So now I'm caught up (cablefree person is on Hulu delay), and holy crap, that was slashier than Two Axes.
Hi. I have pink sparkle hearts. For serious.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
P.M. Marc - Mar 10, 2010 4:55:32 pm PST #4573 of 11999
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sophia Brooks - Mar 10, 2010 5:10:09 pm PST #4574 of 11999
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wait... doesn't slash imply non-canon??? ;)
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2010 6:20:03 pm PST #4575 of 11999
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
At this point, if it`s not canon I dunno what it is. There was weeping, y`all. And choked calling out of names.
Dana - Mar 10, 2010 6:42:23 pm PST #4576 of 11999
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So (now that I've seen it), how does the rest of the world read this relationship? I know I have the slash goggles, and those of you who don't are at least aware of the slash goggles, but my god. How else do you read this episode? Really really intense friendship with tears?
Also, I love Peter and Elizabeth's marriage. We can just slot Neal right in the middle there...
Lee - Mar 10, 2010 6:45:16 pm PST #4577 of 11999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
NEKKID
ahem, I mean yes, I think most people see it the way you do. How could you not?
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2010 6:51:50 pm PST #4578 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've read people on TWOP describe it as brotherly, but seriously, people.
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2010 6:54:55 pm PST #4579 of 11999
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay, I'm glad you saw it, Dana!
I have no idea how anyone else sees it. I mean, it all makes perfect sense through the slash goggles. But since I've been looking at their relationship that way since the beginning, I don't have any problem fitting those particular pieces together.
I think up until this episode, I could have seen it read as buddy cop kinda bromance. But it seems like it would be really baffling to try to read this straight at this point. I suppose gay denial is pretty strong in the mainstream media perception, so I guess it could still look that way, if you were trying.
But boy howdy does it not ever look that way to me.
And I suspect that one way or the other it's going to need to be made explicit and then one group or the other is going to be very very confused.
Vortex - Mar 10, 2010 7:16:25 pm PST #4580 of 11999
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I mean, Neal was CRYING over leaving Peter. He'd wanted kate for so long, he didn't know how not to, even though his heart was telling him to be with Peter. How could anyone not see that?
Liese S. - Mar 10, 2010 7:20:11 pm PST #4581 of 11999
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sparkly hearts. I'm just saying. Sparkly hearts.
Cass - Mar 10, 2010 7:23:49 pm PST #4582 of 11999
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Sparkly hearts, indeed. Pink and purple sparkly hearts. Held by unicorns. And nekkid sculpting. Hello, competence kink.