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thinkanamelater · 4 months
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (well, Childermass & co.) + text messages
Original posts here and here
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puddinginthemix · 7 months
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Since I finished watching The Terror I've been thinking about "The Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell to The Terror Pipeline" (cf. Tumblr user pudentilla). I came to the show because a number of people I followed for JSAMN posts were also posting about The Terror, and naturally I was like, dudes on ships looking very cold and rather gay, what is this. Of course, I liked it immediately, but the reason for the "pipeline" still seemed fuzzy.
I joined this conversation about Tuunbaq's role in the story--how The Terror would still be a great show without the demon bear, but his presence definitely adds a certain whatsit--but things didn't really crystallize for me until I was reading an article that discussed speculative fiction as a form of resistance to the Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist model of literature that is often unfortunately dubbed "realist" fiction.
It would be easy to write The Terror as a "realist" narrative about the doomed Franklin expedition. All you do is take out Tuunbaq. It would still be excellent. And yet Tuunbaq--the entity that turns the story into speculative fiction--is the force that overwhelms the entire Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist enterprise.
I was fascinated by the end of Mr. Hickey: on the one hand, he appears to reject his native culture in favor of reinventing himself as a wild cannibal shaman of the frozen north. On the other hand, everything about what Hickey wants/tries to do is colonialist, exploitative, and driven by the urge to dominate. He fantasizes that he's connecting with Tuunbaq, but he doesn't understand it at all. And then it eats his face.
That was the fantasy moment that made me think ohhhh, what a beautiful connection. Magic in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is always and forever the enemy of colonialist, capitalist, masculinist domination. Lots of other people have blogged about this (recently @fluentisonus, good stuff), and I won't rehash that in detail here. But in JSAMN, magic puts itself into the hands of a Black man, servants, women, people who reject conquest and domination as a way of living. It rescues and sustains those people (like Tuunbaq brings Silna a nice fat seal). But those who would use it to dominate others, it utterly crushes.
tl;dr: 1) The Terror isn't The Terror without Tuunbaq; 2) I rode the JSAMN to The Terror Pipeline and I think I get it now
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burnsopale · 9 months
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Susanna Clarke: HAVE I MENTIONED THAT MY LITTLE MAN SEES MAGIC?
Me, weeping: Not to him, apparently!
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shloodles · 8 months
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ID: four sketches of characters from jonathan strange and mr. norrell. 1) norrell, a mouse-like older man with an oversized wig slumped in an armchair with a cup of tea in his lap, looking extremely weary. 2) norrell glaring at childermass, a younger man with messy hair in a ponytail, who is leaning against a wall with arms crossed, looking at norrell judgmentally. 3) lascelles and drawlight looking at the viewer. lascelles, standing behind drawlight, is a slim man with short hair wearing a disinterested expression and holding a small glass of something. drawlight, a shorter plumper man with rouged cheeks and a wig is wiggling his fingers with a delighted and nefarious expression. 4) segundus, a young thin man with curly hair standing stock straight with his hands clasped awkwardly yet delicately in front of him, staring straight ahead with a haunted expression. behind him stands honeyfoot, an older portly man with thin hair, looking slightly bewildered. end ID
another mr normal sketchdump
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snitling · 4 months
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Does anyone remember magic canary John Segundus? Bitches used to love magic canary John Segundus
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knitepercival · 1 year
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❄️ Happy First Day of Winter! ❄️
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occasional-owl · 11 months
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slow-burn-sally · 2 months
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English Magic is finished!
Rating: E
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell/BBC Sherlock crossover fic
Alternate Universe - Magical Setting
Thank you to the small crowd of dedicated readers who have been leaving the best comments! Especially thank you @keirgreeneyes for your support and amazing comments! I want to cross stitch them on pillows!
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tepidti · 1 year
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[redraw] there is a rose at your mouth.
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xserpx · 4 months
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The two ladies would not permit him to stand up or attempt any movement of his limbs. They would scarcely allow him to speak; they warned him sternly it would bring on another fainting fit. They fetched cushions for his head, and blankets to keep him warm (he protested he was perfectly warm to begin with, but they would not listen to him). They dispensed lavender water and sal volatile. They stopt a draught they thought might be coming from under one of the doors. Mr Segundus began to suspect that they had had an uneventful morning, and that when a strange gentleman had walked into the room and dropt down in a swoon, they were rather pleased than otherwise. After quarter of an hour of this treatment he was permitted to sit in a chair and sip weak tea unaided.
— Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
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miserablejester · 27 days
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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell & Related Fandoms, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gilbert Norrell & Jonathan Strange, Mr Honeyfoot & John Segundus, John Segundus & Jonathan Strange Characters: Gilbert Norrell, Jonathan Strange, John Childermass, Henry Lascelles, John Segundus, Mr Honeyfoot (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - His Dark Materials Fusion Summary:
All magicians of old had had dæmons of large presence. This was not something that could be proven, yet it was considered as fact. The knowledge of most of the Aureates’ dæmons had been lost to time but was it not likely that the likes of Ralph Stokesey, Catherine of Winchester, and Thomas Godbless had had dæmons that were just as mystical and powerful as they? Had not Corvus, wolves, and serpents been common in the profession? And had not the Raven King had his raven, which was so often depicted in his imagery? In this new time of magic, what will the likes of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell have?
A collection of stories set in the world of His Dark Materials.
Now with a second chapter featuring Segundus!
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thinkanamelater · 9 months
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Oh how the tables have turned
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edward-little · 1 month
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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: John Childermass/John Segundus, mr. honeyfoot & john childermass Characters: Mr Honeyfoot (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), John Childermass, John Segundus Additional Tags: Past Character Death, Time Travel, Magic, Grief/Mourning, Implied Relationships, Bargaining, lots implied and all of it sad, brief faerie shenanigans, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Bittersweet Ending Summary:
A thud came from the upstairs floor of Starecross. Honeyfoot put down his book and ascended the staircase towards a room otherwise left untouched.
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burnsopale · 9 months
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I am absolutely feral for kind, timid John Segundus who is so sensitive to magic that he grows faint whenever it is practiced in the vicinity, but who is constantly barred from his dream of doing any magic of his own.
The Return of English Magic has one job and it is letting this little man talk to flowers and magically repair his frayed sleeves and conjure songbirds and be utterly delighted by every spell.
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fengtianshi · 1 year
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Inktober without prompt
John Segundus at the beginning of his very various but always useful career
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bryonyashley · 2 years
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Modern Johnsquared
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