This is Allyson's point, though.
Really? I wouldn't call that a nit -- I'd call that a misreading of the source text. To me, nits exists, but aren't relevant to the story.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[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.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 11:07:01 am PDT #21 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
brenda m - Jun 23, 2005 11:11:37 am PDT #22 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
I'd call that a misreading of the source text. To me, nits exists, but aren't relevant to the story.
Oh yeah, agree. I think (and I don't mean to keep speaking for Allyson, I just happen to agree on this point) that this particular post was a separate complaint from the one about nits. And it read to me like some people were reading that post as though the problem was whether Rebecca is or isn't professional. There's no question that she's not. But it's not a show flaw.
jengod - Jun 23, 2005 11:15:45 am PDT #23 of 10001
I don't think she's particularly unprofessional either, I think it's just a man's world and it's easier to see big lumpy guy who was on Firefly (HILARIOUS with the gun instruction, btw) as a professional, hard-core G-man than dainty rape-victim Rebecca as a bad-ass. Her hair is awful pretty and she's doesn't have the bravado (yet, and maybe never will) of the red-haired girl, so she tends more toward the model-actress archetype than the mad, bad and dangerous to know archetype.
I don't think it would be hard to change the perception tho, with a few training montages (whoo! who's with me?!) and the no-doubt pending exploration of how Becky Thatcher or whatever her name is became Rebecca Locke.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2005 11:18:26 am PDT #24 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the no-doubt pending exploration of how Becky Thatcher or whatever her name is became Rebecca Locke.
Oh, nitpick! In the article about her disappearance, the caption described her as Becky Locke, not Becky George.
Gris - Jun 23, 2005 11:29:21 am PDT #25 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Just watched the third episode.
I think it was my favorite one yet. I may have a few piddling complaints about it to make, eventually, when I have time and have read all the comments made by everybody else, but for now, just want to express that show still good.
So very good.
aurelia - Jun 23, 2005 11:33:33 am PDT #26 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Oh, nitpick! In the article about her disappearance, the caption described her as Becky Locke, not Becky George.
Dude. Did you pause to read it? Is your tv ginormous? I just saw the picture, knew what it was and waited for the reaction.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2005 11:38:33 am PDT #27 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was watching on my computer, and I saw the name Becky underneath the caption and was confused to see a Locke following it.
As soon as I saw the article come up, I started reading any words I could see to see if there was any cool information.
Allyson - Jun 23, 2005 11:43:25 am PDT #28 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh, hey, I apologize for being an overprotective bitchmuffin earlier.
Nutty - Jun 23, 2005 11:45:29 am PDT #29 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
bitchmuffin
Excellent word coinage! I am having fond nostalgia for my childhood, when the word "studmuffin" actually meant something.
Why muffin? I have no idea. But indulge me my fond memories.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 23, 2005 11:46:26 am PDT #30 of 10001
What is even happening?
It's that muffin theory of Rio's.