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claudia_writes

Precious Things DVD commentary (part 2)

Jul 11, 2007 18:55

Okay, this is late. Like really late, and it's still not complete, but I can't help the fact that I just get these slupms in wiriting. Also the dissertation is eating into my writing and creative reserves. I wrote this today while sitting in Starbucks. I apologise for the rather rambling nature of it.

Anyhoo, this is for the lovely kat_lair, who has been ( Read more... )

robin hood, meme, precious things, dvd commentary, fic

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arubyslipper July 11 2007, 20:11:57 UTC

"making choices over my body. For you see, it does not truly belong to me. It belongs to the land ( ... )

claudia_writes July 11 2007, 20:35:57 UTC

qaah, I've missed your psychoanalysis! And your medieval knowlwedge! And that you reaffirm my abilities! As always flattery will get you everywhere!

:D

I'll see about Marian and her father. Maybe if something interesting pops up!

kat_lair July 14 2007, 13:33:37 UTC

Yay! Thank you for doing this. Again a really interesting read and a peek into an author's mind. It's really fascinating, especially because you are writing about women which is something I rarely do, and it's so different from writing men, because you can get a lot of... I want to say "feminism" but that sounds a bit pretentious. But perhaps you know what I'm getting at.

Loved this deeply: It is a convergence of motivations which are not the same but fit together.

And the bit about the character becoming the narrator... just a world of yes. Because it's not until that happens, until you're feeling that while you may be writing it's not your story, but theirs, that the story really opens up.

I like this He had sought her out a few times, but had, after her harsh brush off, respected her need for solitude. And to her surprise he had not questioned her why. a lot, I thinkmaybe because this incarnation of Robin has never struck me as truly in love with Marian, just the image of her. And I don't really feel they are what they each need ( ... )

claudia_writes July 14 2007, 17:25:20 UTC

oh I should have probably mentioned that this is not the end yet. I have one section to do yet.

I want to say "feminism" but that sounds a bit pretentious.

No, I know what you mean. That's probably why I find writing men so difficult, because the feminism is missing. As was said in the previous posts I love writing about the female trauma and the whole h/c aspect of it,

Robin has never struck me as truly in love with Marian, just the image of her.

Yes!! This is precicely it, and this whole point features quite heavily later on. Robin is very self-centered, and more than that I think he is very male-centered, in a different way that Guy is, because while Guy is looking to protect Marian, Robin is looking to cage her into her home (I remeber something about needlework being said, I might be wrong). That's why he can understand the situtation that Marian is in and is trying to fi it in a way that she would acceopt i.e. by marriage, rather than running away and living in a forest.

why Guy is often more interesting than Robin, ( ... )