Period by-which-I-mean-"in-the-past" Entertainment

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D. Yesterday a friend linked to Coleridge/Wordsworth slash. This is piece is full of heady language, slant rhyme, rhythm, and longing. It's totally what I imagined these two poets' relationship to be, back when I was in college and didn't even know I was shipping them.

R. It makes me ponder:
1. Did you ever slash Coleridge/Wordsworth?
2. What about Emerson/Thoreau and/or Shelley/Keats?
3. Have you ever slashed historic authors?
4. Historic figures, period?
5. Where do you find fanfic about this kind of thing?
6. Have you answered "no" to all these questions, but are intrigued anyway?
7. Where are all the classic romance lit and period romance film fans on lj? Where's all the fanfic? Where are all the challenges?

A. Speaking of historic smut, I found this slightly silly costume porn which I actually don't find silly at all. It's nominally Harry/Draco, but it's one of those AU, OOC (author says so herself!) fics that could be anyone. ANY SERVANT UNDRESSING A NOBLEMAN IN THE RENAISSANCE ERA WHERE THEY'RE BOTH GETTING TURNED ON MY THE INTRICACIES OF KNOTS AND GROMMETS AND HOISERY, PEOPLE. It's well done, written by someone who obviously knows what they're talking about insofar as costumes, and it makes a long drawn out process of getting undressed quite interesting.

M. They are making a new Jane Eyre with Ellen Page. The article I'm linking to says there've been more than 20 versions of JE. I'd actually been unhappy with the 6 versions I've seen. The most recent bigscreen adaptation was in 1996 with William Hurt, and admittedly it was awful. But last year BBC did a new one, and I was very happy with it, which is saying a lot considering it's one of my very favorite books for sentimental reasons.

And they are making two new Wuthering Heights, one with Natalie Portman. What gives, yo?

A. I still love North And South like an ever lovin' thing.

Comments

[lynnenne]

When I was a pre-teen, I slashed JFK and RFK. In a totally non-sexual, brotherly-love but still-made-me-feel-funny-in-my-pants sort of way. Then I found out that they both had sex with Marilyn Monroe and it turned into a three-for-all.

Pattern? What pattern?

Hey, go check out my latest post, it's all about writing! *beams*

[rahirah]

I don't know where they are, but I know there are Austen fic communities. It would seem to follow that there must be other literary fandoms out there. (I never wrote fic, but at one time I'd read every issue of the Baker Street Irregulars zine ever published. It was all meta, though...)

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

You know what is funny about Wuthering Heights ... Cathy is about 15 when she and Heathcliff "roam the moors," and when he comes back for her (when she's pregnant with Linton's child), she's barely 18. Then she dies. Yet the typical movie convention is to cast *older* (i.e. over 20, 25) actors/actresses as Heathcliff and (original) Cathy. It's like making Erik a 30 year old instead of 50s+ (oh, wait a minute ... LOL)

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

rarelitslash's profile page has an impressive links list. I'd start by trawling Yuletide.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

I never slashed historic authors but yes, I am intrigued.

As for slashing historic figures, I loved reading Mary Renault's novels on ancient Greece which had several characters both historic and fictional having same-sex relationships. I don't know if you can still call it slash when a) the books have the characters actually getting together and b) some if not all historians agree that the historic figures in question probably did have those relationships. *shrug*

I'm off to check out the H/D costume porn!

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

I did Shakespeare and Marlowe once, in verse. Don't remember if I actually posted it.

It's vaguely intriguing to me, but we often don't know enough about their personalities alone, let alone their relationship dynamics, for me to really get hooked.

[evieeros.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen "Stage Beauty" you should. *nodnod* Quite lovely.

Also there is a fun novella I found in the uni library once. It was all about putting the 'missing' sex scenes in Austen. LOL There was hilarious Charlotte Lucas (channeling dominatrix Lady Catherine) / Mr. Collins sex. Unfortunately I can't remember the title or author or anything. :(

[my_daroga]

I think I might be slashing Coleridge/Wordsworth now, because of my Camille Paglia reading (I'm at the Wordsworth chapter now). I don't know much about WW because his poetry is boring. Paglia points out that his poetry is unloved by young people who find it boring. This theory is, I think, a bit more tenable than her ones about men's thoughts patterns being different because they have exposed thrusty penis things.

I am fuzzy on the Keats/Shelley relationship, since I know I've read fiction where they weren't actually friends. Shelley just really admired him. But who knows what that person based their stuff on.

I ship Byron with everyone, because he's hot and lame and stuff.

I also ship Jesus/Judas, but haven't read or written any. Do they count?

I am pretty sure more have occurred to me that I cannot think of right now, but I am intrigued and would read more if you found it. Oh, I don't know if Lawrence counts, because I sort of ship his filmic incarnations rather than himself.

As to Ellen Page, I am very, very worried about overexposure. She is everywhere and if she's not careful there will be fatigue. Especially since Juno was Not All That.

Also, they need to stop casting Portman as British. It is not working.