Literary Botticelli

[intertext]

So, some folks (coyotegestalt, redhilltown, kinetikatrue and chickenfeet2003) have done rounds of literary boticelli, and I won the last one, so I'm hosting this round. In-depth directions for the game can be found here on kinetikatrue's page. It's laid out pretty nicely, so I suggest you go read and come back. But basically, the question you ask must be specific enough that I can answer confidently with a particular author or character (as in, "no, I'm not Elizabeth Bennett"). If I don't get the reference, you get to ask a more general question that can be answered with a yes or no, such as the person's sex, age, nationality, etc.

So, this time, my name starts with "R"

I am fictional, I am not Rincewind, Roderick Random, "the fair Rosaline," Reepicheep the mouse, or Mae Rose-Cottage. I am not male and I appear in a novel.

We have a winner! The astute ironed_orchid guessed correctly that I am Mrs Ramsey, always waiting to go To The Lighthouse.

(sorry about the delay in getting started - I had some mysterious ISP or modem gremlins that were preventing me from getting online)

Comments

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Are you a WIZZARD with Luggage?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Stumped already...

[curtana.livejournal.com]

So you're not Rincewind, then... :)

Hm. Are you fictional?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am fictional.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Are you stochastic?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Grrr. I know what stochastic means, so I know it's somebody or other Random, but I honestly don't know the reference, so points to you... (I'm not whoever it is, but technical points to you anyway)

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

So you are not Tobias Smollett's Roderick Random.

Are you male?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Wow. A double "R" :) No, I am not male.

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Are you a Capulet?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

No, I am not (and neither was Romeo *grin*)

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Er, I was thinking of someone else, actually...

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Ah, sorry... No, I'm not Rosaline, either.

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Ah, well ;}

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't Rosaline Capulet be a 'C' anyway?

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

*blinks*
Yes. Yes, she would.
I think I need more sleep....

[kinetikatrue]

Did your ancestors gain the power of speech for freeing a lord?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

I am not Reepicheep.

[kinetikatrue]

I was going to say that it was worth a shot, but really, not, given I somehow managed to get the 'not male' thing reversed in my head.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

I wondered about that - wracked my brains to remember if there was a female mouse in Narnia :) Reepicheep is a pretty secure male, too, I would think, even if he seems content with his bachelor state...

[kinetikatrue]

Just so, yes. I seem to have been remarkably off this game. Sorry about that. 8)

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Have you ever invited people to call you Dolores?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

I have no idea!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

So you are not Mae Rose-Cottage from "Under Milkwood"

Do you appear in a novel?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Yipes - I wish I had, but I have no clue...

[kinetikatrue]

Sorry about the magically disappearing comment. I just realised well after posting that I'd been a complete idiot again.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Oh that's a relief - I was afraid I'd committed some breach of game etiquette or something!

[kinetikatrue]

Oh, no! Sorry.

(Though that makes me think: what would a maoish game of Botticelli be like . . . )

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Terrifying ;}

[ironed_orchid]

(not sure if the queue is free)

Do you have a a summer home in the Hebrides?

[ironed_orchid]

Actually, realised this is not specific enough. Do you and your husband have a summer house in the Hebrides?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Well done! You win teh intawebs - I am indeed Mrs Ramsey from To The Lighthouse

[ironed_orchid]

OMGYAY!

I will start a new round in about 8 hours, it's daytime here and I have to go to uni.

[ironed_orchid]

I've opened up the next round here.