Offtopic: What does the "A" in "Fuckin' A" stand for?
Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.
Spike ,'Touched'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Betsy HP - May 14, 2003 5:47:45 pm PDT #215 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
balzacq - May 14, 2003 5:48:06 pm PDT #216 of 10001
Evil Hand Issues
Except that this right here is one of the basic principles of "show, don't tell," balzacq!
Except that that scene didn't tell us anything OR show us anything. It just wasted time on a visual joke stretched out too long.
Which is (getting back to the original argument) an example of what I would consider Bad Writing.
Telling Not Showing is merely one type of Bad Writing, not the only type; and it seems like the latter is the position you're advocating.
(Oops -- I'm telling you how I feel. I must be Bad... :-)
Cindy - May 14, 2003 5:48:09 pm PDT #217 of 10001
Nobody
Has Giles EVER, in 7 seasons, said "I love you, Buffy"?
Does anyone doubt that, at least for the first 6 seasons, he does?
I'm not sure. He's come close (notably at the beginning of FFL - but that was showing at it's highest). And that's a great example, Teppy. Because if Giles said that now (well, at the end of S6) - I wouldn't feel like yelling, "You're TELLING" because it's been well established by his actions throughout the years. In the same vein, when Quentin told Giles, "You have a father's love for the child, Rupert," that's a telling that worked, because it had already been shown, in Helpless itself, and in the series as a whole.
Miss Vanna - May 14, 2003 5:48:38 pm PDT #218 of 10001
I 've been hands under the shirt, over the bra, Calvins in a wad on the front seat with some S7 Buffy spoilers - but we never went all the way ~tinaf
Ass I think...but that really makes no sense. Perhaps asshole?
Cindy - May 14, 2003 5:49:45 pm PDT #219 of 10001
Nobody
Offtopic: What does the "A" in "Fuckin' A" stand for?
Arse or arshole
But of course, it's used so that that makes no sense. But that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
*thinks Betsy is baiting the tipsy person*
*doesn't mind*
mmmm worms
P.M. Marc - May 14, 2003 5:50:03 pm PDT #220 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Eh, people always have beefs. Unnamed sources gossiping in a tabloid are not the most reliable sources.
Atropa - May 14, 2003 5:50:21 pm PDT #221 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Where is this AH interview being refered to? (Yes, I skipped a buncha messages.)
P.M. Marc - May 14, 2003 5:51:47 pm PDT #222 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Where is this AH interview being refered to? (Yes, I skipped a buncha messages.)
Umm, a couple messages back. Maybe ten or 15?
Allyson - May 14, 2003 5:51:53 pm PDT #223 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Has Giles EVER, in 7 seasons, said "I love you, Buffy"?
nit: "And it grieves me cuz I love you so" OMWF
Fury thought that the scene in Helpless didnt really need Quentin's "You have a father's love for the child."
He felt it was shown. In the end, they decided to tell, anyway. I always thought the scene didn't need the line. I had been shown that Giles loved Buffy as a daughter, time and again. I didnt need friggin Travers to tell me what I had been shown.
Steph L. - May 14, 2003 5:52:32 pm PDT #224 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
FX is showing "The Prom" right now. I have already cried at:
Buffy: "I want my life to be with you."
Angel: "I don't."
And
"I can't breathe, Will! I feel like I can't breathe...."
And it's almost time for the Class Protector award.