Go away! And take your chicken with you!
Oct. 5th, 2010 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I am so all about Prince Arthur/Bradley James now. I didn't think he was very hunky until he started making me laugh on a regular basis. The deadly warrior/heir to the throne of Camelot/good looking stuff is just a bonus.
I've finished S2! I probably won't start S3 until they've aired at least 6 episodes, so not for another couple of weeks. Which I guess is like half the season. WTF. Seriously, remember the days when TV shows had like 22 episodes in a season? No wonder David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were so burned out!
- So I complained toadelagia that one of the things the show doesn't do well is keep a continous thread going throughout the episodes of the various plot/relationship threads they have going on. There was a *bit* of Arthur/Gwen in S1, but "The Once and Future Queen" did sort of come out of nowhere. I mean, when Lancelot is first introduced, he's all into Gwen and talks about her beauty, and they show Arthur looking at Morgana when he agrees. So even at that point, he wasn't really seeing Gwen as a girl he'd be interested in, even subconsciously.
In any case, they're doing a much better job of that toward the end of S2. Even though the episodes are primarily about something else, they do at least provide some consistency, like Arthur finding Gwen asleep on the floor and moving her to the bed, or their reunion after Arthur and Merlin defeat the last dragon.
- Poor Arthur, constantly having to be knocked unconscious so that Merlin can save the day without him knowing.
- They totally prettified Gwen up starting in S2 with her hair/makeup/clothes because her romance with Arthur was about to start, lol. Before that it seemed she would go around wearing a burlap sack and seemed to deliberately not wash her hair or something. The difference is pretty dramatic.
- Have I mentioned before how impressed I am that they chose a minority woman to play the role of Guinevere? Well I am.
- "I am fighting fit!"
- Dude, the scene where Merlin poisons Morgana was so good. I didn't see it coming, even though they show us the bottle of hemlock beforehand. And Colin Morgan was so good when he was shedding a tear for the necessary but horrible thing he'd done.
- OK, so it's been awhile, and I confused Morgana with Morgause in the Arthurian legend. I thought Morgana was the half-sister he slept with. But apparently that's Morgause, and dare I hope that he's not going to sleep with her in this verse? Because isn't the primary point of his sleeping with her in the other stories so that he could impregnate her with Mordred, and since Mordred already exists in this verse, that's not necessary?
- Speaking of Mordred, they're not planning to tell us later on that he's really Arthur's son, are they? I don't know how old Arthur is supposed to be, but I imagine no older than Bradley James, who's like 26. Mordred appears to be like, 10. I suppose it's technically possible for Arthur to be his dad but... ew. I hope not.
- Vivian: Who is it?
Arthur: It is destiny, my love. Destiny and chicken!
- "Every girl in the kingdom is attracted to this boy! ...I'm almost attracted to him myself."
- I know Arthur and Gwen have a tendre for one another, but really, NO ONE says anything/thinks it's weird that the serving girl is throwing herself into the Prince's arms?? Or that, even from the beginning, before anything started between the two of them, she was addressing him as just plain Arthur?
- Speaking of addressing, I love how he's constantly calling her Guinevere instead of Gwen.
- "I've never loved another."
- *happy sigh* I totally loved "Sweet Dreams" as you might imagine. Though it was pretty painful to see Gwen get it so wrong for like half the episode.
- Was Merlin's love story subplot with Freya a little sudden and weird to anyone else? Like, was that just to give poor Merlin some booty because he never gets any action? The title of that ep was "The Lady of the Lake" right? But wasn't the Lady of the Lake Nimueh, who Merlin destroyed at the end of S1? So was that supposed to just be a cute verse reference to the fact that Merlin sent her body off on the lake? But she did make that promise that she would repay him one day... from beyond the grave I guess. Which isn't creepy at all. But seriously, Nimueh is the Lady of the Lake!
- I actually really liked the gal who played Nimueh; I'm surprised they got rid of that character so quickly.
- Merlin: Why don't we disguise him?
Arthur: That might just work...
Merlin: We can dress him up as a woman!
- BTW how many times does Uther have to praise Merlin for being such a good and loyal servant to Arthur, and then be like "oh well" when Merlin's life is in danger?
- Speaking of Uther, hate the dude. There are like, zero redeeming qualities about him. He's such an ignorant hard ass. Maybe it would be easier to understand his point of view if we knew/saw exactly why he has this crusade against magic. (Which, btw, is ridiculous, because if magic really existed in the world, like practitioners wouldn't be able to overwhelm a bunch of dudes without magic. I mean, it's just inherently so powerful, it's hard to imagine that a crusade against it would even work.)
Edit: I should clarify. I know that Uther hates magic because he feels like it killed his wife. When, in fact, HE killed his wife due to his OWN DECISIONS. (And even so, he still got Arthur out of it.) The fact that he can't see that and instead blames magic for his own choices just makes him even more unlikeable. If that's the only reason for his crusade, I stand by my dislike of his character.
- "It's rat, isn't it."
Chase just called to schedule my closing date for my no-cost refi! Yay! It's going to be next Thursday.
Unfortunately, the eun daegu jorim did not turn out as well as I was hoping. It *smelled* great, like the real thing... but the liquid was too soupy (the Ka Won version is more like a thick sauce) and the fish was tough. I don't know if the texture problem was me cooking it too long or if whiting is simply not as silky as black cod. Maybe both. But I don't know how to cook the fish a perfect amount while at the same time reducing the sauce to something thick. This will require some experimentation.
OMG and btw? When I was setting to cut the fish into steaks, I was like, hmm, there's something different about this fish than when I usually get whole fish... and I didn't realize until I cut into its midsection that I realized: THE FISH HADN'T BEEN CLEANED. So for the first time ever, I had to gut a fish. It was so gross. Seriously, they couldn't clean the fish before freezing it?!
My mom and aunt are coming into down at the end of Oct/early Nov for my birthday. I thought they wouldn't since I'm already going home for Thanksgiving, but it will be cool to have them here, especially for the sake of K.'s kids. Plus now I have to think of where I want to go for my bday dinner. I think most likely it's going to be Spring Hill's fried chicken dinner. OMG though, I just saw that they've raised the price to $98 (from $80)! Sheesh. The only must-have I would like for my bday is Bakery Nouveau's chocolate cake. OMG best cake ever.
I've finished S2! I probably won't start S3 until they've aired at least 6 episodes, so not for another couple of weeks. Which I guess is like half the season. WTF. Seriously, remember the days when TV shows had like 22 episodes in a season? No wonder David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were so burned out!
- So I complained to
adelagia that one of the things the show doesn't do well is keep a continous thread going throughout the episodes of the various plot/relationship threads they have going on. There was a *bit* of Arthur/Gwen in S1, but "The Once and Future Queen" did sort of come out of nowhere. I mean, when Lancelot is first introduced, he's all into Gwen and talks about her beauty, and they show Arthur looking at Morgana when he agrees. So even at that point, he wasn't really seeing Gwen as a girl he'd be interested in, even subconsciously.In any case, they're doing a much better job of that toward the end of S2. Even though the episodes are primarily about something else, they do at least provide some consistency, like Arthur finding Gwen asleep on the floor and moving her to the bed, or their reunion after Arthur and Merlin defeat the last dragon.
- Poor Arthur, constantly having to be knocked unconscious so that Merlin can save the day without him knowing.
- They totally prettified Gwen up starting in S2 with her hair/makeup/clothes because her romance with Arthur was about to start, lol. Before that it seemed she would go around wearing a burlap sack and seemed to deliberately not wash her hair or something. The difference is pretty dramatic.
- Have I mentioned before how impressed I am that they chose a minority woman to play the role of Guinevere? Well I am.
- "I am fighting fit!"
- Dude, the scene where Merlin poisons Morgana was so good. I didn't see it coming, even though they show us the bottle of hemlock beforehand. And Colin Morgan was so good when he was shedding a tear for the necessary but horrible thing he'd done.
- OK, so it's been awhile, and I confused Morgana with Morgause in the Arthurian legend. I thought Morgana was the half-sister he slept with. But apparently that's Morgause, and dare I hope that he's not going to sleep with her in this verse? Because isn't the primary point of his sleeping with her in the other stories so that he could impregnate her with Mordred, and since Mordred already exists in this verse, that's not necessary?
- Speaking of Mordred, they're not planning to tell us later on that he's really Arthur's son, are they? I don't know how old Arthur is supposed to be, but I imagine no older than Bradley James, who's like 26. Mordred appears to be like, 10. I suppose it's technically possible for Arthur to be his dad but... ew. I hope not.
- Vivian: Who is it?
Arthur: It is destiny, my love. Destiny and chicken!
- "Every girl in the kingdom is attracted to this boy! ...I'm almost attracted to him myself."
- I know Arthur and Gwen have a tendre for one another, but really, NO ONE says anything/thinks it's weird that the serving girl is throwing herself into the Prince's arms?? Or that, even from the beginning, before anything started between the two of them, she was addressing him as just plain Arthur?
- Speaking of addressing, I love how he's constantly calling her Guinevere instead of Gwen.
- "I've never loved another."
- *happy sigh* I totally loved "Sweet Dreams" as you might imagine. Though it was pretty painful to see Gwen get it so wrong for like half the episode.
- Was Merlin's love story subplot with Freya a little sudden and weird to anyone else? Like, was that just to give poor Merlin some booty because he never gets any action? The title of that ep was "The Lady of the Lake" right? But wasn't the Lady of the Lake Nimueh, who Merlin destroyed at the end of S1? So was that supposed to just be a cute verse reference to the fact that Merlin sent her body off on the lake? But she did make that promise that she would repay him one day... from beyond the grave I guess. Which isn't creepy at all. But seriously, Nimueh is the Lady of the Lake!
- I actually really liked the gal who played Nimueh; I'm surprised they got rid of that character so quickly.
- Merlin: Why don't we disguise him?
Arthur: That might just work...
Merlin: We can dress him up as a woman!
- BTW how many times does Uther have to praise Merlin for being such a good and loyal servant to Arthur, and then be like "oh well" when Merlin's life is in danger?
- Speaking of Uther, hate the dude. There are like, zero redeeming qualities about him. He's such an ignorant hard ass. Maybe it would be easier to understand his point of view if we knew/saw exactly why he has this crusade against magic. (Which, btw, is ridiculous, because if magic really existed in the world, like practitioners wouldn't be able to overwhelm a bunch of dudes without magic. I mean, it's just inherently so powerful, it's hard to imagine that a crusade against it would even work.)
Edit: I should clarify. I know that Uther hates magic because he feels like it killed his wife. When, in fact, HE killed his wife due to his OWN DECISIONS. (And even so, he still got Arthur out of it.) The fact that he can't see that and instead blames magic for his own choices just makes him even more unlikeable. If that's the only reason for his crusade, I stand by my dislike of his character.
- "It's rat, isn't it."
Chase just called to schedule my closing date for my no-cost refi! Yay! It's going to be next Thursday.
Unfortunately, the eun daegu jorim did not turn out as well as I was hoping. It *smelled* great, like the real thing... but the liquid was too soupy (the Ka Won version is more like a thick sauce) and the fish was tough. I don't know if the texture problem was me cooking it too long or if whiting is simply not as silky as black cod. Maybe both. But I don't know how to cook the fish a perfect amount while at the same time reducing the sauce to something thick. This will require some experimentation.
OMG and btw? When I was setting to cut the fish into steaks, I was like, hmm, there's something different about this fish than when I usually get whole fish... and I didn't realize until I cut into its midsection that I realized: THE FISH HADN'T BEEN CLEANED. So for the first time ever, I had to gut a fish. It was so gross. Seriously, they couldn't clean the fish before freezing it?!
My mom and aunt are coming into down at the end of Oct/early Nov for my birthday. I thought they wouldn't since I'm already going home for Thanksgiving, but it will be cool to have them here, especially for the sake of K.'s kids. Plus now I have to think of where I want to go for my bday dinner. I think most likely it's going to be Spring Hill's fried chicken dinner. OMG though, I just saw that they've raised the price to $98 (from $80)! Sheesh. The only must-have I would like for my bday is Bakery Nouveau's chocolate cake. OMG best cake ever.
