Which is to say, I have little patience for intentional assholery, which Snape and (from description--I haven't seen the show) House are all about, and Rodney sinks into on a semi-regular basis. (Wes is a nutcase, and I had to let go of my Wesley-love once he kept Justine in the closet, but he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who gets a thrill from hurting people if he doesn't have to.)
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Katie M - Aug 04, 2005 1:39:36 pm PDT #2747 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
shrift - Aug 04, 2005 1:46:12 pm PDT #2748 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Pretty sure this is a case of Not My Beautiful Cake.
Dana - Aug 04, 2005 1:47:00 pm PDT #2749 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah. I was going to defend, and then I thought, why bother. It's not like I'll change anyone's mind.
DXMachina - Aug 04, 2005 1:47:26 pm PDT #2750 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
McKay is a carob character.
Katie M - Aug 04, 2005 1:51:02 pm PDT #2751 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Oh, it is, I know. Sorry for being snippy. I'm not at my best today.
JenP - Aug 04, 2005 1:54:54 pm PDT #2752 of 10001
More Beautiful Cake for me!
Yeah, I know there's not an actual cake. Should be, though.
ETA: Er, that was in response to shrift, not a total lack of regard for Katie's bad day, for which I am sorry and to whom I am wishing a better one tomorrow.
shrift - Aug 04, 2005 1:58:02 pm PDT #2753 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was going to defend, and then I thought, why bother. It's not like I'll change anyone's mind.
Right. And I have a crush on Batman, so it's not like the sanity fairies are sprinkling me with sanity dust.
A lot of my favorite characters are assholes. And then there are the characters I want to marry, like Eric Weiss.
Betsy HP - Aug 04, 2005 2:00:17 pm PDT #2754 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Was anybody else hacked off at House's blithe assumption throughout "Heavy" was that being obese was an incurable social problem, and that now that the little girl's pituitary tumor was removed she'd deserve and have friends?
[Not Dr. House; the entire show. And I wanted to kick Chase in the balls.]
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 2:07:54 pm PDT #2755 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
and this is why I am a Fannish Outlier
? I do feel like a complete eejit, but I have no idea what this means.
I don't recall all that much Wesley love until after he became less buffoonish.
Well, I can't speak for everyone, but iirc, early Wesley, BtVS Wesley, made me cringe, yes -- but I had a messed up liking thing going on already. (See also my affection for Jonathan and Andrew.) Season 1 AtS depiction of Wesley gave him more competence and intelligence to go with the painful vulnerability, and I was sucked right in. And then Denisof and the writers kept on cranking up the hot. Gah. (The only fanfic I've written about Wesley was written during AtS Season 1 and early Season 2.)
I remember Dorothy Sayers writing something in one of the Peter Whimsy/Harriet Vane books to describe the moment when Harriet realises she's in love with Peter. He's asleep, and she finds herself looking at the scrolling shape of his ear and the way his hair has fallen in his face, that kind of minutiae, with an odd tenderness; and Sayers says something about the vulnerability of sleeping people prompting other people either to mockery or to protectiveness, something like that. Anyway, what I'm saying, in a roundabout way, is that there's something oddly disarming (for me) about seeing someone's flaws and frailties exposed so. McKay's vanity - or Wesley's vanity, for that matter - is actually kind of endearing, in a weird way.
Well, plus, I like clever people. Cleverness gets you an awful lot of brownie points. Cleverness and competence gets you a lot more brownie points. Cleverness and competence and cuteness gets you a blowjob a badge.
JenP - Aug 04, 2005 2:18:04 pm PDT #2756 of 10001
and this is why I am a Fannish Outlier
? I do feel like a complete eejit, but I have no idea what this means.
Deviation from the norm.