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'Beneath You'


Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Jessica - May 25, 2008 6:17:17 am PDT #480 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Aieeeeeeee, Susan!

Note to self: don't move into a home with stairs until Dylan is 25.

DH and I watched Finding Nemo last night b/c he interviewed the writer (who also wrote the upcoming Wall-E) and holy fuck the opening scene? We were both in little puddles on the floor. This is the first time I've rewatched it since becoming a parent. That movie should come with a warning label.


Laura - May 25, 2008 6:32:27 am PDT #481 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Eeeep! How scary, Susan. It's good to hear she is fine. Sounds like the parents got hurt more.


hippocampus - May 25, 2008 7:04:34 am PDT #482 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

That movie should come with a warning label.

just count (I didn't notice this either until Iris was born) how many (Disney/Pixar) kids movies have 'lost parent/lost child' as either a theme or a starting point. Still great movies, but it's there, nonetheless (and in some cases, it's been there since Fairy Tales were fairy tales)

- Lion King - Nemo - Cinderella - Bambi - Peter Pan - Beauty & The Beast - The Little Mermaid - Ratatouille

...

Notable exceptions are Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Monsters' Inc.

also? WAL-E? Looks really cute. Left-behind child cute, but cute.


sj - May 25, 2008 7:07:34 am PDT #483 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

- Lion King - Nemo - Cinderella - Bambi - Peter Pan - Beauty & The Beast - The Little Mermaid - Ratatouille

Aladin too.

{{{Susan}}} How scary! I'm glad Anabel is unhurt.


Susan W. - May 25, 2008 7:21:33 am PDT #484 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I'm generally OK with lost parent themes, and have, um, used them in my own work since becoming a mother myself. But I gave up on Year of Wonders when the narrator's children died, because one of them was exactly Annabel's age at the time I was reading, and it was described in way too much detail.

Though, now that I think about it, I've got a child death planned for Book 3 or 4 of the WIP series, and it's important enough to the plot that I can't let it happen totally offscreen or it'll dilute the impact too much.

The muse is a harsh mistress. I think I'm turning into the most callous mommy ever as long as the deaths are fictional...


vw bug - May 25, 2008 7:52:58 am PDT #485 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Oh, Susan! That is SO scary. I'm so glad she (and you) are ok!

just count (I didn't notice this either until Iris was born) how many (Disney/Pixar) kids movies have 'lost parent/lost child' as either a theme or a starting point. Still great movies, but it's there, nonetheless (and in some cases, it's been there since Fairy Tales were fairy tales)

I actually studied this very thing in a class in Spring 2007. The class was on Orphans, and one whole section of the class was on orphans in literature. Our prof even pushed it as far as saying any coming-of-age story of a teenager is kind of an orphan story. Fascinating stuff, but ugh. So. Many. Orphans in literature.


vw bug - May 25, 2008 7:54:53 am PDT #486 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Oh! Also, I meant to post this last night, but was at a bad angle for typing. YAY Steph for taking it easy.

I'm taking it even more easy today because it seems I overdid it yesterday. Couldn't go to sleep, then couldn't get up this morning. My pain pills are finally kicking in, though, and I have a bit more energy and less pain. I think we're going to go see Indy in a bit. And, since it's Indy 500 day, I should probably specify that we're going to see Indy Jones (though the Indy 500 is on in the tv room). YAY! Summer action movie!


Jessica - May 25, 2008 9:09:59 am PDT #487 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

It's not so much the lost parent thing as the "killing off 399 babies before the opening credits" in Finding Nemo. That's a pretty high body count for a G-rated cartoon.


Susan W. - May 25, 2008 9:16:52 am PDT #488 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

In response to Ichiro's beer quote from yesterday, the USS Mariner readership is on a quest to find beer from Papua New Guinea: [link]

No luck so far. DH is about to try HT Market, the newish Asian grocery that's two blocks or so from our house, but I'll be stunned if it's there after all the places it hasn't been.


meara - May 25, 2008 9:19:28 am PDT #489 of 10001

Oooh. That's true, Jessica. I'd entirely forgotten that part. I was going straight to the losing Nemo bit. Doh.

How would yall approach anything with a coworker assuming you would.

With much caution, honestly. How closely do you have to work together? Because while this is America, and much love and lust does blossom at work, lawsuits and awkwardness do too. So I'd take very very tiny steps. Cause I'd hate to have to see her evvvvvery day and feel increeeeeeeeedbily awkward every day after asking her out and being all "seize the day" and having her turn me down. Um. So, baby steps.