play it again, Sam

[xaara]

Is it really, unbelievably sad that I saw a review of Pandaemonium, a movie about Wordsworth and Coleridge's collaboration on Lyrical Ballads, and immediately thought "Milton!" followed by "Coleridge/Wordsworth OTP!"

THIS IS MY LIFE.

*dies a little bit on the inside*

I really want to see it, though. Because. You know. You can't go wrong with lines like, "Sam, opium is not your worst addiction. Your worst addiction is to Wordsworth."

Oh dear. Now I want to write poet!slash. Does it count as RPS if they're dead?

A better question: what on earth is wrong with me?

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[flipmontigirl.livejournal.com]

Nothing.

Actually, let me rephrase that. Whatever is wrong with you must be very wrong with me, too. I'm having the exact same thoughts. :D

[xaara.livejournal.com]

They were so doing it. I thought about bringing that up back when my group was discussing the Romantic poets, but decided that my suggestion that there was a little Samuel/William/Dorothy gay/incestuous threesome action going on would probably not go over well with my classmates.

I'm glad I'm not alone in seeing that, though.

I am also, possibly, disturbed. I'll get back to you. ;)

Now I want to write it. Maybe it will be my summer project, when I have time to kick back and do a little more research.

I doubt, however, that it will go far in convincing my still-skeptical mother that I am serious about writing.

[bluesbell.livejournal.com]

Yes! Write it!

It's not RPS, it's, um...creative interpretation of history.
A friend of mine once wrote Will Shakespeare/John Dowland. Shakespeare/Marlowe is a bigger ship, though.
Chopin/Liszt is another OTP. (Their love is so canon!)

I don't even see why there would be anything wrong with this.

[xaara.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to. This summer, when I can read a few biographies and work out the kinks. Also when I have time I can justify spending on something more kinda out there than fic.

I'm actually not surprised to hear about Shakespeare/Marlowe. Or Chopin/Liszt, for that matter--their love is totally canon.

And I don't think there's anything wrong with the pairing, really. I suppose I'm just still coming to terms with how I slash everything that moves. ;)

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

Considering that I have contemplated Goethe/Schiller slash...

[xaara.livejournal.com]

And that, right there?

That is why we are LJ-friends. Seriously.