And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American

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Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2003 9:47:39 pm PDT #6547 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I really liked Queer Eye too. What everyone has been saying about it is true--they took notice of what the guy wanted, worked around his existing likes and needs etc--but I was also pleasantly surprised by the dirty talk! I thought the gay guys might have been completely desexualised to render them less threatening, but not at all.

So which do think will be the first to win a toaster.


Nutty - Oct 02, 2003 5:13:41 am PDT #6548 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I was pleased and vindicated recently when they took a Queer Eye specimen to H & M. That is where I get my $4 t-shirts! The guy was an incredible cheapskate, so it was the perfect place for him.

I thought the gay guys might have been completely desexualised to render them less threatening, but not at all.

There's one or two guys who joke and act mildly uncomfortable. Mostly, though, they take the jokey innuendoes in really good style, and some give back as good as they get.


§ ita § - Oct 02, 2003 5:14:54 am PDT #6549 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The guy was an incredible cheapskate, so it was the perfect place for him.

Was that the guy that TWOP was outing as a famewhore?


Fred Pete - Oct 02, 2003 5:21:32 am PDT #6550 of 9843
Ann, that's a ferret.

Was that the guy that TWOP was outing as a famewhore?

Don't know much about TWOP, ita, but he was also the guy who, when the Fab 5 got done critiquing his place, said everything was perfectly fine until they showed up.

That + cheapskate told me that guy didn't really want to change anything. He just wanted a bunch of free stuff. Or publicity.


§ ita § - Oct 02, 2003 5:25:49 am PDT #6551 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Him?

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billytea - Oct 02, 2003 5:27:12 am PDT #6552 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Was that the guy that TWOP was outing as a famewhore?

So I go over to TWoP to see what I can find, and in the Smallville recaplet I come across this gem (whitefonted just in case):

"How will Bo stop Clark next week? My best guess: A massive bovine army."

That + cheapskate told me that guy didn't really want to change anything. He just wanted a bunch of free stuff. Or publicity.

Not to mention that he seemed to have taken nothing in. (Though that did make it, to me, the funniest ep yet.)


Fred Pete - Oct 02, 2003 5:41:33 am PDT #6553 of 9843
Ann, that's a ferret.

Not to mention that he seemed to have taken nothing in. (Though that did make it, to me, the funniest ep yet.)

And also the saddest, with the martini shaker.


billytea - Oct 02, 2003 5:43:06 am PDT #6554 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

And also the saddest, with the martini shaker.

Lordy yes. Though Thom's Rain Man comment set me off again.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 02, 2003 6:27:55 am PDT #6555 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

(whitefonted just in case)

Thanks, billytea. The Angel recaps at TWOP don't tempt me, but dammit, the Smallville ones do. And annoyingly, I think I like the show just enough to want to be unspoiled.

I loathe this time of year with a firey passion, in recent years. Okay, this year and last year. And I'm starting to loathe the slowness of my internet connection, or I'd download them and be only a little behind.


bon bon - Oct 02, 2003 6:40:04 am PDT #6556 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm so glad you guys like QE! And I don't know why that is. It's like we did something right for once.

I found out recently that my landlord, who provides the apartment they kvetch in, was offering opportunities to be on the show-- in all the other buildings but mine. Just because I live in Chelsea doesn't mean my BF is clueful!