{"id":26,"date":"2013-06-16T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/16\/that-time-i-made-jessica-jarman-watch-a-royal-affair"},"modified":"2013-06-16T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T16:24:00","slug":"that-time-i-made-jessica-jarman-watch-a-royal-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"That Time I Made Jessica Jarman Watch A Royal Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may recall that last week I forced my dear friend Bronwyn Green to watch what is probably the saddest, most dramatic, most cheekbones-havingest costume porn of all time, A Royal Affair<\/i>. As she watched it, she IMed me so that we could share the experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My friend and fellow romance novelist\u00a0Jessica Jarman<\/a>\u00a0had not yet seen the film. Bronwyn and I felt we had an obligation to bully her into watching it. So that’s what we did. And then… this happened:<\/p>\n

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First, Jessica IMs me to tell me that she’s starting the movie<\/i>:<\/p>\n

Jessica<\/b>: Just started A Royal Affair–didn’t have a chance last night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I wasn’t home.<\/i> <\/p>\n

This does not affect Jessica’s conversation with me at all:<\/i><\/p>\n

Jessica<\/b>: oh hello cheekbones….\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah some major eye-fucking going on right now.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

omg the dance…the dance…. I think I need a smoke after that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They thought they could have it all….but they’re wrong! WRONG!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m only halfway through this and I know it’s going to kill me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The king needs to grow a pair… and there they are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well that didn’t turn out the way the Dowager predicted, did it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sitting in the dark thinking about the queen and king getting it on…he looks so…dejected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eventually, I did come home:<\/i><\/p>\n

Jenny<\/b>: OMG, LOL. I just came back from dinner, and I was like, “11 IMs?”\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OMG THE DANCING! Do you not want to lick his cheekbones?!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: YES!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: Are you still watching?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: Yes. He just yelled at the king when he wanted to have a holiday where women walk around naked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: That’s one of his few good ideas. Besides taxis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: Oh and the, “you don’t have to sign everything.” Oh god, this is the beginning of the end isn’t it?\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now the dowager is threatening the maids with purgatory. *sigh*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0Jenny<\/b>: And that gross sheets sniffing one is there. I’m sorry, if I were a housekeeper in the Age of Enlightenment, I’m not sniffing anybody’s laundry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even if I think I smell sex.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ESPECIALLY if I smell sex.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: They just said I love you to each other. Which means soon it will all go to hell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some time later:<\/i><\/p>\n

Jessica<\/b>: I want to punch the dowager and her funky looking son.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh god…….torches! Where are the pitchforks???<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, I see them now.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They just slapped the cheekbones! How DARE they??!!\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: LAY OFF THE BEAUTIFUL CHEEKBONES!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: Damn you, Jen! I’m already crying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: I’m spreading this movie like a poison of sadness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: Okay, it’s over. I am a puddle of tears and feelings right now.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: I hope you know, I’m going to blog this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jessica<\/b>: LOL Will you at least correct my typos?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jenny<\/b>: Like Snape says about Lily Potter. ALWAYS.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since “I’m spreading this movie like a poison of sadness,” if you watch it, let me know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may recall that last week I forced my dear friend Bronwyn Green to watch what is probably the saddest, most dramatic, most cheekbones-havingest costume…<\/p>\n

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