I wouldn't think so, but I hate that expression like syphilis, so bear that in mind. It just brings up this tacky woman in too-tight pants and cigarrette voice waiting for the college bars to open.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.
erikaj - May 19, 2009 10:20:58 am PDT #1746 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!
JZ - May 19, 2009 10:33:53 am PDT #1747 of 5827
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm with erika on the hateration. And in my mind (much as I hate my mind for wasting space on any of it) a cougar is definitely in her 50s, or late 40s at youngest (but gorgeous and magnetic and irresistible, the way the teenage girl in The Chalk Garden scornfully described her newly-remarried mother, "She's golden and striped, like something in the jungle").
But the media keeps defining cougars downward; a couple of weeks ago Shakespeare's Sister linked to a vile NY Post gossip snippet cougarizing Kate Winslet. At which point the word has lost all meaning.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 10:40:43 am PDT #1748 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
*I* am a cougar. At least, that's how I think of it. Much younger than me, and the most I'd say is that you like them fresh off the vine.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 19, 2009 10:42:45 am PDT #1749 of 5827
"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
The thing that gets me about what little I saw of that Cougar show (shut up! It was like passing by a wreck... you have to look!) was that the guys all seemed to be the same boastful fratboy twits that shows like The Real World always feature getting into fistfights and worshipping the porcelain god. I can see that maybe working as candidates to date someone else college-aged, but shouldn't an independent woman in her 40s have encountered enough BS to find them completely unappealing? Where were the quieter 20-something humanities majors and IT techs that would grow into keepers in a few years?
erikaj - May 19, 2009 10:46:01 am PDT #1750 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I think it has its place...Mom used to work with a number of them, including one that "dated" her son's friends...I guess what I hate is that we're supposed to pretend it's not a vulgar insult, but some kind of sexy fist-bump deal. Like, there's a game show called that, and I look at the title and think "Why not just call her The Cooze and be done with it?" Kate Winslet is only a bit older than I...is she hanging around Freshman Orientation or something? Because that would be cougar-ish. Bring back "Mrs. Robinson", please. ETA: Matt, I feel you.
victor infante - May 19, 2009 10:48:09 am PDT #1751 of 5827
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
And is Courtney Cox old enough to qualify as a cougar? I mean, for someone who's above the age of consent?
Oddly, her character on "Scrubs" made a joke about being a cougar. Hmmm ... and Bill Lawrence is behind both shows ...
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 10:48:36 am PDT #1752 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd love it if La Cougar slept her way through the shiny young things but saved a nice quiet one to savour.
Doubt it happened. But at least she was choosing from guys her kid's age--she was proper and "old."
megan walker - May 19, 2009 10:57:41 am PDT #1753 of 5827
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And is Courtney Cox old enough to qualify as a cougar? I mean, for someone who's above the age of consent?
Courtney Cox is well into her 40s.
amych - May 19, 2009 10:58:32 am PDT #1754 of 5827
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
45, per wikipedia
Typo Boy - May 19, 2009 11:00:26 am PDT #1755 of 5827
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
When Anne Bancroft played "Mrs. Robinson" she was only four or five years older than Dustin Hoffman.