Fumbling around tumblr...

[fajrdrako]

Some Dunnett fans have been setting up a board on Pinterest for casting the Dorothy Dunnett novels. With some terrific suggestions.

Inspired by that, I tried to set up a tumblr page to put pictures of my own picks for the Dunnett casting game. And then... once I'd done that... I couldn't get to the page. Even though I remembered my password. It's at Dunnettcast on tumblr.

Grump.

And then I had trouble getting into my regular tumblr site as fajrdrako, which is mostly about Marvel comics. Eventually sorted out my problems and got back.

So in the end I set up a second one at Dunnetcast on tumblr. That works fine - though I'd rather use "dunnettcast". And my Dashboard keeps showing other people's pictures, which I don't want.

Advice, anyone?

Added later: Amazingly enough, I have figured it out. Right. So Dunnettcast on tumblr is now functional.

And if you're interested, here are the sites on Pinterest:

• Historical Characters from the Dunnett novels
  
  
• Casting Suggestions for Fictional Characters from the Dunnett novels
  

Comments

[thistlerose]

Cool links!

I really should reread these books; it's been almost ten years since I finished "Checkmate."

Jude Law was always my Francis, with Colin Firth as Richard, Cate Blanchette as Marthe, and Anna Paquin as Philippa. I think Dunnett herself was said to have liked young Peter O'Toole as Francis.

[fajrdrako]

Rereading Dunnett is always fun. And rewarding.

Jude Law; yes, good choice. I'd never thought of Colin Firth as Richard, but yes, yes... not bad. I don't like Anna Paquin for anybody or anything.

And yes, young Peter O'Toole is a nice Lymond image, too.

[thistlerose]

*g* Anne Hathaway? Natalie Portman? I'm trying to think of young actresses with beautiful brown eyes.

I love the idea of Helen Mirren as Sybilla. I forget who I had in mind when I made up my dream cast years ago.

[fajrdrako]

My current casting of Philippa Somerville is Olivia Hussey. My current choices are here: Dunnettcast.

Helen Mirren would be a good Sybilla in so many ways, but it isn't exactly how I picture here; I was thinking Claire Bloom, but now I think Susan Hampshire is better. (Is she even still acting?)

For contemporary young actresses as Philippa - I'm not sure. Possibly Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark in Game of Thrones? -she would be good as the ten year old Philippa.

[baronjanus]

One link didn't work, one requested a password...

Just today, a couple of hours ago, I was going over tumblr's terms trying to figure it, thinking of setting one up. Still going "hm" and waiting for Cat to wake to run some things by her.

[fajrdrako]

Hmm. I'll fiddle with those links...