04 - Video - Boredom kills

[ichoosefight]

So I'm inmate-less for another two weeks. I don't suppose anybody has some good reading suggestions? Something exciting. Are there any good King Arthur stories written in plain, legible english? I don't know about you all, but being 'right wroth' just sounds silly to me.

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[paradoxlol]

Have you tried The Once and Future King?

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't. It's probably just my bad luck that I ended up with Le Morte d'Arthur.

[paradoxlol]

It's a lot more accessible than Le Morte d'Arthur. Disney based Sword in the Stone off of it.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I think I remember seeing that movie... Weren't there talking squirrels?

[paradoxlol]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure the squirrels weren't in the book.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Good. I remember that part being distinctly weird, even for a ten year old.

[paradoxlol]

Really? I always liked that part.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I was always a bigger fan of the heroic bits.

[paradoxlol]

The magic was my favorite as a kid. I don't really remember the rest, to be honest.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Me neither, but I remember what I was like as a kid. If there were heroic bits, they were my favorite.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

Surely the Admiral wouldn't be so unkind as to saddle you with the burden of rehabilitating an inmate?

[Please excuse Seth's antiquated views on the duties of women. He's more fair than most people in his camp, though!]

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Well, it is what I'm here for.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

I'm to understand you also cut a deal with the Admiral, for the purpose of guarding an inmate? Why would you do such a thing, if I could be so forward?

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

To help people. Why else?

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

Of course. Forgive my hardness; it's borne from years of service that rarely yields the manner of result intended to dissuade a mob.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

And what are you here for, if not to help people?

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

I'm here for the same purpose. But I find myself linked with one of the very men I left camp in order to free myself from.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Bad luck. If it makes you feel any better, I've had some awkward reunions of my own.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

This one wasn't awkward so much as it was utterly contentious and without good will at all. I hold less to my fortunes as far as luck bodes good or ill, and more towards thinkin' that I've been somehow lured into Purgatory.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I doubt that. Although there are an awful lot of downsides here.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

My new ward bein' fucking one of them. [Beat] Pardon my language, miss.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Pfft. Hell if I care.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

[Eyebrow raise]

I suppose that I'll leave you to your endeavors, bein' that I have neither knowledge nor resources to quell your current restless state.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

[ Sigh. ]

Thanks anyway.

[hottemper.livejournal.com]

[Tip of the hat before he manages (after much fiddling) to end his message]

[goodgrasshopper]

[grin] "Right wroth?" Sounds like a pretty questionable medical condition to me. How about Mists of Avalon? It's King Arthur, but from the point of view of the women around him. It's pretty good, and very easy to read.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I think it might mean they're angry? I dunno.

I haven't heard of it. Is it exciting?

[goodgrasshopper]

I'm pretty sure it does, yeah.

I thought it was pretty exciting. Action, sex, pagan rituals, intrigue... It's probably my favorite King Arthur story.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely have to check it out then. Who wrote it?

[goodgrasshopper]

Marion Zimmer Bradley. There's a whole series of them, but they stand alone. You don't have to read any of the others, and I think Mists of Avalon came first anyway.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Today on 'Talking About My Own Characters'...

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

You should've been around when Merlin was here, I bet he had a bunch.

I assume you mean from the show, but SHE'S STILL MINDBLOWN

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

You're kidding me.

I do indeed, he was so sad when everyone was like 'where is your beard D:'

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Not so much. He left....I dunno, a while ago. We didn't really talk and he was kind of young but I'm still pretty sure he was the real deal.

awwww.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

That's... kind of epic.

[everylittlegirl]

Merlin and Arthur were both here for awhile, younger versions. Arthur was a jerk, but Merlin was really cool. For that reason, I recommend books on Merlin instead of Arthur.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Do you know any books about Merlin?

[everylittlegirl]

There's this short series one of my friends told me about, called The Lost Years of Merlin. I don't know if they're any good, though.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I'll take a look and see.

[love-dont-roam.livejournal.com]

Y'know I haven't given the library a good look since coming here.

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Really? I've basically been living there. You know, when I'm not banned due to spontaneous musical numbers.

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[grayatonement]

I have a wide selection of books if you ever want to borrow anything. I know the library has it all, but.. sometimes the selection can be overwhelming and difficult to peruse.

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[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I may do that. It looks like I've got a fair number of suggestions already, but anything you want to add to the list? Since you have a precedent for the kind of story I find exciting.

Private - Switched books and forgot to switch authors. :3

[grayatonement]

Hugos' original "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a good read. Otherwise, Camus' "The Stranger".. or "No Country For Old Men" by McCarthy, if you prefer something more modern.

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[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

[ /writing those down ]

Thanks! I'll check them out.