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amoamaA bit behind the times but I just watched The Bletchley Circle and am now watching The Hour, series 1. I loved Bletchley so, so, so much although I had my heart in my mouth the entire time. I'm only on episode 3 of The Hour but Bel and Lix are killing it so far. Romola is so bloody talented I can't deal with it and every time I see Anna Chancellor these days I am filled with the desperate urge to buy tickets to Private Lives that she's in at the moment despite the tickets being stupidly expensive.
Fic Recs?
Does anyone have any fic recs for either show? I would especially loved some fics about Jean from Bletchley that fills out her back story in some way, we got so little about her. I don't have an overwhelming urge for any particular pairing, all the women had lovely moments and Susan's relationship with her husband was also pretty interesting so really, I'm open to anything that anyone's read that they loved and was well written etc.
I watched a great film called My Brother The Devil which I heartily recommend to anyone feeling like watching a film about youth gangs in London that doesn't over glamourise the lifestyle and tries to portray the wealth of different issues and personal conflicts that can come up for people in those situations.It's an issue that is literally on my doorstep because I live on an estate but also something that is a world away from the London I spend most of my time in. I loved that it had an Arab family at the centre and that it explored the cross-cultural issues for the immigrant parents as well as their children who have to stake a claim for where their home is. It showed so well how easy it is to get trapped in the situation and world-view that surrounds you, how difficult it is to get out, to even want to, how much you'd have to leave behind. No one was good or bad, nothing was over-played or under-sold. It didn't hesitate to show the protagonists being utter shits to balance out how much it was making you feel for them. There were some great performances too. <33
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