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Sep. 17th, 2009 01:45 pmSo, I've been on a bit of an Arthurian kick lately. I believe the start of it was the mutterings of Merlin coming back soon (someday? oh, BBC, how you love to tease....), and then ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nekokoban enabled me by getting me absurdly hooked on the music of Heather Dale, whose 'The Trial of Lancelot' album has pretty much been my near-constant soundtrack for the last few weeks. And then the Boy clinched the deal by leaving Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave on the bookshelf. :P
That last is a bit 'interesting' when, thanks to the BBC Merlin, one can't quite shake the idea that this version of young Merlin is entirely too competent, well-spoken, and, well, functional. Off he goes, inadvertently intimidating or fascinating everyone he encounters! ...And, while I grant you that I'm enjoying the book, I can't help thinking "damn, I think I like Merlin better when he's an adorable little spaz."
So, because of all this, I've been thinking a lot about the ways the BBC version has been twisting my impressions around, and the ways the story will, of necessity, be very different this time around. ( Nattering about Merlin, Arthurian legends, and so on. )
nekokoban enabled me by getting me absurdly hooked on the music of Heather Dale, whose 'The Trial of Lancelot' album has pretty much been my near-constant soundtrack for the last few weeks. And then the Boy clinched the deal by leaving Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave on the bookshelf. :PThat last is a bit 'interesting' when, thanks to the BBC Merlin, one can't quite shake the idea that this version of young Merlin is entirely too competent, well-spoken, and, well, functional. Off he goes, inadvertently intimidating or fascinating everyone he encounters! ...And, while I grant you that I'm enjoying the book, I can't help thinking "damn, I think I like Merlin better when he's an adorable little spaz."
So, because of all this, I've been thinking a lot about the ways the BBC version has been twisting my impressions around, and the ways the story will, of necessity, be very different this time around. ( Nattering about Merlin, Arthurian legends, and so on. )
