Signal Boost: Brilliant Princess Bride meta

[resonant]

staranise posted: Here's how you fix The Princess Bride: You make Buttercup a poet.

I would read this at novel length.

I attempted to write a Buttercup romance once. (I had to pull in Morwen from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, because the only other women in the movie are the Witch and the toothless woman who yells, "Bow to her!") But I ran aground because of Buttercup's passivity. I wonder if this would solve the problem.

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[lunabee34]

Oh, yes. Morwen and Buttercup 100% should hang out. I would love that.

[resonant]

I loved Morwen so much.

I was a lot closer to her age when I was reading those books to the small kidlet! I wonder how she's be if she were in her 50s like me.

[lunabee34]

Me too! I read the series just a couple years ago and identified with Morwen super hard.

I expect the only change in Morwen is that she's even MORE competent.

[lobelia321]

Resonant! #waves

[resonant]

Hiya! Great to see your ... well, not your face, but, you know. How's everything?

[lobelia321]

Likewise! Also, this is totally my face. :-) Things are good. Since last we spoke (god, when was it?), politics imploded so I’m getting British citizenship. Have moved out of the marital home and will get divorced once I’ve been citizenifies. Have done nanowrimo but not much fic-writing. Sons grown up and living in London. You??

[resonant]

Politics is far too depressing to think about. Good luck with your citizenship! How long will that take?

Kidlet is away at college, the spouse and I are still doing this annoying commuter marriage, and I have two cats who have never met.

[terminally_underwhelmed]

Oo that's good! Someone on tumblr suggested watching the princess bride as a dnd campaign--i guess this would make Buttercup a bard, not a long-suffering NPC like I've been thinking of her.

[resonant]

Her manner of speaking *is* very poetic. But then it's a poetic movie.