the state of me; also, Tintin

There are some difficult emotional things going on in my life right now. I'll still be around and talking about fandom, because fandom is a happiness and a comfort for me. But I may be a bit flaky for a while. Your patience is appreciated if I, for example, fail to answer your comment promptly (or at all). I don't plan on that, because I want to talk to you folks about enjoyable things, but it could happen. If it does, your comments are nevertheless read and appreciated.

And now, without further ado, more Tintin.

I've been re-reading the two moon comics as I work on my story (which is set then), and I've noticed that ( spoilers, I guess )

I also finished watching the 1961 French live-action TV movie Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or (Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece; link goes to the first part of the complete film on YouTube). Alas, this is not subtitled, or I'd recommend that you all watch it immediately, because it's fairly adorable and has so much subtext OMG. Tintin and Haddock are pretty touchy-feely (seriously, it verges on Second Doctor-and-Jamie territory sometimes), and Tintin reads as gayer than Oscar Wilde kissing Bosie on a bed of lavender. Really. The actor's performance may have looked like boyish innocence in 1961, but to me it said "twinkiest twink who ever twinked, and who utterly adores his big bearded older boyfriend, and there might be porn any minute." At a couple of moments the show genuinely seemed on the verge of porn: once when Tintin takes his clothes off (to go scuba diving, okay, so it was TOTALLY JUSTIFIED by the plot), revealing a nicely muscled body in the process, and at the end when he helps Captain Haddock fasten his medal ribbon around his neck. (It's in part 7/7, almost at the very end, and I swear it made me think the creators were wondering how they could possibly write in a scene where Tintin would cling to Haddock with his arms round Haddock's neck, and this is what they came up with.)

Finally: I recently saw a little clip of the new Tintin movie and freaked out a bit, because Tintin looks like he's twelve in the thing. He's not that young in the comics, but it's going to ruin any chance of my seeing/enjoying Tintin/Haddock slash in the movie. Of course there are still the Dupondts Thom(p)sons, voiced by the always slashy Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.

fic: "Solo Ascent" (Tintin)

Title: Solo Ascent
Fandom: Tintin
Characters or Pairing: Tintin; Tintin/Haddock implied
Rating: All ages
Warnings: None
Word count: 200
Summary: Tintin goes on alone.
Notes: This isn't the "real" Tintin fic I'm working on at several folks' request, just a little drabble inspired by re-reading Tintin in Tibet. Angsty as an angsty thing, but we know it all ends well.


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now I'm just spamming

I'm reading Flight 714 to Sydney, and there's a bit where Captain Haddock is tying up a villain's henchman and he says "Sorry to tie you up like this, mate, but a sailor loves making knots, you know."

You can imagine where my mind went. Especially since Tintin is also quite interested in the subject of knots, both the tying of and the escaping from.

ETA: And Allan, speaking to Haddock, refers to Tintin as "your little choirboy." This just gets better and better.