Njal's Saga, part 6

Njal's Saga, chapters 44 through 50.

Woohoo, finally got it done! Sorry for the delay.

In which Hallgerd makes up a seriously nasty nickname for Njal and his sons, for which Njal's sons are avenged. We are also reintroduced to Mord Valgardsson - remember him? Okay, remember Hrut's first wife, Unn? And how she remarried a guy named Valgard and they had a son named Mord? That's this guy. Also there's a famine, which leads to Hallgerd making poor decisions and also forensic investigations into cheese theft. Hallgerd is once again causing trouble for Gunnar, but this time it's with someone who isn't so forgiving or wise as Njal.

I really kinda love the cheese theft episode. I mean, on the one hand, yes, stealing any kind of food during a famine is big deal. But on the other hand, the image of Mord intently putting together a cheese like a puzzle to find out who committed the theft just makes me so happy.

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Media consumed today:

- Dracula (1931 version). I hadn't actually watched this for several years. Spoilers: I still love it. The boring bits are still boring, of course, but the bits that aren't just Mina, Jonathan, and Dr Seward are still great.

- Mad Love. Oh god, this movie is amazing and confounding, how the hell did it even get made? I tried to explain the plot to my parents and they both stared at me as though I had grown another head. (Dad started staring at "and then Peter Lorre grafts the hands of a recently executed murderer onto Colin Clive" while Mom held out till "then Peter Lorre pretends to be the recently executed murderer, who has had his head reattached.") I love everything this movie chooses to be. (Except the random American newsman - him, I could do without.)

- The first two episodes of Fargo. Billy Bob Thornton's character is either a murder wizard a la Hannibal or the actualfax devil. I have yet to decide which.