Mainly Poldark
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shallownessYesterday, I posted:
Finding Harry Potter. Teen. Hannah/Neville (and various other pairings.) Summary: Hannah has to find Neville.
It was inspired by a![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
comment_fic prompt that has subsequently been deleted. I don’t know what the etiquette for that is, quite. I was toying with writing a sequel about what happened next, but I’d have to figure out who had slipped in the potion, why and maybe deal the consequences, which I totally handwave in the fic.
I’m not particularly bothered about Neville/Hannah (I ship him more with Luna or Ginny), but her knowing her wine made her a natural POV character. The other pairings are a mix of canonical, ones that make sense to me (Luna/Dean and George/Verity) and convenient ones, much like Neville/Hannah.
Isn’t it great about Tatyana Maslany winning an Emmy? I couldn’t keep up with the Orphan Black and didn’t love it enough to buy the DVD, but her performances as the clones were thoroughly impressive.
Poldark 2.3
To match Demelza chickening out of telling Ross she was pregnant again in the last ep, we had him being in denial about ‘the parlous state of his finances’ which everyone in Cornwall knew about. This episode was brought to you by ‘Pay-day lenders are bad’. Ross caved first, apologising to Demelza (as he should), because he had been sticking his head in the proverbial sand of work (no shirtless mining this episode and no shirtless scything, but as the latter would have been Francis, no-one minded. I presume. I’m not on Twitter) and ignoring her and oh, by the way, they needed to find four hundred pounds in a day.
Which they did, because they’re pretty awesome when they work together. See also the back-and-forth over Garrick. But the Ross is an Idiot bit came when he wasn’t looking at Elizabeth as much as flirting with her. Given that Demelza was pregnant and had been dealing with the spoken opera that is Jud and Prudie, it was a bit much to overhear.
I loved how they played the ‘yes, Ross’ to let him know she was pregnant. Which he dealt with. They’re both still grieving, obviously, but they can both be right idiots.
MacNeil’s accent sounds off to me.
Elizabeth mainly couldn’t quite believe what had happened with Francis and even when he’s being so much brighter and responsible and the husband she wanted, or certainly the father to her son she wanted, Ross still makes her heart beat faster. But she’ll never be sixteen again unless if this show drastically changes genre and her instinct that you two wouldn’t have worked is right.
Although everyone was ‘Isn’t It Great About Francis?’ at times, I started wondering if we’re meant to take it that Francis has bipolar tendencies, if you can have them, because he seemed a bit manic. (Apologies if those aren’t the right terms.)
Anyway, Elizabeth and Francis had George to thank for getting Ross to come. George was the funniest thing in the whole episode in his boxing lessons and terror about What Ross Would Do. Snarl at him in the street, predictably – but that was before he had Jud beaten up. Okay, it might have got physical if Demelza wasn’t ‘Hi! Four hundred quid to find in a day! Focus, Ross’ Has Elizabeth been undeceived about George yet? Not hardly. Has George realised he’s put things in train that are well out of his control? Not enough.
Tankard, who is such a caricature, has a name. For some reason Graham didn’t call him Oilslick.
Did we see Margaret, the Only Prostitute in Cornwall or was I imagining things?
Anyway, Caroline was slightly more endearing with her genuine discomfort. I mean, she is too used to men running at her bidding and manipulating them, but she’s also sympathetic – Unwin is ‘no thanks’ material as a husband, she’s restricted by society and Enis is capable and hot. But the blonde curls and tilt of her head keep making me think of Lena Lamont.
Some typical weird pacing, but it was very, very pretty to watch, as ever.
Finding Harry Potter. Teen. Hannah/Neville (and various other pairings.) Summary: Hannah has to find Neville.
It was inspired by a
comment_fic prompt that has subsequently been deleted. I don’t know what the etiquette for that is, quite. I was toying with writing a sequel about what happened next, but I’d have to figure out who had slipped in the potion, why and maybe deal the consequences, which I totally handwave in the fic. I’m not particularly bothered about Neville/Hannah (I ship him more with Luna or Ginny), but her knowing her wine made her a natural POV character. The other pairings are a mix of canonical, ones that make sense to me (Luna/Dean and George/Verity) and convenient ones, much like Neville/Hannah.
Isn’t it great about Tatyana Maslany winning an Emmy? I couldn’t keep up with the Orphan Black and didn’t love it enough to buy the DVD, but her performances as the clones were thoroughly impressive.
Poldark 2.3
To match Demelza chickening out of telling Ross she was pregnant again in the last ep, we had him being in denial about ‘the parlous state of his finances’ which everyone in Cornwall knew about. This episode was brought to you by ‘Pay-day lenders are bad’. Ross caved first, apologising to Demelza (as he should), because he had been sticking his head in the proverbial sand of work (no shirtless mining this episode and no shirtless scything, but as the latter would have been Francis, no-one minded. I presume. I’m not on Twitter) and ignoring her and oh, by the way, they needed to find four hundred pounds in a day.
Which they did, because they’re pretty awesome when they work together. See also the back-and-forth over Garrick. But the Ross is an Idiot bit came when he wasn’t looking at Elizabeth as much as flirting with her. Given that Demelza was pregnant and had been dealing with the spoken opera that is Jud and Prudie, it was a bit much to overhear.
I loved how they played the ‘yes, Ross’ to let him know she was pregnant. Which he dealt with. They’re both still grieving, obviously, but they can both be right idiots.
MacNeil’s accent sounds off to me.
Elizabeth mainly couldn’t quite believe what had happened with Francis and even when he’s being so much brighter and responsible and the husband she wanted, or certainly the father to her son she wanted, Ross still makes her heart beat faster. But she’ll never be sixteen again unless if this show drastically changes genre and her instinct that you two wouldn’t have worked is right.
Although everyone was ‘Isn’t It Great About Francis?’ at times, I started wondering if we’re meant to take it that Francis has bipolar tendencies, if you can have them, because he seemed a bit manic. (Apologies if those aren’t the right terms.)
Anyway, Elizabeth and Francis had George to thank for getting Ross to come. George was the funniest thing in the whole episode in his boxing lessons and terror about What Ross Would Do. Snarl at him in the street, predictably – but that was before he had Jud beaten up. Okay, it might have got physical if Demelza wasn’t ‘Hi! Four hundred quid to find in a day! Focus, Ross’ Has Elizabeth been undeceived about George yet? Not hardly. Has George realised he’s put things in train that are well out of his control? Not enough.
Tankard, who is such a caricature, has a name. For some reason Graham didn’t call him Oilslick.
Did we see Margaret, the Only Prostitute in Cornwall or was I imagining things?
Anyway, Caroline was slightly more endearing with her genuine discomfort. I mean, she is too used to men running at her bidding and manipulating them, but she’s also sympathetic – Unwin is ‘no thanks’ material as a husband, she’s restricted by society and Enis is capable and hot. But the blonde curls and tilt of her head keep making me think of Lena Lamont.
Some typical weird pacing, but it was very, very pretty to watch, as ever.
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