Welcome to My Lady Lorna


You know you're a dedicated fan when...

 

  1. You can recite scenes word for word on command.
  2. You insist on having an Exmoor wedding and un-invite your cousin.
  3. You've taken out a loan to cover the expense of visiting England simply so you can stand on the moor and look down upon Doone Valley. 
  4. You sue the poor farmer who owns the property for taking down the "rooks' nest."
  5. You show up at your ex-significant other's wedding with a revolver. You don't intend to use it, and it has no bullets anyway, but it gives you a feeling of satisfaction.
  6. You find a significant sinkhole on the moor, and every year send a delivery of flowers to be dropped into it. 
  7. You have the book, video, DVD, and have lobbied for a soundtrack. A&E has banished you from their boards and cut off your account due to your pestering them for the music - of course, threatening to take a stick to them if they didn't comply might not have helped.
  8. You own the DVD - and don't have a DVD player. Or better yet, you own all subtitled versions, and have yet to learn another language aside from English.
  9. You have a room dedicated to Lorna Doone, John Ridd, and Carver Doone. 
  10. You've rewound and rewatched all the folk dancing scenes so you can get the footwork right. This impresses your dancing teacher, who is convinced that you're not telling her something.
  11. You can mimic any expression on-demand, and have taken on the characteristics of one or more characters.
  12. You wear a corset, just so you can "feel closer" to Lorna. 
  13. 98% of all e-mails that come in are from the Lorna Doone Obsession Group, the Lorna Doone Message Boards, or LD Anonymous. 
  14. You check the message boards every morning before doing anything else... including showering. 
  15. You've died your hair dark brown. Your husband, who's a blond, can't understand all this talk about hair extensions.
  16. You watch the movie 1) at least once a week, or 2) at least ten minutes every day, to protect yourself from the "real world."
  17. You've written any or all of the cast members for an autograph. And personally delivered it.
  18. Your computer breaks down because of LD overload. Those sixty files, each with sub-categories and double-links, overflowed into the network, and now the boss wants to know who Carver is. 
  19. You have this unexplainable urge to buy any magazine that even remotely mentions Lorna Doone or its cast.
  20. You have a Lorna Doone Scrapbook.
  21. You have a reproduction of Lorna's necklace.
  22. You call your uncle "Counselor."
  23. You have a separate file for Lorna Doone sites in your "Favorites."
  24. $11,000 doesn't seem too steep to pay for a renaissance wedding gown. 
  25. You find yourself quoting, more often than not, from the film. 
  26. Your boss can't understand why you gave up a prime position in a fortune 500 company to grow wheat and milk cows. 
  27. You have 1) changed your name to that of a character in the movie; 2) named a child after a character; 3) named a pet after a character; 4) made your husband change his name to "Ridd."
  28. You've resisted your significant other's come-on's in the woods. Or, you've forced him to meet you secretly in the woods.
  29. You cannot write an e-mail, letter, article, review, or novel without mentioning in some way or form, Lorna Doone. This includes quotations, signatures, and/or any mention of the names of the cast.
  30. You've printed out over a $100 worth of quality-photo paper with Carver and John plastered all over it. Your niece caught you kissing one.
  31. You write fan-fiction so that Carver lives. 
  32. You write fan fiction so that Lorna marries Carver.
  33. You've dreamt of being in the movie. 
  34. You've written to the director and the BBC, begging for a sequel... or maybe a series... 
  35. Severe depression takes over when your cousin leaves for London on holiday. You believe you'll never see her again, and down 6 consecutive glasses of brandy. It takes awful, and you can't help but gag, but find it reassuring to know that you're still remotely human.
  36. You bought the movie on "pre-release" so that it was sent to you the minute it reached the store. 
  37. You take pride in revealing that you've worn out six tapes and one DVD.
  38. Anyone has saved a Lorna Doone review/article/interview for you.
  39. You've started a petition to bring Lorna Doone to the theaters. 
  40. You know how many days it's been since the movie premiered on A&E. You've lit a candle for every day Carver's been dead. 
  41. You refuse to watch the pre-ending, where Carver meets his doom, on principle. 
  42. Your Home Page opens up to My Lady Lorna... ;)
  43. You've begged the BBC to release a "Making of" video.
  44. You've traveled more than a 100 miles from home to see the premier of one of the main cast's new films.
  45. You now own every film that Adian Gillen, Amelia Warner, or Richard Coyle has ever starred in. You don't know the plots, since you only f-forward and watch the scenes where they're present. 
  46. You wrote a letter of complaint to A&E for premiering Horacio Hornblower the night that Wives & Daughters came on PBS. 
  47. You've complained more than once that they could have run Lorna Doone instead of Hornblower.
  48. Your library doesn't have a copy of the movie. You buy one and donate it.
  49. You hogtie your best friend and rope her into watching the movie. 
  50. You use lists of obsession signs like this one as therapeutic assessment tools.
  51. You're still on the edge of your seat the whole time every time you see the movie.
  52. You rewind/replay favorite scenes at least six times per viewing
  53. You're working on a "Re-release" campaign. 
  54. You're writing the script from memory.
  55. Your mother thinks you're an idiot for leaving your most expensive jewelry laying on the bedside table.
  56. You buy a gelding. You name him "Winnie." 
  57. You can never just ride a horse... not without your authentic revolver and peasantry garb.
  58. You stand mesmerized whenever you see even a glimpse of red.
  59. You name your estate "Whitehall." It's an infringement on copyright, but those disloyal English can go to the Doones.
  60. You're thrilled when your search for "Doone" brings up a Carver. He lives in Arabia and is short and fat, but somehow... you don't mind. You remind him repetitively to stay away from sinkholes.
  61. You have an autographed original script. You have the autographed original script framed and hanging in the place of honor.
  62. Whenever someone says, "It's just a movie!" you angrily respond, "It is NOT 'just a movie'!"
  63. You disapprove of your sister's fiancé, Tom. He never does know why.
  64. You like to drink from tin cups. 
  65. You've ever lost your temper and smashed someone's face into the salad. 
  66. You are the "Keeper of Carver's Braids." 
  67. You spend roughly half a million re-creating the waterfall in your back yard. The city can't understand how the water pressure's suddenly gone down dramatically.
  68. You put pressure on the school drama teacher to perform "Lorna Doone" as the play this year.
  69. You have acted the film out, scene by scene, with excellent mimicry and director's notations, for a stranger. 
  70. Your blood turns cold whenever someone mentions Monmouth.
  71. You paid $5,000 for an authentic rifle to hang over the fireplace. 
  72. You can't resist sneaking up to people's houses.
  73. You send the cast and crew "Wish You Were Here!" cards every summer.
  74. You've said, "I don't have a Lorna Doone problem. I can handle it."
  75. You've told that to your therapist.
  76. You've explained just why it's your favorite movie of all time and worthy of every award known to man... and all the checker asked was, "Will this be cash or charge?"
  77. The last time you tried to get rid of your obsession - namely by not mentioning Carver or John for a period of thirty consecutive days; nor watching the movie more than once in 60 - you wound up in the hospital. 
  78. Your non-profit organization has but one goal - to see to it that everyone in the world sees Lorna Doone at least once.
  79. You keep a journal of your like-Lorna experiences.
  80. "Carver Doone" is listed as your next-of-kin. 
  81. Richard Coyle has a restraining order against you.
  82. You've told your dad, "I listened to you once, and look what happened!" He can't remember you ever listening to him.
  83. Your family disinherits you for wanting to cremate Grandpa on a funeral pyre in a final farewell.
  84. You hold a 1 year anniversary party on the night that the BBC originally premiered the film.
  85. Tom Cruise? Who's Tom Cruise?
  86. Your term paper is entitled "The History of the Doones." Your English teacher is delighted at your magnificent grasp of storytelling and fiction - you can't make her understand that it's not fiction.
  87. In the school play, you foul things up in the courtroom scene by screaming, "Don't be such damn fools!"
  88. Your best friend eventually leaves because she can't stand your accusations that she keeps stealing your letters.
  89. You write a letter and then see to it that it never reaches your significant other.
  90. You don't even want to know about your ancestry. Whenever the subject comes up, you turn green and leave.
  91. You erect the "Carver Doone Memorial" in Exmoor.
  92. Your study is a reproduction of the counsel house.
  93. You actually consider highway robbery as a profession.
  94. You propose first, before he ever gets around to it.
  95. You know when John Ridd's birthday was. You celebrate it every year.
  96. You've taken up removing bullets as a profession. 
  97. Self-punishment involves locking up the movie and giving your husband the key. 
  98. You've been known to become uncontrollable when deprived of your LD instant messenger for more than six hours.
  99. You can hum the theme song, Carver strain, Lorna melody, and Battle music by heart.
  100. Having spent an hour actually away from your VHS tape in reading this, you decide to watch the movie again..