Plants and TV
1 March 2023 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeI think my dill and my chilli seeds possibly actually are germinating now, which proves that all the other things that germinated before them simply are weeds in the same pot (poppies and corn-marigolds mostly), deploying the age-old weed strategy of 'germinate first and grow fastest' ;-)
(There's a reason why 'grow like a weed' is proverbial...)
To my surprise I also have a shoot splitting the dead topknot on one of the narcissus bulbs, in addition to the existing side-shoots that all the others have been doing. But I'm increasingly worried that my bonsai birch may have failed to survive the frosts earlier this year, as the nice plump dormant buds that developed after its pruning are now looking increasingly brown and withered rather than promising to unfurl; it is still rather early for silver birch, but some of the smaller branches are starting to look dead under the bark as well. We shall see.
"Marie Antoinette" appears to have come to an end unannounced (you would think the continuity announcer would at least mention that "a new drama is starting next week on Thursday nights" or whatever, but the next week it just wasn't there, without any obvious big finale or anything). Apparently it is actually a three-season, 24-episode series, but nobody mentioned that there was going to be another season at some future date, either! Presumably we are all deemed to be binging it on-demand on the BBC's website, rather than just tuning in weekly...
Anyway, that does at least confirm my impression that the series was running longer than the standard six-episode format -- and, presumably, that they plan to cover her entire life rather than just the less-famous bits ("the first decade or so after Marie Antoinette arrives in France (which is also the least interesting part of her life)"; I actually thought that was rather an original take on the character).
Instead, I am watching Better (not the best of titles), which is a story about honour amongst thieves... and police officers. And, for once, about a male/female relationship that *isn't* dominated by Unresolved Sexual Tension; Lou's complex loyalties have nothing to do with sex and everything to do with trust and shared history. (In fact, it occurs to me briefly to wonder if the script/story idea was originally pitched for a male character -- it's very much the sort of tense betrayal drama that used to be a film noir staple.)
Because of course, ultimately she *can't* trust her confederate, who will, if pushed to it, kill people for a living. And he can't completely trust her, and in fact is right not to do so. And yet they do have a longstanding personal friendship on top of and in addition to their complex professional dealings, which makes 'going straight' even less simple for her -- in additional to the fact that she is still hoping not to get caught.
(There's a reason why 'grow like a weed' is proverbial...)
To my surprise I also have a shoot splitting the dead topknot on one of the narcissus bulbs, in addition to the existing side-shoots that all the others have been doing. But I'm increasingly worried that my bonsai birch may have failed to survive the frosts earlier this year, as the nice plump dormant buds that developed after its pruning are now looking increasingly brown and withered rather than promising to unfurl; it is still rather early for silver birch, but some of the smaller branches are starting to look dead under the bark as well. We shall see.
"Marie Antoinette" appears to have come to an end unannounced (you would think the continuity announcer would at least mention that "a new drama is starting next week on Thursday nights" or whatever, but the next week it just wasn't there, without any obvious big finale or anything). Apparently it is actually a three-season, 24-episode series, but nobody mentioned that there was going to be another season at some future date, either! Presumably we are all deemed to be binging it on-demand on the BBC's website, rather than just tuning in weekly...
Anyway, that does at least confirm my impression that the series was running longer than the standard six-episode format -- and, presumably, that they plan to cover her entire life rather than just the less-famous bits ("the first decade or so after Marie Antoinette arrives in France (which is also the least interesting part of her life)"; I actually thought that was rather an original take on the character).
Instead, I am watching Better (not the best of titles), which is a story about honour amongst thieves... and police officers. And, for once, about a male/female relationship that *isn't* dominated by Unresolved Sexual Tension; Lou's complex loyalties have nothing to do with sex and everything to do with trust and shared history. (In fact, it occurs to me briefly to wonder if the script/story idea was originally pitched for a male character -- it's very much the sort of tense betrayal drama that used to be a film noir staple.)
Because of course, ultimately she *can't* trust her confederate, who will, if pushed to it, kill people for a living. And he can't completely trust her, and in fact is right not to do so. And yet they do have a longstanding personal friendship on top of and in addition to their complex professional dealings, which makes 'going straight' even less simple for her -- in additional to the fact that she is still hoping not to get caught.