Falling Asleep at My Desk
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itsallovernowEver blueline a 250 page magazine? No? I don't recommend it. Every four weeks, expect extreme crankiness. It's like PMS, but without the exciting reproductive opportunities.
Saw Pirates again with M. There was much rum. I highly reccomend the rum.
I hit an impasse with the NIP once I realized that I really did need to start from the turning point. I haven't written in a week and a half. Someone, please, please, poke me into inspiration. I'm dying here and I have to turn in 10 pages to my class on Wed.
Finally got to see the end of The Pegasus Project (had started watching on Friday and extreme exhaustion swayed me into sleeping).
So much love, but on a fannish level, I need to get a few things off my chest. First, in those places where SG-1 and SGA interesect, can I remind y'all once again that we're talking about BOYS!!! Not teenage girls dressed up in butch hairdos and fatigues. These are boys. They interact with grunts and ball-grabbing (of the non-sexy kind) and insults and yo mama jokes and have entire conversations that consist of the word dude said with varying intonations. They posture and preen and wrestle and mostly behave as if they were 10 years old. Please do not expect them to read things into small gestures. If you want a guy to know something, you have to spell it out in simple, direct language (actually this is true for both genders) but men do not communicate through simple hints.
So, for god's sake, let the thing with the lemon go. It was hysterical. IT was Cam and Sheppard bonding, it was Rodney taking seriously the seriousness of the situation and getting out of his own fear or doubts. It was a total GUY thing to do. And I think the whole, "OMG, he was so not nice to him," thing is also hysterical because, dude, Farscape fan first and foremost. It's a shock that these people are nice to each other. Regulalry. On purpose. I thought the lemon thing was kinda sweet. No, really. No one actually pulled a gun on Rodney. Or knocked him out. Or dragged him around. Or even yelled at him all that much. They just found a variety of ways to encourage him to reach beyond the boundaries of expectations he'd set up for himself, straddling that "proving to Sam I'm smarter than she is and still being kind of a baby" line he's got going. And I think Sam and an unfamiliar military situation probably brought out the worst in him, as a scientist and social interactor. Personally, I'd have punched Rodney out of sheer annoyance. I hate the trope that people who are good at their jobs have to be obnoxious in other aspects of their lives. I don't forgive them their behavior in real life and I've got lines in media that I'm willing to put up with. But then, I'm a Rodney fan only for the snark and the competence. The whining would get him booted off my boat.
Also, dude, you people are freaked out by a lemon threat? You're upset about the bloody lemon, but the total hilarity that is science and physics in this show is acceptable? Dude!! Canon, folks. Canon. Writers are not sending you secret messages. They are not that subtle. Trust me on this. Having Cam elaborate on the slingshot theory? Possible secret message meta in-joke? Lemon love? Lemon sado-masochism? Not so much. (Okay maybe lemon love, but clearly that was Sheppard/Mitchell code for "Meet me later and we'll dissect the lemon together. Naked. Oh wait, did I say that out loud?")
And what's wrong with Sam being smarter? Or if not smarter, since they obviously needed Rodney's help, what's wrong with her having her own sort of arrogance. Why would he have to win? I grit my teeth every time I read whining about Sam and I'm not all that attached to her. It just reads as backlash to me (and that may have perfectly legitimate history to back it up, but I tend to want to like the female characters and will cut them a lot of slack).
On to the fun. This episode was tight, it was fun, it moved things forward, it had cool concepts and it made me want to hug all of the characters. I don't actually know why Vala got to go to Atlantis, but clearly they weren't going to trust her with a warship to hang out by the supergate. Doesn't matter, I love Vala so she can do whatever and go whereever she wants. And I'm starting to get some real affection for Daniel.
The King Aruthur stuff, while ridiculous, is at least consistent and how cool was Morgan Le Fay? And that comparison with the Ancients and the Orii? Those folks have got a real dilemma going on.
Also, please SG-1 writers, do not strip Vala of her edge. Let her make real friends with Daniel, sure. Let her encourage him, and even crush on him, but do not turn her into a bastion of goodness. Fortunately, souvenirs and exotic beverages and gentle (but blunt) reprimands that both remind people she's not from earth and is still fairly self-involve, are excellent things to keep including. I adore Vala and I will stop watching if you strip her of her edge.
But mostly, I'm filling up with love for Cam because he's getting it together. He's keeping himself in charge, he and Vala were adorable conspirators at the beginning, and because clearly he read about John Crichton's slingshot theory while he was studying physics or maybe just read the paper and thought, hey that guy looks like me and he's going into outer space. How cool is that!! And then, damn, that guy who looks like me dissappeared. That sucks.
Saw Pirates again with M. There was much rum. I highly reccomend the rum.
I hit an impasse with the NIP once I realized that I really did need to start from the turning point. I haven't written in a week and a half. Someone, please, please, poke me into inspiration. I'm dying here and I have to turn in 10 pages to my class on Wed.
Finally got to see the end of The Pegasus Project (had started watching on Friday and extreme exhaustion swayed me into sleeping).
So much love, but on a fannish level, I need to get a few things off my chest. First, in those places where SG-1 and SGA interesect, can I remind y'all once again that we're talking about BOYS!!! Not teenage girls dressed up in butch hairdos and fatigues. These are boys. They interact with grunts and ball-grabbing (of the non-sexy kind) and insults and yo mama jokes and have entire conversations that consist of the word dude said with varying intonations. They posture and preen and wrestle and mostly behave as if they were 10 years old. Please do not expect them to read things into small gestures. If you want a guy to know something, you have to spell it out in simple, direct language (actually this is true for both genders) but men do not communicate through simple hints.
So, for god's sake, let the thing with the lemon go. It was hysterical. IT was Cam and Sheppard bonding, it was Rodney taking seriously the seriousness of the situation and getting out of his own fear or doubts. It was a total GUY thing to do. And I think the whole, "OMG, he was so not nice to him," thing is also hysterical because, dude, Farscape fan first and foremost. It's a shock that these people are nice to each other. Regulalry. On purpose. I thought the lemon thing was kinda sweet. No, really. No one actually pulled a gun on Rodney. Or knocked him out. Or dragged him around. Or even yelled at him all that much. They just found a variety of ways to encourage him to reach beyond the boundaries of expectations he'd set up for himself, straddling that "proving to Sam I'm smarter than she is and still being kind of a baby" line he's got going. And I think Sam and an unfamiliar military situation probably brought out the worst in him, as a scientist and social interactor. Personally, I'd have punched Rodney out of sheer annoyance. I hate the trope that people who are good at their jobs have to be obnoxious in other aspects of their lives. I don't forgive them their behavior in real life and I've got lines in media that I'm willing to put up with. But then, I'm a Rodney fan only for the snark and the competence. The whining would get him booted off my boat.
Also, dude, you people are freaked out by a lemon threat? You're upset about the bloody lemon, but the total hilarity that is science and physics in this show is acceptable? Dude!! Canon, folks. Canon. Writers are not sending you secret messages. They are not that subtle. Trust me on this. Having Cam elaborate on the slingshot theory? Possible secret message meta in-joke? Lemon love? Lemon sado-masochism? Not so much. (Okay maybe lemon love, but clearly that was Sheppard/Mitchell code for "Meet me later and we'll dissect the lemon together. Naked. Oh wait, did I say that out loud?")
And what's wrong with Sam being smarter? Or if not smarter, since they obviously needed Rodney's help, what's wrong with her having her own sort of arrogance. Why would he have to win? I grit my teeth every time I read whining about Sam and I'm not all that attached to her. It just reads as backlash to me (and that may have perfectly legitimate history to back it up, but I tend to want to like the female characters and will cut them a lot of slack).
On to the fun. This episode was tight, it was fun, it moved things forward, it had cool concepts and it made me want to hug all of the characters. I don't actually know why Vala got to go to Atlantis, but clearly they weren't going to trust her with a warship to hang out by the supergate. Doesn't matter, I love Vala so she can do whatever and go whereever she wants. And I'm starting to get some real affection for Daniel.
The King Aruthur stuff, while ridiculous, is at least consistent and how cool was Morgan Le Fay? And that comparison with the Ancients and the Orii? Those folks have got a real dilemma going on.
Also, please SG-1 writers, do not strip Vala of her edge. Let her make real friends with Daniel, sure. Let her encourage him, and even crush on him, but do not turn her into a bastion of goodness. Fortunately, souvenirs and exotic beverages and gentle (but blunt) reprimands that both remind people she's not from earth and is still fairly self-involve, are excellent things to keep including. I adore Vala and I will stop watching if you strip her of her edge.
But mostly, I'm filling up with love for Cam because he's getting it together. He's keeping himself in charge, he and Vala were adorable conspirators at the beginning, and because clearly he read about John Crichton's slingshot theory while he was studying physics or maybe just read the paper and thought, hey that guy looks like me and he's going into outer space. How cool is that!! And then, damn, that guy who looks like me dissappeared. That sucks.
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Date: 2006-07-31 11:58 pm (UTC)AND VALA ROCKS!
She might just make me try the later seasons of SG-1. Hmm...
::uses kick-ass Aeryn icon::
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 06:09 pm (UTC)Oh! Did you watch the eps of SGA that I let my flist recommend?? I sorta broke my spine afterwards and didn't check if you had....
YOU MUST, BECAUSE YOU MUST READ OUR GENDERSWITCH EPIC THEN.
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 06:15 pm (UTC)(But if care to and/or have the time, I can direct you to a place that has all the eps and none of the fuss: Direct dl, baybee!)
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Date: 2006-08-01 12:01 am (UTC)wordity word mcword, word, word.
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-01 12:04 am (UTC)Heh.
I laughed a lot. May watch it again tonight.
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-01 12:05 am (UTC)And yes, Morgan was awesome.
Really, I had a lot of fun with this episode. It was the better episode of Atlantis this week too!
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Date: 2006-08-01 01:33 am (UTC)I totally went into food coma yesterday and am thus also a failure. Hopefully, will have some time tonight and tomorrow morning to atone for my sins. But just know that I'm pulling for you. You will triumph! Oh yes!
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 07:32 pm (UTC)You should keep me posted on your Doctor Who progress, as I'm curious.
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Date: 2006-08-01 01:38 am (UTC)Do yo mind if I friend you? I'm not sure if I should ask first or just do it?
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Date: 2006-08-01 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-01 03:03 am (UTC)Cam as a character is coming along. I really liked his protectiveness of Sam, the way he didn't let Rodney annoy her to death. No one messes with his team! And, he was all alpha and such. The lemon was hilarious, and totally boy humor. Dr. Phil likes to say that when you are explaining things to men you not only have to give them all the dots (points), you have to connect the dots for them. In a big black marker. So, yeah, the lemon-haters are totally over thinking this.
I am starting to like Daniel again.
Totally on board with the "stop softening Vala" thing. Though, I noticed she very casually "lifted" a small piece of equipment during her tour. Unfortunately, Zelenka took it back. Still, it gives me some hope for her edge. I want to shout at the t.v. "She stole the Prometheus, all by herself!" I have hope for next week.
seva
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Date: 2006-08-01 01:00 pm (UTC)And people are whinging because of the lemon? Frell, I thought it was hysterical. Particularly that wimpy-Rodney thought he was in any kind of danger whatsoever. ::eyeroll::
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:11 pm (UTC)It isn't at all fair to compare shows, or really fandoms, but it just strikes me as funny that Rodney thought he was in any sort of danger at all. Because it's just not the kind of show/s where the "heroes" are going to beat up on each other. It's just not that... willing to get down and dirty and loud, I think.
Ahhhh, but I loooove your Fargate!!
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Date: 2006-08-04 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-04 07:27 pm (UTC)