Beware the puritans...

[fajrdrako]

If I fear anything, I fear the atmosphere of the war, the power which it gives to all the things I hate - the newspapers, the politicians, the puritans, the scoutmasters, the middle-aged merciless spinsters. - Christopher Isherwood

This is nicely applicable today, if you call it "the atmosphere of anti-terrorism", our new hot-cold war.

Funny how I like Christopher Isherwood more than I used to, now I can think of him as one of Captain Jack's boyfriends.

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[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Of course!

Years ago I plotted a Professionals slash AU set in the time of the English Civil War, and I still think from time to time that I'd like to write it. (Puritan teacher seduced by Royalist student.) Plotwise, puritanism doesn't triumph - !

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

How fun! Royalists tend to triumph in my fictional world, at least in their style and charm.

I got back in touch w/ a high school friend. She and I used to walk to school together and I'd make her read the novel I was writing at the time (time period was Hundred Year War). She told me she remembered it being good, which made me feel great since I HATE that writing from my current perspective. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Royalists tend to triumph in my fictional world, at least in their style and charm.

And so they should!

She told me she remembered it being good

Aww - that's wonderful!

I HATE that writing from my current perspective. :)

I feel the same about my writing when young, but that's just a sign that we change and progress, not that we didn't have talent to start with. (Or so I tell myself!)