Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.

'Objects In Space'


Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!

Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.


Fred Pete - Aug 21, 2012 9:00:53 am PDT #9600 of 10458
Ann, that's a ferret.

When you say worried, what are you worried about?

Mark's reaction and my psychological ability to read his write-up. The last 3.5 episodes are pretty intense, from the attempted rape to Tara's death to Big Bad Willow. Mark reacts to intensity with intensity. Especially when it involves characters that he loves. Like Tara and Willow.

I was a fan of Tara and her development from the shy girl of S4 to the moral center in S6. I'm nowhere near as intense as Mark, and I reacted when Tara died.

Now that I see it in black and white, I think I may be too invested in Mark's write-ups.


Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2012 9:03:10 am PDT #9601 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

This is Mark, basically.


§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 9:09:07 am PDT #9602 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I may be too invested in Mark's write-ups.

That's what I was wondering. The phrasing seemed weird, but if you are, that's precisely the phrasing that describes it. I guess when he pours so much emotion into it, the people that like that are matching with more emotion too.

It's pretty much why I run screaming from the room.


Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 10:32:37 am PDT #9603 of 10458
brillig

I tend to think "Poor wee darlings, everything feels so big at that age." Then I feel old and cynical and go back to reading about the jewelry of the royal family.


§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 10:33:51 am PDT #9604 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What age? How old is he?


Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2012 10:34:23 am PDT #9605 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

He turns 29 in October.


Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 10:36:49 am PDT #9606 of 10458
brillig

It may be a reaction to apparent age, he had a very isolated upbringing.

ie: his innocence level seems higher than most.


§ ita § - Aug 21, 2012 10:42:09 am PDT #9607 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, okay.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2012 11:34:04 am PDT #9608 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Was he raised in the wild by Muppets? Because that's the impression I'm getting from how intensely *everything* must be reacted to.


Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2012 12:32:03 pm PDT #9609 of 10458
brillig

I would think by this time some of the tropes of storytelling would be sinking in.