I'm enjoying reading the discussion here, although I'm not feeling the urge to jump in and contribute, except. . . Tim -- snow tires? In LA?
(I am also confused that Teppy confused Bale with Owen.)
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
sumi - Jun 17, 2005 7:44:40 am PDT #9455 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - Jun 17, 2005 7:44:49 am PDT #9456 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Or "what doesn't kill you...doesn't kill you."
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2005 7:44:52 am PDT #9457 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We don't know why he was banned from the club.
Exactly.
A real dom doesn't make anyone do anything against their will.
A perfect dom doesn't, no. I'm not saying I'd let him tie up my nearest and dearest, but I just don't get why he's supposed to have been playing (rather than, say, overreaching).
Nutty - Jun 17, 2005 7:44:55 am PDT #9458 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think, for the purposes of the aphorism, not recovering = being killed.
The aphorism needs to look up the word "kill" in the dictionary. Humph.
When it's cold enough to wean a vulture outside, and my tomato plants are stunted, they aren't being killed; but they aren't being made stronger, either. They are just ensuring that I won't have home-grown tomatoes till September.
Emily - Jun 17, 2005 7:44:58 am PDT #9459 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
If what he said was true, then the strength wouldn't be illusory.
Yup. That's what I'm saying.
Wait, what were we talking about again?
Vortex - Jun 17, 2005 7:45:01 am PDT #9460 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I wasn't talking about Rebecca's fairness, but Vortex's.
wait, I'm confused.
Jessica - Jun 17, 2005 7:45:59 am PDT #9461 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
cold enough to wean a vulture
I need this one translated.
Emily - Jun 17, 2005 7:46:12 am PDT #9462 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I am also confused that Teppy confused Bale with Owen.
I thought she was confusing Firth with Owen.
My god! It's madness around here! Cats lying down with dogs...
brenda m - Jun 17, 2005 7:46:27 am PDT #9463 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They said because he didn't "play nice." I interpreted that as meaning that he doesn't always respect limits - which the scene with Rebecca seemed to bear out.
Cashmere - Jun 17, 2005 7:46:41 am PDT #9464 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I get where Steph is coming from, I think.
I like that the issue of BDSM became irrelevant because the unsub wasn't who they thought it was. However, all the indications--Rebecca's line about "what made them that way" and Paul's freaked out reactions to his ex-crush's sexual tastes--are that only fucked up people go in for BDSM. Which just isn't true. Lots of mentally healthy, unscarred people go for it and to portray it as some kind of twisted kink is sort of bothersome to me. But it didn't ruin the episode for me or anything.
The only other really closely portrayed BDSM I can recall is the CSI with Lady Heather--which I thought addressed it better than this. But I try to keep from comparing The Inside to CSI because I think they're very different shows.