Why this show? What’s the thing that’s so magical, the thing that gripped hold and refused to let go, that means that I just keep falling in love a little more every day, discover new layers and ways to love?
It’s the poetry.
a) To quote![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
promethia_tenk talking about Moffat Who:
“I always loved poetry because you can treat a poem like a puzzle. Everything matters on all the levels: literal meaning, symbolic meaning, allusions, associations, sounds, the rhythm, the relation of each part to whole, the structure of it all, the configuration on the page... the sheer density of information you can encode in a poem is just awesome. There is NO WAY to read poetry passively.
AND THEY MADE A WHOLE TV SHOW LIKE THAT.”
Turns out they made two shows like that. :)
This post is an attempt at delving down through the different levels and highlight particularly beautiful and interesting parts. I wanted to create some sort of guide to all the different places we’ve been this past half year: the riches we uncovered, the joys and the meta and the sucker-punches and the insane attention to detail.
b) Although, before I start, I want to point out that the poetry is literal too. Never has so much fic referenced and used so much poetry; I have read more poetry in the past half year than the previous 40+ years.
This show, this fandom, reaches out and pulls in the whole world and all its stories. It draws on all of human history; every story, every song, every poem.
There is an angel and a demon. (In love.) They witnessed, they remember; a Mesopotamian lullaby, a Roman love story, a Victorian Music Hall comedy song.
(Every piece of fan art that pops up on my Tumblr with Aziraphale reading to Crowley hits that spot yet again…)
c) Also, it's a queer fairytale, and one with a happy ending. This is a magical thing in and of itself.
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Warning: There is a lot of reading required. Hyperlinks are my particular friends. This is months' worth of reading and discussions condensed into a single post. (ETA: For fic or other things, go to my Master Post.)
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It’s the poetry.
a) To quote
promethia_tenk talking about Moffat Who:“I always loved poetry because you can treat a poem like a puzzle. Everything matters on all the levels: literal meaning, symbolic meaning, allusions, associations, sounds, the rhythm, the relation of each part to whole, the structure of it all, the configuration on the page... the sheer density of information you can encode in a poem is just awesome. There is NO WAY to read poetry passively.
AND THEY MADE A WHOLE TV SHOW LIKE THAT.”
Turns out they made two shows like that. :)
This post is an attempt at delving down through the different levels and highlight particularly beautiful and interesting parts. I wanted to create some sort of guide to all the different places we’ve been this past half year: the riches we uncovered, the joys and the meta and the sucker-punches and the insane attention to detail.
b) Although, before I start, I want to point out that the poetry is literal too. Never has so much fic referenced and used so much poetry; I have read more poetry in the past half year than the previous 40+ years.
This show, this fandom, reaches out and pulls in the whole world and all its stories. It draws on all of human history; every story, every song, every poem.
There is an angel and a demon. (In love.) They witnessed, they remember; a Mesopotamian lullaby, a Roman love story, a Victorian Music Hall comedy song.
(Every piece of fan art that pops up on my Tumblr with Aziraphale reading to Crowley hits that spot yet again…)
c) Also, it's a queer fairytale, and one with a happy ending. This is a magical thing in and of itself.
~
Warning: There is a lot of reading required. Hyperlinks are my particular friends. This is months' worth of reading and discussions condensed into a single post. (ETA: For fic or other things, go to my Master Post.)
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