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[mistletoe]

The workers in education went back today and I count this as my official 1 year anniversary of being retired. \0/. That year started being trapped in the house by the snowy weather, so it all felt somewhat surreal while the snow lay around in heaps for what seemed like weeks on end. None of that this year as the snow came in November and lay around for weeks on end. It was milder today, a heady 5 degrees, so I went to the parents' house and took mam to Morrison's to buy supplies for their New Year's Party at the Modern and Sequence Dance club they run on Thursday. My mam does the catering so there were salad stuffs and cheese and ingredients for coleslaw and Waldorf salad purchased in record time.

Came up home around teatime and I finished rewatching Downton Abbey. Great series. I see PBS are cutting 2 hours of it in case the American audience doesn't understand the entailment plot. No one understands the entailment plot. Basically it just means that the title can't be inherited by the female line: there must be a male heir. The only complication in this story is that the Lord's wife had her own fortune which became part of her husband's estate, so when he dies she will be penniless. It's all legal stuff and if it's not in then the presence of Matthew Crawley makes no sense. If you can, get the DVDs for the whole story as it was meant to be seen.



One or two recs today, written by friends or people I know of in the Bones crowd. I hope it's all right to pimp abroad. Still, as this is a friends only post, most of you will  know them already. Anyway, please say if you don't approve.

First one is a 3 chapter piece by bite_or_avoid . It is set after The End in the Beginning and is an AU look at what Booth's illness might have meant to Brennan once she had time to think about it.      Resonance 

This one by cupcakebean is a reminder of simpler times. It's called The Definition of Normal.

Finally, another AU by Anna that I think is so very clever because it all could have happened like that. The Road Not Traveled Leads to Here

If you haven't read them before, please do. If you have, give them another look to remind yourselves what great writers there are in the fandom. And feed the authors!

See you tomorrow.

Comments

[huronia.livejournal.com]

I see PBS are cutting 2 hours of it in case the American audience doesn't understand the entailment plot. I am outraged! I agree - no one understands entailment, but if you read Austen you know it has something to do with the distaff side getting the short end of things.
Now what to do? Watch Downtown Abbey in mutilated form or wait for DVD's? I am the person who refuses to watch anything on Global TV b/c they always shave a minute off my show in favour of commercials. URGH.

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

I always get annoyed by assumptions that all viewers are lowbrow fools who have the attention span of a gnat. I would have thought they would not be interested in period drama in the first place. Or am I being condescending. Did they sit through Titanic I wonder?

Yes you have the only point that matters for the plot in your grasp. Genius. I tried to watch it ignoring the entailment scenes and some of them would be missable, but others were in the middle of something else and Lady Mary's troubles wou;d be difficult to understand I think. Mrs Crawley will look like a grasping idiot. I would give the first episode a go. The servants are great. And at least there are no commercials in your version. ITV had them every 15 minutes.

Edited because lj went crackerdog

[firefish.livejournal.com]

Did you finish up in December? That's quite unusual although it's good for anniversary purposes. At the start of every year, you can celebrate having left education and having got to have the time to yourself to enjoy your retirement. :) Did you teach in secondary school or primary?

Also, thanks for the fic recs. I'll have to give them a read when I get the chance. Always love other people's recommendations as I don't tend to search out fic but I appreciate the views of my friends.

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

Yes, I finished technically on my birthday i.e. as soon as I could! I taught in the secondary sector which was in the throes of yet another change and I thought enough is enough.

[makd.livejournal.com]

These are really neat fics, yes, and Anna's fics are always among my favorites.

As for PBS' snipping of shows - it's nothing new. They snipped at Sherlock and they snipped at Morse and Lewis. [sighs.] I have learned to adapt. :-)

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

Brave soul. 2 hours out of 8 seemed a big snip though. Mind you, the 8 includes advert time. Is that worse?

[bite-or-avoid.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for pimping reccing my fic, hon!!! :P

I think The Road Not Traveled... is my favorite thing I've written, like, ever. Or pretty damn close to it. It was definitely the biggest risk I've taken in terms of stepping out of my comfort zone. So props for that fic, especially, are much appreciated ♥

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

You are more than welcome. I think The Road Not Travelled is not only my favourite fic in the fandom, I think it's the best I've read. That's not just hyperbole; I really mean it. I can come back to it time and again and enjoy the possibilities it opens up. ♥