I don't think it's "best friend," though. Hang on... yeah.
"Let me ask you a question: Who would you trust with your life more than anyone else in the world? Don't worry, I won't be offended if you don't pick me. Could it be Teal'c?"
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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.
Katie M - May 28, 2004 10:48:48 am PDT #5916 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
Consuela - May 28, 2004 10:49:27 am PDT #5917 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Don't think I've seen that one, Emily. Although from the context it sounds like "best friend" of who's there, not best friend in the way I tend to think of it.
But then women tend to have a different definition of best friend than men do, or so I'm led to believe.
DXMachina - May 28, 2004 11:04:46 am PDT #5918 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
But then women tend to have a different definition of best friend than men do, or so I'm led to believe.
Huh.
Consuela - May 28, 2004 11:14:50 am PDT #5919 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, I didn't entirely pull it out of my arse. I saw a study somewhere! Really!
Speaking for myself, I have one person who gets the title "best friend". She won it in high school, and I've had other folks since then who were close friends, but she's the one I stay in touch with year in and year out. She's my best friend. ::shrugs::
§ ita § - May 28, 2004 11:16:32 am PDT #5920 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What are those differing definitions?
Consuela - May 28, 2004 11:18:27 am PDT #5921 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It was something about how women would have one particular best friend for long periods, and that men were more likely to have a set of closer friends, with more variation over time.
Like I said, very generalized and of course not to be relied upon as evidence of much of anything in any particular situation.
And now I kinda wish I hadn't mentioned it.
DXMachina - May 28, 2004 11:36:40 am PDT #5922 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
And now I kinda wish I hadn't mentioned it.
Nah. It's just something that never occurred me.
I have two best friends, so I guess the close friends thing holds, but I've known both for a very long time.
Vonnie K - May 28, 2004 12:25:06 pm PDT #5923 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yahtzee's Joan of Arcadia story was also good, though not, you know, happy.
Oh, man! She made me cry! At work! Damn her talented eyes.
Her God even sounds like the God avatars we encounter on the show. Good character voices, too.
For those who may want to give it a gander, here it is: Goodnight, Moon.
Don't think I've read Ness yet.Ness keeps moving her site, and she has all these frames in her fic site which drive the reccers nuts. Anyway, looks like this is where she is at the moment. Of her fic, I like "Sense Of" particularly well, because it's disorienting and hella weird. Some of her stuff is kinda fluffy, so as an author-rec, it's a qualified one.
Consuela - May 28, 2004 1:02:22 pm PDT #5924 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Sense Of -- yeah, I read that one. Quite unsettling. But you're right, a lot of the rest are too fluffy for me. Ah, well.
Thanks for the link, though.
DXMachina - May 28, 2004 2:25:27 pm PDT #5925 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Doctor Troi on tonight's Star Gate:
The nerve gas evaporates after three hours.
So, you're saying the nerve gas changes to a gas? That'll be safe...
Sigh.