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I have somehow been sucked into a vortex and spit out the other side, landing in the middle of a relatively large Labyrinth fandom-obsession.
Oh dear, it's really quite bad.
I haven't been this deep into fandom and fanfic since GW -- a good 6+ years ago.
So far it's only been a little over a week, but I haven't stopped reading fic. In fact, I stayed up until 6 am one day, reading fic. There's some really GOOD stuff out there. Unfortunately, I'm seeing that most of the fandom activity was from a good 4-6 years ago. There was another flurry of activity in fic late last year, which is encouraging.
The movie was released in 1986, though I didn't see it until 1989 when I was eight. I disliked itimmensely. I'll come back to the why in a moment. Didn't think about it for years and years and years... until I was in college. Watched it again with Angelica and Liz in around 2000-2001. Still disliked it, but in a more amicable way.
Then I saw it with Maryann in early July, while staying at home one weekend, intensely slaving away at our Drakengard cosplay. Liked it. Indifferent toward Sarah. Jareth? DO WANT!
So here's when I go back and say that I seem to remember disliking Sarah with a passion. Whiny, immature, spoilt - what's to like about a 15-year old girl who wishes her 2-yr old brother away because her parents gave him her stuffed bear? PUH-LEAZE! She really rubbed me the wrong way, and I was just SO focused on all of that (there's also the fact that she has my name), that I just had no attention left for the rest of the movie. I should also mention that at the time, my younger sister had just turned 1. Jeez, I was EIGHT, and I'd never have treated my sister that way.
Second round. I was 19 or 20. And this is where I kick myself for not seeing the subtext. Which is unlike me, especially when the subtext involves obsessive love. This time around I was still stuck on how whiny and spoilt Sarah is. I just couldn't get over it. So sue me. In my defense, I prefer dark, obsessive love -- and let's face it, there's WAY TOO MUCH singing and dancing with goblins and babies in this. I had yet to accept Jareth as someone who could be cruel and coldly calculating, obsessive and possessive and ruthless, AND STILL DANCE AND SING LIKE HE'S IN A FUCKING MUSICAL.
Also, the fireys scared me. They still do.
So third time's the charm, right? Well, mostly anyway. I still dislike Sarah, though I'm now able to get past that knee-jerk reaction of self-identification. I know she has to be as bratty as she is in the beginning -- so that she can learn her lesson, and be more mature in the end. Not that I don't admire her strength of will! It's one of her (few) admirable points. Still, I have to occassionally remind myself that she suffers from PDS (Plot Device Syndrome).
Jareth, however. Is the most delectable secretly-soft-hearted-villain EVAR. And though one can interpret his actions in several ways, I don't think you can avoid calling him cruel. He is. And yet, in oh, such an amazing way. The UST in this movie is SO FUCKING HOT. WHY WAS I SO OBLIVIOUS THE FIRST 2 TIMES AROUND? This falls exactly into the type of story I like. Fantasy, taboo, obsession, romance, shota, ANGST! WTH was wrong with me?
Well, good thing I'm making up for it now!
I haven't been able to talk about almost anything other than Labyrinth lately. INCLUDING TO MY COWORKERS. THIS COULD BE A BAD SIGN.
So, in other words. If you can't find me, I'll be skulking around the Labyrinth fandom.
Oh dear, it's really quite bad.
I haven't been this deep into fandom and fanfic since GW -- a good 6+ years ago.
So far it's only been a little over a week, but I haven't stopped reading fic. In fact, I stayed up until 6 am one day, reading fic. There's some really GOOD stuff out there. Unfortunately, I'm seeing that most of the fandom activity was from a good 4-6 years ago. There was another flurry of activity in fic late last year, which is encouraging.
The movie was released in 1986, though I didn't see it until 1989 when I was eight. I disliked it
Then I saw it with Maryann in early July, while staying at home one weekend, intensely slaving away at our Drakengard cosplay. Liked it. Indifferent toward Sarah. Jareth? DO WANT!
So here's when I go back and say that I seem to remember disliking Sarah with a passion. Whiny, immature, spoilt - what's to like about a 15-year old girl who wishes her 2-yr old brother away because her parents gave him her stuffed bear? PUH-LEAZE! She really rubbed me the wrong way, and I was just SO focused on all of that (there's also the fact that she has my name), that I just had no attention left for the rest of the movie. I should also mention that at the time, my younger sister had just turned 1. Jeez, I was EIGHT, and I'd never have treated my sister that way.
Second round. I was 19 or 20. And this is where I kick myself for not seeing the subtext. Which is unlike me, especially when the subtext involves obsessive love. This time around I was still stuck on how whiny and spoilt Sarah is. I just couldn't get over it. So sue me. In my defense, I prefer dark, obsessive love -- and let's face it, there's WAY TOO MUCH singing and dancing with goblins and babies in this. I had yet to accept Jareth as someone who could be cruel and coldly calculating, obsessive and possessive and ruthless, AND STILL DANCE AND SING LIKE HE'S IN A FUCKING MUSICAL.
Also, the fireys scared me. They still do.
So third time's the charm, right? Well, mostly anyway. I still dislike Sarah, though I'm now able to get past that knee-jerk reaction of self-identification. I know she has to be as bratty as she is in the beginning -- so that she can learn her lesson, and be more mature in the end. Not that I don't admire her strength of will! It's one of her (few) admirable points. Still, I have to occassionally remind myself that she suffers from PDS (Plot Device Syndrome).
Jareth, however. Is the most delectable secretly-soft-hearted-villain EVAR. And though one can interpret his actions in several ways, I don't think you can avoid calling him cruel. He is. And yet, in oh, such an amazing way. The UST in this movie is SO FUCKING HOT. WHY WAS I SO OBLIVIOUS THE FIRST 2 TIMES AROUND? This falls exactly into the type of story I like. Fantasy, taboo, obsession, romance, shota, ANGST! WTH was wrong with me?
Well, good thing I'm making up for it now!
I haven't been able to talk about almost anything other than Labyrinth lately. INCLUDING TO MY COWORKERS. THIS COULD BE A BAD SIGN.
So, in other words. If you can't find me, I'll be skulking around the Labyrinth fandom.
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Yeah. I remember that.
Hahaha, what can I say? You know by now that I need to be in the right mood (aka, frame of mind) to go with certain things.
But it's not like you don't remember it anymore! You know you still love it. =P
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AND! If you're interested in some good fic recs, I'd be happy to link you to my faves. =D
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So are you NOT interested in J/S? Because I haven't even come across any J/T (and truthfully, wouldn't be as interested in it, though I'd definitely read some).
If you are, what should I send you? Smut, fantasy, romance, humor?
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This is the only HP fic I've ever read. And, what's funny is, I read it TWICE. Without remembering that I read it the first time. HAHAHA.
http://prillalar.com/fic/stories/000213.php
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Besides, it's actually a very cute fic.