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lunabee341. Card from misbegotten and a box of masks from executrix! <3
2. We watched Ad Astra this past week, and I really liked it. It's an absolutely beautiful movie. I think Brad Pitt's acting is superb. All the little world building touches of the near future are so well done; for example, in this film we've managed to bring war and conflict to the moon with us--I think Pitt's character calls us world eaters. I love that when Pitt's character discovers that what drove his dad crazy was not finding evidence of life on other worlds his response is, "Now we know we're all we've got." I find that a hopeful sentiment. And it ends well! I could not believe that it goes for the happy ending, but it does, and I love it.
3. We're watching 3Below on Netflix, the companion animated series to Trollhunters. I don't think it's as good as Trollhunters, and you definitely have to watch Trollhunters first, but I am really enjoying it. I would highly recommend both shows to everyone of all ages. They're just fun (and totally tug at the heartstrings). Fiona got the book on which Trollhunters is based for her birthday, so we're having fun reading that, too; we're only a few chapters in.
4. Avatar fic recs:
In the Hakoda is a good dadto Zuko subgenre, The Family Matters series by WinterSky101
In both the Hakoda is a good dad and someone finds out about Zuko's scar subgenres, The Crown Hangs Heavy by monpetitpois
5.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoy this novel for the nuanced portrayal of industrial life in a northern mill town. Gaskell definitely has her middle-class prejudices, and her thesis that the problems of industrialization can be overcome by good people of the working class and the good people who employ them coming to understand each other better is deeply flawed; however, her genuine sympathy for the working classes is deeply felt and she makes many good points that seem obvious now (like, of course, your workers get upset when you make decisions without explaining them).
I think most of us have a good idea of the terrible working conditions of the Industrial Revolution--dangerous equipment, people getting lung disease from breathing in fibers, children working in mines. But what I don't think we ponder too often is that many of the aspects of working that we take for granted--that our employers will dialogue with us about pay or policy or whatever--were not automatic and took a lot of fighting to become standard.
The book ends abruptly, but I absolutely adore the last two lines; John and Margaret are definitely in for a rocky reception from both their families.
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misbegotten and a box of masks from executrix! <32. We watched Ad Astra this past week, and I really liked it. It's an absolutely beautiful movie. I think Brad Pitt's acting is superb. All the little world building touches of the near future are so well done; for example, in this film we've managed to bring war and conflict to the moon with us--I think Pitt's character calls us world eaters. I love that when Pitt's character discovers that what drove his dad crazy was not finding evidence of life on other worlds his response is, "Now we know we're all we've got." I find that a hopeful sentiment. And it ends well! I could not believe that it goes for the happy ending, but it does, and I love it.
3. We're watching 3Below on Netflix, the companion animated series to Trollhunters. I don't think it's as good as Trollhunters, and you definitely have to watch Trollhunters first, but I am really enjoying it. I would highly recommend both shows to everyone of all ages. They're just fun (and totally tug at the heartstrings). Fiona got the book on which Trollhunters is based for her birthday, so we're having fun reading that, too; we're only a few chapters in.
4. Avatar fic recs:
In the Hakoda is a good dad
In both the Hakoda is a good dad and someone finds out about Zuko's scar subgenres, The Crown Hangs Heavy by monpetitpois
5.
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoy this novel for the nuanced portrayal of industrial life in a northern mill town. Gaskell definitely has her middle-class prejudices, and her thesis that the problems of industrialization can be overcome by good people of the working class and the good people who employ them coming to understand each other better is deeply flawed; however, her genuine sympathy for the working classes is deeply felt and she makes many good points that seem obvious now (like, of course, your workers get upset when you make decisions without explaining them).
I think most of us have a good idea of the terrible working conditions of the Industrial Revolution--dangerous equipment, people getting lung disease from breathing in fibers, children working in mines. But what I don't think we ponder too often is that many of the aspects of working that we take for granted--that our employers will dialogue with us about pay or policy or whatever--were not automatic and took a lot of fighting to become standard.
The book ends abruptly, but I absolutely adore the last two lines; John and Margaret are definitely in for a rocky reception from both their families.
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Date: 2020-07-08 03:57 pm (UTC)