I could live for a week on Stede's expression quiet glee, in the moments after the curtain bursts into flames, at the scale of the catastrophe he passive-aggressively caused at the fancy assholes' party. He's been treated so shittily by all his peers for so long, and the one time before that he lashed back at a bully before he almost had a nervous breakdown over it. This one time he allows himself to just bask in the malicious afterglow for a few seconds, and it's delicious.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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JZ - Apr 13, 2022 4:07:33 pm PDT #1622 of 2216
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
amyparker - Apr 13, 2022 4:31:58 pm PDT #1623 of 2216
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
And Ed is surprised by Stede's calm "No, you're in over your head, I've got this", ending with the two of them being calmly rowed away from the boat burning behind them. Which leads to "You wear fine things well" and me staring at the TV with my hands over my mouth whispering "Is this happening?"
Dana - Apr 13, 2022 4:45:24 pm PDT #1624 of 2216
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yes, they escalated very quickly to Meaningful Glances.
JZ - Apr 13, 2022 4:53:56 pm PDT #1625 of 2216
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And Ed is surprised by Stede's calm "No, you're in over your head, I've got this", ending with the two of them being calmly rowed away from the boat burning behind them.
It did occur to me to wonder on a rewatch whether Stede will ever stop to reflect on this evening--he was so sincerely aghast at Calico Jack retelling the tale of the ship Blackbeard set on fire and sailed away from with everyone burning up inside, and at Ed mumbling, "Well, technically, it was the fire that killed them." I mean, hopefully it was just the stateroom curtains that went up, but it sure *looked* like a lot of that ship was burning.
amyparker - Apr 13, 2022 5:05:44 pm PDT #1626 of 2216
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I mean, hopefully it was just the stateroom curtains that went up, but it sure *looked* like a lot of that ship was burning.
That's a good point. But would they really use Nick Kroll or Kristen Schaal on a one-off?
JZ - Apr 13, 2022 5:37:21 pm PDT #1627 of 2216
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
But would they really use Nick Kroll or Kristen Schaal on a one-off?
True, but they're so heavily made up that it would be perfectly easy to reuse them somewhere else later on.
JZ - Apr 13, 2022 9:30:01 pm PDT #1628 of 2216
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
One last burble for the night, about that moment with the feet, which I've watched probably thirty times: things like that hit me so hard in all my feels, no matter the genre or the gender combination: everything all around is chaos and panic and violence, and the only thing these two characters can give each other in this moment is that intent focus, that small gesture, that stillness in the whirlwind, that bearing with-ness.
Feet touching, hands held under a table, looks across a crowded room that say to each other, Do you see that? I do, and I see you.
Augh!
amyparker - Apr 14, 2022 9:01:51 am PDT #1629 of 2216
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
JZ, here, go read this, I read it and thought of you.
Jessica - Apr 14, 2022 9:10:29 am PDT #1630 of 2216
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
JZ, here, go read this, I read it and thought of you.
I read that one last night, and have heart eyes feelings about it.
JZ - Apr 14, 2022 9:34:01 am PDT #1631 of 2216
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, that was lovely, and perfectly voiced. It got bumped right out of canon with the very next episode, but it's still absolutely lovely.