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Regulus Black ([info]leonineserpant) wrote in [info]valarnet,
@ 2016-05-30 02:55:00

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Entry tags:guinevere pendragon, h g wells, jessica moore, michael glass, regulus black

My new favorite thing is 19th century literary drama. I was an English Lit major, and I feel like this is something we should have learned. Give me a course on the behind the scenes soap operas of all the poets and authors we were reading. I mean, they could have devoted an entire six weeks to Lord Byron alone. Mary Shelly invented science fiction just to make fun of him to their friends.


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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-30 08:34 am UTC (link)
These are the things that should be taught alongside the literature itself. Though thanks to my dreams, I am privy to some of this sort of knowledge about the likes of Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle and so forth.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-30 02:14 pm UTC (link)
You have no idea how much I would love to hear all of these stories. Which is the single most weird bit of trivia you know about them?

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-30 06:57 pm UTC (link)
It's difficult to pick just one, but as far as what happened with the Mary Celeste and Doyle's account of what had happened on board, it actually was not that far off the truth in my dream world. Also the character of Sherlock Holmes was actually based on a woman.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:01 am UTC (link)
Huh. I wonder if these are true of this world, as well as your dream world.

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 02:07 am UTC (link)
From what I can determine, they are not. There are some fantastical elements to my dream world that do not exist in this one.

Another piece of trivia that you may find interesting, in my dream world, H.G. Wells was a woman. Specifically me.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:14 am UTC (link)
This is probably the best piece of trivia so far. No wonder you know so much about them.

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 02:18 am UTC (link)
They were good friends of mine. I also met Nikola Tesla, whom I liked far more than Edison. Also met Mark Twain once. He was quite the fellow.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:24 am UTC (link)
From what I understand, Nikola Tesla was more likable in all respects than Edison was.

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 02:32 am UTC (link)
He was. Nikola was both brilliant and a good man. Perhaps if the world had followed his way of thinking, technology would be more advanced than it currently is.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:37 am UTC (link)
If all these dreams mean we've all got some sort of alternate reality past lives going on, maybe somewhere it did? I mean not that this helps us here, bit it's still a good thought?

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 02:45 am UTC (link)
Perhaps there is! And you are correct, it is a good thought. I like to believe there is a universe out there where Tesla's inventions and ideas took hold while Edison's did not.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:55 am UTC (link)
Maybe one day someone will show up talking about dreams from somewhere like that one day.

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 02:58 am UTC (link)
I certainly hope so! It would be fascinating to pick their brain on the differences. Clearly if H.G. Wells is a woman in one world, Tesla should have the upper hand in another!

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:06 am UTC (link)
I wonder how many differences their dream world will have from our actual world.

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[info]indelibleink
2016-05-31 03:13 am UTC (link)
It would be more than intriguing to find out the answer to that. At a guess I would say their world might have progressed quicker than ours in some areas.

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 12:45 am UTC (link)
I would pay to go back to college to take that class. Because that is hilarious.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 01:45 am UTC (link)
I would gladly add to my student loans just to go back to college to take that class. Who do we talk to to make this a reality?

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 02:20 am UTC (link)
I don't have a clue. Any chance you're on good terms with faculty from the university you attended?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:30 am UTC (link)
Well, I do work there, but I'm only a librarian assistant. I'm not sure that's really enough to get anyone's ear.

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 02:44 am UTC (link)
What university do you work at?

You could always drop by and talk to your favorite professor?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:53 am UTC (link)
I work at Anaheim University. (No, what, I've never called out sick to work just to go to a theme park...)

It's always worth a try.

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 02:56 am UTC (link)
That's a shame. Missed opportunity there.

I think I'm going to have to stop by to visit one or two of my old professors. If they can't do an entire course they can at least add it to their curriculum?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:59 am UTC (link)
And maybe we can get someone to start teaching this, since really it needs to be taught.

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 03:12 am UTC (link)
If we suggest it - do you think they'd let us sit in on the classes for free?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:27 am UTC (link)
I'm not sure. We couldn't get any credit for it, but we've already graduated so ...maybe it's worth a shot?

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 03:31 am UTC (link)
I wouldn't be all that bothered by not getting credit even if I was still in school.

It never hurts to try right?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:36 am UTC (link)
...I think in this case, I wouldn't either. Knowledge is sometimes it's own reward.

Do you think we'd be allowed popcorn?

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[info]gracefulmaiden
2016-05-31 03:41 am UTC (link)
If not maybe the movie theater candy boxes?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:52 am UTC (link)
It at least deserves movie theater candy.

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[info]towngoldenboy
2016-05-31 12:48 am UTC (link)
I'd have paid a lot more attention in class if they'd taught us stuff like this.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 01:48 am UTC (link)
I think most people would. Give me the details of the fighting and snarking behind the books and poetry. If nothing else, to give us a better understanding. But also because it's entertaining as hell.

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[info]towngoldenboy
2016-05-31 02:28 am UTC (link)
It really is. And makes me wonder about other famous figures. Like scientists. I'd have paid a lot more attention in science class if they'd taught us what they thought about each other more.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:32 am UTC (link)
And history as well. I want to know the real details, not the dates of wars, treaties, and who was in charge when.

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[info]towngoldenboy
2016-05-31 02:47 am UTC (link)
All the dirt on people. That's what I want to know. What did George Washington really think of Benedict Arnold when it was all said and done.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:58 am UTC (link)
What did Martha and George's mistresses talk about when she invited them for tea, for that matter.

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[info]towngoldenboy
2016-05-31 03:19 am UTC (link)
What - are you serious? That actually happened?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:30 am UTC (link)
It's something I heard somewhere, and I have no idea how much truth there was to it. But if there is, I'm sure George probably wouldn't want to know what they all had to say about him.

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[info]towngoldenboy
2016-05-31 03:37 am UTC (link)
I'm hoping that it was true. Because that is a beautiful mental image. Especially when I think about him coming in to find them sitting there.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:51 am UTC (link)
And the room just growing quiet as everyone sips their tea and pretends not to look in his direction.

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[info]lovesaves
2016-05-31 12:57 am UTC (link)
How did we not know this thing existed before now?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 01:48 am UTC (link)
I have no idea, but we do now.

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[info]lovesaves
2016-05-31 02:27 am UTC (link)
We do know about it now. And I'm going to be looking for every example I can find.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:30 am UTC (link)
Please share anything you find?

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[info]lovesaves
2016-05-31 02:46 am UTC (link)
I'll share if you share?

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 02:57 am UTC (link)
I'm sure there is more somewhere. I ran across a post once talking about reading an article of portraits of Lord Byron ranked by their Lord Byron-ness. I still want to know how you figure out that kind of scale.

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[info]lovesaves
2016-05-31 03:14 am UTC (link)
I want to know who took the time to do that.

Or maybe I don't - it might warp me.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:28 am UTC (link)
I just want to know what inspired this project.

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[info]lovesaves
2016-05-31 03:35 am UTC (link)
The more I think about it the more I want to say you should find the post and link me to it. My curiousity is getting the best of me.

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[info]leonineserpant
2016-05-31 03:50 am UTC (link)
Found it, I think. And honestly, how was there enough ego left over for the rest of Europe?

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