How does he fit so many teeth in his mouth? It's creepy, but I don't know that it's FX.

Anybody watching The Secret Circle? I think it's cute. I finally realised what doesn't grab me about Vampire Diaries. There are no do-gooders. No one thinks "These things are bad. They hurt people. We should stop them." Not the protagonists, anyway. They're barely even willing to fight for each others' lives. It's a supernatural teen drama. Not a supernatural heroic drama. Which is why I don't think it should be compared to Buffy. They're just not doing the same things.

Anyway, back to Secret Circle. I'm not sure what the mythos is yet. Hell, I'm not sure how old they are. But I like how they're trying to work out the world around them, and I feel like there's a supernatural quest that's more important than their interpersonal dramas.

I doubt it'll match it for pace, or Supernatural or Buffy for emotional impact, but I do enjoy it so far.

eta: Huh. They went there. The CW is a ballsy little almost-network.

I liked this episode of OuaT. I'm thinking that the show would have been better as a mini-series, because I can't imagine what they'll do in a second season, but it may hold me through the year.

OuaT certainly has lush production values.

I like identifying the storybook characters. I immediately said "Sleepy!" when the guard yawned.

I wonder if Sleepy should go in for a sleep study. He could have apnea.

Ha!

I've been enjoying Secret Circle too. . . although the lalalala stuff that goes with the opening title makes me want to scream.

Also - it amused me that a horse named Secret Circle on the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Sprint on Friday.

That's funny about the horse, sumi. I'm liking Secret Circle, too. More than TVD at the moment. I think my favorite thing is that no one seems to really know what's what, And it matters to at least some characters when other characters die. I find the whole intertwined family business confusing (the current circle's parents made up the previous circle, but 6 makes a circle and it seems like hardly anyone marries (or procreates) outside the circle? And it's convenient how all the previous circle had babies at the same time so they could be in the same high school class), but if I don't think about it very much it doesn't bother me, and not thinking about it is pretty easy so far.

Huh. They went there. The CW is a ballsy little almost-network.

:: Tries to remember shocking events from most recent episode. Gives up:: Went where?

Not from the most recent episode. I haven't even finished that. That was when they killed Nick. I *really* wasn't expecting that death to stick. They had someone's DAD kill one of the protagonist kids. I also wasn't expecting it to happen because of the needing six thing, but I guess Jake will be hanging around one way or another, which kind of makes me think there must be a redemption storyline in his future--they better make it good.

How old are these kids? Fay was having sex with Jake more than two years ago? Naughty!

Yeah, that was legitimately shocking.

They've been pretty vague about ages, come to think of it. Maybe there is more of a range than I've been assuming.

On Once Upon A Time: is the Sheriff the Big Bad Wolf? If so, shades of "Fables".