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I found two beautiful things yesterday, which partially makes up for getting flamed un-anon for the first time since I stopped actively participating in comics fandom discussions (but it wasn't by PFG, so at least there's that).
The most amazing Les Miserables fic I've ever seen: http://makinghugospin.livejournal.com/11667.html?thread=2824595#t2824595
An amazing filk of amazing beauty: http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/50749.html?thread=235592765#t235592765
I really have to go and watch the Les Miserables movie, and wallow in the glory that is English-language opera. I've recently been reminded of how that book and soundtrack* tapped right into the "ridiculously pining over distant and unachievable love interests, oh, it's so beautifully angsty" part of my adolescent Id.
Also, I think I was one of the few teenage girls who's "beautiful pining followed by angsty death" adolescent identification character was not Eponine**, though I still loved "On My Own" to a ridiculous degree because it was in my voice part and easy to sing. (Cosette's parts were all a bitch to sing along with, while Fantine and Eponine were easy, because heroine/love interests are always first sopranos while secondary female characters get to be second sopranos and altos)
*I didn't actually see Les Miserables performed until I was in college. I heard someone's soundtrack for it at summer camp, latched right on to the melodrama, and immediately went out and read the book. Then I bought myself a copy of the Original London Cast recording and memorized it. Then in college, I saw the American/Broadway version performed on tour and realized that "Drink With Me" had a different final verse that's pretty much sung directly to Enjolras and died a small fangirl death right there in the theater.
**This was one of many cases of "something about this character/relationship deeply appeals to me for reasons I can't articulate" that would make a lot more sense once I discovered a) that I actually had a sexuality, and b) what it was.
The most amazing Les Miserables fic I've ever seen: http://makinghugospin.livejournal.com/11667.html?thread=2824595#t2824595
An amazing filk of amazing beauty: http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/50749.html?thread=235592765#t235592765
I really have to go and watch the Les Miserables movie, and wallow in the glory that is English-language opera. I've recently been reminded of how that book and soundtrack* tapped right into the "ridiculously pining over distant and unachievable love interests, oh, it's so beautifully angsty" part of my adolescent Id.
Also, I think I was one of the few teenage girls who's "beautiful pining followed by angsty death" adolescent identification character was not Eponine**, though I still loved "On My Own" to a ridiculous degree because it was in my voice part and easy to sing. (Cosette's parts were all a bitch to sing along with, while Fantine and Eponine were easy, because heroine/love interests are always first sopranos while secondary female characters get to be second sopranos and altos)
*I didn't actually see Les Miserables performed until I was in college. I heard someone's soundtrack for it at summer camp, latched right on to the melodrama, and immediately went out and read the book. Then I bought myself a copy of the Original London Cast recording and memorized it. Then in college, I saw the American/Broadway version performed on tour and realized that "Drink With Me" had a different final verse that's pretty much sung directly to Enjolras and died a small fangirl death right there in the theater.
**This was one of many cases of "something about this character/relationship deeply appeals to me for reasons I can't articulate" that would make a lot more sense once I discovered a) that I actually had a sexuality, and b) what it was.