Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.

'Dirty Girls'


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§ ita § - Jun 24, 2013 10:43:17 am PDT #5380 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Family Tree is great except I would cause brain trauma to the sister. I am not good with indulging breaks from reality like that--they make me a nasty bitch. It's on the record.

Veep has gotten me pretty hard. I am really really liking that, and I would have Tony Hale's babies--this could be Buster, but he's not, but I like them both a lot for their similarities. And JLD has turned me around from the start of the season a lot--I feel pretty manipulated, but I'm okay with it--when she stepped up and took the heat for the spy debacle, the character shifted and gained credibility in the still-ludicrous universe.

And, oh god, hating Jonah is so much fun.


-t - Jun 25, 2013 10:27:50 am PDT #5381 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Family Tree is great except I would cause brain trauma to the sister.

She's hard to take. I appreciate that the other characters don't really know how to deal with her, and she did lose her job, etc. It's not just a quirk with no consequences.


§ ita § - Jun 25, 2013 1:56:19 pm PDT #5382 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, but I'm canonically shitty in instances like those. I've been having screaming fights with people because my weakness seems to be other people's breaks with reality. I know--bigger person, there but for the grace of brain chemistry go I, but...I'm really fucking bad at it, and "anthropomorphising the inanimate" is something I'm on the books for throwing fits about since I was ten, and thirty years have lent me no grace or empathy.

eta: I also yell "It's not a turtle friend!" at the TV. Because it isn't. It's a turtle that might not brain enough to be confused by why you keep grabbing it, but NOT YOUR FRIEND. It's a tramp turtle, and it'll swim with anything with flippers, you mark my...

Yeah. I wonder if I can talk about that with my new therapist instead of my headache...


-t - Jun 25, 2013 2:04:28 pm PDT #5383 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I see what you're saying.


Strix - Jun 25, 2013 2:19:01 pm PDT #5384 of 7329
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

  • quietly cancels ita !'s bday gift of swimming with new turtle friends*


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 25, 2013 6:00:29 pm PDT #5385 of 7329
"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

I might develop affection and love for pets (MIGHT, I barely tolerated my parents' last cat although the current one is great), but if they can't share jokes or discuss entertainment with me, they don't qualify as friends.


-t - Jun 25, 2013 6:14:56 pm PDT #5386 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm afraid I do refer to the hummingbirds that frequent my feeders as friends. "Hello, my little friend, good to see you" I'll say, with only a little fear that they will divebomb my head and pierce something with that long sharp beak.


Fred Pete - Jun 26, 2013 4:34:28 am PDT #5387 of 7329
Ann, that's a ferret.

Matt, does "sit on your lap while you're watching TV" count? Several of our cats do that, the exact number depending on how loosely you define "lap."


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 26, 2013 6:10:44 am PDT #5388 of 7329
"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

Not unless they're discussing the programming with you. And if they're doing that, they should be on TV rather than watching it.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2013 7:55:13 am PDT #5389 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

DORK TOWER explains the origin of Game of Thrones: [link]