you HAD TO give Ray a dead fiancee?
I get enough creepy vibes off of Ray to think that he could be lying about this.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Tom Scola - Dec 11, 2014 7:27:21 am PST #26676 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2014 9:57:13 am PST #26677 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I complained to John Rogers about conflating the sword in the stone with Excalibur, and assures me a) he knows b) most people don't care.
I CARE, JOHN, I CARE.
Tom Scola - Dec 11, 2014 10:06:11 am PST #26678 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
So the sword extracted from the stone is different from the sword that is distributed by watery tarts lying in ponds?
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2014 10:08:56 am PST #26679 of 30001
brillig
I think Excalibur itself originally came from the lake, and it was returned to her. I don't remember the origin of the sword in the stone.
juliana - Dec 11, 2014 10:26:23 am PST #26680 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I thought both were called Excalibur? As in, that is the name of Arthur's sword, no matter the origin.
Zenkitty - Dec 11, 2014 10:28:27 am PST #26681 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If you get a chance, ask John Rogers why Excalibur had to die. Seriously, that was irritating and pointless. Poor Cal. Also, melting away, wtf? Also also, have you mentioned to John Rogers my enduring crush on him? No? Ah, probably just as well.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2014 11:11:08 am PST #26682 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wasn't the sword in the stone just a sword that Merlin stuck there with a spell to stay put until drawn by the future King of England?
-t - Dec 11, 2014 5:04:45 pm PST #26683 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What I'm saying is, there had better be some (shirtless) badassery going on next week.
So, did this meet your standard?
I don't really believe Ollie is all-the-way-not-coming-back dead BUT skewering through the chest and kicking him off a mountain is pretty persuasive.
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2014 5:28:11 pm PST #26684 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
What I'm saying is, there had better be some (shirtless) badassery going on next week.
So, did this meet your standard?
Quite well indeed.
Vonnie K - Dec 11, 2014 5:46:17 pm PST #26685 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Seriously though, that fight was fucking brutal. I thought parts of the episode were kinda lumbering, but those last few minutes were a thing of beauty. Gorgeously filmed, tremendous fight choreography, great music -- just, really well done. Ra's death blessing made the hair behind my neck stand up.
Apparently they shot the scene on location rather than sound stage. Those actors were doing the shirtless fight scene in actual freezing temperature.