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marguerite_krux) wrote2009-06-09 10:09 am
'Reality check- I’m your supervising agent, I’m not your decoy...'
Btw? If you're feeling ignored lately, it's not you, it's me. I'm smack bang in the middle of exam period hell, plus we're getting ready to move out of rental limbo into the first home we've owned in my nearly-21 years of life. Hectic would be an understatement. But be prepared to be spammed with my love once it's settled down, 'k?
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So, I only caught like, ten minutes of Sanctuary, but OMG! *spazzes out* Amanda! Brunette! British accent! GUH! I am totally excited.
* Will kinda reminds me of Daniel Jackson. The whole 'discredited genius that nobody takes seriously' thing? Yeah? Also, the way he brushed off Helen Magnus, was reminiscent of Daniel with Catherine Langford, and actually, with his other self in Continuum. Kind of an ass, impatient, abrupt...I really want to smack characters over the head when they do this. I'd be totally like, 'Hell yeah, bring on the wackiness, make my life more exciting, woo-hoo!' And he's just bailing on her, going back to his boring job, his boring existence... I would never play hard-to-get the way these characters always do, gargh.
* Don't hate me for this, but Ashley? Made me think of Buffy. Now, before anyone blows up at me for not looking past the blonde ass-kicking machine similarities, I've only seen her vroom-ing around on her motorcycle, I haven't even heard her speak yet. It's just I know she's supposed to be witty and fierce and a really tough capable chick. Also she's blond. And I just read this really cool fic, Going Home Through a Starry Mirror, in which Buffy ends up in Stargate!verse as a nine year old amnesiac who's adopted by Carter, so I'm working on the whole 'daughter of a character played by Amanda Tapping' theme. I was pretty dubious about the concept of that fic, but it's really engrossing and I'd recommend it, 'tis a good read.
*Also? KAVAN SMITH! Why did nobody tell me he was in this? I have such a huge crush on this guy, my heart still goes all fluttery when I remember meeting him! *bounces*
Isn't he just utterly gorgeous?! *flails* He was so utterly sweet and charming and I honestly thought I might combust on the spot because I could barely contain all my happy and glee. *wriggles*
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Much love and eternal gratitude to muzzy_olorea for directing me to the pretties. *squishes* I googled in vain, and would’ve never come across this shrine to Robin Tunney and Simon Baker without assistance, so *mwah* ^_^
After endless squee, I collected a few of my favorites for a mini Robin!picspam. [luxuria_oceanus, my fellow gawker of beautiful women, you should appreciate this on that advanced, sophisticated mental level we operate on...*g*] It's...probably not work-friendly. I don't know, it's fairly tame but I probably would make sure your boss isn't lurking behind you anywhere.
Um…so it took me a moment to realize she was probably pointing at the trophy. *coughs* My gaze followed her finger to a totally different destination… :P
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I’m so used to seeing her as the sensible, practical Lisbon that my eyes about dropped out of my head to see the sexy, sultry side of her. *fans self*
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OMG! I never realized this before but- are Lisbon and Jane actually HOLDING HANDS when they make a break for the car as it’s raining?!
I’ve always loved this scene because of its levity and whimsy and how hopeful it is. And shippy.
So, Jane’s just pretty much reinforced that he’s still determined to hunt down and kill Red John- vengeance! retribution! screw the law! damn her bourgeois conventional nature, he’s out for blood, rarrr!- but a second later...
Jane: Shall we?
...they’re skipping down the stairs, all smiles and giddy like little kids in the rain. 
But are they holding hands? Damn you, blurry cap! I’m not convinced. PLEASE CONVINCE ME.
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I can see where Ashley might strike you as being Buffy-esque, although I think you'll find that she really isn't. She's a loose canon, I'll grant, but she's WAY more responsible and serious about the job she does than Buffy was at her best (even if Ashley IS highly irreverent). Ashley understands that the stakes are life-and-death. And, unlike Buffy, Ashley never goes through a "but i don't WANNA do this job!!!" phase. Ashley LIKES what she does, She's a considerably darker and more intense personality. but she has a playful side in spite of it all (i've probably quoted this for you before)
Ashley: *is on her way out the door*
Henry: "I thought your mom grounded you?"
Ashley: "She did. I'm just... going to out to get... some feminine products."
Henry: *smirks* "Feminine like a crate of uzies?"
Ashley: "Dude. You want me to get us some new toys or not?"
and, later, after an arms dealer has described all the illegal modifications to an assault-riffle
Ashley: *laughs* "Sylvio, stop it! You're turning me on..."
or, when Will's trying to wrap his head around the things that go on at the Sanctuary
Ashley: "Oh, or, hey! Mom, remember the summer I turned 18?" *looks at Will* "We cleaned otu this ENTIRE den of werewolves--"
Will: "Okay, now you're just playing with me."
Ashley: *stares* "Uh... you got the tour, right?"
She's a lot of fun and, whilst profoundly messed up, not nearly as much of a self-destructive mess as Buffy was.
And I'll stop justifying my fav fandom now *hug*
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Seriously? Daniel Jackson Daniel? If so, I feel so smug, I totally called that comparison, ha! It's something I do when I first watch a show, I can't help but compare it with every other one in my experience. It's not that I think it's a bad thing for them to be alike, I have very particular preferences and I'm happy when something I like from one show is replicated in another!
[People that go, 'oh, time travel or mind-wiping or groundhog day, we've seen this before, how lame' irritate me so much, it's not the originality I'm after but the way the writers toy with it- like I'd seen the idea of replacing a character's memories to make them think they murdered someone before in Voyager but I really enjoyed the Cam version in SG-1 because ot the different approach]
Wow, Ashley is several notches up from Buffy already in my book, then. I love irreverence, but I really hate it when characters who face life-and-death situations don't act like it matters. Humor is important to stay relatively sane, I get that, but it gets to the snotty overly flippant point sometimes and I want to thwack them, ugh. [JOHN CONNOR, I'm looking at YOU]
I wiki'd Ashley and I kinda love her so much that the season finale is making me flip out just a little. Gone to the dark side, wtf? *sniffles*
Hee, you don't have to justify it, I'm already thoroughly hooked on it! All your fault! Dude, I can already QUOTE from this show without having seen an entire episode! I was reading a book yesterday where the character said 'I'm not common at all' or something and I giggled, 'HA, HELEN MAGNUS'. Hee.
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*nods* I think it was Isaac Assimov or Robert Heinlein who said "There are only five or six original ideas in all of science fiction." Execution really IS what matters because there aren't any original ideas ANYWHERE in the world any more.
*nods* Ashley WILL mouth off to her opponents, but you get the distinct impression that this is a part of her strategy. In no way does it indicate any lack of respect or gravity. And this is despite the fact that she's so confident in her ability to win that it REALLY shakes her when she has to admit to Henry about Druitt that "He moves faster than me. If that's even POSSIBLE." ... it freaks her out. But she still takes Druitt as a serious threat even though he's out cold and she doesn't think he's going to wake up any time this week, she still has him put in the SHU rather than GenPop because she recognizes that he's still a threat. So TOTALLY not flippant about her work.
You'll see, lol. It's scary but satisfying. Especially since i seriously spent the whole season fully believing that this chick was capable of snapping and going RENEGADE. Just not like THAT, 'cause DAMN...
:) Well, it's true. Helen Magnus is NOT so common...
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Also, the way he overreacts to things...Okay, so I'm not going to be put in the position where I meet ape-men creatures, but DUDE, CHILL. The guy's trying to offer you a cup of tea and you're wigging out like he's pointing a gun at your head? Not cool. I love how Helen acts all calm, like it's totally normal and why is he freaking out so bad? Tsk, tsk. Lol.
I love Ashley! She's so deceptively chirpy and cute and funny, and then she turns on the badass and RAWR. Shame she had to be 'rescued' by Will, though- yes, I'm resenting him for that. Hmph.
Also, that scene with her and Druitt was super cool, I replayed it so many times! I love that she pulled the trigger- too many times, you have these characters that'll wimp out or will be all hung up on 'morality' or some such in a LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION and I cheered when she pulled the trigger, even if he was too fast for her. Ouch, he beat up on her good. *winces* I do love that she's not cocky and overconfident, that air of bravado is like a tactical thing. Plus it's funny. :D
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Will: "They look like furbies, reproduce faster than tribbles, eat more than tribbles, and turn us all into sex maniacs?" *nods* "Yeah, we should probably come up with a way to contain these guys."
Clara: "What the hell just happened?"
Will: "Dude who invented the radio" *points to Tesla* "just dissed Jack the Ripper." *points to Druitt*
Clara: *blinks*
Will: *keeps walking like he didn't say anything weird*
But it would be weird if he weren't freaked out a bit. a normal person would be
Oh, yeah. Ashley is one hard-core piece of badassitude in highly deceptive gift-wrap ;p
Oh, yeah. That scene between her and Druitt was great. Their chemistry when they're at odds is amazing. Wait until you see them in "The Five"...