And more:
On Tim's mythical Buffy-writing career:
Betsy HP: I especially liked the episode in which Xander killed Willow. It was wrenching, if somewhat homophobic and anti-feminist.
Tim Minear: She knew the risks of the lifestyle going in.
Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!
River ,'War Stories'
Coffee On My Monitor
This thread is for Buffista quotage. Posts that are profound, witty, or otherwise deserving of immortality go here. This is also Shrift's source for the BRQG, so be aware that if your words end up here, they'll also end up there. Finally, please note which thread spawned the quotage and please white-out anything that might be spoilery to Un-Americans.
brenda m - May 25, 2004 10:13:35 am PDT #6183 of 10000
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
Katie M - May 25, 2004 4:16:06 pm PDT #6184 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Raquel in Natter:
I have also been pondering where Betsy gets these links. My theory is that any powerful and incomprehensible force becomes deified by the culture that it benefits and punishes, and certain members of that culture will feel the call to become an intermediary between the god-thing and the people.
Betsy's an Internet Shaman.
Pix - May 25, 2004 5:32:04 pm PDT #6185 of 10000
The status is NOT quo.
bon bon
I'm so OVER being judged on taste by someone who gets kicked and punched in the head for fun.
ita
And this is just more evidence that you can't be trusted.
I've never been kicked in the head. And even if I had, what I do for fun is kick other people. "Other" is such the important word.
billytea
Indeed. Because without it, you're left with "I kick people, possibly including myself". Which doesn't so much say 'martial arts' as it does 'violent uncontrollable leg spasms'.
And now I'm surely going to hell, because I just had an idea for an event at the Special Olympics.
erikaj - May 25, 2004 5:41:57 pm PDT #6186 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
bwah ha ha ha... (I guess I'll go to the Special Ed Special Hell...)
ellemarie - May 25, 2004 7:38:17 pm PDT #6187 of 10000
My tagline and life are a work in progress.
Allyson in Minearverse:
It's all very McGyver. "Here's 3 dollars, a case of red bull, the set from Alf, and three crackheads we found behind the House of Pies. Make a television show, and make sure it'll appeal to 18-49 males."
Theodosia - May 26, 2004 3:13:34 am PDT #6188 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Polter-Cow:
I think scholars should gather to espouse the merits of me. It would be very validating.
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2004 5:26:41 am PDT #6189 of 10000
What is even happening?
Susan on Motherhood: Oh, and I saw this documentary on feral children that included a comparison of the brains of normal and neglected toddlers. The neglected kids' language centers are actually stunted or absent. And even though I rationally know Annabel is getting all the language exposure she needs just by being a wanted child in a reasonably loving family, I catch myself just pumping her brain full of English every time I'm holding her. Which includes singing my way through the old Baptist Hymnal I salvaged when my high school church got new ones, and reading the Aubrey/Maturin and Hornblower novels to her.
Kid's gonna have an odd and bloody vocabulary.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2004 9:13:26 am PDT #6190 of 10000
brillig
fun and games in Bureaucracy
Nutty
But be vigilant, people! We'll only continue to exist as long as enough of us persist in the shared fiction. If your attention lapses, suddenly we might all be stranded in Mongolia or something.
Deena
At least we'd be together.
Nutty
Yeah, in MONGOLIA!!
(No offense to Mongolians. I have a yurt-avoidance issue.)
DXMachina
Check, no yurts for Nutty.
Mongolia seems like it might be fun for a short while. They have horses. Okay, all I actually know about Mongolia is what I saw in PBS special starring Julia Roberts.
Astarte - May 26, 2004 10:58:37 am PDT #6191 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Noise Design in the F2F thread:
Does Scarred Baptist taste anything like blackened catfish?
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2004 1:31:24 pm PDT #6192 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In Minearverse, a newbie proves to be a true Buffista:
The Partyman: Ooh. Might have to try and get to see that!
PaperDragon: You should replace 'might' with 'I', 'have' with 'am', 'to' with 'definitely', 'try' with 'going'. Switch the 'to' with the 'and', finally deleting the 'get'.