Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Dec 02, 2006 6:44:58 am PST #4093 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

For her, we used the two person attack, where one person uses oven mitts to hold and a dishtowel over the head.

Hee!

I'm lucky in that Senor Sock tolerates me clipping his claws. He doesn't resist, except he waits patiently for me to lower my guard so he can escape....


Topic!Cindy - Dec 02, 2006 8:04:43 am PST #4094 of 10007
What is even happening?

Model too fat?


§ ita § - Dec 02, 2006 8:12:51 am PST #4095 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That reminds me of this snopes page on a fake models-too-thin hoax email. Sure, the shopped pictures look shocking and horrible. But talk about undermining a message by pushing it too hard.

I'm looking at Jen's photos, and what strikes me first as "unacceptable" about her figure is her thighs. By which I mean they wouldn't peg me on a real person, but for TV and certainly modelling they're bigger than we're used to. From the hips up, though? She looks TV ready to me.

edit: ha! Just did the math and I weigh more than she does.


Topic!Cindy - Dec 02, 2006 8:20:21 am PST #4096 of 10007
What is even happening?

I'm looking at Jen's photos, and what strikes me first as "unacceptable" about her figure is her thighs. By which I mean they wouldn't peg me on a real person, but for TV and certainly modelling they're bigger than we're used to. From the hips up, though? She looks TV ready to me.

I'd like to see us get used to them.

I looked at that Snopes page. Yeah, talk about undermining the message.


Sean K - Dec 02, 2006 8:23:41 am PST #4097 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I'm looking at Jen's photos, and what strikes me first as "unacceptable" about her figure is her thighs. By which I mean they wouldn't peg me on a real person, but for TV and certainly modelling they're bigger than we're used to.

Even if they seem bigger than we're used to on TV, they don't look that much bigger, and I've been pining for more curvy chicks on TV anyway. One of my favorite characters on Criminal Minds is Garcia, the curvy (even curvier than that model) brainy tech chick who commands the Internet and digs up all the information the BAU team needs for any given case. In particular, I like very much that they don't de-sexualize her. She's flirty, and others are flirty in return. And they do a good job of making her look attractive, I think.

More curvy chicks on TV now, please!


Jesse - Dec 02, 2006 8:28:42 am PST #4098 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's like Sara Ramirez -- she looks ENORMOUS on TV, but regular for real life.

I love Garcia and Shemar Moore on that show. Cute!


Steph L. - Dec 02, 2006 8:34:19 am PST #4099 of 10007
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segal sing Les Miz

Holy cow. That was fucking AWESOME. The "Confrontation" song was the one that we high-school theatre geeks always sang, so now I have extra-special NPH love.

I'm looking at Jen's photos, and what strikes me first as "unacceptable" about her figure is her thighs. By which I mean they wouldn't peg me on a real person, but for TV and certainly modelling they're bigger than we're used to.

This is true. However, it looks better to me than thighs that don't touch. When a woman's knees are the widest part of her leg, that just looks unappealing.

That said, the fabric of that swimsuit was ideal for a lush curvy figure, and NSM for a bony one. If the skeeeeeeny model wore the same suit design in a different fabric (like, more gathered, ruched cotton-like material vs. lycra), I doubt that her protruding bones would be so obvious. Though the cut of the top is not at all meant for a flat-chested woman, so that's a disadvantage, too.

Still, I'd rather snuggle up to the lush curvy model than the skinny one. I'd be afraid her bones would stab me.


Jesse - Dec 02, 2006 8:39:30 am PST #4100 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, and also: this is why swimsuit/lingerie models are generally curvier than "fashion" models. Clothes hang "better" off the bones, but boobs and etc. look better when they're what you're looking at.


JenP - Dec 02, 2006 8:40:58 am PST #4101 of 10007

Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segal sing Les Miz

That was awesome.


Sean K - Dec 02, 2006 8:41:37 am PST #4102 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I love Garcia and Shemar Moore on that show. Cute!

Seriously! I watched the pilot because I wanted to see Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson's new show, but within the first five minutes it was clear that the show was heavily based on the life and writings of John Douglas, one of the original FBI profilers and author of numerous books, and I was instantly hooked (I've been a fan of Douglas and his books for some time -- psychology in general can be very hit-or-miss in my experience, but behavior profiling is disturbingly accurate).

I was frustrated for a while that it was on opposite Lost, but Lost has, er, lost it's lustre for me, so that's not really a problem any more.