Hum.

[cygna_hime]

And the moral of this whole thing? Never eat cheese and tomatoes for lunch, apparently. Also, try to actually think while writing. And make sense.

However, have formulated, with maternal assistance, the reason Subaru makes me go 'meh' rather than 'woobie!'. See, she and I both have a certain level of angst tolerance. Subaru, as Turin does in The Silmarillion, passes that tolerance at some point. The levels, from 'awww!' to 'poor baby!' to 'woobie!' to 'does anything nice happen to this guy?' to 'oh, shush already', reflect how I feel at the time of misfortune. Thus, by the time Turin is married to his sister AND she committed suicide when she found out she was carrying her brother's child AND his other family is dead AND he killed his best friend AND he failed to protect Finduilas AND he keeps killing people for no reason AND Glaurung is mocking him AND he's having yet another identity crisis...well, I just don't care any more. Perhaps Subaru should find out if anyone put a similar Curse of Angst on him or his family, and make them take it off. (Morgoth! What did I tell you about crossovers?)

I find that too much angst makes me not care about the character. It makes me want to laugh at him/her/it.

The laugh reaction is substantiated by the fact that one should not, ever, seriously consider such a serious character when one's recent reading has been The Phantom Tollbooth and Lord Peter Wimsey. All ability not to laugh at anything and everything, up to and including murder, simply deserts one. *makes mental note*

I have apparently used up all my angst allowance, both personal and professional, in the Disillusion Drabbles and ensuing depression, and am left feeling profoundly silly and whimsical. Wimseycal, in fact. Thus, will proceed to ignore X fandom, which is neither, and go back to reading piffle. Good Omens awaits!

Quote of relevance: 'Wonder whether Mussolini's mother spanked him too much or too little--you never know, these psychological days. Can distinctly remember spanking Peter, but it doesn't seem to have warped him much, so psychologists very likely all wrong.' (The Dowager Duchess of Denver, Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers, and quite in keeping with my current mood)

Comments

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

I adore you, and not just for your fellow piffle addiction. That just makes you all the better. Just finished Clouds of Witness *and* watched the BBC series of the book - phweee! Though Lady Mary comes off as something of a vapid slut at times on the series, that could have been my interpretation, however. I checked out some of the books you recommended and am looking forward to ploughing into more of the Wimseys, so ta very much!

I can sympathize with you about the sympathy-overload with characters. In the Richard Jury series, I'm starting to get a little overwhelmed by Jury's malaise, though if he was an actual person I'd have far more patience and empathy. Hrmph. And Melrose's love interest from the last book hasn't even been mentioned in this book which immedeately follows it! Must resist urge to track down Martha Grimes and ask her about this endlessly if matter isn't resolved in the next two tomes.

Have fun with Good Omens! But don't drink anything that would hurt coming out your nose when reading it. Trust me.

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

The Wimseys are fun, aren't they? I wasn't so fond of CoW as I was of Strong Poison and Busman's Honeymoon. They have more piffle, and piffle is fun, yes. It feels good to share the addiction. *glomps*

Author-stalking is generally considered bad practice. But, yes, it's the way they will persist in making everything else drop so they can angst their little hearts out. Meh.

I know; no soda. I've read and reread GO a dozen times at least, and still have to watch for snorting. Such is the penalty of truly inspired humor.

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

I don't think I would ever author stalk, or anyone stalk for that matter, but I might ask a slightly petulant question at a signing.
And twist my foot a little for emphasis.

I'm looking forward to Strong Poison (Harriet Vane! Yay!) and I loved Busman's Holiday. There were passages from that book that, should I get married, will be read during the ceremony. The whole bit with them in front of the fire, his head in her lap, talking about their love for each other is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read.

Right now my copy of GO is making the rounds amidst my friends. Those two need to write another book together, seriously. If I underlined all of my favorite passages I wouldn't be able to read the book eventually.

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

Busman's Honeymoon is wonderful, even or perhaps especially as it is 'a ha'porth of detection to an intolerable deal of saccharine', which makes me happy. And yes, there are some really beautiful passages, as well as an excuse to practice my French and try to work out what the rude bits mean. ;D

I buy copies of GO for the birthdays of many of my friends, so I need not lose my (well, my family's) precious copy.

There are non-favorite passages? Where?

If they were to write another book together...I would die of a heart attack brought on by ecstasy (not the drug) and massive laughter. I wonder how many people die each year from laughter-induced strokes?

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Well, I know next to nothing about Subaru. But Turin reminds me of Hercules. And I didn't really like either.

(I did had a thing for Beleg, though. And jinxed him.)

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

Hercules really annoyed me. I sympathize utterly with Hera in that regard. Subaru...is better. He has slightly more brain, for one thing.

I think everyone likes Beleg best. Killed by his boyfriend cousin closepersonalfriend best friend for no reason. *sniff* The woobie.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Now that's an explanation I can understand !

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

Apparently I can be coherent when I try. Who knew? Well, coherent in a still cross-referencing obscure fandoms way, but mostly coherent. It's my mom. She helped.