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Would you describe the world of Swallows and Amazons as beautiful and rather silly? Because I wouldn't, even in the service of working in background information about the author, Neil Hannon (who has described cricket thus).

And if Nancy is suggesting a future Scout leader, something has gone terribly wrong...

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Sep. 30th, 2008 01:11 pm
tree_and_leaf: Autumnal sycamore leaf, text reads: "In heaven, it is always autumn - Donne" (autumn)
Why not - this is a deserving classic. Courtesy, this time round, of [livejournal.com profile] dolorous_ett

Name a character from one of my fandoms, and I'll give you either:

(a) three facts about them from my personal canon/fanon,
(b) a reason he/she sucks,
(c) a reason he/she is awesomecakes,
(d) five things that never happened to that character, or
(e) five people that character never fell in love with and why.


For the purposes of this exercise, my fandoms can be defined as Doctor Who (including SJA but not including Torchwood), Harry Potter, Narnia, the Wimseyverse, "Master and Commander", Arthur Ransome, Star Trek: TOS and DS9, John Buchan, Dalziel and Pascoe (bookverse only, unless you count my belief that the TV characters have been gradually replaced by pod people) and Wolfram von Eschenbach (just to be pretentious). I also tentatively append the Vorkosiverse, as I haven't read all of canon yet. I would like to add Hermann Kant's "Die Aula", but I think I am in a fandom of one on that count (though one day I might crack and reveal my theory as to why canon as it stands doesn't stack up, and what conclusions we might draw from this - other than that our viewpoint character is charming, but ultimately a self-centred idiot, if not something worse).
tree_and_leaf: Two children playing on mudflats - colourised version of Ransom's pen-and-ink illustration for "Secret Water". (Secret Water)
Jibbooms and bobstays, which mutton-headed galoot started this trend for unconvincing piratese all over the internet?
tree_and_leaf: Peter Davison in Five's cricket gear, leaning on wall with nose in book, looking a bit like Peter Wimsey. (Books)
* Comment on this post.
* I will give you a letter.
* Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

[livejournal.com profile] telperion1 gave me 'r'. I found it surprisingly hard to think of people, and failed in my attempt not to pick multiple characters from the same fandom.

Onwards to reflections on Remus Lupin, Richard Hannay, Ron Weasley, Romana and Roger Walker )
tree_and_leaf: Harriet Vane writing, caption edit edit panic edit research edite WRITE. (writing)
I have now returned from a weekend in the Lakes, which was splendid, despite the general awfulness of the weather in the central Lake District. I have, however, no objection to leisurely walks along the beach at Walney (and I even saw the Isle of Man!), or to a somewhat tame ridge walk along the Helm by Kendal - and who on earth left the posy of roses and freesias in a glass on the trig point? - or, come to that, to coming back from church to drink Pimms and sit under a tree.

I wrote the following on the train coming back; it's somewhat purposeless, but it amused me. Even at the risk of sounding like the country diarist in Scoop: )

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