This post is, astonishingly, not about writing.

[dragojustine]

Fannish round-up

Pushing Daisies: This show is made of a sparkling black-humor gemstone in a 24-carat genius-plated absurdity setting and hung on a necklace of shiny.

Dexter:

Comments

[ariadne83]

I see that as such a basic point of conflict in the slash goggles- that John always feels the need to be a hero and Rodney is so conflicted about that basic fact about John.

Yes. Absolutely. That's why I think episode-tags for Midway are missing a goldmine for exploring their relationship. Rodney knows that what he's about to do will kill John but he does it anyway, because he has greater responsibilities. I can't help but think that John would love him for that - for the fact that he can trust Rodney to do his job even at such a high cost, and for the fact that Rodney allows *John* to do his job too. I've said elsewhere that John is one of those characters who takes "I'll kill you if I have to" as a declaration of love.

And vice-versa, I'm sure Rodney would rather it wasn't *necessary* for John to risk his life, but he'd never stop him, and he wouldn't respect him anymore if John did put himself first. John's heroism is something Rodney responds to immediately and tries to emulate, going back to Hide and Seek. Now that I think

[ariadne83]

And I hope things look up for you soon *sends hugs*

[dragojustine]

Yes.

(And so my two biggest fandoms right now are the one where Rodney would allow John to die to save innocent bystanders, and the one where Dean would rather the literal end of the world and hellfire and brimstone and Lucifer walking among us than see Sam hurt. There are so many DIFFERENT ways for our woobies to be fucked up! I kind of love that)

And John makes an ADORABLE damsel in distress, which is good, because he isn't actually all that good at being a big damn hero. Though he tries. *pets him*

[hilarytamar]

I've said elsewhere that John is one of those characters who takes "I'll kill you if I have to" as a declaration of love.

Might you be willing to point me to this 'elsewhere'? This is a fascinating reading (and - now that you've pointed it out - one of the most compelling explanations of their relationship I've come across).

[dragojustine]

I'm a little interested that you haven't seen this reading before- to me it seems almost ridiculously obvious. I suspect, in retrospect, that that's because I'm coming from SPN where "Do you love him enough to kill him?" is the central character relationship question for a whole season (and a much more interesting question than "Do you love him enough to die for him?" which is a foregone conclusion. Ah, that show...)