So we aren't talking cute-noir, we're talking everybody-dies-lonely noir?
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Apr 26, 2005 11:50:29 am PDT #6170 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
msbelle - Apr 26, 2005 11:51:51 am PDT #6171 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
murderers can be funny. thinking so is no weirder than other things that have been found funny in this place.
I, for one, never thought that "George" would be funny, or even "funny".
Allyson - Apr 26, 2005 11:57:08 am PDT #6172 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
So we aren't talking cute-noir, we're talking everybody-dies-lonely noir?
Yes. It's difficult to write about it without spoiling.
But it's thick with the tension, and the terror. It's filled with moments like Angel smothering Wesley with a pillow, or locking the lawyers in with Darla and Dru. It's creepy, and dark. There's moments of levity to break up the tension.
There is no whimsy. There's no cute.
libkitty - Apr 26, 2005 12:03:22 pm PDT #6173 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I didn't really expect whimsy. I used the wrong word. But I am hoping for some funny amidst the dark.
Kristen - Apr 26, 2005 12:05:25 pm PDT #6174 of 10001
thinking so is no weirder than other things that have been found funny in this place.
Allyson always yells at me for being creepy. Then she tells me to turn off A&E.
So we aren't talking cute-noir, we're talking everybody-dies-lonely noir?
Everbody dies lonely. After they've smothered someone with a pillow and locked a bunch of people in a basement with two mass murderers.
ETA: x-post with Allyson, of course.
Allyson - Apr 26, 2005 12:09:14 pm PDT #6175 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Also, sadly, there is no pink kitchen for Rebecca. I tried to convince him that she would have a pink kitchen, but he yelled at me about no fluffiness and then said he wouldn't marry me.
Although, being turned down for a marraige proposal by Tim still feels like a win, I mean, if you're gonna get turned down, get turned down by the best.
Kristen - Apr 26, 2005 12:13:16 pm PDT #6176 of 10001
I'm still holding out hope to get turned down by JC Chasez.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2005 12:14:41 pm PDT #6177 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Obviously I need to set myself some goals.
Allyson? Kristen? Please do a Firefly party. I just got a bit of Reaver-fever.
tommyrot - Apr 26, 2005 12:15:40 pm PDT #6178 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just got a bit of Reaver-fever.
Does penicillin cure that?
Allyson - Apr 26, 2005 12:17:20 pm PDT #6179 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Please do a Firefly party.
I don't think I want to anymore. Heart isn't in it.