Positive things for Thursday

[tamaranth]

1. Outcast, by Rosemary Sutcliff (which I had somehow never read before, despite (a) being a Sutcliff fan for ~30 years and (b) owning this book for at least a year

2. L'Oreal Glam Shine Cream -- had almost given up on finding a moisturising lipstick that is tinted, rather than solid colour.

3. Planning the day and sticking to 75% of my plan. (Outcast and shopping took over!)

Comments

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Outcast is brill. (It is also even more overtly slashy than Eagle of the Ninth.)

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

Not as slashy as Blood Feud though. "For you, too, there was a Patroclus." How much clearer can she be??

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Not as slashy as Blood Feud though. "For you, too, there was a Patroclus." How much clearer can she be??

Oh, that takes me back! I haven't read Blood Feud in years - I never owned a copy. Oh yes. Sutcliff can be slash heaven.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

The thing is with Sutcliff is that her m/m relationships are utterly convincing portrayals of non-sexual love -- the love between two friends. Like those MagicEye pictures, though, it's sometimes difficult not to see the ... possibilities ... once they've been pointed out.

I suspect the slashiest bit in Outcast is one of the loose ends -- the 'honest-faced' man who really, really wants to buy Beric in the slave market, but hasn't enough money, and apologises directly to Beric. There's a whole other novel waiting to be told there.

Though I do wonder if she had him renamed 'Hyacinthus' deliberately ...

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Though I do wonder if she had him renamed 'Hyacinthus' deliberately ...

Never occurred to me that she didn't.

Also, you know, just because a relationship is portrayed as non-sexual in a children's book does not mean that it is non-sexual...

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream lipsticks - tinted and make your lips supple. Shame it tastes so odd.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

I knew you'd recommended one. Couldn't remember what it was (and don't think I can get Liz Arden in BH!) Is the packaging as fab as L'Oreal thing?