Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.

Willow ,'First Date'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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


smonster - Jun 21, 2010 4:36:33 pm PDT #8022 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Do we know how he learned to speak French? Because it is quite extraordinary, despite obvious mistakes, he clearly knows all the little filler expressions.

Megan, I know, right? He even said "way" instead of "oui." I may need to do some research, for now I am intrigued.


smonster - Jun 21, 2010 4:46:34 pm PDT #8023 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

So far I've found that he was inspired to learn French from a scene in Chariots of Fire, and his wiki page says he lived in France for six months. Maybe that's when he was in Aix?


amych - Jun 21, 2010 4:49:59 pm PDT #8024 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I noticed the "ouais" pronunciation too, and was kind of surprised that he couldn't find the word "sous-titres" given how fluent the rest was -- except that it was obviously one of those things where you can't quite grasp at a word that you know you know.


megan walker - Jun 21, 2010 4:59:49 pm PDT #8025 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

He spoke like someone that didn't study (for example, missing basic gender distinctions), but rather used it to actually communicate in a French country (expressions, pronunciation, etc.). Ouais is more prevalent in the south so Aix would make sense.


§ ita § - Jun 21, 2010 5:04:23 pm PDT #8026 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you guys would please stop making him more attractive, that would be great, ta ever so.

Why don't male celebs announce they're bi? I'm reeling at the comments. I'm so out of touch. I had no idea so many people were uber adamant that male bisexuality didn't exist. I mean, I know the idea that all bisexuals are greedy, needy, or confused, but men specifically? That's new to me.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 21, 2010 5:12:54 pm PDT #8027 of 30001
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Dominick Dunne came out as a "celibate closeted bisexual" right before he died, according to the Fresh Air I listed to today.


§ ita § - Jun 21, 2010 5:17:25 pm PDT #8028 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Just about every comment that claims a male bi celeb has someone rebut that they're actually gay. I'm trying to work out why a guy would bother coming out bi to the press. I mean, Alan Cumming? Really? What's in it for him?


DavidS - Jun 21, 2010 5:20:12 pm PDT #8029 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Really? What's in it for him?

Plausible deniability? "See, I can still be the romantic interest of a woman in a movie."

I made a Spanish Torta tonight, as we had an abundance of eggs and potatoes and garlic and onions lying about.

Very tasty. And pretty.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 21, 2010 5:20:35 pm PDT #8030 of 30001
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Isn't David Bowie pretty clearly bisexual? Or has he not actually had a public relationship with a man? (you do not want to know how many times I looked at this to make sure I did not type "pubic")


Sophia Brooks - Jun 21, 2010 5:24:27 pm PDT #8031 of 30001
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Alan Cumming has had at least two LTR's with women that I know of, so I can imagine that at the time he was in them, he liked/loved/had sex with the women, which , even if he is entirly into men now (which is just speculation) he may not want to negate his previous experience