I re-tell thee again and again: I hate the moor

[pauraque_bk]

I can't be the first person to have the idea that Peter was in love with James and jealous of Lily, can I? The thought hit me like a ton of bricks while I was re-reading Othello. Hot damn, I think I've finally got an underlying reason for the betrayal that I can work with, not to mention a structure for this damned Bertha Jorkins story I've had kicking around.

And if drawing parallels between Harry Potter and Shakespeare doesn't put you off, you may be interested in idlerat's insights on HP and Christian allegory here and here.

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[idlerat.livejournal.com]

Can I just mention I'm so glad I met you? I'm having such fun talking with you.

The production was, I think, right after the Restoration (1660), when the theatres were reopened. But it might conceivably have been earlier. I've read this a couple places, but I don't know where so can't check.

Yes, Othello is very creepy, and to me very sad. In a sense even sadder than Lear, in that Lear grows as a person while Othello is utterly destroyed. Although Othello's thoughts and actions are so much creepier than Lear's that it's as terrifying as it is sad.

I like your ideas. This will be interesting. Have you published Peterfic before?

[pauraque]

Can I just mention I'm so glad I met you? I'm having such fun talking with you.

Ditto! Makes me glad I caved in to peer pressure and started doing this LJ thing in the first place. :)

Although Othello's thoughts and actions are so much creepier than Lear's that it's as terrifying as it is sad.

Definitely. Few pieces of writing, in Shakespeare or elsewhere, equal its raw emotional horror. "It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul" ... "Put out the light, and then... put out the light". Gives me shivers every time.

[pauraque]

Have you published Peterfic before?

Yes, though it was before I'd thought very hard about Peter's motivations. It's a crossover with The X-Files, so you may not get what's intended out of it, but it's here, if you're curious.