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'...everything I've done, I've done for you...I move the stars for no one...'
RL whinge:
I just want to get this off my chest.
I think I’m holding on out of habit.
Katherine and I have been friends for about eight years. I love her…and I think that’s the problem. She tends to be dismissive of the people that truly care about her; once, she was complaining about some friends that ditched her and I tried to make her feel better.
‘I love you.’
‘Yeah, but that’s unconditional love, so it doesn’t count.’
>_<
It’s like the people that are difficult, that are ‘fair-weather friends’, that cause drama and conflict, those are the people she wants to make the effort for- like, because they make it hard, it must be worthwhile or something. People that just love her, well, they’ll always be around so why bother with them, right? No, literally, that’s what she told me- ‘You’re Annie, I know you’ll always be there’. Way to make me feel appreciated.
So it’s been a couple months since we’ve seen each other. I still have the Christmas presents I bought her and Jacob [her brother] and after I text her to see if I should just wrap them for their birthdays instead, we finally get a day sorted to meet up and exchange gifts.
Now, it’s February, so giving gifts may seem redundant, but a month isn’t really that bad, considering her track record.
What bugs me more is that she promised she’d give me my birthday present with the Christmas one- she told me ages ago that she got me a ring for my birthday. I didn’t really want more jewelry, but she insisted that for my 21st, she had to get something special. So, okay, cool.
Except my birthday was in JULY. And now, nearly seven months later, still nothing.
It’s in her room, somewhere. [Her room used to look like a bomb went off in there, so the ‘lost in my bedroom’ excuse rings true] I’ve seen her a few times over the past few months, been at her place a couple of occasions, and each time, she’s acted chagrined and assured me she’ll look for it.
Now she’s moved out of home and in a weird power play with her parents, she can’t go back home for the next few months. [Even though they’re not at home for a few weeks at the moment because they’re off somewhere, for work, I think]
And I just think- fuck the ring. It was never about the ring. It was about me wanting to feel like I matter to her, that she’d go to the effort of cleaning up her goddamn room to find a present she apparently already bought for me. I mean, the girl moved out of house, she cleared out most of her belongings, but she can’t use that opportunity to locate the damn thing?
I just feel so small and insignificant. She’ll go all out for her other friends, spending ages personalizing little knick-knacks for them, getting lavish gifts, taking them to concerts and all that, but Annie…well, she’ll be fine, she can wait, it doesn’t matter.
Even when we finally hang out after months of nothing- well, the girl’s got a life, you know, heaps of friends, boyfriends/ex-boyfriends, parental drama- I get about 5% of her attention. We end up spending the morning going shopping for groceries, and most of that time, she spends ordering Chris around [he’s the ex, who she dumped for being ‘too needy and clingy’, yet she keeps him around to grab her groceries, take her clothes to and from the Laundromat, drive her to different places, etc].
Then at her place, she’s tidying up and showering and a million different things- she sits down for a few minutes before bouncing up to go take care of something. So while she’s off doing her own thing, Chris, Jacob and I bond over Merlin. Those guys are funny. [Gwen gives Merlin a flower: ‘she wants to have sex with him’/Gwen gives Morgana a bouquet: ‘they’re lesbian lovers!’]
But hey, leaving aside the lack of any significant interaction, at least I actually got my Christmas present. Dogma. A dvd she got off e-bay. Used, with a whole lot of scratches. I should feel happy, because I love that movie, but at the moment…my reaction’s more of a ‘huh, shitty copy of a dvd that was going for $15 at JB Hi-Fi. How cheap does she want to be?’
Thank god for LJ. I just don’t think I’m cut out for friends in real life.
---
Fandom yayness:
Surprisingly, I'm reading a Harry Potter fic that isn't SSHG. Quelle surprise! I just devoured 44 chapters of Arsinoe de Blassenville's The Best Revenge. It's a Snape-mentors-Harry story and by god, it sunk its claws into me and would not let me wrest free.
This fic? Is what I wish CANON was like. It's infinitely SUPERIOR to canon and not in a fanfic way, but literally like it could've been published. I would've paid money for this fic, seriously. It fixes everything that I had a problem with in the books and surpasses them in terms of making Harry more likable and sympathetic. The boy actually studies and tries to achieve things and learn spells! Who'da thunk it? Also, Harry genuinely cares about other people and tries to help- canon!Harry is stunningly lacking in empathy or compassion.
And there is character development! *gasps* The amazing thing is that Harry and Draco are friends in this fic but Draco isn't whitewashed til he's unrecognizable- given his upbringing, he has the same inevitable prejudices and flaws as in canon, but we get to see the positive effect Harry has on him in such a believable way. There is compromise and 'agreeing to disagree' instead of Draco miraculously converting to Muggle-lover in a heartbeat.
The best thing about the fic is the way that kids from all four Houses form friendships, and we have the core quartet that includes Draco and Hermione and Neville and makes it seem realistic that these very different kids would hang out with each other and actually grow to like each other over time, going from distant tolerance to real friendship.
And I won't babble about how much I love Snape in this. *bounces* Just take it as read, yo. ^_^
If anyone knows any epic-length mentor!Snape fics, rec me? Preferably gen!fic with no major ships [especially not involving Hermione, as I doubt there exists a perfect fic that has 'Severitus' plus SSHG]. I don't want to go looking because I'd have to wade through the Snarry fics and my brain does not need to deal with that.
---
You know how I love to compare and contrast Castle/Mentalist. We’ve had the female cop/male consultant post and the Patrick Jane/Kate Beckett post…now there’s a different theme.
Castle 2 x 15- Suicide Squeeze
Roy: Sure you got no cop in the Castle family tree?
Castle: No, us Castles are mostly con artists and circus folk.
Roy: No, I think there’s a little cop in there somewhere.
Beckett: Con artists and circus people, huh?
Castle: Yup, and mind readers.
Beckett: Really? So tell me what I’m thinking.
Castle: Ah! You’re thinking…you don’t care and you want me to stop talking.
Beckett: Ooh, that’s uncanny.
Mentalist:
The above conversation calls to mind interactions between Jane and Lisbon in no less than three different episodes!
CARNIVAL/CIRCUS [pot-ay-to/pot-ah-to]
1x 06- Red-handed
Jane: Everyone's palace is different. It has to be big and detailed and vivid. My palace is a mid-western carnival circuit I used to travel with my father.
Lisbon: Your people are carnie folk. You're finally starting to make sense to me.
MIND READING
1 x 09- Flame red
Jane: Now I have access to all your innermost thoughts.
Lisbon: Yeah, right.
Jane: I'm serious.
Lisbon: Okay. So what am I thinking right now?
Jane: You're thinking, I'm so glad Jane is joking around and he can't actually read my mind.
Lisbon: No. Well, actually, yes, but not for the reason you think.
Jane: What reason do I think?
Lisbon: Never you mind.
Rigsby: You're blushing.
Jane: You are blushing.
UNCANNY
1 x 18- Russet Potatoes
Lisbon: Is there a word for ‘uncanny yet irritating’?
Yes. I’m reaching particularly wildly with this. But come on, I’ve only heard the term ‘uncanny’ used twice on tv in the past year, so I choose to think I’m justified in linking them…it takes a talented mind to weave all these together, am I right? :P
---
There are a few moronic clichés that make me laugh myself silly or shriek til I’m hoarse every single time.
One of them is the ol’ ‘noble character throws themselves between another character and object of impending death’. Why why WHY, for the love of fandom, do these people hurl themselves through the air? How can they POSSIBLY calculate the correct angle and trajectory and factor in the wind and velocity of the weapon and all that within microseconds?
It just defies belief that this seemingly futile maneuver actually works, time and again! One of these days, I want to see someone pull that stunt, only to have miscalculated and wind up passing before or after the bullet/sword/alternative weapon and land roughly on the ground, winded, only to look up and find that not only did they make a fool of themselves, but the object of their concern got killed anyway. BECAUSE IT’S SO STUPID.
Why not at least launch yourself in the direction of the person you’re trying to protect? That way, even if you judged the distance and speed of the weapon incorrectly, your body will absorb the hit anyway- but in the best case scenario, you knock them out of the way and actually survive in the process!
Of course, the whole point of this maneuver is that the Character Dies Heroically. Which I get and if their number is up, that’s it. But couldn’t they die with a little dignity? Because that just makes me giggle and eyeroll like mad, it doesn’t make me respect them or mourn them to a greater degree.
---
LotS 2 x 10- Perdition.
I have major issues with the penultimate scene.
x:x:x:x:x
Firstly, evil!T’Pol’s arcs of electricity are spiking all over the place.
Even if someone bodily blocks her shot, surely she can shoot it over their head and down onto Kahlan? Or is the idea of a parabola beyond her intellect? As these caps show, Kahlan could’ve been hit anytime before Leo nobly sacrificed his life in a dumb-ass maneuver calculated to be stupidly heroic.
I like Leo, but that move of his? Only works because the Dramatic Laws of Wibbly Self-Sacrifice demand it, not because it could realistically succeed. I mean, the lightning has to GO OUT OF ITS WAY to fry him! First it's over his head, then beneath his body, and it needs to reposition itself in order to zap him, wtf?
Secondly, T’Pol has all that time between Leo’s crispy frying and Richard’s return to zap Kahlan.
Cara's grief-stricken, Kahlan's a sitting duck...
Why does she pause? Apart from dramatic effect, there is no reason she couldn’t have let loose a bolt right then and ended Kahlan.
Thirdly, she waits for Richard to enter stage left and take up position between her and the ladies- and she tries to zap him. Um, hello? The Keeper needs Richard alive to fulfil the prophecy! Killing KAHLAN helps your master, killing RICHARD foils his evil plan? Wtf, woman?
And then- this.
Leo dies for nothing? He could’ve used the Sword of Truth to fend off the lightning instead of being a human body shield? *facepalm*
I will admit, though, that this shot of the three ladies is made of epic win. Do we need Richard? Really? Can’t we keep Verna instead?
ALSO. Note the lack of woobie!Kahlan whimpering about the people that have died for her. Richard and a few other headdesk!inspiring heroes *cough* HARRYPOTTER* cough* could stand to learn a bit about poise and dignity from her. She doesn’t like it, but she’s a pragmatist and she deals with it minus the annoying angsting and temper tantrums. GOD, I wish this show was called Legend of the Mother Confessor instead.
x:x:x:x:x
Btw. You know what’s sad? I only just realized the pun from Heroes- Elle, who was able to wield electricity? Elle/electricity=Elle-ctricity? God, I can’t believe that only just hit me. *facepalm*
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Meme:
30 Day meme: snurched from labrt2004
Day 05 → Whatever tickles your fancy.
Whee! My OTP, of course. Especially art featuring them- I love doing the weekly SSHG quizzes because I score shiny banners, woohoo!
Okay, so realistically, what’s the point, what am I ever going to do with them, right? But it’s the mystery and anticipation of which banner will come next- will it be a repeat, a dud…or spectacularly cool!
x:x:x:x:x
x:x:x:x:x
[While I’m on the topic of SS/HG, Kathryn has updated her awesome fic, The Professor’s Discretion. She wrote it while in the grip of a terrible fever, and edited while high on meds. And still she rolls out another amazing chapter, I don’t know how she does it. *pouts enviously*]
Aaaaand the best picture meme ever:
x:x:x:x:x
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Vidspam:
I recently discovered A Very Potter Musical. I'm not in love with it- I have issues with comedy, it can be mean and I'm too protective of my favorites to be able to cope- but it's a very clever parody and I do enjoy how it mocks canon and how ridiculous the plot is. The following clip contains my favorite song of the whole show: Granger Danger! It's so catchy and I've been singing it over and over...
'I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love, I could be falling in love, falling in love, falling in love with Hermione Granger...'
Draco and Ron are hysterical.
Ron: God, why don't you just give her a break for once, okay, Malfoy?
Draco: Why defending her, Weasley? Have a crush?
Ron: NO, no...why all the insults, Malfoy? Covering up a crush?
And the lyrics!
Ron: Strange how a dress can take a mess and make her nothing less than beautiful to me...
Draco: What? What the hell is this, you expect me to sing about her? Don't care about her. It's just a little make-up, Draco, wake up, you're mistaken...
*gigglefit*
[I d/l the soundtrack but most of the songs are Voldemort or Voldy/Quirrel. I'm not sure if there are other songs besides the ones on the soundtrack, let me know if there are?]
I just want to get this off my chest.
I think I’m holding on out of habit.
Katherine and I have been friends for about eight years. I love her…and I think that’s the problem. She tends to be dismissive of the people that truly care about her; once, she was complaining about some friends that ditched her and I tried to make her feel better.
‘I love you.’
‘Yeah, but that’s unconditional love, so it doesn’t count.’
>_<
It’s like the people that are difficult, that are ‘fair-weather friends’, that cause drama and conflict, those are the people she wants to make the effort for- like, because they make it hard, it must be worthwhile or something. People that just love her, well, they’ll always be around so why bother with them, right? No, literally, that’s what she told me- ‘You’re Annie, I know you’ll always be there’. Way to make me feel appreciated.
So it’s been a couple months since we’ve seen each other. I still have the Christmas presents I bought her and Jacob [her brother] and after I text her to see if I should just wrap them for their birthdays instead, we finally get a day sorted to meet up and exchange gifts.
Now, it’s February, so giving gifts may seem redundant, but a month isn’t really that bad, considering her track record.
What bugs me more is that she promised she’d give me my birthday present with the Christmas one- she told me ages ago that she got me a ring for my birthday. I didn’t really want more jewelry, but she insisted that for my 21st, she had to get something special. So, okay, cool.
Except my birthday was in JULY. And now, nearly seven months later, still nothing.
It’s in her room, somewhere. [Her room used to look like a bomb went off in there, so the ‘lost in my bedroom’ excuse rings true] I’ve seen her a few times over the past few months, been at her place a couple of occasions, and each time, she’s acted chagrined and assured me she’ll look for it.
Now she’s moved out of home and in a weird power play with her parents, she can’t go back home for the next few months. [Even though they’re not at home for a few weeks at the moment because they’re off somewhere, for work, I think]
And I just think- fuck the ring. It was never about the ring. It was about me wanting to feel like I matter to her, that she’d go to the effort of cleaning up her goddamn room to find a present she apparently already bought for me. I mean, the girl moved out of house, she cleared out most of her belongings, but she can’t use that opportunity to locate the damn thing?
I just feel so small and insignificant. She’ll go all out for her other friends, spending ages personalizing little knick-knacks for them, getting lavish gifts, taking them to concerts and all that, but Annie…well, she’ll be fine, she can wait, it doesn’t matter.
Even when we finally hang out after months of nothing- well, the girl’s got a life, you know, heaps of friends, boyfriends/ex-boyfriends, parental drama- I get about 5% of her attention. We end up spending the morning going shopping for groceries, and most of that time, she spends ordering Chris around [he’s the ex, who she dumped for being ‘too needy and clingy’, yet she keeps him around to grab her groceries, take her clothes to and from the Laundromat, drive her to different places, etc].
Then at her place, she’s tidying up and showering and a million different things- she sits down for a few minutes before bouncing up to go take care of something. So while she’s off doing her own thing, Chris, Jacob and I bond over Merlin. Those guys are funny. [Gwen gives Merlin a flower: ‘she wants to have sex with him’/Gwen gives Morgana a bouquet: ‘they’re lesbian lovers!’]
But hey, leaving aside the lack of any significant interaction, at least I actually got my Christmas present. Dogma. A dvd she got off e-bay. Used, with a whole lot of scratches. I should feel happy, because I love that movie, but at the moment…my reaction’s more of a ‘huh, shitty copy of a dvd that was going for $15 at JB Hi-Fi. How cheap does she want to be?’
Thank god for LJ. I just don’t think I’m cut out for friends in real life.
---
Fandom yayness:
Surprisingly, I'm reading a Harry Potter fic that isn't SSHG. Quelle surprise! I just devoured 44 chapters of Arsinoe de Blassenville's The Best Revenge. It's a Snape-mentors-Harry story and by god, it sunk its claws into me and would not let me wrest free.
This fic? Is what I wish CANON was like. It's infinitely SUPERIOR to canon and not in a fanfic way, but literally like it could've been published. I would've paid money for this fic, seriously. It fixes everything that I had a problem with in the books and surpasses them in terms of making Harry more likable and sympathetic. The boy actually studies and tries to achieve things and learn spells! Who'da thunk it? Also, Harry genuinely cares about other people and tries to help- canon!Harry is stunningly lacking in empathy or compassion.
And there is character development! *gasps* The amazing thing is that Harry and Draco are friends in this fic but Draco isn't whitewashed til he's unrecognizable- given his upbringing, he has the same inevitable prejudices and flaws as in canon, but we get to see the positive effect Harry has on him in such a believable way. There is compromise and 'agreeing to disagree' instead of Draco miraculously converting to Muggle-lover in a heartbeat.
The best thing about the fic is the way that kids from all four Houses form friendships, and we have the core quartet that includes Draco and Hermione and Neville and makes it seem realistic that these very different kids would hang out with each other and actually grow to like each other over time, going from distant tolerance to real friendship.
And I won't babble about how much I love Snape in this. *bounces* Just take it as read, yo. ^_^
If anyone knows any epic-length mentor!Snape fics, rec me? Preferably gen!fic with no major ships [especially not involving Hermione, as I doubt there exists a perfect fic that has 'Severitus' plus SSHG]. I don't want to go looking because I'd have to wade through the Snarry fics and my brain does not need to deal with that.
---
You know how I love to compare and contrast Castle/Mentalist. We’ve had the female cop/male consultant post and the Patrick Jane/Kate Beckett post…now there’s a different theme.
Castle 2 x 15- Suicide Squeeze
Roy: Sure you got no cop in the Castle family tree?
Castle: No, us Castles are mostly con artists and circus folk.
Roy: No, I think there’s a little cop in there somewhere.
Beckett: Con artists and circus people, huh?
Castle: Yup, and mind readers.
Beckett: Really? So tell me what I’m thinking.
Castle: Ah! You’re thinking…you don’t care and you want me to stop talking.
Beckett: Ooh, that’s uncanny.
Mentalist:
The above conversation calls to mind interactions between Jane and Lisbon in no less than three different episodes!
CARNIVAL/CIRCUS [pot-ay-to/pot-ah-to]
1x 06- Red-handed
Jane: Everyone's palace is different. It has to be big and detailed and vivid. My palace is a mid-western carnival circuit I used to travel with my father.
Lisbon: Your people are carnie folk. You're finally starting to make sense to me.
MIND READING
1 x 09- Flame red
Jane: Now I have access to all your innermost thoughts.
Lisbon: Yeah, right.
Jane: I'm serious.
Lisbon: Okay. So what am I thinking right now?
Jane: You're thinking, I'm so glad Jane is joking around and he can't actually read my mind.
Lisbon: No. Well, actually, yes, but not for the reason you think.
Jane: What reason do I think?
Lisbon: Never you mind.
Rigsby: You're blushing.
Jane: You are blushing.
UNCANNY
1 x 18- Russet Potatoes
Lisbon: Is there a word for ‘uncanny yet irritating’?
Yes. I’m reaching particularly wildly with this. But come on, I’ve only heard the term ‘uncanny’ used twice on tv in the past year, so I choose to think I’m justified in linking them…it takes a talented mind to weave all these together, am I right? :P
---
There are a few moronic clichés that make me laugh myself silly or shriek til I’m hoarse every single time.
One of them is the ol’ ‘noble character throws themselves between another character and object of impending death’. Why why WHY, for the love of fandom, do these people hurl themselves through the air? How can they POSSIBLY calculate the correct angle and trajectory and factor in the wind and velocity of the weapon and all that within microseconds?
It just defies belief that this seemingly futile maneuver actually works, time and again! One of these days, I want to see someone pull that stunt, only to have miscalculated and wind up passing before or after the bullet/sword/alternative weapon and land roughly on the ground, winded, only to look up and find that not only did they make a fool of themselves, but the object of their concern got killed anyway. BECAUSE IT’S SO STUPID.
Why not at least launch yourself in the direction of the person you’re trying to protect? That way, even if you judged the distance and speed of the weapon incorrectly, your body will absorb the hit anyway- but in the best case scenario, you knock them out of the way and actually survive in the process!
Of course, the whole point of this maneuver is that the Character Dies Heroically. Which I get and if their number is up, that’s it. But couldn’t they die with a little dignity? Because that just makes me giggle and eyeroll like mad, it doesn’t make me respect them or mourn them to a greater degree.
---
LotS 2 x 10- Perdition.
I have major issues with the penultimate scene.
x:x:x:x:x
Firstly, evil!T’Pol’s arcs of electricity are spiking all over the place.
Even if someone bodily blocks her shot, surely she can shoot it over their head and down onto Kahlan? Or is the idea of a parabola beyond her intellect? As these caps show, Kahlan could’ve been hit anytime before Leo nobly sacrificed his life in a dumb-ass maneuver calculated to be stupidly heroic.
I like Leo, but that move of his? Only works because the Dramatic Laws of Wibbly Self-Sacrifice demand it, not because it could realistically succeed. I mean, the lightning has to GO OUT OF ITS WAY to fry him! First it's over his head, then beneath his body, and it needs to reposition itself in order to zap him, wtf?
Secondly, T’Pol has all that time between Leo’s crispy frying and Richard’s return to zap Kahlan.
Cara's grief-stricken, Kahlan's a sitting duck...
Why does she pause? Apart from dramatic effect, there is no reason she couldn’t have let loose a bolt right then and ended Kahlan.
Thirdly, she waits for Richard to enter stage left and take up position between her and the ladies- and she tries to zap him. Um, hello? The Keeper needs Richard alive to fulfil the prophecy! Killing KAHLAN helps your master, killing RICHARD foils his evil plan? Wtf, woman?
And then- this.
Leo dies for nothing? He could’ve used the Sword of Truth to fend off the lightning instead of being a human body shield? *facepalm*
I will admit, though, that this shot of the three ladies is made of epic win. Do we need Richard? Really? Can’t we keep Verna instead?
ALSO. Note the lack of woobie!Kahlan whimpering about the people that have died for her. Richard and a few other headdesk!inspiring heroes *cough* HARRYPOTTER* cough* could stand to learn a bit about poise and dignity from her. She doesn’t like it, but she’s a pragmatist and she deals with it minus the annoying angsting and temper tantrums. GOD, I wish this show was called Legend of the Mother Confessor instead.
x:x:x:x:x
Btw. You know what’s sad? I only just realized the pun from Heroes- Elle, who was able to wield electricity? Elle/electricity=Elle-ctricity? God, I can’t believe that only just hit me. *facepalm*
---
Meme:
30 Day meme: snurched from labrt2004
Day 05 → Whatever tickles your fancy.
Whee! My OTP, of course. Especially art featuring them- I love doing the weekly SSHG quizzes because I score shiny banners, woohoo!
Okay, so realistically, what’s the point, what am I ever going to do with them, right? But it’s the mystery and anticipation of which banner will come next- will it be a repeat, a dud…or spectacularly cool!
x:x:x:x:x
x:x:x:x:x
[While I’m on the topic of SS/HG, Kathryn has updated her awesome fic, The Professor’s Discretion. She wrote it while in the grip of a terrible fever, and edited while high on meds. And still she rolls out another amazing chapter, I don’t know how she does it. *pouts enviously*]
Aaaaand the best picture meme ever:
x:x:x:x:x
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Vidspam:
I recently discovered A Very Potter Musical. I'm not in love with it- I have issues with comedy, it can be mean and I'm too protective of my favorites to be able to cope- but it's a very clever parody and I do enjoy how it mocks canon and how ridiculous the plot is. The following clip contains my favorite song of the whole show: Granger Danger! It's so catchy and I've been singing it over and over...
'I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love, I could be falling in love, falling in love, falling in love with Hermione Granger...'
Draco and Ron are hysterical.
Ron: God, why don't you just give her a break for once, okay, Malfoy?
Draco: Why defending her, Weasley? Have a crush?
Ron: NO, no...why all the insults, Malfoy? Covering up a crush?
And the lyrics!
Ron: Strange how a dress can take a mess and make her nothing less than beautiful to me...
Draco: What? What the hell is this, you expect me to sing about her? Don't care about her. It's just a little make-up, Draco, wake up, you're mistaken...
*gigglefit*
[I d/l the soundtrack but most of the songs are Voldemort or Voldy/Quirrel. I'm not sure if there are other songs besides the ones on the soundtrack, let me know if there are?]
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The LotS is remarkably free from all that extremism. It's pretty much a free for all. Everyone loves everyone with everyone. It's great! haha!
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Compare that with Richard and Kahlan. They can't have sex without disastrous consequences but they're allowed to still be together in the same show! They're still in love! So what if they can't have the physical pleasures, they're still pledged in an emotional relationship and committed to each other! I LOVE that about LotS. I may not be an R/K shipper, I just tolerate it because Kahlan loves him and I adore her enough to put up with the man that makes her happy, but I'm so happy with the message behind the show's main ship. So many shows are all about the sex these days til it's meaningless, but here, they're about the love. So awesome. [Kinda Pushing Daisies-like, no?]
Everyone loves everyone with everyone.
*clings to that* I'm scared, because Merlin used to be like that and then it became almost toxic, so...*pets LotS fandom* Stay happy and tolerant!
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I completely understand. I do adore Joss Whedon beyond a doubt. I think he's incredibly talented and I'll watch anything he makes, but he's not infallible. He's made some dumbass mistakes and did some crappy stories. It happens. Just look at the Connor/Cordelia thing alone *shudder* And season 6 & 7 of BtVS were terrible. I'll always be the slightest bit bitter about the fact that we never had a B/A resolution, but I've made my peace with it after all these years. *sigh*
Compare that with Richard and Kahlan. They can't have sex without disastrous consequences but they're allowed to still be together in the same show!
*palmface* I actually just had someone rip into me today - in the LotS fandom no less! - for disagreeing with them about the similarities of the B/A relationship. (She was a C/A shipper so that pretty much says it all...) Basically, my point was that B/A weren't just not allowed to have sex, they weren't allowed to be HAPPY together (and then you add in all the other mitigating factors like immortality, etc.). Kahlan and Richard are only separated in the physical aspect. Is that difficult, hell yes! But it's not impossible. B/A had a hell of a lot more complexities in their relationship than that. They weren't only separated physically, Angel had to be on his guard emotionally ALL THE TIME. There was never any chance for them to relax and just BE together. So even though there's a ton of similarities between the two, I just don't agree when people say R/K are better because they're staying together when B/A couldn't "handle" it. There was a lot more to their problems than R/K have.
Really, I couldn't believe that girl got so upset with me though. Everyone is so laid back in LotS fandom...she came out with guns blazing... I didn't want to fight so I just waved the white flag. And what's even more ironic is that she had just made a post extolling the virtues of the LotS fandom for being wank-free...
clings to that* I'm scared, because Merlin used to be like that and then it became almost toxic
After the disaster that was season 2 of Merlin, everyone went batshit. The introduction of Arthur/Gwen as the OTP really just fucked everything over. I miss Arthur/Morgana so much...*pout* I'm really hoping that s3 will somehow redeem the show for what happened last season. That won't happen with LotS, the OTP is firmly established and everyone is just having fun with the chemistry pairings. It's great!!!
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Dollhouse?
Just look at the Connor/Cordelia thing alone *shudder* And season 6 & 7 of BtVS were terrible.
I gagged when I realized that was gonna happen.
And season 6 & 7 of BtVS were terrible. I'll always be the slightest bit bitter about the fact that we never had a B/A resolution, but I've made my peace with it after all these years. *sigh*
*hugs you*
My problem is that the show was not a very fun place to be at the end. I think I ranted a while back about how I ended up liking SPIKE more than the main characters. Between Willow mind!raping Tara and Xander being an a-hole...I wanted to rip his head off his shoulders when he went and called Buffy and Anya slutty freaks or something to that effect for sleeping with Spike. WTF. *head!splodes* Yes, your best friend is severely messed up and you decide to attack and alienate her because that is clearly the best way to handle the situation. Anya, that was harsh, but I could understand- BUFFY? No. No excuses.
They weren't only separated physically, Angel had to be on his guard emotionally ALL THE TIME. There was never any chance for them to relax and just BE together.
Ohhh. Okay, I misunderstood, then, I thought it was only about the sex- I didn't realize there was an emotional trigger notwithstanding physical contact.
Poor Angel, I never realized what a bum deal he got.
I guess Kahlan's trained to keep tight control over her power, so she's fine just being with Richard, she can be transcendentally happy and it won't affect anything, it's only that physical passion with a loved one could threaten that [like I said, if they had BAD SEX, Richard could still father her child, lol, just Kahlan ain't gonna get much out of it...]
So even though there's a ton of similarities between the two, I just don't agree when people say R/K are better because they're staying together when B/A couldn't "handle" it.
*rereads own comment* Okay, I didn't clearly express this, so I hope you didn't think I was one of those people that promotes R/K as pwning B/A- but my problem was with the writing decisionthat was made by the PTB. They decided that Buffy and Angel couldn't have a relationship and wrangled things so that they would be torn apart and break everyone's hearts.
Whereas with LotS, the whole show is founded on the premise that Richard and Kahlan will be at each other's sides throughout everything as the world falls down.
So to my way of thinking, it's not one ship being stronger or better than the other, just that the potential was limited with the former because the writers needed it to go in one direction while the latter was allowed to expand and grow as they explored the possibilities.
And what's even more ironic is that she had just made a post extolling the virtues of the LotS fandom for being wank-free...
*eyeroll* Oy vey.
So the wankage begins. *races to stop up the dam before it breaks*
I just don't know why it's something to get upset over! I like it when people agree with me, but when they don't, I find it interesting to try and work out where they're coming from. Nothing to throw a tantrum over!
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I enjoyed it while it lasted! The beginning was rough, but they had some really cool ideas that I thought were fascinating.
As for s6&7 of BtVS...it's like being on UPN made them go down some freakishly horrific rabbit hole. It was NOT good. The only thing decent that came out of that was OMWF. They went so far from what made them good and it just wasn't done well. SMG was furious with what happened.
I didn't realize there was an emotional trigger notwithstanding physical contact.
Perfect happiness. If he experienced just a moment of relaxed, unmitigated bliss where he wasn't tortured by the thoughts of his past, he would revert to Angelus. As it was, having sex with Buffy was one way it triggered it. However, they established pretty firmly that it wasn't a "sex curse". Angel had sex with other women afterwards, no danger of Angelus. It was just being with Buffy... He did get a shit deal. And honestly, the only reason why they were permanently separated is because David got his own spin off. If that hadn't happened, they would have found a way to have them be together. *shrug*
Nothing to throw a tantrum over!
I know! I do get upset when people start going off on a tangent about B/S cause really...that's just fucked up. Everyone on the show, the writers, actors, director, etc, say that B/A are soulmates and yet people still insist on this twisted relationship that was supposed to show how WRONG it was for these two characters to be together. Gah.
It's funny cause it was within the LotS fandom, but it was a BtVS fandom fight. So no need to freak just yet!
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*nodnod* It's not a show I'm going to cry over 'coz it got canceled, but it was really fascinating! I'd totally sign myself up and tell them never to let me out again, it's such an escapist fantasy. *sighs wistfully*
Gotta say, I liked Echo a heck of a lot more than Caroline, that whiny self-righteous brat.
The only thing decent that came out of that was OMWF.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I've seen that soooo many times. I want it on dvd, gah! Just that one ep... :D Honestly, EVERY show should have a musical ep, it'd be so awesome!
SMG was furious with what happened.
Wow, she SAID that? What was it she objected to? And didn't she have major clout with the PTB, couldn't she have spoken up and knocked some sense into them?
Then again, Joe Flanigan on SGA couldn't do it, so... *stabs writers*
the only reason why they were permanently separated is because David got his own spin off. If that hadn't happened, they would have found a way to have them be together.
Ohhh. So the only way to get shipper happiness would be to wish that David wasn't as successful as he was. Yikes.
It was kinda like that with me and Xena/Hercules. At...IDK, seven or eight, that was my first ship and I always mourned the fact that they were on separate shows and could never have a real relationship! ANGST. Lol.
people still insist on this twisted relationship that was supposed to show how WRONG it was for these two characters to be together. Gah.
I just...really grew to like Spike. I know he's supposed to be evil and all that, but I can't help it, I have a soft spot for the bad-turned-sorta-good characters, complete with hilarious snark and deliciously amoral POV. [I suppose that's why I love Cara, Snape and Vala so much. Xena, to a certain extent. And Miss Parker, even if she never really did do all that much to redeem herself, lol]
I wanted to him to be happy with someone and then the writers shoved him and Buffy together...I can see how fans might then seize on that and milk it for all its worth, but yeah, the whole point was that she would NEVER have hooked up with him, had she not be so depressed and messed up and unable to confide in her friends because she didn't want to hurt them. Ugh, those people she calls her friends...*kicks them*
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Overall she really didn't like what Buffy was doing and the events that transpired in the final two seasons and she VEHEMENTLY does not like B/S. Even at the end of the series, in interviews, she continued to insist that B/A are soulmates. James Marsters didn't like B/S either for that matter. He's a self proclaimed B/A fan. They both disagreed with Joss/writers on the whole twisted relationship of B/S. But it wasn't up to them...*sigh*
there is so little chemistry between Arthur and Gwen, it's crazy!
It's probably cause Bradley James is a big A/M shipper and he was pissed that he wasn't getting the chance to make out with Katie...
Stop watching?
If s3 sucks...yepp that's what's going to happen. *pout*
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:O Dude, I don't care what you say, I AM FRIENDING YOU. A/M was my OTP as well! *wails and clutches them*
I was so in love with the first season and the multi-shipping that kept EVERYONE happy so I was totally blindsided by the second season OTP-cementing, because that was not how the show seemed to be playing out! I thought I could get at least ONE more season of enjoyment, but noooo.
And I hated how the Gwen/Arthur people were being snotty and saying 'what did you expect, it's CANON as per the legends, DUH' [even though the show strayed so far away from them as to make its origins meaningless], well, the writers led us to make certain assumptions and expectations, so don't get angry that we were disappointed when they failed to measure up! FFS, from EVERYONE having chemistry to locking down one couple, that's a major paradigm shift.
I'm really hoping that s3 will somehow redeem the show for what happened last season.
Not after they screwed Morgana over like that. I can't forgive them for failing to make her live up to her potential. I loved her because there was so much they could do with her and it fizzled out.
Also, I was majorly pissed at them killing off Nimueh. She was a sympathetic villain, and Merlin come off looking like an asshole for killing her when she was only fulfilling his wishes.
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hahaha I KNOWWWWWW! It's just terrible what happened to them!! The writers should be deeply, deeply ashamed of themselves for the events of S2. What a waste. A/G don't even have chemistry!!! It's ridiculous because out of all the chemistry pairings, the OTP is the one with the least!!!! *headshake* A/M were so much more interesting, sexy, and fun to watch.
Not after they screwed Morgana over like that. I can't forgive them for failing to make her live up to her potential.
I still can't get over how the writing just completely and utterly failed on this point. It was writing 101!!!!! They really ruined what could have been an AWESOME transition and dramatic/heartrending storyline for Morgana and instead they just ignored her. WHAT!? From the interviews I've seen, it looks like they meant to downplay Morgana this season, only to have s3 focus majorly on her. I hope it works out. What else can we do after such amateurish stupidity?
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A/M were so much more interesting, sexy, and fun to watch.
IKR? I love the tension and the bickering between them- about IMPORTANT things like the King's decrees and the rights of their subjects and lives at stake rather than getting pissy over...IDK, Lav-Lav and Quidditch and all that rot. WOW, EARTH-SHATTERING SIGNIFICANCE. Not.
I just thought it was so funny how Morgana would get it into her head that Arthur needs to do something and badger and cajole him into it, til eventually he got to the point where he just cut to the chase, 'What do you want me to do, Morgana?' LOL.
They really ruined what could have been an AWESOME transition and dramatic/heartrending storyline for Morgana and instead they just ignored her
Well, she's gonna be the female villain of the show and we saw how they squandered Nimueh's potential, so why am I so surprised that Morgana YET AGAIN got the short end of the stick? *sighs mournfully*
She's a classic example of that icon caption lament: 'Cooler than I'm written'. So is.
hat else can we do after such amateurish stupidity?
Stop watching? Well, for me, I stopped d/l the show. I'll wait for it to air on tv. *sniffs*