musings and Tango

Went to see Tango Por Dos with Graham last night. Aka '...oh my god.'

( Tango Por Dos )

The musing bit:

For all those who read PoTC (which will probably have one big resurgence once Dead Man's Chest comes out) : There's this divide in PoTC slash fandom, which is 'more mature/more discerning fans read Sparrow/Norrington, less mature fans read Sparrow/Turner.' It's a self-perceived divide within the fandom, admittedly, but it's almost like a badge of honour or expected graduation to start off reading a bit of Will/Jack and go on to be a Sparrington fan. Sparrington fans have been known to make sniffy noises about the Will/Jack brigade.

Where the hell did this come from? I'm one of this lot - the Sparrington fans who make sniffy noises - and I'm still confused. I just remember it starting, and then you'd ask people who they shipped, and the ones who prided themselves on being more discerning tended to be Sparrington people. I know this exists to a certain extent in other fandoms - for example, LotR where there were 'shippers of manly men' (ie, the older human lot rather than the elves and hobbits).

Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it the fact that Sparrow and Norrington are more mature anyway and are thus more complex? Bueller?

skeleton found that predates Rome by 300 years

Rome skeleton find pre-dates city

Italian archaeologists digging in the Roman Forum have found a well-preserved skeleton of a woman who lived 3,000 years ago.

The astonishing fact about this discovery is that it dates back to at least 300 years before the traditional date of the founding of Rome, 753 BC.

Go away. geeking happily.