the insidiousness of fandom

[aesc]

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Have you ever gotten to the point in your fannish obsession that a character's name is inextricably linked with that character and that character only, and the appearance of that name elsewhere is cause for much cognitive dissonance? I recently ran across a book of essays published in honor of RODNEY Hilton, a medieval historian; my first reaction was, "oh, poor John," because this collection was put together after RODNEY Hilton died, and then "but Rodney's a physicist, he would never ever be a medieval historian."

Then, of course, I started thinking about archaeologist!Rodney and some universe where Rodney is a linguist who specializes in cryptolinguistics and scripts like Proto-Elamite or Vinča. And John would be involved somehow, either as someone who sponsors Rodney's work, or maybe wants to steal it. And have sex with Rodney.

*considers*

I don't want to do any more work today :(

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[siria]

The really dirty love poetry. I think he'd get a kick out of it :> Especially if he were competing with John to see who could drive the other furthest to distraction.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Now John reading Latin... mmmmph. I'd be dead and gone halfway through one hexameter.

[siria]

Then it's unfortunate that he's murmuring it right into your ear, isn't it? :>

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

I just... I... It was all faintly theoretical until I read that, and then boom! There it was--a very, very concrete sort of thing, just over my right shoulder, with the soft cadences and the lilt and the... My god. I think my classics degree needs a warning label.

ETA: And if I think of Rodney doing this, I -- No. No, I need my brain, and I'm already going to several sorts of special hell thanks to this whole scenario as it is.

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

You do realize that the special hell is the one in which stuff like that (Rodney whispering Catullus in your ear) happens ALL THE TIME, right?

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

Remember that brain I said I needed? I'm sending you the bill for the new one.

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

What is your preferred form of payment?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would collapse right on top of him. He might get through "Passer, deliciae meae puellae," but then I would be dead.

I am more an Ovid fan than Catullus, so, you know, the Corinna poetry would kill me.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

::squirms:: ::eyes roll back in head::

And I don't even know what it means

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*pets!*

It is actually not terribly sexy, on the surface :D It's something like, "Oh, sparrow, my girlfriend's pet," and is the first line of a poem where Catullus wishes that he, like the sparrow, could play in his crush's lap all day long. *cough*

[siria]

Also, please note that he's in a very worn old t-shirt and those glasses with the thick, black rims; he's not shaved in a day or two, and he's rubbing his thumb back and forth against the grain of his stubble while he reads, voice calling forth ancient syllables, timeless things.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*nnnnnfff*

I would also dearly, dearly love to hear him read Greek. Not that I can understand it, but Greek poetry is unbelievably lovely just to listen to, especially the rhythm, in-out, in-out like the waves.

[siria]

Oh, oh, medieval Occitan! Yis pls, that too!

Basically, I think we just want John to have an innate, incredible ability to speak dozens of different languages in a way which drives linguist!Rodney crazy. :>