I don't cry at funerals or personal tragedies, which is, I suppose, one reason why my family thinks of me as being unemotional. I have completely melted down from a number of Buffy episodes, Little Women, It's a Wonderful Life, almost any act of heroism, and, on occasion, lost dog signs.
Ginger is me. I kept the Buffy finale on my Tivo for months just so I could watch the Slayer activation montage and get misty-eyed at the Softball!Slayer again.
And with big tragedies, if I cry at all it's over some little detail. I was at a memorial a few days after 9/11, and for most of the service I was solemnly, stoically angry. Until I saw a woman wearing not black, like I was, nor red, white, and blue, as some were, but one of those standard tourist "I (heart) NY" t-shirts. Then I couldn't stop crying. And with the tsunami, I cried over a woman talking about having a baby exactly Annabel's age swept from her arms, even while I berated myself for turning into one of
those
women who couldn't hear about a tragedy without thinking "What if that was MY bay-bee?"
I watched 30 minutes of Point Pleasant and my God, I want those minutes back. It's just godawful. Crap acting, blah dialog, shoddy editing, ludicrous premise--you name it, it's got it. What the hell is Marti doing?
I thought I remembered you talking about the Magical Black Character trope at some point, and it leaped out at me. Was wanting to discuss, but wasn't sure if it was you or Kat that had been discussing it before.
Allyson, I think it all depends on whether
he inspires anyone, and so far, NSM -- but the other black survivor, an intermittently appearing woman, is definitely the inspirational kumbaya type.
Give us free. Or you know, something interesting.
Yeah, but ita,
Michael's black too, and he ain't inspiring nobody.
I think the trope to discuss here is the
Freaky Little Kid Who Does Magic Things.
I watched 30 minutes of Point Pleasant and my God, I want those minutes back. It's just godawful. Crap acting, blah dialog, shoddy editing, ludicrous premise--you name it, it's got it.
I watched Point Pleasant, and I think Vonnie is being too kind. Also, my head hurts from being hit by anvils.
Skippety!
I just have to say, I'm on the WEISS LOVE TRAIN!
So, the mission was a bust....so to speak.
Also, Vaughn/SpyDaddy:
"I don't know that many people who killed the woman they are married to. I was just wondering if that's what happens."
I have a lot of love.
Until I saw a woman wearing not black, like I was, nor red, white, and blue, as some were, but one of those standard tourist "I (heart) NY" t-shirts. Then I couldn't stop crying.
I think that would have killed me with the crying.
