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[lotesse]

Ug. I need to get going with my senior research. Unfortunately, I'm bogged down in gothic literature and feeling uninspired. I order a massive bunch of books from Amazon yesterday, which hopefully will get me going on arrival.

I'm trying to figure out why love is so important in stories. And happy endings. I mean, I know they make us happy, but I want to understand why we need them so hard. Some days I feel like I need happy endings and love stories more than I need human interaction.

I also really want to start reading Patrick O'Brian again. The read-through this weekend reminded me how passionately I love him. But, y'know. I have so much spare time. Also, I don't have a copy with me, and I think I have a lot of late fees on my public library card. End of term got kind of crazy with the taking books back on time thing.

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[lotesse]

Stephen is, I think, more easy to romanticize. You can make him into Rochester without too much trouble, in much te same way you can Snape. Now Jack can never be Rochester. but I'd still rather have him :)

[hyel.livejournal.com]

That's true. I've noticed that sexually and/or emotionally unavailable/distant male characters tend to have big female followings.