Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Theodosia - Oct 03, 2009 5:55:14 am PDT #12046 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Brody has the same kind of ethereal beauty that Tilda Swinton exhibits. It's an inhabited beauty, too, you can see there's a Mind inside a remarkable Chassis.


Amy - Oct 03, 2009 5:55:42 am PDT #12047 of 30001
Because books.

Only one on that list I disagree with is Willem Dafoe. I don't find him preternatural or beautiful.

Me either, really. The one time I found him sort of attractive was in the counterfeiting montage in To Live and Die in L.A., and ... I'm not sure why.


tommyrot - Oct 03, 2009 5:56:29 am PDT #12048 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ok, Mick Jagger: hot or not?

Personally, I sorta' flip-flop on this one....


Amy - Oct 03, 2009 5:59:22 am PDT #12049 of 30001
Because books.

Ok, Mick Jagger: hot or not?

Depends on the era, the attitude. There are some pictures of young Mick that are lovely.


Steph L. - Oct 03, 2009 6:06:04 am PDT #12050 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I think the "preternatural" part of the "beauty" is what puts me off. Too...something. Fey, maybe, in the case of JRM and Adrien Brody.

I'm down with Bowie being attractive currently, though.


Amy - Oct 03, 2009 6:12:54 am PDT #12051 of 30001
Because books.

To me preternatural has always meant that exactly -- fey, sort of otherworldly. For me, Bowie is that. The others, not so much. Tim Curry, for instance, is so solidly earthy to me, very lush, you know?


Steph L. - Oct 03, 2009 6:14:29 am PDT #12052 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

To me preternatural has always meant that exactly -- fey, sort of otherworldly. For me, Bowie is that. The others, not so much.

Yeah -- Miles Davis and Willem Dafoe, for instance, I wouldn't call fey. But they have a cheekbone thing going on, and spooky eyes. Maybe that's what makes them preternatural.


§ ita § - Oct 03, 2009 6:15:47 am PDT #12053 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't even think JRM is preternatural. He's femme, but not preternatural. He's just a pretty, pretty man. The rest? Much more outside the norm. Judging from much of the list, the author has a thing for eyes. Quite a few piercing pairs there.

I also would put Willem Dafoe not on a preternatural list, but on a joli laid list. Onscreen, anyway. Saw him in Bed Bath and Beyond once, and he was quite normal looking.


Amy - Oct 03, 2009 6:19:43 am PDT #12054 of 30001
Because books.

JRM is also not so attractive to me in still photos, but in motion? A lot of his appeal, for me, is when he's animated. He's pretty hot in The Tudors, anyway.

I don't think I could ever find Christopher Walken sexy after the scene in Pulp Fiction. Which I *love*, don't get me wrong, but ... no.


§ ita § - Oct 03, 2009 6:22:48 am PDT #12055 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

in motion? A lot of his appeal, for me, is when he's animated

Are you counting that final running scene in Bend It Like Beckham?