7 posts tagged “wallander”

Again, it's a Stefan/Linda fanvid.

Stefan Lindman (Ola Rapace) and Frank Borg (Jacob Eklund) in a scuffle with a suspect, not exactly playing by the rules. Watch the video here.

I found this on YouTube (where else?) and I loved it. 

As of today, there's a new fandom on my fan fiction site, The Fandom House! Wallander! So far there's one story, but there will be three more once I've had time to translate them. The stories are based on the Swedish version, but naturally they will all be in English on that version of the site. There's also one wallpaper based on the UK version and several based on the Swedish version.

My sister just made these really cool wallpapers and I thought I'd share them. They're on the gallery page of our fan fiction site.

That's it. I will have to translate my Wallander fics into English. When I read the result of an online translation, I realized that this couldn't go on. You have no idea how stupid it looks. I certainly hope no one thinks I write that badly in reality. Translating is such a bore. I'd been hoping to be able to wait a while longer, but since there's a demand, I'll just have to do it. Actually, it might be a good thing for another reason too. At least I try to tell myself that. If I get to work on something, I might be able to get back to writing again, and if so I just might be able to finish my novel, at long last. I hope so anyway.

Since the (originally) Swedish Wallander mysteries have been successfully exported to the UK, I thought I'd put in my two cents' on this topic. In an earlier post, I've already mentioned that they're not quite my thing. What I would like to discuss is something else. In the UK reviewers are raving about Kenneth Branagh in Wallander. I haven't seen the UK version yet, but I will, just to see what they've made of it. As far as I'm concerned, things can only get better. :)

What I'm reacting to is just one thing that keeps being repeated over and over again, in the reviews, in the UK and even in the US. Sweden is gloomy. What? Ok, I'll admit that the north, far away from Wallander's Scania, could be described as gloomy, especially during the dark season, which, frankly, lasts almost all the year around. That's the north, not Scania. If you went to Scania presumably you'd notice that much of Sweden is pretty ordinary. The scenery is beautiful. (I just had to mention that. After all, I live here. I like the scenery.) But let's get this straight once and for all, Scanians are not gloomy. Not generally. Sure, anyone can get gloomy, especially if you work hard all day tracing killers and dealing with gruesome murders. Are the British sleuths any more cheerful?

This is how the rest of us Swedes (or Goths, as I am - and no, I'm not dressed in black, we're called goths anyway and there's a fascinating linguistic or semantic explanation to why there are so many goths worldwide, especially throughout history) view Scania and the Scanians:

They're jolly, positive people. They love to eat and drink. Kind of, if you allow the metaphor or simile like hobbits, though not as short and fat, well some might be, but then so can anyone. Scania is usually green and smiling, rather than gloomy, though personally I tend to agree that the area around Ystad might be described as gloomy, especially during the winter.

Oh, and another thing, for those of you who are into fan fiction/slash, I will translate my Wallander fics some time, and it will be sooner if I get some requests.