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[bedlamsbard]

Okay, note to self, in the middle of a chapter is not the best time to start watching shows you've never seen before on Hulu. Although. On the bright side, there are only five episodes up, I've already watched three, and I don't have my 9:00 tomorrow, so I'm free till one. On the other hand, I can hear y'all screaming at me in rage from my dorm room. *smiles sunnily*

ETA: *snort* I love how my life as a writer turns into this: Wow, I cannot, for the life of me, remember what a cliff looks like. GUYS. I am from WASHINGTON. I am from the WILD PARTS of Washington, not civilized Seattle. I grew up camping in the Pacific Northwest! We have a shack cabin at the top of a cliff! I should know this! *beats head into desk*

You, over there, laughing at me, shut up, this isn't funny.

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[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

how do you NOT REMEMBER what a cliff looks like? Or are you looking for a particular type of cliff.

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

*squint*

Cliff? You know, where the ground comes to an abrupt end?

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

The latter bit! That bit! Also the area around the cliff and how it, you know, stops being a cliff and just starts being kind of a hill.

*facepalm* Oh my God, this is so embarrassing, I cannot even.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I know that part.

Really, at this point, I should know better than to say anything.

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

*pats* It's ok. I'm sure you'll get there in the end (and I'm not one to speak, I'm drowning in a morass of Arthurian tales. I should know this stuff, but, noo...).

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

*tilts head at you*

You know, I think that problem is in fact a symptom of knowing TOO MUCH about cliffs. I would never wonder what a cliff looked like... but then I'm not sure if I've ever seen a proper cliff. I am familiar with the *idea* of cliff, but actual cliff... Not so much.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

ooooh a morass of Arthuriana! What bits? Do tell! I love Arthurian morasses!

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

Uh, (In my defense I've been awake for at least 24 hours by now) I'm making a feeble effort to figure out what exactly an Arthurian purist considers pure. Right now I'm looking at Pwyll vs Hagfan (as a precursor to Gawain) and have I mentioned I'm a little bit out of it right now.

Anyways, yes. What does an Arthurian "purist" consider to be, er, canon? I am mystified by the idea. :)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

After some extreme googling, I think I am going to base Giantkiller Ridge off this area around Leavenworth (http://www.aai.cc/ProgramDetail/cascades_rock/), mostly because I've actually been there, and also because I've got a piece on the side that talks about Lucy and Peter rock-climbing at Giantkiller, and I've set up bits of it already. As compared to this (http://www.mrpiton.com/), the idea of which I toyed with briefly, but my mental image of Giantkiller was more like Icicle Canyon around Leavenworth.

You know, I never thought that this would come in handy. Just goes to show...

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

Depends on your Arthurian purist :D. When I considered myself such a person, I stuck to Thomas Malory. The celtomaniacs like to cling to the Welsh stuff and then pick through the rest trying to find 'authentic' celtic hang overs. (For some reason every time there's a strong woman they think she's 'celtic'. And I stare and go WHAT? You think women didn't inherit in the 12th century? You think women couldn't be scary arse creatures in the high medieval period? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE? Adela of Blois? AHEM. That's my rant right here.)

Presently, if someone speaks of Arthurian 'canon' I will die laughing instead of giving them the credit they think they deserve. There IS NO CANON. It's like a reverse fandom: developed as a contradictory, living, knotty, twisted common mythology, and only got locked down into a single 'story' very late in the day (Malory is late 14th century, I think).

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

You know, I"m very glad this makes you happy... :P

Also vastly impressed by your rigour, etc.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

I think cliffs kinda start out as a hill and then build up to a flattish top point before becoming a cliff. Not that I've ever seen one XD

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*takes deep breaths* I think I shall go with the wise decision and base Giantkiller Ridge off Icicle Canyon (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/289795_rockclimb26.html), because that was more or less my mental image anyway. Mostly because I've been there. (I haven't gone rock-climbing there; my one rock-climbing experience on actual rocks was here (http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Peshastin%20Pinnacles), if I remember correctly.)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is that I HAVE. I grew up with this stuff, oh my god.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I have Susan scaling a cliff with her bare hands and some rope. That makes me happy.

*shrug* Mostly it helps that I know the area I'm looking for; I just need pictures.

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm like an attack dog when I hear the word "Celt". I even have a the celts are not magical (http://almostinstinct.livejournal.com/tag/the+celts+are+not+magical) tag. I guess I'm a celtomaniac, except, you know, they beat the romanticism out of us with a big stick in first year, and then taught us Old Irish so I sort of know what I'm talking about. Yay?

YES. I LOVE (and hate) THAT ARTHURIAN "CANON" IS SO RIDICULOUS. And it hasn't stopped growing. People are still re-telling it to this day. I mean, I bet most of us had our first taste via TH White. *beam*

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

*makes encouraging noises*

You can do it!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

And heaven knows I suck at description anyway.

[ineptshieldmaid.livejournal.com]

You have a 'celts are not magical' tag. I love you. *friends*

I spammed lassiter's page the other day with my plans to teach a course or write a book or something on Arthurian Myth and Legend and call it 'The Two Thousand Year Fandom'.

Bleh, T.H. White bores me. Stephen R Lawhead was cool, though... :D

[scarletts-awry.livejournal.com]

I grew up camping in the Pacific Northwest! We have a shack cabin at the top of a cliff! I should know this!

Heh. No, I completely understand. A couple weeks ago I was writing a scene and blanking on what Lenox Mall--which is fifteen minutes from my apartment and I've been to a million times--looks like.