tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post770792359460027682..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: The Woman in White: Part TwoLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-65565865898780911732012-04-20T00:42:23.116+01:002012-04-20T00:42:23.116+01:00Goodness me, I'ma print this whole thread out ...Goodness me, I'ma print this whole thread out and glue it over the last pages of WiW. Decided. Or stick them in the back and make it some kind of choose your own adventure with alternate endings ...Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-3849678956995147242012-04-20T00:38:43.860+01:002012-04-20T00:38:43.860+01:00Yes! All my loving to the last chapter. That's...Yes! All my loving to the last chapter. That's a really interesting point about Marian wanting to ride about Like a Man but stopping herself because she's ladyfolk. She makes fun of her gender all over the place, but adhering to that kind of role here makes you think she really believes it and isn't just being awesomely sarcastic. This saddens me. Run free, Marian.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-85018552611327487142012-04-18T01:06:40.189+01:002012-04-18T01:06:40.189+01:00It is so true that Marian's sympathies and opi...It is so true that Marian's sympathies and opinions hold great sway over us readers. Yes, Marian, whatever you say. We agree!<br /><br />And I'm totally with you about the constant categorization traits by gender - such is feminine and such is masculine traits and my, isn't it weird that these traits are showing up in the other gender?Christyhttp://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-17967319861890910872012-04-17T17:47:44.310+01:002012-04-17T17:47:44.310+01:00I... I think there was in the original, but not in...I... I think there was in the original, but not in the Lindsay Lohan remake? Or is there one in the new one? I just can't remember! Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow (cause I own both versions of The Parent Trap because I'm AWESOME!)<br /><br />But yeah, a musical number in WiW all the way! At the back of my copy there's the play version of WiW, so maybe, just maybe, there's a song in it! *crosses fingers*Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46049162860703328312012-04-17T17:45:10.965+01:002012-04-17T17:45:10.965+01:00There should be a musical number a la Parent Trap....There should be a musical number a la Parent Trap. (There was a song in that right? I'm not just remembering one because there should have been a musical number)Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-1952246307722028882012-04-17T17:41:55.884+01:002012-04-17T17:41:55.884+01:00Amazing- like the parent trap, only in victorian t...Amazing- like the parent trap, only in victorian times and no summer camp (which is a shame because the summer camp=the best bits of the parent trap).Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-28819712752473453382012-04-17T17:40:57.729+01:002012-04-17T17:40:57.729+01:00The fools! :)The fools! :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-76762139225128201882012-04-17T14:08:25.974+01:002012-04-17T14:08:25.974+01:00*English accent* "I just have...the half of t...*English accent* "I just have...the half of this locket left to me when my poor mother died."<br /><br />"But -- ! I have the other half of the same!"<br /><br />And then they fall into an embrace. But not in a gay way, because they're twins.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-47272460110278442062012-04-17T03:38:08.770+01:002012-04-17T03:38:08.770+01:00I'm a little late to this party... but I think...I'm a little late to this party... but I think I prefer this ending to whatever Wilkie is going to cook up. <br /><br />I'm still holding out hope that Laura and Anne Catherick are separated-at-birth twins and there will be lockets that join together to tell them they're sisters and... Okay, this is getting pathetic. <br /><br />*hangs head*Raynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536910555459674118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77269179423834841402012-04-17T02:17:44.831+01:002012-04-17T02:17:44.831+01:00And people say classics are dull...bah! :DAnd people say classics are dull...bah! :DAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-43109369414806638312012-04-16T23:32:09.147+01:002012-04-16T23:32:09.147+01:00Huzzah to all of the above!Huzzah to all of the above!Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-35001218383083238682012-04-16T21:49:25.712+01:002012-04-16T21:49:25.712+01:00YES! The Woman in White is SOLVED!YES! The Woman in White is SOLVED!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-86244267342294479502012-04-16T21:48:58.162+01:002012-04-16T21:48:58.162+01:00I guess- and maybe she couldn't even conceive ...I guess- and maybe she couldn't even conceive of it herself, anyway, and just went 'I'm going to act like a man and do what I want cause I'm the Queen so there' which is fairly cool in itself!<br /><br />READ THE ROOF CLIMBING!! It's so awesome! And also, oooooh, new information, I am intrigued! Although by next week the thing that you think is important might not be anymore, and then you'll just be like 'screw it!'Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-68298023988463336792012-04-16T21:24:12.351+01:002012-04-16T21:24:12.351+01:00I think Elizabeth was doing the same sort of thing...I think Elizabeth was doing the same sort of thing as Marian, i.e. saying "I know you think this way, so I'm going to play to that and say 'see me as a man' rather than 'see me as a kickass woman' because you cannot conceive of that."<br /><br />STILL NOT ON CLIMBING ROOF PART. Stupid work. But I DID read something I most definitely want to comment on, but now I'm gonna have to take a step back in next week's post and talk about it there. SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-79655065656531213162012-04-16T21:21:39.678+01:002012-04-16T21:21:39.678+01:00And THEN Laura finds out she is not in fact the da...And THEN Laura finds out she is not in fact the daughter of Mrs. Fairlie but is Anne Catherick's twin, thereby making her not related to Marian. And then they live together forever and kiss and things.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-60187102417125083012012-04-16T21:20:12.693+01:002012-04-16T21:20:12.693+01:00Right! And then Percy could be all like 'oh FU...Right! And then Percy could be all like 'oh FUCK!' and do a midnight body removal from the lake and Marian could catch him and be all like 'I'm taking Laura away from here now and we're going to live together forever and kiss and things!'<br /><br />Well, I don't think we need to read the book anymore! Perfect ending! (apart from the incest. Obvs.)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-52483487537918589352012-04-16T21:15:14.644+01:002012-04-16T21:15:14.644+01:00It'd be hilarious if he murdered someone and p...It'd be hilarious if he murdered someone and put the body in the lake, because he was all "Hey Fosco, wouldn't this be a great place for a murder?" and Fosco was all "Only an IDIOT would think that."Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31102028745968805102012-04-16T20:58:06.958+01:002012-04-16T20:58:06.958+01:00Ah, good. Your reputation as the office weirdo is ...Ah, good. Your reputation as the office weirdo is still safe then hehe ;)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-34542349977136708262012-04-16T20:57:34.736+01:002012-04-16T20:57:34.736+01:00Aw, at least someone is worried about Gilmore! I t...Aw, at least someone is worried about Gilmore! I think he's ok, he's all recuperaty in the country now so he should be fine!<br /><br />He did lose it over the blood! I'm thinking a murder, with the body in the lake because they keep mentioning the damn lake... but Fosco doesn't know about The Secret (or doesn't seem to) so why would he be horrified? I JUST DON'T KNOW!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-2526440261256491962012-04-16T20:55:35.706+01:002012-04-16T20:55:35.706+01:00Weeell... I don't think he deserves to be call...Weeell... I don't think he deserves to be called Sir Percival, but ALSO I didn't want to type out his whole name the whole time. But he's definitely undeserving of nobility!<br /><br />Duuuude, the climbing the roof bit is the BEST BIT! Seriously, because it's the one time where Marian goes 'I shouldn't do this because I'm a lady, but fuck it, I'm going to do it anyway cause I love Laura!' and I rejoice because hey, that's my name too!<br /><br />Also, yeah, I get the not even realising that she could possibly do it thing. My moan is more of a hangover from this thing that Elizabeth I once said where she was like 'I may have the feeble body of a woman, but under that beats the heart of a strong man' or whatever, and I'm like NO! YOU ARE A STRONG WOMAN, HELP OTHER PEOPLE BE EMPOWERED! But, you know, it was like the 16th/17th century, so I should probably get over things like that. <br /><br />I totally didn't realise that all the important stuff happens outside, but now that you mention it, I like to think that has something to do with Anne and the fact that she's not allowed inside houses and has to stay outside... you know? I'm still waaaay interested in Anne, even though I'm fairly sure she's just going to be a pretty minor character. But still. I WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-6470134109137045122012-04-16T20:49:33.003+01:002012-04-16T20:49:33.003+01:00nah didn't get in trouble, just some odd looks...nah didn't get in trouble, just some odd looks. Don't worry, that's pretty typical for meRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31917525802344714932012-04-16T20:47:57.326+01:002012-04-16T20:47:57.326+01:00I love that I made you lol at work! Unless you got...I love that I made you lol at work! Unless you got into trouble, in which case, whoops! <br /><br />Marian is the coolest. She just wins everything ever.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-29549094918606942052012-04-16T17:08:50.164+01:002012-04-16T17:08:50.164+01:00That monologue about how only clever people can ge...That monologue about how only clever people can get away with crime was certainly ominous. Especially because I'm SURE Fosco is one of those people. But that boathouse conversation reminds me, do we know why he flipped out when he saw that spot of blood under the bench? I mean, he LOST it over that dark stain in the dirt.<br /><br />And WHY does everyone think Gilmore is so boring? He's adorable, and I'm worried about his health.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-49894855220660931132012-04-16T15:55:56.815+01:002012-04-16T15:55:56.815+01:00Aw, now I feel bad for calling him Sir Percival. B...Aw, now I feel bad for calling him Sir Percival. But there's a really awesome character in an opera I love called Percy and I do not want to mix them in my brain.<br /><br />MARIAAAAAN. You addressed a bunch of things I left out (I like that we have to do that or our posts each week would be A ZILLION PAGES). I have to confess I haven't gotten to her climbing the roof thing yet (aside from skimming) but I am so looking forward.<br /><br />As for the masculine stuff, I mean, ok, it reminds me of Beatrice's speech in Much Ado where she says "If I were a man" and talks about how she would have revenge on Claudio for how he treated Hero. I don't think it's so much her not wanting to be seen as unladylike as it was really just inconceivable to her Victorian brain that she could do those things.<br /><br />Someone needs to talk about the Laura/Marian gayness, because damn. When this happened, I was like "WTH IS GOING ON, WILKIE":<br /><br />"I caught her by the hand as she passed me on her way to the table, and kissed her as if that night was to part us for ever. While they were all gazing at me in astonishment, I ran out through the low window which was open before me to the ground—ran out to hide from them in the darkness, to hide even from myself."<br /><br />And have you noticed that basically everything important in this book happens in outbuildings? Like the shed where Hartright first sees Laura and then is told he must leave, and then the boathouse where EVERYTHING HAPPENS?Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-53362760281584558502012-04-16T15:34:25.844+01:002012-04-16T15:34:25.844+01:00That chapter with Marian climbing sneaking around ...That chapter with Marian climbing sneaking around on roofs and listening to secret murder planning meetings - amazing! She is the best. Tracking people in the woods and advising Laura and standing up to Percy.<br /><br />Also your comment, "you know, babies and shit" cracked me up which is awk cos I'm at work but still. Great line!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.com