Sometimes I think I 'read' the shows from a very different perspective than others do. Not necessarily a 'better' one, just different. When I worked as an occupational therapist I learned very early to listen and to listen well, but when what I was being told contradicted what I observe, I went with what I saw. So there were things like the 'magic addiction' that never bothered me. Just because Buffy called it that, and Willow latched onto it as yet another way of not dealing with the real issues, it wasn't necessarily accurate; what I'd observed for some time was the need for power and control. I'll spare you, and stop there with my list.
Loved the Mary Stewart books as well. I'm surprised I forgot to mention them, but that might be because I always think of them as a telling of the Merlin legend rather than the Arthurian legend. I totally loved "The Crystal Cave" and "The Hollow Hills" but the love dimmed just a bit with "The Last Enchantment" perhaps because that was when the legend dimmed as well. As for the movie...I'd heard about Guinevere as a warrior queen which wouldn't be inconsistent with Pictish women, but they lost me when I saw the costume. I can agree that she might be a warrior, I'll even agree that she may well have worn leather. But I steadfastly refuse to concede that she would be so stupid as to wear a strippy leather bikini and leave that much of her body unprotected. Just my opinion, but I just won't believe it. [wink]
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Date: 2004-07-10 08:14 pm (UTC)Loved the Mary Stewart books as well. I'm surprised I forgot to mention them, but that might be because I always think of them as a telling of the Merlin legend rather than the Arthurian legend. I totally loved "The Crystal Cave" and "The Hollow Hills" but the love dimmed just a bit with "The Last Enchantment" perhaps because that was when the legend dimmed as well. As for the movie...I'd heard about Guinevere as a warrior queen which wouldn't be inconsistent with Pictish women, but they lost me when I saw the costume. I can agree that she might be a warrior, I'll even agree that she may well have worn leather. But I steadfastly refuse to concede that she would be so stupid as to wear a strippy leather bikini and leave that much of her body unprotected. Just my opinion, but I just won't believe it. [wink]