Marta. She/her. Bi. 44. Ex-librarian in love with The Terror (2018), beauty, history, art, literature, music, films, pop culture, fashion, the sea, and the human condition.
this has probably been said, but the way that in that Ep 1 dinner scene Fitzjames has pushed away from the table to be almost parallel to Sir John whereas Crozier is sitting neatly to the side of it like the rest of the officers...
The visual distinction of James as the de facto Second when what he's bringing to the table is literally dramatic recountings of his prior adventures, unlike Francis' actual Arctic experience.. ugh, this damn show. it hurts me.
I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.
I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.
Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.
Four primroses blooming in containers right now: the red ones, first and fourth, are Primula eliator ‘Gold Lace’ aka bumblebee primrose and the other two which I grew from seed started in 2020 are Primula auricula, an alpine species. I feel like I could so easily become completely obsessed with growing as many kinds of these as possible. They are, as I’ve heard said of some kinds of food, more-ish!