Vegging (not the garden kind)
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hrjThursday evening I figured out I was coming down with a cold (after a day of thinking it was allergies). This conveniently coincided with a three-day rain front so it was a cue to hunker down in rest-and-relax mode without being tempted to attempt to use my body or brain much.
Since I recently swapped my Peacock subscription (since the Olympics are over) for Britbox, I decided to spend multiple days binging Sharpe's Rifles and knitting. (I know the title is actually "Sharpe" but I figured that might be insufficient data for identification.) I rather enjoyed the series except for two plot-requirement aspects.
Most importantly, so much of Sharpe's troubles could have been forestalled by being willing to just outright shoot a nemesis the first time. (I tried to word that sentence with the plural of nemesis, but none of my attempts looked right.) I mean, the whole point of his character is that he's a rough-and-ready, up-from-the-ranks scrapper, not a silly honor-above-all officer-class type. So the insistence on one-on-one sword duels and letting a nemesis escape isn't really in character. (Ok, he has his own brand of honor, but I still think there's a problem here.)
The second plot point is that Jane's betrayal feels utterly contrived. I don't believe a woman who has been through her experiences and had the fortitude to help with field surgery and nursing is going to be so easily led astray. It's like they tossed out her established character because they needed to introduce a new girlfriend. Her later behavior isn't the same person.
But I got a bunch of knitting done.
Since I recently swapped my Peacock subscription (since the Olympics are over) for Britbox, I decided to spend multiple days binging Sharpe's Rifles and knitting. (I know the title is actually "Sharpe" but I figured that might be insufficient data for identification.) I rather enjoyed the series except for two plot-requirement aspects.
Most importantly, so much of Sharpe's troubles could have been forestalled by being willing to just outright shoot a nemesis the first time. (I tried to word that sentence with the plural of nemesis, but none of my attempts looked right.) I mean, the whole point of his character is that he's a rough-and-ready, up-from-the-ranks scrapper, not a silly honor-above-all officer-class type. So the insistence on one-on-one sword duels and letting a nemesis escape isn't really in character. (Ok, he has his own brand of honor, but I still think there's a problem here.)
The second plot point is that Jane's betrayal feels utterly contrived. I don't believe a woman who has been through her experiences and had the fortitude to help with field surgery and nursing is going to be so easily led astray. It's like they tossed out her established character because they needed to introduce a new girlfriend. Her later behavior isn't the same person.
But I got a bunch of knitting done.
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Date: 2026-04-12 06:37 pm (UTC)