tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post8722964025674017143..comments2024-02-23T01:35:47.264-08:00Comments on a Fair Substitute for Heaven: Where Rachel McMillan hangs out : Stuff Barney Snaith Actually SaysRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256326961775297121noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-6540144185990935982014-03-25T15:15:02.342-07:002014-03-25T15:15:02.342-07:00He really is L.M. Montgomery's best hero. (Say...He really is L.M. Montgomery's best hero. (Says the girl who loves them all!) Anne Mateerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330467138236037032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-40425604104574472422011-09-02T11:52:18.453-07:002011-09-02T11:52:18.453-07:00@chrisbookarama isn't barney just delicious! t...@chrisbookarama isn't barney just delicious! talk about a marriage of equals! they have such a preternatural kinship it smacks of rochester and jane (montgomery was heftily influenced by the brontes).Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256326961775297121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-37256625273244915012011-09-02T05:24:29.040-07:002011-09-02T05:24:29.040-07:00I loved The Blue Castle and Barney. He's one o...I loved The Blue Castle and Barney. He's one of my favorite romantic characters. I could see Fassbender as Barney.Chrisbookaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972547663609480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-39457768801377696982011-09-01T20:42:57.487-07:002011-09-01T20:42:57.487-07:00yep. I like notorious. i am not a huge hitchcock f...yep. I like notorious. i am not a huge hitchcock fan; but i like it. i love classic films, though.<br /><br />now voyager??? HELLO LOVE NOW VOYAGER ( and zillions of others; but that came to mind because bette davis' character's relationship with her mother was very Valancy and her mother---- <br /><br />JONI I AM SO HAPPY YOU SHOWED UP! I was so intrigued by your toby stephens thing--- i mused on it for months before giving it the proper time. what an agreeable pastime sitting and thinking about his perfect features for barney....<br /><br /><br /><br />I just finished re-watching the 2011 Jane Eyre and I think Michael Fassbender-- with some red added to his brown --- might make a good Barney understudy at some point.<br /><br />You gals should take a look at that amazon link--- how INSANE is it that there is a christian relationships author whose name is barney snaith?Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256326961775297121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-19282889020423910962011-09-01T20:36:02.534-07:002011-09-01T20:36:02.534-07:00oh, joni my love, they so totally DID it --- valan...oh, joni my love, they so totally DID it --- valancy mentions the feeling of having barney's arms around her and his cheek against hers; she mentions near the beginning of the book that she wanted fat babies of her own( and then blushed because that was "unmaidenly of her") I think that was Maud's way of pushing the envelope. And they have a very strong and close connection; moreover he refers to very intimate physical parts of Valancy-- like the kissable dent between her shoulderblades. I think they did, to tell you the truth. Maud pushed the envelope herself ( as she writes in her journals ) when it came to her very physical relationship with Herman Leard, a young, poor farmer that she felt a strong physical attraction to in her youth. In some ways it was funny, because even though they connected on a physical level; it was their lack of intellectual compatibility that stirred her away; but she mentions doing things that no upstanding christian gal of her era would do.... i do think that barney and valancy did it. they were married, it was a small cabin in the winter and in the woods and Valancy liked to hear his regular breathing next to her's -- and she puts cousin Georgiana's quilt on their bed--- there are enough inferences to their sleeping situation that i think they did more than sleep--- FUN DISCUSSION! EVERYONE!!!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256326961775297121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-65806125208094884132011-09-01T19:26:10.789-07:002011-09-01T19:26:10.789-07:00Somewhat OT: Do you love "Notorious" too...Somewhat OT: Do you love "Notorious" too?? We really are kindred spirits! :-)<br /><br />@Joni -- I can't honestly say I've spent hours on the question :-), but I lean toward the Did point of view, myself.Ginahttp://dickensblog.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-52648286926990093022011-09-01T17:32:58.226-07:002011-09-01T17:32:58.226-07:00P.S. There is NOTHING irrational about loving Barn...P.S. There is NOTHING irrational about loving Barney Snaith. I've been in love with him since I was fourteen (and I'm quite a middle-aged dog now) and probably will never outgrow it.Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916595282859161595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-53736798512517020112011-09-01T17:20:21.554-07:002011-09-01T17:20:21.554-07:00LE UNF. I don't know why, but "I'm qu...LE UNF. I don't know why, but "I'm quite a middle aged dog" is one of my favorites. I always think it's SO SEXAAAAY when he tells Uncle Benjamin he's thirty-five.<br /><br />I'm sending this link to my sister, we have spent HOURS discussing the did-they-or-didn't-they question. (I'm a Didn't; she's a Did.)Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916595282859161595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-43575255544845242702011-09-01T05:39:10.928-07:002011-09-01T05:39:10.928-07:00i like "forsooth"
I basically like ever...i like "forsooth"<br /><br />I basically like everything he says--- especially when he is all up-in-arms over valancy calling him john foster. like "what did I do to deserve a slam like that"Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256326961775297121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26185264.post-90907748005433626422011-09-01T05:14:30.650-07:002011-09-01T05:14:30.650-07:00"Piffle" is one of my favourites."Piffle" is one of my favourites.Courthttp://books.moonsoar.comnoreply@blogger.com