Epic, I also thought that was an odd bit of dialogue.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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DebetEsse - May 22, 2012 6:55:34 am PDT #20496 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 6:58:24 am PDT #20497 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Loki never seemed to have any problem passing as a local, while Thor's lack of knowledge was played for hysterical laughs. Given what he clearly already knows about Earth, it wasn't hard for me to imagine he understands idiomatic English--they are aliens you would imagine are speaking in a foreign tongue on their home planet, after all. I wouldn't know where to start drawing the line in translation.
I am hoping for something more enlightened in the update!
So far there's been no indication she loses consciousness, has there? Or is in anyone's custody? I mean, she's swinging a sword on horseback and all sorts of other things that are completely new to the story.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 6:58:25 am PDT #20498 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I remember a version that said the prince's kiss dislodged the piece of apple from her throat, and then she awoke.
Oh, right! I forgot that bit.
Really, I have a hard time with Snow White after watching Into the Woods. (Dwarfs are very upsetting.)
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 6:59:03 am PDT #20499 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dwarfs are very upsetting
Poor Dinklage, can't get a break...
EpicTangent - May 22, 2012 7:00:41 am PDT #20500 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Thank you, Debet. Nice not to feel all alone. ::sniffle::
Loki never seemed to have any problem passing as a local, while Thor's lack of knowledge was played for hysterical laughs. Given what he clearly already knows about Earth, it wasn't hard for me to imagine he understands idiomatic English
I will take this handwave with me to my next viewing, thanks.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 7:02:22 am PDT #20501 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Without establishing a mechanism in place to translate into High Asgardian, I can't find fault with it.
Zenkitty - May 22, 2012 7:04:27 am PDT #20502 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Epic, that stood out for me, but I can handwave it. Even without knowing what "red in the ledger" means literally, red is blood and she's not a nice person, he can figure out what she means when she says she wants the blood out of her whatsis.
Now I remember the dislodging in the coffin version, too. When I was a kid I always wondered, wouldn't she just suffocate in a glass coffin?
Also the too-tight lacing, and the poisoned comb--it's all coming back to me.
I don't remember those, though. I have a copy of Grimm's fairy tales around here somewhere.
le nubian - May 22, 2012 7:30:04 am PDT #20503 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Loki - re movie.
He seemed to know a helluva lot about the Avengers. Where did he acquire all of that knowledge?
Consuela - May 22, 2012 7:35:13 am PDT #20504 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
He seemed to know a helluva lot about the Avengers. Where did he acquire all of that knowledge?
From Clint, I assume. Or maybe watching through the Tesseract? I tend to assume that godlike aliens have special abilities to get information.
Jesse - May 22, 2012 7:41:30 am PDT #20505 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of the post-credit scenes in one of the movies had him lurking around SHIELD, didn't it?