Angel and dolphins
Sep. 19th, 2003 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarea
But why is the rum gone? <--- me talking like a pirate
My thoughts on AtS S2 eps that I've seen so far -- spoilers ahoy!
Judgment - Awwww. Faith at the end! That was an unexpected but lovely surprise. Turned on my Angel/Faith vibe. I thought the pregnant woman was lame.
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been - This one was pretty cool; I like learning more about Angel and what went down in his life in the intervening years between getting souled and meeting Buffy. However, color me stunned that he was still this uncaring/indifferent to the human race and it was the 1950s! It's kind of contradictory considering immediately after he was souled he was already feeling guilty about some of the things he'd done; he stopped drinking humans, etc. But anyway, so what finally made him start thinking he wanted to be redeemed, then? I mean, by the time he meets up w/ that dude who takes him to Buffy, he's like living off rats on the streets.
First Impressions - Awww. I <3 David Nabbit. Trying on the Cordy/Gunn UST, I see. The actors didn't have that much chemistry, but the writing was really strong so it carried them. I'm liking Gunn more and more. I like this in-between Gunn ... he's not the total punkass of S1, but he's also not all neutered like he is now. V. interesting that Darla's visiting Angel in his dreams and he doesn't seem to think it's odd.
Untouched - The girl kept making me think of Ginny. Heehee. Liked the ep, but not as much as the others.
Dear Boy - Angel finally says something to Cordy and Wes about the Darla dreams. It's really interesting to me that he surely thought it was odd before this, and it's only NOW that he even bothers to mention it? It seemed to me that he even wanted to be having the dreams ... which is so heartbreaking and worrisome at the same time. Definitely my Angel/Darla flag has gone up. W00t!
Guise Will Be Guise - Wesley as Angel ... bwahahahahhaa. This is the ep I first semi-saw, but I didn't understand any of it and didn't continue to watch the show. I found Virginia kind of annoying ... though I was like, "A redhead named Virginia! Heehee!" So, like, what, Wesley had a girlfriend in S2?
Darla - I love this ep. Love learning so much about Darla. And of course, love seeing Spike again, and the shot of the Terrible Foursome walking through fire and destruction. I don't know if they did it on purpose, but I've always loved the image of Spike leaping in the air ... kind of symbolic for the dynamics of the group: Angel's struggling with who he is, while Spike is just starting to come into his own, killing a Slayer and all.
The Shroud of Rahmon - I guess the big thing here is Kate. What's her deal? Why is her hair so bad? I haven't liked her much this season. I guess if they wanted her to be the big love interest this would be good build up, but Kate/Angel has never really interested me all that much. Maybe because I started watching AtS mid-S3, and by then she was long gone.
The Trial - Love. this. ep. Major Angel/Darla. They both break my heart. And the final wrenching scene! Eep! Dru gets all the best entrances. You know, given how important Darla was ... such a huge part of Angel's history (and I think that for two soulless, blood-sucking demons to have stuck together for as long as they did surely means something), it's REALLY lame how he dusted her w/ no problem back on BtVS.
Reunion - Not sure I really buy Darla being upset over being turned back into a vamp, once she's a vamp again. Or Dru wibbling about how it was what she thought Darla wanted. I'm liking Lindsey very much, but Lindsey/Darla doesn't do much for me. I was v. shocked that Angel left Darla and Dru there to feast on the W&H folks. Then why'd he go there at all? Honestly.
Redefinition - Angel's cracking up. He thinks he's being focused, but I just call it crazy. The karaoke bar scene w/ Gunn, Wes, and Cordy is the BEST THING EVER. And why is it that when the vamps we know come into contact w/ fire or sunlight, it takes them ages to turn to dust, when, when other vamps do the same thing, they're incinerated immediately? Is kind of annoying.
Blood Money - Oooh, the return of Anne! I like seeing this character's progression, considering she's so minor she can't even be called a minor character. She looked v. different, though. It was her speech patterns that finally made me convinced it was the same girl (not to mention the name). And is official: I love Lindsey. He delivers the best line in the world:
Lilah: "So - what if this guy is actually as good as he says and actually kills Angel?"
Lindsey: "............ Boo. HOO! Let me wipe away the tears with my plastic hand!"
*snickersnickersnicker*
Happy Anniversary - Awww. Felt sorry for the dude, even if what he wanted to do was kind of creepy. And YET ANOTHER redhead! This one looked most like the Ginny I picture, though. When she was w/ the nerd guy I kept thinking of him as being Harry, and all sorts of plot bunnies danced in my head. Nothing coherent, though. And Virginia came back! I didn't know Wes was all girlfriendy in S2.
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thena:
Look at this picture; what do you see?
Apparently, little kids can't see the couple in the picture because they don't have any prior associations. They'll see nine dolphins. If you can't find the dolphins in six seconds, your mind's corrupted.
Okay, didn't need this test to confirm the corruption of my mind, but it's still embarrassing how long it took me to find the dolphins (way longer than six seconds, I'll tell you that). If you're utterly corrupted, and cannot see them for the life of you (I suspectakscully will have problems), go here.
ETA: *points at friends* SINNERS! You're all sinners!!! (Except forseldon, who is apparently just smart.) It's okay, though. I don't think I'd want to be friends with anyone who 1) saw the dophins instead of the smut; or 2) was able to see the dolphins in 6 seconds after learning they were there, instead of being distracted by the smut.
My thoughts on AtS S2 eps that I've seen so far -- spoilers ahoy!
Judgment - Awwww. Faith at the end! That was an unexpected but lovely surprise. Turned on my Angel/Faith vibe. I thought the pregnant woman was lame.
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been - This one was pretty cool; I like learning more about Angel and what went down in his life in the intervening years between getting souled and meeting Buffy. However, color me stunned that he was still this uncaring/indifferent to the human race and it was the 1950s! It's kind of contradictory considering immediately after he was souled he was already feeling guilty about some of the things he'd done; he stopped drinking humans, etc. But anyway, so what finally made him start thinking he wanted to be redeemed, then? I mean, by the time he meets up w/ that dude who takes him to Buffy, he's like living off rats on the streets.
First Impressions - Awww. I <3 David Nabbit. Trying on the Cordy/Gunn UST, I see. The actors didn't have that much chemistry, but the writing was really strong so it carried them. I'm liking Gunn more and more. I like this in-between Gunn ... he's not the total punkass of S1, but he's also not all neutered like he is now. V. interesting that Darla's visiting Angel in his dreams and he doesn't seem to think it's odd.
Untouched - The girl kept making me think of Ginny. Heehee. Liked the ep, but not as much as the others.
Dear Boy - Angel finally says something to Cordy and Wes about the Darla dreams. It's really interesting to me that he surely thought it was odd before this, and it's only NOW that he even bothers to mention it? It seemed to me that he even wanted to be having the dreams ... which is so heartbreaking and worrisome at the same time. Definitely my Angel/Darla flag has gone up. W00t!
Guise Will Be Guise - Wesley as Angel ... bwahahahahhaa. This is the ep I first semi-saw, but I didn't understand any of it and didn't continue to watch the show. I found Virginia kind of annoying ... though I was like, "A redhead named Virginia! Heehee!" So, like, what, Wesley had a girlfriend in S2?
Darla - I love this ep. Love learning so much about Darla. And of course, love seeing Spike again, and the shot of the Terrible Foursome walking through fire and destruction. I don't know if they did it on purpose, but I've always loved the image of Spike leaping in the air ... kind of symbolic for the dynamics of the group: Angel's struggling with who he is, while Spike is just starting to come into his own, killing a Slayer and all.
The Shroud of Rahmon - I guess the big thing here is Kate. What's her deal? Why is her hair so bad? I haven't liked her much this season. I guess if they wanted her to be the big love interest this would be good build up, but Kate/Angel has never really interested me all that much. Maybe because I started watching AtS mid-S3, and by then she was long gone.
The Trial - Love. this. ep. Major Angel/Darla. They both break my heart. And the final wrenching scene! Eep! Dru gets all the best entrances. You know, given how important Darla was ... such a huge part of Angel's history (and I think that for two soulless, blood-sucking demons to have stuck together for as long as they did surely means something), it's REALLY lame how he dusted her w/ no problem back on BtVS.
Reunion - Not sure I really buy Darla being upset over being turned back into a vamp, once she's a vamp again. Or Dru wibbling about how it was what she thought Darla wanted. I'm liking Lindsey very much, but Lindsey/Darla doesn't do much for me. I was v. shocked that Angel left Darla and Dru there to feast on the W&H folks. Then why'd he go there at all? Honestly.
Redefinition - Angel's cracking up. He thinks he's being focused, but I just call it crazy. The karaoke bar scene w/ Gunn, Wes, and Cordy is the BEST THING EVER. And why is it that when the vamps we know come into contact w/ fire or sunlight, it takes them ages to turn to dust, when, when other vamps do the same thing, they're incinerated immediately? Is kind of annoying.
Blood Money - Oooh, the return of Anne! I like seeing this character's progression, considering she's so minor she can't even be called a minor character. She looked v. different, though. It was her speech patterns that finally made me convinced it was the same girl (not to mention the name). And is official: I love Lindsey. He delivers the best line in the world:
Lilah: "So - what if this guy is actually as good as he says and actually kills Angel?"
Lindsey: "............ Boo. HOO! Let me wipe away the tears with my plastic hand!"
*snickersnickersnicker*
Happy Anniversary - Awww. Felt sorry for the dude, even if what he wanted to do was kind of creepy. And YET ANOTHER redhead! This one looked most like the Ginny I picture, though. When she was w/ the nerd guy I kept thinking of him as being Harry, and all sorts of plot bunnies danced in my head. Nothing coherent, though. And Virginia came back! I didn't know Wes was all girlfriendy in S2.
Taken from
thena:Look at this picture; what do you see?
Apparently, little kids can't see the couple in the picture because they don't have any prior associations. They'll see nine dolphins. If you can't find the dolphins in six seconds, your mind's corrupted.
Okay, didn't need this test to confirm the corruption of my mind, but it's still embarrassing how long it took me to find the dolphins (way longer than six seconds, I'll tell you that). If you're utterly corrupted, and cannot see them for the life of you (I suspect
akscully will have problems), go here.ETA: *points at friends* SINNERS! You're all sinners!!! (Except for
seldon, who is apparently just smart.) It's okay, though. I don't think I'd want to be friends with anyone who 1) saw the dophins instead of the smut; or 2) was able to see the dolphins in 6 seconds after learning they were there, instead of being distracted by the smut.
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Date: 2003-09-19 03:43 pm (UTC)I love Angel S2 - just finished it just yesterday - have to agree with you on pretty much everything. And the off-hand references of things that become so important in later seasons just blows me away. Joss is a genius.
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Date: 2003-09-19 03:59 pm (UTC)Me: It has to be a trick!!! This is so clearly two people embracing. How can there be dolphins?!
When I finally saw them, I still can't really see them more clearly than I see the couple embracing. I mean, that image is just so much more clear to me....
I'm so corrupted. *weeps quietly and contemplates writing smut*
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Date: 2003-09-19 04:05 pm (UTC)*grumbles loudly when it turns out you're right*
Dammit.
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Date: 2003-09-19 04:34 pm (UTC)AY!!... I took your rum lassie...now take off your clothes and walk the plank!! <--- Me talking like a perverted pirate... Oh wait , I'm gay!!..I'm a BUTT Pirate!!
There's still hope!
Date: 2003-09-19 04:35 pm (UTC)I identified the dolphins in around ten seconds, but I always did well on the "pattern recognition" part of my psychological tests, so I don't think I can use it as a measure of whatever I have left of my long lost innocence :p
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Date: 2003-09-19 04:55 pm (UTC)But alas, I could not see them either.
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Date: 2003-09-19 05:28 pm (UTC)*look*
Re: There's still hope!
Date: 2003-09-19 05:59 pm (UTC)That's very true. The lighter part of the image does jump out at you easily.
This perversion test is rigged, RIGGED!!! Arrrrr.
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Date: 2003-09-19 08:03 pm (UTC)D'you think that being actively writing on a fic involving Ginny and two Dracos (due to a potion) could have anything to do with that?
Silly dolphins
Date: 2003-09-19 08:26 pm (UTC)Part of the problem with timing it, however, is that people look at the picture, and THEN read and then look again and start timing. Accounting for a few extra seconds for peeking before I timed it took me about 20, but then I somehow thought that one of the arms was a dolphin instead of counting the one in the face. >.< But I think the only reason I was that fast is I'm good at those sort of things and very competitive about wanting to do things fact ^^;;
And there's nothing wrong with you Mynuet! SMut is a good thing..
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Date: 2003-09-19 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-19 08:46 pm (UTC)Oh, and while the possibilities are endless, it seems like after three you start running into too many problems with choreography, at least if they're all centered around one central object.
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Date: 2003-09-19 08:49 pm (UTC)Dude, have you SEEN my stuff? My journal is not for kiddies! Post a quote!!!
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Date: 2003-09-19 08:59 pm (UTC)She was still panting as she was lifted up and carried to the bed. The Draco left behind on the floor watched as his double set Ginny on the edge of the bed and lifted her pliant legs to his shoulders. He was thrusting into her wildly, hard and fast and animalistic, and the noises Ginny was making indicated that this was driving her completely wild. As he watched his other self fucking the hell out of his girlfriend, two things became very clear to Draco. One was that he should install a lot more mirrors in his bedroom, as he apparently had a voyeuristic streak. The other one was that the potential side effect listed in the potion book was completely true; he'd normally need a good half hour of recovery time after an orgasm like that one had been, but he was already hard again.
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:24 pm (UTC)Sarea and I were chatting on IM when she read the above snippet. I am sorry to report that you have killed her.... oh, wait! Wait a minute, she's mumbling something.... she's.... oh. It wasn't about me. She's saying she wants to know if Draco and Ginny know what's going on. I think she means -- are they aware of what's happened from the beginning, or does this snippet take place after some wacky hijinks?
Oh, damn, in the time it took me to type that, she's expired. I guess I should have rushed her to the hospital instead of asking you her question. *blush*
As you can imagine, I'm very sad to lose Sarea, so if you could please finish this story asap, and dedicate it to her memory, that would ease my suffering in some small measure.
Also, Sydney Lynne, if you're reading this, as a result of Sarea's untimely death, she will be unable to reply to your post. I know she was greatly looking forward to it. If I can work some voodoo magic, she may be re-animated tomorrow, at which time you can expect her usual thoughtful, verbose response.
Yours,
Jade
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:31 pm (UTC)If it would help in your re-animation efforts, you can chant over her corpse that I'll be working on it again as soon as I've gotten some sleep, and if she wants to read the whole thing I'll send her the URL.
And, uh, nice to meet you.
--Sharlene
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-19 09:39 pm (UTC)Oh, she'll keep. Send me the URL, and I will read it aloud to her during the ceremony tomorrow. I am positive this will work. Though you might as well send her the URL so she can find it after she's -- er -- feeling better. This may be just the thing needed to bring her back to us!
jade@vanishingscroll.com and sarea@vanishingscroll.com
Godspeed, good woman,
Jade
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:43 pm (UTC)Thank you for your sympathies. I know your dedication to the 'ship Sarea loves so dearly has meant a great deal to her over the past few months. I will be sure to tell her of your concern once she is re-animated.
Regards,
Jade
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Date: 2003-09-20 10:13 am (UTC)First off-LOVE YOUR STORIES. I will have a review of TSA for you soon.
And you converted a H/G fan? *sniff* Oh I am soo proud!
and umm... I SERIOUSLY DON'T SEE THE DOLPHINS AT ALL!!! what does that mean? :-/
~714
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Date: 2003-09-20 11:01 am (UTC)Due to a raging internal debate about slashiness levels, the completion of the mentioned fic is being slightly delayed. If it would help in your necromantic activities, however, the work in progress is here: http://www.grey-space.net/Sharfic/doppelganger.htm
The management apologizes for any inconvenience to you and your dearly departed.
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Date: 2003-09-20 08:31 pm (UTC)Draco/Draco is so hot. Then you throw Ginny into the mix? Even better. I have a strong desire to see a novel made of this premise ... ;)
Thank you for sharing! Made my day. (It's hard being resurrected from the dead, you know.)
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Date: 2003-09-20 08:34 pm (UTC)And if you promise not to die again, you can read this quote from what I wrote today:
She whimpered as the two Dracos ran their hands all over her, kissing and licking the skin all around her face and shoulders. She tried to touch them, but each of them took one of her wrists and held her hands out of the way. After a few minutes of this treatment, she was squirming, wriggling against the hard bodies in front and back of her in an effort to get something, anything, beyond this slow torture. The Draco in front of her smiled. "I think she's ready."
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Date: 2003-09-20 08:58 pm (UTC)There should be a Draco replicator machine. Oh wait, I suppose it's called "fanfic." :D
I love that Ginny got two Dracos as a result of him being a selfish pig, btw. Poetic justice. Though lord, the things they can get up to with that potion ...
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Date: 2003-09-20 09:01 pm (UTC)I'm such a perv. ^^;
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Date: 2003-09-20 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-20 09:05 pm (UTC)Jade and I have minorly plotted out just such a fic!!! We're all perverts. Though I don't think ours would have taken it quite that far. So props to you, man.
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Date: 2003-09-20 09:08 pm (UTC)And y'all would still write it, right? Because I'd much rather read your version than write mine.
You know, one of these days I'm going to implode your LJ with all the chattering I'm doing. ^^;
Re: :$
Date: 2003-09-20 10:15 pm (UTC)Don't worry about the dolphins, took us all a long time. :D But if you want to know the answers, I provide a link somewhere up there ...
Re: :$
Date: 2003-09-21 12:01 pm (UTC)Haha!
Date: 2003-10-18 12:28 am (UTC)