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marguerite_kruxIn the past eight days, I have had:
- McDonald's once
- Chinese noodles/rice twice
- and KFC three times
*facepalm* My diet. Isn't it the healthiest ever?
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WTF, there's an NCIS spin-off? Why did nobody tell me about this?! I know CM's been planning one for ages but NCIS snuck theirs up on me! Gotta say, the title's a bit unwieldy. NCIS: Los Angeles. [Guess 'Las Vegas', 'Miami' and 'New York' are out of contention, lol]. NCIS: LA for short? Bit too many random letters floating around there...
Anyway, is it sad that immediately, I'm like, 'OMG, female boss! Male subordinate! Ship!'
But before I start making up cute ship names and drawing hearts and rainbows all around them, does anyone want to spoil me on the nature of the relationship between Gibbs and Macy? Don't tell me she was yet another one of his affairs back in the day, I will scream- NO, I'M KIDDING, I'LL BEHAVE, JUST TELL MEEEE.
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Previously, I looked through my [meager *shameface*] Xena collection for a Karl Urban ep.
And once I started capping Deliverer, I got caught up in how much I used to love this show when it was non-slapstick-y and Xena and Gabrielle were intelligent and heroic and so much fun to watch!
Btw? I don't do femslash, but I see subtext.
[Holy crap, do I see subtext. Merlin, anyone? Literally EVERY CHARACTER on that show can be viably cross-shipped with anyone else, it's insane]
Xena/Hercules was my first real ship, and Xena/Ares is made of hawtness [ignoring the squick of him possibly being her father], but the writers threw in hefty doses of Xena/Gab and I'm not going to close my eyes and go 'lalala' like it doesn't exist, 'k?
So if that offends you, do us both a favor and don't read this.
And Gabrielle pretending to check for a bruise. Hee.
-
The Leg-Breaking of Gabrielle.
OR NOT.
Gabrielle: Timing. We have got to work on timing.
Accurately placed daggers FTW!
It's like the ballet! On poles!
*cough*butt!grope*cough*
I'M JUST SAYIN'.
Calling it like I see it, yo.
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Boadicea: By the gods, look. It's immense. How are we supposed to defeat that?
Xena: Caesar still has to divide up his army to attack the hills. Hold your cavalry until he tries to regroup. I'm going after Caesar. *unholy glee* He's mine.
Boadicea: Xena. I can't forgive you. But- I can thank you for what you're doing now.
Oh, crap. Don't thank her just yet! She ain't gonna be doing much for you. Letdown in 3...2...1...
Boadicea: What's the matter? What's that?
Xena: I don't know but it's centered over the temple. That's where Gabrielle is.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, HER BATTLE FURY AND BLOODTHIRST SUBSIDES AND SHE TAKES OFF TO CHECK UP ON GABRIELLE.
I feel really bad for Boadicea. Xena screws her over but good. Leading her into a war and then ditching her on the moment conflict is poised to begin? MASSIVE FAIL.
Odd, though, how this is bringing up visions of The Mentalist! Jane sacrificing his shot at taking down his mortal enemy in order to save Lisbon's life = Xena throwing away her shot to kill Caesar, the guy whose head she's wanted on a stick for yonks, to run off and save Gabrielle.
-
Witness that horror when she thinks Gabrielle's dead.
And the following devastation when she sees Gabrielle, crawling, weeping. *heart aches*
Lucy is such a phenomenal actress. I kinda hate myself- Lucy was my nickname as a child and then I stupidly insisted my parents call me by my real name because my cousin has the same name and I was jealous that she was taking it over. *eyeroll* Lucy was a much cooler nickname, why the fail, self?!
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Gabrielle: I killed her, Xena.
Xena: No, Gabrielle, you couldn't-
Gabrielle: No, I did. I stabbed her. I just stabbed-
Xena: Accidentally, you-
Gabrielle: ...Xena...I murdered her.
For the record? I hate this entire storyline.
I hate the loss of her blood innocence- come on, she was trying to save someone, it was self-defense [it can apply to defending yourself or another party] and not AT ALL the definition of murder, okay? If she killed Callisto for killing her husband, that's murder. This? Nuh-uh.
I hate the not!rape and the demon!baby and the destruction of Xena and Gabrielle's relationship. UGH UGH UGH.
That is all.
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Xena: Hold on, Gabrielle!
Okay, I know this is a serious scene of epic angst, but- HOLD ON. I always crack up laughing because it's always super useless. Responses such as 'NO, I'm gonna let go, I WANT to die' or, in this case, 'TO WHAT?' ought to be scripted in because seriously, wtf?
[Super blurry, but ah, what the hell]
OHNOES. THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT. THE FAIR MAIDEN IS FALLING TO HER DEATH AND POSSIBLY ETERNAL DAMNATION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS, LIKE, THE HELLMOUTH OR SOMETHING.
XENA'S SUPER POWER OF FLIGHT KICKS IN.
Xena: I gotcha. I gotcha. I gotcha.
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Gabrielle: Xena?
Xena: I’m here, Gabrielle.
Gabrielle: It hurts inside.
Xena: What?
OMGHEARTBREAK. *wibbles*
I love that Xena hugs her and rubs her arms and holds her tight like it's gonna help mend those inner wounds. *sniffles*
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Vidspam:
[Um. Fair warning- you might be getting a few Xena!vidspams in the future]
Brilliant vid of Xena kicking butt. Perfect timing, perfect clips, just...damn, it makes me want to rewatch the show from the beginning!
- McDonald's once
- Chinese noodles/rice twice
- and KFC three times
*facepalm* My diet. Isn't it the healthiest ever?
---
WTF, there's an NCIS spin-off? Why did nobody tell me about this?! I know CM's been planning one for ages but NCIS snuck theirs up on me! Gotta say, the title's a bit unwieldy. NCIS: Los Angeles. [Guess 'Las Vegas', 'Miami' and 'New York' are out of contention, lol]. NCIS: LA for short? Bit too many random letters floating around there...
Anyway, is it sad that immediately, I'm like, 'OMG, female boss! Male subordinate! Ship!'
But before I start making up cute ship names and drawing hearts and rainbows all around them, does anyone want to spoil me on the nature of the relationship between Gibbs and Macy? Don't tell me she was yet another one of his affairs back in the day, I will scream- NO, I'M KIDDING, I'LL BEHAVE, JUST TELL MEEEE.
---
Previously, I looked through my [meager *shameface*] Xena collection for a Karl Urban ep.
And once I started capping Deliverer, I got caught up in how much I used to love this show when it was non-slapstick-y and Xena and Gabrielle were intelligent and heroic and so much fun to watch!
Btw? I don't do femslash, but I see subtext.
[Holy crap, do I see subtext. Merlin, anyone? Literally EVERY CHARACTER on that show can be viably cross-shipped with anyone else, it's insane]
Xena/Hercules was my first real ship, and Xena/Ares is made of hawtness [ignoring the squick of him possibly being her father], but the writers threw in hefty doses of Xena/Gab and I'm not going to close my eyes and go 'lalala' like it doesn't exist, 'k?
So if that offends you, do us both a favor and don't read this.
Gabrielle: “Well, what is a mountain, but just-- a-- a bunch of boulders-- right? And, and-- what is a-- a rock-- but a large grain of sand? And what is a large grain of sand? Y-- you see my theory, here?”
Xena: “No.”
Gabrielle: “And that doesn’t bother you at all, does it?”
Xena: “What possible use is this information to us-- huh?”
Gabrielle: “Well, I haven’t the slightest idea, but-- well, hey, it gave us something to talk about since the last town, right?”
Xena: “A town-- towns, which are made up of houses-- which, after all, are just large huts-- which are made out of wood-- ”
Gabrielle: “Stop.”
Xena: “ --which are made out of trees, and-- huh-- hang on—trees are bigger than huts, so-- there goes that theory.”
I love Xena being all light-hearted and mocking her! Aww!
Gabrielle is reluctantly amused.
Gabrielle: “You can be so frustrating, sometimes.
Xena's trusty nose sniffs out trouble. She immediately acts to protect her companion...
...who is less than grateful.
Gabrielle: Hey-- don’t do that.”
AHAHA! DENIED.
And Gabrielle pretending to check for a bruise. Hee.
-
The Leg-Breaking of Gabrielle.
OR NOT.
Gabrielle: Timing. We have got to work on timing.
Accurately placed daggers FTW!
It's like the ballet! On poles!
*cough*butt!grope*cough*
I'M JUST SAYIN'.
Calling it like I see it, yo.
-
Boadicea: By the gods, look. It's immense. How are we supposed to defeat that?
Xena: Caesar still has to divide up his army to attack the hills. Hold your cavalry until he tries to regroup. I'm going after Caesar. *unholy glee* He's mine.
Boadicea: Xena. I can't forgive you. But- I can thank you for what you're doing now.
Oh, crap. Don't thank her just yet! She ain't gonna be doing much for you. Letdown in 3...2...1...
Boadicea: What's the matter? What's that?
Xena: I don't know but it's centered over the temple. That's where Gabrielle is.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, HER BATTLE FURY AND BLOODTHIRST SUBSIDES AND SHE TAKES OFF TO CHECK UP ON GABRIELLE.
I feel really bad for Boadicea. Xena screws her over but good. Leading her into a war and then ditching her on the moment conflict is poised to begin? MASSIVE FAIL.
Odd, though, how this is bringing up visions of The Mentalist! Jane sacrificing his shot at taking down his mortal enemy in order to save Lisbon's life = Xena throwing away her shot to kill Caesar, the guy whose head she's wanted on a stick for yonks, to run off and save Gabrielle.
-
Witness that horror when she thinks Gabrielle's dead.
And the following devastation when she sees Gabrielle, crawling, weeping. *heart aches*
Lucy is such a phenomenal actress. I kinda hate myself- Lucy was my nickname as a child and then I stupidly insisted my parents call me by my real name because my cousin has the same name and I was jealous that she was taking it over. *eyeroll* Lucy was a much cooler nickname, why the fail, self?!
-
Gabrielle: I killed her, Xena.
Xena: No, Gabrielle, you couldn't-
Gabrielle: No, I did. I stabbed her. I just stabbed-
Xena: Accidentally, you-
Gabrielle: ...Xena...I murdered her.
For the record? I hate this entire storyline.
I hate the loss of her blood innocence- come on, she was trying to save someone, it was self-defense [it can apply to defending yourself or another party] and not AT ALL the definition of murder, okay? If she killed Callisto for killing her husband, that's murder. This? Nuh-uh.
I hate the not!rape and the demon!baby and the destruction of Xena and Gabrielle's relationship. UGH UGH UGH.
That is all.
-
Xena: Hold on, Gabrielle!
Okay, I know this is a serious scene of epic angst, but- HOLD ON. I always crack up laughing because it's always super useless. Responses such as 'NO, I'm gonna let go, I WANT to die' or, in this case, 'TO WHAT?' ought to be scripted in because seriously, wtf?
[Super blurry, but ah, what the hell]
OHNOES. THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT. THE FAIR MAIDEN IS FALLING TO HER DEATH AND POSSIBLY ETERNAL DAMNATION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS, LIKE, THE HELLMOUTH OR SOMETHING.
XENA'S SUPER POWER OF FLIGHT KICKS IN.
Xena: I gotcha. I gotcha. I gotcha.
-
Gabrielle: Xena?
Xena: I’m here, Gabrielle.
Gabrielle: It hurts inside.
Xena: What?
Gabrielle: Everything’s changed, everything...
Xena: It's gonna be okay. Promise.
OMGHEARTBREAK. *wibbles*
I love that Xena hugs her and rubs her arms and holds her tight like it's gonna help mend those inner wounds. *sniffles*
---
Vidspam:
[Um. Fair warning- you might be getting a few Xena!vidspams in the future]
Brilliant vid of Xena kicking butt. Perfect timing, perfect clips, just...damn, it makes me want to rewatch the show from the beginning!
