'They say the best acting comes from life...'

[marguerite_krux]

For the longest time, when I saw the skillet scene in Prodigal Father, I had this nagging sense of familiarity but couldn’t recall why. This is so random, even for me, but I finally realized this…

…brought back memories of a high school drama performance. We created a short play about the rampage of an insane squirrel in the town of Nutsville [based on a true story, seriously! It was in the paper and everything!] I was a baker and the highlight of my scene involved being bashed over the head with a loaf of my own bread and knocked unconscious. It was silly and comedic, tragic and poignant, bizarre and surreal, all at the same time!

Btw? Never say I didn’t suffer for my art. Consider three things:

#1- the loaf of bread was (duh) a prop. Naturally, it was a prop with the composition of a BASEBALL BAT.

#2- we’re high school kids, not trained professionals. So it was less about pretending to hit me on the head and more like actually hitting me on the head.

#3- our leading squirrel went MIA during rehearsals, so I got to enjoy first being abused by the understudy and then by the lead when she eventually returned. GOOD TIMES.

I tell you, I had no trouble acting out ‘apprehension’ and ‘pain’ by the end of the term. It was only being singled out for praise by my drama teacher for attention to character detail and developing her personality that made it all worthwhile. I am always hungry for praise and validation. It makes me pathetically easy to manipulate because even when I know it’s happening, I can’t help but go along with it.

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As we started season 2 of TLW, All or Nothing prompted two exclamations from Netty:

#1. ‘Look at him, he’s so much more handsome! He’s automatically ten times hotter! Why didn’t he do this sooner?’

I feel irrationally proud, despite having nothing to do with the makeover. I’ve had to make excuses for him throughout all of season 1, so reaching this point now is all the more rewarding and meaningful.







Those Magic Piranhas did a damn fine job. *sniffles proudly*

@ odakota_rose - lol, one of the rare issues we’re on opposing sides over. :P I know, I know, it’s bizarre that I love The Wig Episode- the random dancing! the random make out scenes! whee!- and yet pan Roxton’s first season hair, but that’s how I feel. [And I can never say that without thinking about Daniel and Jack in Window of Opportunity. *giggles*]

#2. ‘OMG, it’s her!’ - I frantically try to identify who it is but fail as she continues-

 

Considering how much I pay her out on SYTYCD [Australia] for her lack of charisma, shrill irritating personality and inexpressive features- I MISS YOU, CAT- you’d think I’d recognize her but the dark hair is a good disguise. If you ever want to hide from me, changing hair color would be a good start, I’m not that observant. *facepalm*

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On the latest ep of The Gruen Transfer, the only comedy show I actually find amusing, the team were analyzing a Bankwest ad, in which an executive engages in conversation with a mini horse-like creature.

Imbecilic Dude: What can we do about our home loan rates that will make people happier?
Vertically Challenged Equine Advisor: Well. Hmm. You could make them smaller.
Wil Anderson: What do I think is wrong with this ad? Well, it’s not the fact that the people that want to look after my money take their advice from dwarf ponies, no, its that the dwarf pony isn’t telling them anything worth hearing. ‘Customers want lower interest rates’. Really? They didn’t know that before they spoke to- the horse?!

Having seen Divine Right last week, it of course reminded me of:

 

Corrupt Advisor: Grendel allows no one to ride him but the king.

 

Roxton: Well, I think he made an exception this time.

 

Corrupt Advisor: There are no exceptions…If you are not the king, then Grendel has brought you to your death.

 

Roxton: Oh, well, let’s not get too carried away. Obviously you and- the horse know what you’re talking about.



Roxton: I’m- the king.

 

Bwahaha. Once more with feeling?

 

Roxton: I’m the king!

 

Lol, why does everyone in this show eventually get promoted to royalty?

 

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Comments

[speckleberry.livejournal.com]

Lol, why does everyone in this show eventually get promoted to royalty?

Because they are.

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

I'll note that Marguerite at least gets a king madly in love with her, a proper kingdom, though we never see it, and a whole new wardrobe. *squees at the pretty*

Roxton? Gets a muddy village. *snickers* And a depressed wet-blanket of a bride sick in love with another man. Oh, the inequality. :P

[speckleberry.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think he was in love with her, so much as infatuated with her. She so totally deserves it though, like her comment in "Ice Age" when she thought she deserved hoards of adoring servants or some such.

And, well, Roxton's already a Lord. So, it's fair enough.

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Infatuated/in love. *shrugs* Smitten. *g* He had a lot to offer. :D I really did have a soft spot for Gawain, he was so much more adorable and honorable and lovable than that brat in The Chosen One, ack. *stabs him*

'I've always believed I should be in a palace with legions of loyal followers...'

[Where do I sign up?]

For I have nothing better to do than look up random Marguerite quotes. And I say that in a tone that implies I'm being sarcastic, but I'm really not. Sad but true. :D

Lol, speaking of his title, you just reminded me to wiki 'Marquess of Queensbury', which never made sense to me. Now I want to edit their entry to include Lord John Roxton. ^_^

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

It wasn't piranhas that cut his hair...it was BEAVERS!!!

Will totally looks so much better, hotter with shorter hair. The longer hair was just bad.

ETA:
Marguerite ALWAYS got the best lines. My personal favs,

Could (yes folks it actually is COULD) this day get any better.
And
Don't worry about me, Gugna Din can take care of herself. :D

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Lol, I know, beavers are the accepted theory, it was a reference to Speckles' new cracky theory:

Isn't it amazing that Will was suddenly five years younger, when Tribune pulled him out of the river?! I know what it was that did it...Magic Piranhas. *nods* Marguerite can schmooze anyone. Even a piranha. (She wanted a prettier Roxton.)

:D I adore the image of Marguerite siccing piranhas on Roxton to give him a timely haircut. ♥ 'Just the hair, mind you, don't touch the face!'

Oh, Will. *sighs dreamily* Definitely hotter. Was the season one hair something the writers came up with? Because I don't understand why you'd keep it if you didn't have to!

Could (yes folks it actually is COULD) this day get any better.

I get a kick out of the bloopers when Rachel says that line, then turns around and promptly whacks into the camera guy. LMAO.

Okay, do you know what this Gunga Din reference means? My mother and grandmother tell me there was some sort of movie, or whatever, but they couldn't explain the reference. *woes*

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunga_Din
It's part of a line from a poem by Kipling. That's all I know.

Not sure what it means really, but it's just funny.

[odakota-rose.livejournal.com]

LOL. Seriously, is there video of this play somewhere? And I know how this over eager play thing works, because it's always so much easier to just actually hit the person instead of pretending to hit them. Daniel and I used to have these goofy little plays occasionally.

And the magic piranhas? They deserve to be sainted for fixing that god awful season one hair.

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha, I'm pretty sure there isn't, though I wish, it'd be hilarious to see it again. Aww, you and brother put on plays? Any footage of that lying around? :P

I really wish I'd started doing production early at high school because I had two small roles in Years 10 and 11 but my parents discouraged me in my final year because of my studies, and I always regretted that. *woes* I adored being on stage.

*snorts* Saint Piranha. Sounds more like a title of Marguerite's, lol. Which reminds me, you totally have to do an icon with 'St Marguerite the Sweet' one of these days... >:D

[odakota-rose.livejournal.com]

Any footage of that lying around? :P

I dunno, but if there is, I need to find it and burn it.

I took a theater class for one of my years of high school, it was a lot of fun really, except that it was mostly conceptual learning because of the home schooling bit, lol. Other than that it was awesome, and I did eventually get to use some of the skills I learned.

Oh dear. I forgot about that one. :D Will try and work on that tomorrow.
*points up* How's this one? Any changes I should make?

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

WHEE! *dances* This is brilliant! That fits them so perfectly! *snurches*

I dunno, but if there is, I need to find it and burn it.

As in, burn to share with the rest of us or burn as in 'destroy to ensure NOBODY ever sees it again'? :P

Where did the home schooling come in? O.o

And hmm, I don't think I really learnt any skills for life from Drama. Except to avoid squirrels bearing loaves of bread. Which isn't all that readily applicable in everyday life, you know. I'm curious what skills you got to apply, though.

Oh dear. I forgot about that one.

Ha, so I did mention it earlier? I couldn't remember. And I figured badgering you about it couldn't hurt... :P

[odakota-rose.livejournal.com]

*happydance* Glad you like :D

As in, burn to share with the rest of us or burn as in 'destroy to ensure NOBODY ever sees it again'?

More of the latter, honestly. Some things should just never be mentioned again.

Oh, I've always been homeschooled. I can't believe I never mentioned that!

I'm curious what skills you got to apply, though.

How to stand on a stage, how to address a group of people without being afraid, and even a bit about how to write a story. It came in handy in some ways. That said, I think that avoiding bread-wielding squirrels is probably a better life lesson.

*squishes* I'm at my grandmother's house right now, but she's napping so I'll see what I can come up with.

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

No, you never mentioned it! I think there were some comments you made about your studies that had me a little confused, but now it makes sense.

I am terrible at remembering what people are doing, though. I swear I've had the same conversation with this guy on the bus like, three or four times, and I feel so awful. It's not that I don't care, honestly! I just don't retain info that well...okay, so, what are you doing now with your studies, just for future reference, so I don't embarrass myself again? You mentioned being interested in medicine/law, but don't you need to go to uni for that?

Wow, I wish Drama had taught me all those skills. I cannot speak in public without being afraid. We had Arbitration last year- there were just four other people in the room and still I froze and couldn't respond to the arbitrator when he asked me questions. *headdesk*

No worries! You know with me it's more about making sure you have whatever request I've made still on your mind, rather than ordering you to snap to it straightaway. ^_~

[odakota-rose.livejournal.com]

Ahh, sorry about that. I keep forgetting that people don't actually know all this stuff automatically XD

I've been trying to work on my short-term memory though, because that sounds like something I'd do. I am ridiculous about forgetting things, even right after I've been told them. It's getting kinda silly at this point.

Well, it takes a while to get used to it, though I don't remember freezing, I just got really really nervous. My circulation would get bad and my hands would be all cold and shaky and just.. weird stuff like that.

*hugs* I keep meaning to do this icon though, and then not getting to. Possibly because I've been running around a lot again. And also because I had to move everything to flash drives and scrub a bunch of stuff off my computer because my dad keeps forgetting to do whatever he was going to do on my laptop. Therefore I can't be sure when he's going to want to, so I just didn't bother putting the stuff back on. *sigh* I need a new laptop, one that they don't know about.

[chibi-tenshi24.livejournal.com]

Lol, why does everyone in this show eventually get promoted to royalty?

Hey, Marguerite nearly got to be the queen bee of a male alien harem!!! XDXDXDXD

Roxton totally got unexpectedly hot in Season 2. I suspect losing a few pounds and toning up, and getting his hair cut did wonders for him XDXDXD Regardless, Will Snow's still an attractive man... until he weighs like 300 lbs. (I'm shallow - I admit it!)

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I block out memories of that male harem. *shudders*

Gawain in Camelot was sweet and adorable and I'd've totally married him; I understand her turning him down, though:
'I'm old enough to be your-'
'Mother?'
'Sister is more what I had in mind...'

But that harem freaked me out bad. Gah. What's the point in being queen if you don't get to enjoy it, right?

I suspect losing a few pounds and toning up, and getting his hair cut did wonders for him XDXDXD

TRUFAX. He was never overweight, but he did get into shape as the show went on. I mean, contrast his shirtless scene in Prodigal Father with the beach scene in The Knife. Soooo much hotter! And he's also noticeably toned in The Games, though sadly not shirtless. :P

Yes, we're shallow. There's nothing wrong with appreciating eye candy. ^_^ Or ditching it once it's stale. >:D

[chibi-tenshi24.livejournal.com]

Oh Gawain was awesome!!! He was just so adorable - like pinch your cheeks so. But you know, it would be interesting to see what happens if Marguerite had met up with him five years from now. It'd be a different, and more manly Gawain, and also not willing to take no for an answer hehehe. Then Roxton would have to go fight for his woman... AGAIN XDXD

Or ditching it once it's stale. >:D

... Or plump XD hehehehe

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

But see, that's why I originally hated Camelot, I thought it was played for laughs rather than drama- contrast sweet innocent Gawain with the Giant or the Mad Musician that pursued Veronica, or any number of other hostile antagonists the characters faced.

I never got a sense of threat from Gawain, I just wanted to ruffle his hair and pinch his cheeks, as you say. :P I wanted to see a tough ruthless guy that wanted Marguerite and didn't care who he had to step on, and instead I got a cuddly puppy of a boy.

Of course, with rewatching, I came to appreciate him so it doesn't rankle too much now. The kid's so funny, 'Then die you must'. *giggles* I'm pretty sure he was just playing...

Then Roxton would have to go fight for his woman... AGAIN XDXD

LOL. Ain't that the truth.

Tangential, but that reminds me of a line in this awesome fic somewhere [post-ep for The Secret, I think], he goes, 'I'm tired of every lunatic on the Plateau putting a knife to your throat or a gun to your head', heh. Keeping Marguerite out of trouble is a full time job. :D

[chibi-tenshi24.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a bit of a cheestastic episode but that's why I kinda loved it. And I also think that was why Gawain got to Marguerite. He's kinda naive and child-like, and whatever she's done in the past, I don't think it includes being heartless to kids. Or puppies XDXDXD

If Gawain had simply been a handsome man and tough, she would've had her guard up right from the start and you know, that doesn't go very far in a single episode XDXDXD

Keeping Marguerite out of trouble is a full time job. :D

Ain't that the truth! Thank goodness Roxton is man enough to handle it ;) (Also I think I recall the fic as well... no idea about the name though)

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha, it was 'cheestastic', heh, that's gonna have to figure largely in my lingo now.

The major problem I had with Camelot was that Roxton pulled this knife out of Marguerite's shoulder, it was deep enough that it took a yank to get it out- and there's no bleeding at all. No stains on her clothes. I'm trying to figure out if maybe their budget was tight and they couldn't afford the cleaning bill...?

Hmm, so Gawain being an overgrown kid was important to the plot. I SEE. I love Marguerite's character development here, going back to save him instead of just running off and thinking of herself [FRAK YOU, VERONICA] and I hadn't thought about how him being older and tougher would've affected that. *huggles* Thanks for pointing that out, I have now fully made peace with this issue and it is laid to rest. :D

Oh, you've also reminded me of that new-old fic you posted, with Marguerite helping this girl. What a softie she is when it comes to some kids! Gotta go read that.

And just so you know, my second chapter (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4941368/2/) of the TLW fic is up. Because I know you were holding your breath... :P