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[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.
I was strolling through TWoP and saw this: RE: the S&M vibe. Tim is either into it or really wants to be.
I laughed and laughed.
I thought to post: Tim's so rich if he really wanted to be into S&M, he'd buy you and beat you.
But then I'd get banned and Strega would never let me live it down.
This (below) was posted on TI.org's forums by "Bones", and I'm going to reproduce it here as it pretty much says what I want to say. Without requiring me to think.
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I think I'm beginning to get why some people don't get this show. If you're viewing it purely on it's surface qualities, you're just not going to get it. That's not what it's really about. It's about the stuff beneath the surface. The mysteries their trying to solve aren't so much the crime of the week as the larger mysteries of their own characters, and their place in the cosmic plan.
People who don't get that, never will get this show. I'm not dissing them for this. I don't get American Idol. The larger audience apparently does. I never will get American Idol. I don't watch it. My advice to people who don't get that there's more happening here than some repetitive crime show is, don't watch it. It's not for you. . . . .
The mysteries their trying to solve aren't so much the crime of the week as the larger mysteries of their own characters, and their place in the cosmic plan.
There's a cosmic plan?
There's a cosmic plan?
Yes, and it can be yours for the low price of $19.95 a month!(Cosmic Plan contract lasts from signing until end of the world. Side effects may include paranoia, bouts of existential dread, and zombies. Results not typical.)
Tim is either into it or really wants to be.
Now, why would that be. Because the episode was about it? Was it handled in a way that made it seem so?
Let's say I write a story or article about cheating on one's spouse, and played out according to the needs of the story or facts, I don't make any "cheating bad!" moralizations. Does that mean I want to cheat on my husband? Or does the fact that I wrote the thing at all mean that?
My question is... why does it MATTER? (This may be because I'm in a production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.) But in this specific circumstance, what I mean is - who, besides Tim and any potential partners, cares about Tim's bedroom (or other locale, should he and his partner(s) so choose) habits? Apparently, people do care. But then the question becomes - why?
I, for one, really appreciated that the episode balanced both views on S&M quite well. (Though, and it made me happy, it seemed to be more in the "What people want to do is THEIR business, not yours" school.)
Tim is either into it or really wants to be.
Now, why would that be. Because the episode was about it? Was it handled in a way that made it seem so?
Frankly I had some, um, issues with the way it was handled that certainly don't lead me to that conclusion.
I totally understand how irritating it is to see people criticizing your work for things that aren't even accurate. When you can see the point, but disagree, it's one thing, but when it's something that just isn't true, it's maddening. And knowing that trying to point that out will just waste your time makes it that much more frustrating. Words can't convey how much I understand that.
And it wouldn't surprise me if I've done it. I really try not to, but... there are a few things I've said in recaps that make me cringe now, although they never seem to be things other people notice.
I've gotten a headache while trying to make it clear that this part isn't connected to the previous, and I can't think any more, so if it sounds that way, I apologize. Unrelated: I can see why you'd believe
they hated Angel, Firefly and Wonderfalls, too,but I honestly don't think it's accurate (in a couple of ways). I think the voices you disagree with tend to echo, so I get how that happens, but it's a shame you got that impression.
Tim is into beagles and writes about them all the time. Evidence!
Also, why are we (read: they) proposing that Tim is into S&M but leaving Jane (she wrote this episode, no?) completely out of it? More than one person took part in this creative process.