tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post1364875345481833350..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: How Scarecrow & Mrs. King is Like BonesKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-62231824707901655822011-11-30T13:03:36.935-05:002011-11-30T13:03:36.935-05:00Scarecrow and Mrs King. I used to watch it growing...Scarecrow and Mrs King. I used to watch it growing up from when I was in elementary during it's premier to the reruns in my highschool days to then on with my DVDs... I am an avid Bones fan have been since S1 Ep1 and while on the summer break between last season and this I started looking for other shows that reminded me of Booth and Bones and I though of Lee and Amanda...no one I told got the connection they kept saying one's a homemaker one's scientist yada yada they didn't really "see" it. So I got out my dvds of both and watched them all over again S1-4 of SMK and 1-6 of Bones and it solidified my connection and my family started seeing it...I stumbled upon your site yesterday for a reason I now believe because it's not just me there are others like you who believe that there is a big similarity there! Thank you.Iluvfangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037767567796906373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-42670456405800356932011-04-06T00:08:58.112-04:002011-04-06T00:08:58.112-04:00I think in Harriet's case, infantilization was...I think in Harriet's case, infantilization was a real possibility. She and Peter were right not to marry immediately after he saved her from hanging. It wasn't (necessarily) that Peter took marriage with Harriet as his due (although his attitude towards Harriet in jail leaves that possibility up for grabs), it is more that saving-Harriet-from-certain-death was the only thing the relationship was founded on. They really didn't have much else. <br /><br />I think this is one reason why <i>Gaudy Night</i> is so important. In it, Harriet acknowledges that she spent so much time fighting off Peter, she never really got to know him. But Peter also acknowledges, and apologizes, for acting as if the only thing that mattered right after Harriet's trial were his feelings. Their relationship has to reach a new balance before they can court in earnest. <br /><br />The contrast is in <i>Thrones, Dominions</i> where two characters do get married based on the "rescue" motif. Underlying their love is the woman's fear that her husband will take her for granted and the husband's resentment of his wife's hot-cold attitudes (he believes that she "owes" him). I think Sayers (and Jill Paton Walsh) are saying that this couple could have been Peter and Harriet—if Peter and Harriet hadn't waited five years to marry.<br /><br />I just got Season 5 of <i>Bones</i> through my library! Yeah, I'm behind, but I like to watch seasons all at once :) (I am wondering if the writers will use Emily Deschanel's pregnancy.)Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-84314580191052369552011-04-05T23:08:35.936-04:002011-04-05T23:08:35.936-04:00I might just have to try out the Scarecrow and Mrs...I might just have to try out the Scarecrow and Mrs. King...though I haven't been following this season's Bones. I don;t know if any one has given you any info about it....and I don't want to be the one to spoil you.<br /><br />I cheered at the Sayers reference. You're alluding to Peter and Harriet, yes? Here's a question: Does Bones have one up on Harriet because Bones <i>doesn't</i> feel obligated or worry about becoming infantalized? I know, Harriet got over it (kind of) and her awareness of the potential is what makes the story interesting, but it doesn't even cross Bones' mind. Nor should it.<br /><br />I should reread those books!Carolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-90102800877094042222011-04-05T13:43:52.624-04:002011-04-05T13:43:52.624-04:00I corrected the post, so I now have a point 4 and ...I corrected the post, so I now have a point 4 and point 5 :)<br /><br />However, they do go together! In terms of narrative, I learned a long time ago that to write a good story I had to have my characters care about things in everyday real life. If the wants got too abstract, I couldn't get a handle on the characters. (And the abstract wants usually took care of themselves once I knew what mattered to the characters at the everyday level.)Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-65405619167405724902011-04-05T11:33:46.489-04:002011-04-05T11:33:46.489-04:00I like, in particular, your two #4 points.
There ...I like, in particular, your two #4 points.<br /><br />There is much in life that, while absolutely essential and vital, if focused on becomes distorting, dangerous, or - in a story - dull.<br /><br />Life's about oxygen, but if you have to constantly think about oxygen, something's very, very wrong. <br /><br />The domestic concerns and the work concerns show that the romance is breathing. That's good. But if you have to highlight the breathing, something's wrong.a Calvinist preachernoreply@blogger.com