger generation that LOVE the adaptation into the fandom. They may go read the books, and/or watch any of the other adaptations, and that must be a good thing, right? Keeping Anne Shirley and LMMM’s work alive and meaningful to a big audience has to be the goal, right?

As a Canadian (and I have visited PEI, whoo, that was a long 3-day drive!) I love that LMMM’s work is so global: it’s been translated into so many languages and re-intepreted by artists and musicians and filmmakers so many times... it’s MIND-BOGGLING how much of the world loves Anne. The wall of covers of AoGG translated for different countries BLEW MY MIND! Anne is so loved all over the world, and I guess I just see AwaE as another step in Anne’s ongoing life. <3 Maybe the next step will be more to your taste?

Anyway, nothingeverlost, I hope that you will get SOME enjoyment out of AwaE, there’s some interesting (to me) stuff to come (and more Jane Eyre!)! 

Just finished a book. A character died. The death caught me by surprise and now I want to cry. I need fluff.

Not sure if this is fluff, exactly:

II

"You think this would have changed how I felt?  You bloody git."  Emma pressed her scarf more firmly against his forearm, stopping the blood.  Maybe she should take him straight to the castle, but she needed these few minutes to wrap her head around things.

"I’m a werewolf, Emma. A dark creature.  It’s not just the one night, it’s for always."  He hadn’t wanted anyone to know, but at least now he didn’t have to live in dread of this moment.  He’d been hiding the monster within for two and a half years, waiting for it to once again ruin everything.

"You are Graham, and that’s the only thing that matters.  Hell."  She blinked furiously, but he could see the tear that was fighting to fall.

"Em?"

"I thought you were dying, you bastard.  Always in the hospital wing, Whale and Dumbledore whispering, the visits to London… I thought you had some blood disease or summit that was killing you."  She glared at him, just for a moment, anger waring with fear.  And then her mouth was pressed to his and nothing else mattered but the taste of her, and the feel of her against his chest as she clung to him.

I’m only here for half an hour before I need to go to work for inventory (I’ll be back this evening.)

However, since it’s September 1 I feel the need to write some of my Rumbelle Hogwarts AU.

Give me a character (any in OUAT) and I’ll give you a Sept. 1 ficbit

Emma (a partner to your Graham ficlet, maybe, from her POV?)

Emma and Charming:

"You know that I like and respect Archie, it’s not about that; it’s just that your mother and I want you to have everything that you can, including feeling the love we were lucky enough to find with each other."

"I found someone who accepts me just as I am, and loves me, my kid, and the whole unusual family that comes alone with me.  What we do or do not do in bed together could not possibly change how much we love each other or how much he matters to me; also, I am never telling Mary Margaret anything about my love life ever again."

I really like this!

I have been challanged to write Swan Beauty.

If you can make me ship it, I’ll give you a cookie

Now that sounds like a double dare.

Do it. I'll read it. And love it. :)

…au where David is the Dark One. because that’d be…interesting.

(or Snow actually Snow’s more likely BUT STILL)

I wrote a fic where Rum gets Charming to kill him with the dagger, therefore Charming would become the next Dark One.

I think I remember that! idk how Charming would carry out the whole “Dark One” thing, tho. he’s sorta naturally good at heart, I think the dagger just might explode. or not corrupt him very deeply.

…although he was eyeing it pretty fiercely in the episode with Eva.

(although Snow as the Dark One could get interesting too, because Charming might just have to run off with Emma to our world.)

PLEASE WRITE THIS!

OR I WILL!

*stares at*

*cries*

*awkwardly pats back*

...soooo... is that a Yes?

…au where David is the Dark One. because that’d be…interesting.

(or Snow actually Snow’s more likely BUT STILL)

I wrote a fic where Rum gets Charming to kill him with the dagger, therefore Charming would become the next Dark One.

I think I remember that! idk how Charming would carry out the whole “Dark One” thing, tho. he’s sorta naturally good at heart, I think the dagger just might explode. or not corrupt him very deeply.

…although he was eyeing it pretty fiercely in the episode with Eva.

(although Snow as the Dark One could get interesting too, because Charming might just have to run off with Emma to our world.)

PLEASE WRITE THIS!

OR I WILL!

I slowly started by following all the people whose fanfic I stalk.

Baby steps.

I started by stalking Stragg quietly months ago. Apparently she did the same. Now I routinely tell her to go to bed, and we amuse the interwebs with…

So, you’re either  a crazy, stalker/killer, or a writer.

or I’m trying to throw you off my trail by also writing, when really I’m a serial killer.

That would make an interesting story, wouldn’t it?

Nothing is Ever Lost: New Year’s Resolution: I’m going to talk to people on tumblr more instead of waiting and hoping they’ll talk to me…

It would, actually!!!

I am sorry to intrude on your conversation,

(actually, I’m not, you’re all awesome)

But I’m legit terrified of writers now.

They’re all serial killers.

All of them.

All.

:)

If I ever did half the things I’ve thought of…

I’m frighteningly good at writing serial killer POV.

But on a serious note, if there’s a conversation on tumblr there’s no ‘intruding.’  It’s a public conversation and I love anyone to jump in and chat. If I wanted it private I’d be doing it via ask box or something.

*falls off chair laughing at your gif*

I appreciate that very much. Very. Much. :)

I figured, especially considering earlier how just openly talking people on tumblr was actually the topic of conversation, but I was once yelled at for "intruding on a conversation" (sadly a true story) and I didn't wanna be rude.

Is this serial killer story actually happening now?

I slowly started by following all the people whose fanfic I stalk.

Baby steps.

I started by stalking Stragg quietly months ago. Apparently she did the same. Now I routinely tell her to go to bed, and we amuse the interwebs with…

So, you’re either  a crazy, stalker/killer, or a writer.

or I’m trying to throw you off my trail by also writing, when really I’m a serial killer.

That would make an interesting story, wouldn’t it?

Nothing is Ever Lost: New Year's Resolution: I'm going to talk to people on tumblr more instead of waiting and hoping they'll talk to me...

It would, actually!!!

I am sorry to intrude on your conversation,

(actually, I'm not, you're all awesome)

But I'm legit terrified of writers now.

They're all serial killers.

All of them.

All.

:)

The one thing I REALLLY HATE

I’m pretty lax in Once fandom. I try to stay out of wars and when I do put my two cents in, I try to be sane and logical. Ship and let ship, everyone is entitled to their opinion. 

There is, however, one opinion that I believe is just WRONG, and I cannot see it on my dash anymore without saying something:

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helenluvsboo agrees.

helenluvsboo replied to your post: Since people are still sendiing me five minute fic…

If there was one person who got under his skin more than anyone else, with the possible exception of Young who he just straight out hated, it was Amelia Pond.  She had no special skill, no medical or scientific degree, no language background.  He still didn’t understand why she had been on Icarus, and why he was now stuck with her on Destiny.

“That’s wrong.”

He tried to ignore her, especially when she was standing far closer than he was comfortable with.  Amelia Pond did not understand the concept of personal space.

“There.  When those two symbols are next to each other they mean…”

“I know what they mean, Pond.  I’ve been reading ancient since you were still at home practicing kissing on your pillow.”  He tried to ignore her, but she started jabbing at his notebook with her finger.  When that failed she started poking his arm.

“If your fragile little ego can’t take a woman being right then normally I’d give you up as a lost cause.  But if you’re wrong then this whole ship could blow up, and as I’m in this ship I’d rather that didn’t happen.”

“It has nothing to do with you being a woman, and everything to do with you being…”

“Dumb?” she filled in, when he for once paused before saying the first thing that came to mind.

“I’m not the one that was bragging about being a kiss-o-gram back home.”

“I’m not ashamed of it.  You wouldn’t be either, if you ever got the chance to kiss me. Which you won’t.  But I’ve seen things that would make your eyes pop out of your head, and I’m telling you that you translated that wrong.”  She took the pencil, scratching out two words and replacing them with one.

He grumbled when he realized that she was right.  it did make more sense.  ”Show off.”

“That, Dr. Rush, is the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.”  She grinned smugly before leaving the room.  Rush looked at the text he’d been working on, then back to the empty doorway.  Damn it, but Pond might actually turn out to be useful.  Her cocky attitude and red headed temper in a small space was going to be unbearable.

He’d have to find a way to make it look like helping him was her idea, not his.

Dear nothingeverlost,

I didn't ship it before. Now I do.

THANKS TO YOU! =P

helenluvsboo replied to your post: 5 minute fics

There was a groan and a shudder, the whole TARDIS listing the the left of seconds before it his something solid.  the ground shook for a minute before the could all stand.

“What was that?”Amy asked as she tugged at the scarf that had almost fallen off.

“I don’t know.”  It took the Doctor a moment to answer, as he read various monitors and gages on the console.  His gut was telling that something was wrong, but the air was breathable at least and they weren’t going to learn the problem by just staying inside.  ”Let’s go find out, shall we?”  

Nothing looked wrong, as they walked out on the street.  It was an average town full of average people, going about their everyday average business.  But with each step he took things felt more and more wrong.  Amy and Rory, reading the sign for a place called ‘Granny’s Diner’ didn’t seem to notice, but he did.

“Just a minute, please.”  He grabbed at the arm of a tall ginger man, as he walked past, and used his sonic screwdriver to take a chromontrion reading from his watch.

“Oh dear.”  he frowned, and looked over his shoulder at his companions, still unaware of the trouble they were facing.

Somehow they’d landed in a place where time did not exist.

I literally just ran hopped up and squeed in the living room.

My flatmate is used to this. She just laughed.

...

Dear nothingeverlost,

I love it! :)

If When these two got into an argument it could blow up Destiny all on its own.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPLOSION EVER!