Ahhh, it is kind of refreshing to actually have feelings again. I'd forgotten what this felt like! (Granted, I wish some things wouldn't make me burst into impromptu tears, though - lately it was Clair de Lune by Debussy, played on a harp. I almost cried because it was so flipping beautiful).
I've said to mum before, but I don't know if I've ever mentioned it here before, but: antidepressants are all well and good, and yes, they stop you feeling depressed BUT what they do is level everything out. Your mood is a flat line, and there's no ups or downs, and that gets pretty old very fast, although you won't always realise it.
And I know this thing, I've known it for several years now but, until I came off my meds a bit since, I didn't realise it. Now I am happy, and sad, and mad, and everything in between. IT'S GREAT.
(However, a caveat: please come off your medication responsibly, if you plan to do so, and don't just do it because you want feelings again).
~*~
Hmm, yes. That aside, I have been reading TVT's article on Once Upon A Time on my phone during idle moments.
I don't talk about OUAT at all because I really have nothing to say about besides "YES WOMEN KICKING ARSE AND TAKING NAMES!" and "MY, JOSH DALLAS IS HOT ISN'T HE? DANG." (And also Megan Ory. Man, alive THOSE LEGS. And red is definitely her colour).
(Turns out I have a tag for it already, though. WHO KNEW? not me)
I appreciate it turning fairy tales on their head (and I love fairy tales anyway), and I recced it to a friend on this basis (also on the basis that Josh Dallas is hot, but I appreciate that he may not be everyone's cup of tea). I don't appreciate that they're generally the Disney versions of fairy tales/stories that the writers are working from but EH.
Anyway, I'm digressing, because I'm good at doing that. I got to the Meaningful Name entry, which says, and I quote:
Um. No? I thought it was too obvious, honestly. But maybe that's because a) I have some familiarity with Latin and b) I'm British, and postboxes have V.R. and E.R. on them - standing for Victoria and Elizabeth Regina respectively (there's also G.R., but that's George Rex. A king is certainly not a queen). And I don't know about now, but I got taught that at school, so I always knew Regina meant queen.
In general, I do think the mundane names for the characters are well chosen, but I don't think any of them are particularly clever. Which may possibly be me being a snobby git, but I don't care. I just kind of wanted to share my vague irritation.
I've said to mum before, but I don't know if I've ever mentioned it here before, but: antidepressants are all well and good, and yes, they stop you feeling depressed BUT what they do is level everything out. Your mood is a flat line, and there's no ups or downs, and that gets pretty old very fast, although you won't always realise it.
And I know this thing, I've known it for several years now but, until I came off my meds a bit since, I didn't realise it. Now I am happy, and sad, and mad, and everything in between. IT'S GREAT.
(However, a caveat: please come off your medication responsibly, if you plan to do so, and don't just do it because you want feelings again).
~*~
Hmm, yes. That aside, I have been reading TVT's article on Once Upon A Time on my phone during idle moments.
I don't talk about OUAT at all because I really have nothing to say about besides "YES WOMEN KICKING ARSE AND TAKING NAMES!" and "MY, JOSH DALLAS IS HOT ISN'T HE? DANG." (And also Megan Ory. Man, alive THOSE LEGS. And red is definitely her colour).
(Turns out I have a tag for it already, though. WHO KNEW? not me)
I appreciate it turning fairy tales on their head (and I love fairy tales anyway), and I recced it to a friend on this basis (also on the basis that Josh Dallas is hot, but I appreciate that he may not be everyone's cup of tea). I don't appreciate that they're generally the Disney versions of fairy tales/stories that the writers are working from but EH.
Anyway, I'm digressing, because I'm good at doing that. I got to the Meaningful Name entry, which says, and I quote:
Perhaps the most subtle example of all (at least, until it's unnecessarily lampshaded by Cora) is "Regina" - the Latin-derived word for "Queen."
Um. No? I thought it was too obvious, honestly. But maybe that's because a) I have some familiarity with Latin and b) I'm British, and postboxes have V.R. and E.R. on them - standing for Victoria and Elizabeth Regina respectively (there's also G.R., but that's George Rex. A king is certainly not a queen). And I don't know about now, but I got taught that at school, so I always knew Regina meant queen.
In general, I do think the mundane names for the characters are well chosen, but I don't think any of them are particularly clever. Which may possibly be me being a snobby git, but I don't care. I just kind of wanted to share my vague irritation.
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