Sleepy Hollow

[shipperx]

I don't care that the show is insane or that the 'history' is cray-cray. Ichabod and Abbie are adorable.

I LOL'd over a tweet I read last night re: Sleepy Hollow complaining about Abbie not remembering the Roanoke colony becase (as per tweet) "That was the only interesting thing in early American history!" Perhaps an exaggeration, but, yeah, the "lost colony" is one of those things that intrigue kiddies in school.

Speaking of school, I wonder why Oxford is covering for Ichabod. It's not a Connie Willis novel, so I don't think that Oxford has the time travelling history department yet. ;) I amused myself with what was being left out of that call:

Oxford: We have an Ichabod Crane on record in 1769. But he's on leave since 1769, and is in New York since 1769!

(Or therebouts. I figured he needed a few years early in order to meet Jefferson and Adams (Unless he was in France. Can't wait for that whacked 'flashback!'). And I must say, I tend to think Ichabod had it backwards. Easier to believe that it was Adams who liked puns and Jefferson who liked inappropriate limericks. Everyone pretty much agreed that Adams was a tightly wound stick in the mud... The 'history' be cray-cray. Hee!)

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[jerusha]

Hee! I have to admit, I don't think I knew much of anything about Roanoke (the lost colony) until fairly recently. I think it got maybe half a sentence in my history class, and I had no idea it was a big mystery. So, I don't think it's all that unusual that Abbie wouldn't recognize it. I first got interested after the SPN episodes dealing with it.

But Ichabod and Abbie ARE adorable.

[liliaeth]

I don't know, but I have a guess that either captain Irving, or someone else who's aware of Ichabod's reason for being there, has arranged a background for him, including asking Oxford to lie for him.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I was one of the people flabbergasted that everyone in the room didn't immediately recognize the word "Roanoke" but I'm a history nerd. I wonder if it's just that most people who would watch Sleepy Hollow would already be interested in weird true life historical unsolved mysteries.

With regards to Oxford, I just assumed that the strange Illuminati-type Conspiracy Group that arranged for Ichabod to time travel probably extended to Oxford.

As a complete aside, I noticed last night that Ichabod and Abbey have the exact same hair style. I wonder if that means anything or if the set stylist is simply uncreative.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Speaking of school, I wonder why Oxford is covering for Ichabod. It's not a Connie Willis novel, so I don't think that Oxford has the time travelling history department yet. ;) I amused myself with what was being left out of that call:

Oxford: We have an Ichabod Crane on record in 1769. But he's on leave since 1769, and is in New York since 1769!


Ah, but perhaps that coven that's keeping watch in NY is also keeping watch in Oxford...

And I'm still getting a kick out his fumbling around with modern technology - loofahs, scotch tape, plastic.

Now we have to wait until November for the next episode although it's jam packed with goodness - James Frain, John Noble, John Cho, our Headless Friend, and Jenny.

[usedtobeljs]

I was so annoyed when '1590' (ie. Early Modern England, time of Shakespeare and Marlowe) meant wheee, we're all talking Middle English which is SO out of period....

And then Ichabod and Abbie were so adorable that I just took more Handwavium and enjoyed them.