Sam definitely takes a page from The Ripley School of Motherhood.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Theodosia - Oct 28, 2003 6:18:02 am PST #1515 of 10000
'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"
Katie M - Oct 28, 2003 6:38:08 am PST #1516 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
See, I loathed Abyss with a fiery passion. Daniel, asended or not, wouldn't just hang around when his friend was being tortured and killed, he'd do something. Heck, he went nuts when he couldn't help random bystanders.
Actually, that's a lot of what I find interesting about it. Why was that situation different? What was going on in his head? I mean, I agree he's being a condescending git (and let's not forget that his original idea, before offering ascension, is pretty clearly "let's help Jack remember why he's there, so he can tell Baal and then get permanently killed). On the other hand, he's not exactly human anymore, and he thinks he's found the One True Moral Way, which is I think a relief for him. Plus, of course, he is externally constrained.
Anyway, I can see Abyss-Daniel as an extension of real traits he's always had, and showed more and more as the series went on. He always thinks he knows best. It's not unusual for him to choose abstract over personalized morality - look at Scorched Earth, where he's willing to advance the argument that maybe the folks on the ground should be left to die because the germ cells in the sky are the last of their kind, and gee, they're awfully *advanced*, aren't they?
By the time we come around to Changeling he's different, and frankly I think it's Abyss that yanked his head out of his ass, but that's just fanwanking.
Lyra Jane - Oct 28, 2003 6:43:05 am PST #1517 of 10000
Up with the sun
=there's the story about how David Duchovny became so smitten with the dog that he adopted his daughter.
Am I the only one who is really confused by this sentence?
Nutty - Oct 28, 2003 6:45:12 am PST #1518 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There was a dog. Dog had puppies. Puppy was adopted. Later there was a wife and children, but they were unrelated to the dog situation.
Lyra Jane - Oct 28, 2003 6:52:51 am PST #1519 of 10000
Up with the sun
Thanks, Nutty. I thought Téa had come into the picture a little later, and their kids aren't adopted AFAIK.
(PLus, I've never heard "daughter" used to indicate an animal before. "Mommy/Daddy," yes, but it doesn't seem to go the other way.)
brenda m - Oct 28, 2003 7:15:36 am PST #1520 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My mom used to refer to my dog as her granddog.
Steph L. - Oct 28, 2003 7:19:06 am PST #1521 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Whenever I visit my Mom, her dog runs to the door, and she says to him "Petey! It's your sister!"
Trudy Booth - Oct 28, 2003 7:22:19 am PST #1522 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The resemblance is spooky.
askye - Oct 28, 2003 7:22:34 am PST #1523 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Mom has tried to refer to me as her cat's sister but I put my foot down, but she was determined to make us relatives so now I'm "auntie."
She refers to my cat has her "grandcat."
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2003 7:23:36 am PST #1524 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother referred to our dogs as "your problem". Given how she talks about us, that's just like calling them family, really.