I actually adored the whiplash line. I thought that it had a good mix of ridiculous, with just that little touch of "there might be more to life than ridiculous, but it is not to be angsted over overly much" It struck me as very neil gaiman-esque, only less depressing
The line that threw me as a little too cliche was "Armorica now knows that haunted isles can be tamed, and giants can be killed.” I mean it works, but it feels a little like telling rather than showing. Although I can see how having it come out of the mouth of the queen, who is a really sort of a non-character anyway and can kind of fit in the role of 'mouthpiece for what the story is about' works.
Kay is awesome. Bedwyr is awesomer. Arthur is heroic and dashing in all the wrong ways.
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Date: 2009-02-24 04:20 am (UTC)I actually adored the whiplash line. I thought that it had a good mix of ridiculous, with just that little touch of "there might be more to life than ridiculous, but it is not to be angsted over overly much" It struck me as very neil gaiman-esque, only less depressing
The line that threw me as a little too cliche was "Armorica now knows that haunted isles can be tamed, and giants can be killed.” I mean it works, but it feels a little like telling rather than showing. Although I can see how having it come out of the mouth of the queen, who is a really sort of a non-character anyway and can kind of fit in the role of 'mouthpiece for what the story is about' works.
Kay is awesome. Bedwyr is awesomer. Arthur is heroic and dashing in all the wrong ways.