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'Victoria' Is About To Become Your Biggest Non-Guilty Pleasure
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' Definitely going to give this a shot!
Victoria' Is About To Become Your Biggest Non-Guilty Pleasure
Do you miss "Downton Abbey" with every fiber of your period-piece-loving being? Fear not, Victoria is here to ease your suffering. The PBS drama tells the story of a young Queen Victoria as she finds her footing as England's unlikely regina and falls in love with Prince Albert, the most emo man of all time.
The show can best be described as stunning, addictive, "why am I not an 18th century English royal?" inducing, and ridiculously romantic — i.e. exactly what you need to get you through this winter.
Extra Region Prims Have Arrived! What will you do with yours?
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Love it, @tiamat-windstorm-von-hirvi !
You have weasels? How did I not know about this?? Please post some pics when you get a chance 
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 29 Nov 2016 09:39:19AM
Extra Region Prims Have Arrived! What will you do with yours?
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More from Inara Pey:
Lab deploys increased LI allowance to private regions in Second Life
- Full Regions:
- Mainland: 22,500 (from 15,000)
- Private estates:
- 20,000 (from 15,000) at the same tier price OR
- 30,000 for an additional US $30 a month (+a one-off US $30 conversion fee to add / remove the extra 10K allowance).
- Homesteads: 5,000 (Mainland and private) – from 3750.
- OpenSpace: 1,000 (Mainland and private) – from 750.
Westworld a New HBO Series SPOILERS
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Spoilers ...
Dang! Please don't tell me that Bernard/Arnold has been terminated again. Holding out hope for both him and Elsie. I'm guessing Maeve is going to look a bit crispy the next time we see her? Is Dolores the real Wyatt? More and more it seems to be so. Can't wait to see more of her reunion with William/Man in Black.
Read something interesting that proposed that Ford kept Dolores in her abusive daily loop as a punishment for killing the real Arnold. Mind bending ...
Extra Region Prims Have Arrived! What will you do with yours?
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I can confirm that private regions have received their extra prim allowance today!! Woohoo!!
I'm not really sure what I'm going to be doing with mine though my Christmas decorating can be a bit more extravagent than usual. How about you? Any projects planned?
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I'm glad that you enjoyed it! It gives so much more depth to Austen's world. While I was commiserating with the Bennet girls & their quest for economic security it was too easy to forget that their servants were in even more dire straights. I'll never think of Elizabeth getting all muddy while walking over to see Jane without knowing the price Sarah would pay in labour to get those clothes clean again.
On a related note, I had been meaning to write a small blog post about Jane Austen for years now. Finally got it done so that I could also promote "The Foray". Hope it sparks some additional interest
Outlander
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Having just declared my love for Outlander, I have to admit that there was a point early on in the first novel where I almost quit reading.
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Yep, when Jamie beat Claire as Diana Gabaldon says:
For years and years, that scene has been a source of controversy. Because it’s told from Claire’s point of view, and she certainly thinks it’s a big deal. Some readers — particularly some female readers — often share her sense of indignation and outrage and start hopping up and down about, how dare Jamie? How dare I?
How Outlander Tackled the Book’s Most Controversial Scene
Sign me up as indignat and outraged. Now I've read DG's essay on the subject (if I find it again I'll link to it) as well as many of the responses that came out after it was aired on television so I can understand why she wrote it.
At the time I was reading the book there wasn't all the background/commentary that exists today so I decided to keep going for a bit and see how their relationship developed.
I still can't reconcile my image of Claire as a strong woman with someone who would willing stay with a partner who felt justified in disciplining her. If Jamie had continued to think punishment was an acceptable way to behave towards his wife I would have quit after book one and pretended that Claire made it home to Frank and lived happily ever after.
And about that particular TV scene. Some people thought it was all kinds of funny. I just gritted my teeth and waiting for it to be over. I'm more inclined to be of the same mind as Gellis Duncan in this deleted scene:
Outlander
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l have to say that I love everything about Outlander; I love the original book series by Diana Gabaldon as well as her spin-offs including the Lord John Grey series. I'm also a big fan of the STARZ Outlander TV series produced by Ronald D. Moore and I'm currently suffering from droughtlander waiting for Season 3 to air.
Given the timeframe & subject matter, I figure there must be a few more faithful followers in our midst (or members that could easily be swayed into joining the Outlander cult) so I thought I'd devote a discussion to all things Outlander.
Please note that I will, on occasion, include some Amazon afflilate links and any revenue made from following these will go towards support of this site.
So what do you think? What's your favourite novel? Have you read them all?
How do you think the TV series compares with the books?
Sing us your song ...
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 27 Nov 2016 10:06:36AM