Day 8 of happy meme
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marguerite_kruxBeen so tardy with this one, but hey, at least I put a lot of effort in, right?
Last but definitely not least, the wonderful Marguerite Krux.
Now, between virtuous honorable jungle girl and duplicitous scheming black widow with a checkered past, who do you think I should fangirl? LOL.
Marguerite won me over with her flexible morality, sharp barbs and witty quips, and her deeply deeply buried soft compassionate side. Not that I don't like Veronica, but the whole black-and-white integrity and honor deal gets tiresome after a while. Marguerite brought the final tally to four 'intrinsically good' characters and four 'morally ambiguous' characters. Nice bit of harmony there.
So, at the first sight of our resident heiress, she is being a badass, lol. [I keep hearing about this deleted scene where she SHOOTS AT ROXTON, OMG, and if that's true, I'm going to cry because I'd've loved to see that.] Still, seeing her all cool and dangerous and RAWRRR, taking out this guy that stalks and attacks her on the street is pretty damn awesome. You do not want to be on the other side of her gun, lol.
Apart from being kickass, the main reason I love her is because she's so tart and funny and scathing when she takes the others down a peg or two, and just endlessly entertaining. The show has a tendency to overdo the corniness, but her remarks make it all worthwhile. Her intonations and mannerisms crack me up. I convulse in laughter and rewind scenes so many times just to hear her speak, lol. OBSESSED, MUCH?
In the pilot, she's very cold and uncaring and would throw any of the others to the wolves to save her own neck. So it makes sense that Marguerite gets a bit of a bad rap from the other characters. All right, it's not like she didn't set herself up for it with some of her choices, but the thing is, since then, she's proved herself time and again by risking her neck for them when she needn't have. A bit of gratitude would be nice but they mostly disparage her efforts by implying that it was in her own best interests and she probably had ulterior motives for helping out. UM, WTF, EXCUSE ME, BUT NO, SOMEONE SAVES YOUR MISERABLE HIDE, SHOW SOME RESPECT. GOD.
A few times she tries to offer someone a bit of comfort or understanding and she gets rebuffed because she is so evil and dark and scheming that she can't possibly understand how it feels [VERONICA]. She doesn't really get offended or try to defend herself, I guess because she figures that with all the misdeeds of her past, quibbling over something now would just be hypocritical and petty. I like how self-aware she is. The others like to delude themselves as to the nobility of their cause, but really, all their ends are as self-serving as hers; it is completely natural and human to want to advance your cause and better your life, but they act like she's the only selfish one there, which is lame.
Um, in case it hasn't gotten through yet, Marguerite's no angel. But one of the interesting things about her is that she doesn't want to be seen as anything remotely resembling an angel. She has the potential to be a good character but she has no interest in proving herself. Life's screwed her over, so why not look out for herself and leave the others to debate the morality of it all. As she says, 'What good is honor if you're too dead to enjoy it?'
When she does let her guard down and show that she cares, when she does throw aside self-preservation and risk her life for something/someone other than herself, she doesn't need appreciation or really want it. I guess she'd rather damn her reputation and thus not have any expectations to meet, thereby simplifying life a great deal. And the others, bar Roxton most of the time, buy into this act. But it is mostly an act, because if she had no redeeming qualities at all, I wouldn't adore her as much.
She's got a lot of secrets and even when we get a crumb or two here and there, I've got to say it doesn't really make any sense to me but I've never been great with keeping the mythology of a show straight. I watch for the characters and interactions between them, and she's just so awesome in action.
Her bickering with Roxton is one of my favorite things ever, seeing them banter back and forth, flirting with their true feelings for one another, wondering how far she'll push him away or let him in. Marguerite's got these walls built all around her and Roxton's so determined to get through to her, and it's wonderful watching her struggle with her attraction and affection for him, and her need to protect herself from being
hurt.
I've always found it interesting that she doesn't use him, do the whole seduce-and-control ploy that she utilizes throughout the series when in a tight spot. She teases and taunts him endlessly, but she doesn't try and establish a relationship which she could use to get the upper hand with him. How many times has she done this in the past to get her way? Yet she keeps him at a distance, because I think she recognizes that with him, she wouldn't be able to keep it from becoming personal.
But of course, they slowly, deliciously, get closer throughout the series. *wriggles*
Have I mentioned my 'women-with-guns' kink? Because that's another reason I'm so in love. :D
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RL thing of squee.
Some random guy just said, 'You've got some nice pins, those Stargate ones,' and pointed at the badges I have pinned to my bag. I just grinned and said thanks. Mwahaha. *feels proud*
And to think I would've brought my other bag today because I almost couldn't be bothered transferring things back and forth from one to the other. I feel gleeful. :D
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEALING POWER OF GEEKING OUT WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
Also, I printed out a bunch of stuff for this other dude whose card wasn't working, and although it only cost like, 50c at the most, he gave me $2. Hmm. I know, I know, should've been polite and all, 'No, no, it's not necessary,' but goddamnit, that's not how I operate. My working theory is 'don't be generous and offer something unless you're willing to give it up'. None of this 'polite refusal' crap, kthxbai. If that makes me mercenary, well... *shrugs* I can't say no. I WON'T. :P
Last but definitely not least, the wonderful Marguerite Krux.
Now, between virtuous honorable jungle girl and duplicitous scheming black widow with a checkered past, who do you think I should fangirl? LOL.
Marguerite won me over with her flexible morality, sharp barbs and witty quips, and her deeply deeply buried soft compassionate side. Not that I don't like Veronica, but the whole black-and-white integrity and honor deal gets tiresome after a while. Marguerite brought the final tally to four 'intrinsically good' characters and four 'morally ambiguous' characters. Nice bit of harmony there.
So, at the first sight of our resident heiress, she is being a badass, lol. [I keep hearing about this deleted scene where she SHOOTS AT ROXTON, OMG, and if that's true, I'm going to cry because I'd've loved to see that.] Still, seeing her all cool and dangerous and RAWRRR, taking out this guy that stalks and attacks her on the street is pretty damn awesome. You do not want to be on the other side of her gun, lol.
Apart from being kickass, the main reason I love her is because she's so tart and funny and scathing when she takes the others down a peg or two, and just endlessly entertaining. The show has a tendency to overdo the corniness, but her remarks make it all worthwhile. Her intonations and mannerisms crack me up. I convulse in laughter and rewind scenes so many times just to hear her speak, lol. OBSESSED, MUCH?
In the pilot, she's very cold and uncaring and would throw any of the others to the wolves to save her own neck. So it makes sense that Marguerite gets a bit of a bad rap from the other characters. All right, it's not like she didn't set herself up for it with some of her choices, but the thing is, since then, she's proved herself time and again by risking her neck for them when she needn't have. A bit of gratitude would be nice but they mostly disparage her efforts by implying that it was in her own best interests and she probably had ulterior motives for helping out. UM, WTF, EXCUSE ME, BUT NO, SOMEONE SAVES YOUR MISERABLE HIDE, SHOW SOME RESPECT. GOD.
A few times she tries to offer someone a bit of comfort or understanding and she gets rebuffed because she is so evil and dark and scheming that she can't possibly understand how it feels [VERONICA]. She doesn't really get offended or try to defend herself, I guess because she figures that with all the misdeeds of her past, quibbling over something now would just be hypocritical and petty. I like how self-aware she is. The others like to delude themselves as to the nobility of their cause, but really, all their ends are as self-serving as hers; it is completely natural and human to want to advance your cause and better your life, but they act like she's the only selfish one there, which is lame.
Um, in case it hasn't gotten through yet, Marguerite's no angel. But one of the interesting things about her is that she doesn't want to be seen as anything remotely resembling an angel. She has the potential to be a good character but she has no interest in proving herself. Life's screwed her over, so why not look out for herself and leave the others to debate the morality of it all. As she says, 'What good is honor if you're too dead to enjoy it?'
When she does let her guard down and show that she cares, when she does throw aside self-preservation and risk her life for something/someone other than herself, she doesn't need appreciation or really want it. I guess she'd rather damn her reputation and thus not have any expectations to meet, thereby simplifying life a great deal. And the others, bar Roxton most of the time, buy into this act. But it is mostly an act, because if she had no redeeming qualities at all, I wouldn't adore her as much.
She's got a lot of secrets and even when we get a crumb or two here and there, I've got to say it doesn't really make any sense to me but I've never been great with keeping the mythology of a show straight. I watch for the characters and interactions between them, and she's just so awesome in action.
Her bickering with Roxton is one of my favorite things ever, seeing them banter back and forth, flirting with their true feelings for one another, wondering how far she'll push him away or let him in. Marguerite's got these walls built all around her and Roxton's so determined to get through to her, and it's wonderful watching her struggle with her attraction and affection for him, and her need to protect herself from being
hurt.
I've always found it interesting that she doesn't use him, do the whole seduce-and-control ploy that she utilizes throughout the series when in a tight spot. She teases and taunts him endlessly, but she doesn't try and establish a relationship which she could use to get the upper hand with him. How many times has she done this in the past to get her way? Yet she keeps him at a distance, because I think she recognizes that with him, she wouldn't be able to keep it from becoming personal.
But of course, they slowly, deliciously, get closer throughout the series. *wriggles*
Have I mentioned my 'women-with-guns' kink? Because that's another reason I'm so in love. :D
-------------------------------
RL thing of squee.
Some random guy just said, 'You've got some nice pins, those Stargate ones,' and pointed at the badges I have pinned to my bag. I just grinned and said thanks. Mwahaha. *feels proud*
And to think I would've brought my other bag today because I almost couldn't be bothered transferring things back and forth from one to the other. I feel gleeful. :D
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEALING POWER OF GEEKING OUT WITH ANOTHER PERSON.
Also, I printed out a bunch of stuff for this other dude whose card wasn't working, and although it only cost like, 50c at the most, he gave me $2. Hmm. I know, I know, should've been polite and all, 'No, no, it's not necessary,' but goddamnit, that's not how I operate. My working theory is 'don't be generous and offer something unless you're willing to give it up'. None of this 'polite refusal' crap, kthxbai. If that makes me mercenary, well... *shrugs* I can't say no. I WON'T. :P
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Date: 2009-01-14 05:03 am (UTC)I just saw Torri in NCIS. DUDE!
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Date: 2009-01-14 11:39 pm (UTC)It's funny, though, when I was snarking about Veronica, I toned it down in case I offended Veronica lovers, and yet you both are like, rabidly GRRR! OMG! HATE! and I ended up being the moderate one, lol!
Malone goes missing and everyone has to wear black and weep constantly until his return, no one is allowed to smile or even speak if it's not a clue about where he is
Yep, that pissed me off. Especially as Marguerite's trying to comfort her and Veronica just turns on her with so much spite and contempt.
Veronica's constant comments regarding Marguerite's loyalty, were just too much!
You'd think she'd be a little more open-minded, considering how many times Marguerite's saved her ass...okay, her METHODS are...different, but the end result's the same, you're alive, that's all that matters, right? But everything's gotta be 100% sanctioned by Veronica's moral code otherwise it's wrong and wicked and shows what a bad person Marguerite is.
It's all the more infuriating because in this instance, Marguerite was trying to protect them and she never got acknowledged for that.
Torri! OMGLUFF! Ha, the only time I watch shows I formerly used to love is for Torri...