Heart break and hijinks
Bring it, In Plain Sight! Do your worst to break my heart into a frillion pieces.
Mary: Fine. Don't tell us. We don't care. Do we, Marshall?
Marshall: Actually, I care a little.
Mary: *looks at Marshall in disbelief*
Ok, you know, there is trying to be with someone you love who is prickly and commitment phobic because you know, deep down, that she really does love you but by this point? Raph is just being dumb. Their entire relationship has been Raph bugging Mary enough until she just breaks down and does what he wants. Not because she wants to but because it's easier than fighting with him all the time.
Mary: Thank god. I thought you were here just to bring me coffee.
Bobby D: So young yet so tragically cynical.
Gosh I love Bobby D.
Mary: 'Whence', 'whilst'? What the hell have you been reading?
Marshall: ' How To Speak Like An Elizabethan'.
Me: Hahaha! I could totally believe it.
Mary: Hey, Special Ed, let's go.
Marshall: *speaks French*
Marshall: Why is there a tan line on your finger?
Mary: What? I don't see anything. You're crazy.
Me: Oh shit here we go.
Ok let's address this. First of all, it takes actually wearing your ring for more than 8 hours of sleep to develop a tan line and from what we've seen Mary doesn't wear that ring outside the house. Which, why? You have to ask yourself why she wants to hide her engagement from everyone she's closest to: Marshall, Stan, Bobby D, even Eleanor. Man, Mary can hardly look Marshall in the eye when she tells him she's engaged. THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR. I realize Mary isn't completely normal but even she must realize that this isn't normal! As messed up as she is if she truly wanted to marry Raph and if she was truly happy about it I have to assume that she would, you know, want to tell the people she's closest to and that she would especially want to tell her best friend.
Mary: There. I said it. Are you happy?
Marshall: *Looks at her a moment* Are you?
Nail on the head! That has to be part of the reason she didn't want to tell Marshall because she knew that he, out of anybody, would get to the heart of the matter as to why she's less than thrilled and she doesn't want to answer those questions.
Mary: *looks at Marshall like why'd you have to ask that* Yeah. Of course I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be?
Marshall: Because you almost never are.
Me: Heh.
Marshall: So how come you didn't tell me?
Mary: Because I didn't want to have a moment like this.
Marshall: Makes sense.
Ahaha! He tries to get her to put it on and she won't (which, again, WHY!) so he puts it on. Gosh I love Marshall.
Mary: So aren't you going to congratulate me?
Oh dear god Marshall is just going to break my heart. Damn. Seriously, if there is no pay off for this at some point I will be really disappointed in this show. I realize one should never draw hope from anything that the Stargate show runners have done but I did look at a picspam of the SG1 episode "Threads" this morning so I have a tiny bit of hope that things will resolve in the way I want (Sometimes I like to pretend that that's where Stargate ended. That episode was a perfect fucking series finale and the only reason I'm glad it didn't end is because I would've missed out on Vala).
It really does suck that Brandi and Raph have better chemistry than Raph and Mary.
God bless Eleanor. Upon seeing the engagement ring on Marshall's finger she automatically assumes he and Mary are engaged and calls Stan out there all excited! Hee! And Marshall and Mary vehemently protest. Oh Eleanor, for that alone I adore you. I also adore that they're looking at Mary's ring on Marshall's hand. Come on! How is this not symbolic! It says something that Eleanor automatically assumes it's Marshall and Mary. Come on!
Mary: You wanna go to the lesbian bar?
Marshall: Yes, please.
Eleanor: Oh, Pagoda?
Mary: You know there's nothing there for you.
Marshall: So?
Bartender: Is this official business or are you taking him on a field trip?
Mary: Little bit of both.
Hee! Gosh I do love them. Hee to Marshall just grinning while Mary gets hit on. This is why I love him.
Marshall: Security detail didn't see her leave. How do you wanna do this? Neat or messy?
Mary: Whichever's fastest.
Marshall: You got it *kicks down door hotly*
Me: Holy crap that shouldn't be that hot.
Marshall: Save that number, it seems to make you happy.
Mary: Quit staring, do something useful.
Hee! Mary did a musical in high school and Marshall is baffled.
Synchronized badge showing? Awesome. Also awesome? That Marshall is still wearing the ring. Oh, show.
Ahn: You think I won't shoot you?
Mary: I think you would but I think my partner would drop you before you got off your second shot.
Me: Damn right he would.
Bobby D: *Walks in with another guy* Found this guy at the end of the hall with this (holds up semi-auto). Once again, way to keep me in the loop.
No, really, I love Bobby D.
Mary: You do know it's not all lingerie and pillow fights?
Marshall: But it is sometimes, right?
Oh, Marshall. Such a guy sometimes.
Mary: Any thoughts?
Marshall: *watches Ahn and Helen kiss* So many. The mind fairly boggles.
Mary: Red velvet. My favorite. If only there were a ring in one of these.
Stan: Princess still won't give it up?
Marshall: If you knew how many compliments I got you wouldn't give it up either.
Me: Haha!
Eleanor: Totally up to the maid of honor.
Marshall: Why's everybody looking at me?
Stan: Well as Mary's only friend naturally we assumed --
Mary: Relax, Ringo, you've suffered enough.
Me: YEAH HE HAS.
Marshall then hands Mary back her ring (symbolic again!) and rather than wear it she puts it in her pocket. Symbolic!
Gosh I am not prepared for this speech! I don't think Mary is either.
Marshall: I hope you know that I love you and wish for you nothing but a lifetime of happiness.
Oh my god he can't even look at her and he's near crying and OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. Oh man after that if Mary doesn't know she's an idiot and Stan knows. Stan totally knows and has known. You know it. He's more observant than he lets on.
Oh my god the song that's playing! "When you break somebody's heart, nothing much left to do blah blah blah" jesus christ, show. Jesus christ that is one depressing song. Like, I hope that's not foreshadowing for the future because goddamn the idea of Marshall pining for Mary forever is really fucking depressing.
I don't, though, that the show's going to do that. I have to have hope that we're not going through this for nothing. That part of Mary's journey is realizing what she really wants and doesn't want and that Raph is most definitely in the latter category.
I got nothing else. This show is going to be the death of me in the last few eps of the season. I can feel it. And then how will I fill my time until it comes back? Psych better be fucking good. Oh I need to track down the promos because apparently there's a hilarious Monk promo involving IPS.
Also, I got another job rejection for the job for which I thought I had a pretty kick ass and convincing cover letter. This is why I stopped applying for jobs the last time because I got tired of the rejections. It's hard to feel optimistic about applying for and getting a job when, if you're even lucky to get a reply, it's always a rejection. I'm holding on to hope barely due to the interview I have Wednesday and it's hard to do even that considering the guy hasn't responded to my last 2 emails and it's been a fucking week. That's doing a lot for my self-esteem.
Mary: Fine. Don't tell us. We don't care. Do we, Marshall?
Marshall: Actually, I care a little.
Mary: *looks at Marshall in disbelief*
Ok, you know, there is trying to be with someone you love who is prickly and commitment phobic because you know, deep down, that she really does love you but by this point? Raph is just being dumb. Their entire relationship has been Raph bugging Mary enough until she just breaks down and does what he wants. Not because she wants to but because it's easier than fighting with him all the time.
Mary: Thank god. I thought you were here just to bring me coffee.
Bobby D: So young yet so tragically cynical.
Gosh I love Bobby D.
Mary: 'Whence', 'whilst'? What the hell have you been reading?
Marshall: ' How To Speak Like An Elizabethan'.
Me: Hahaha! I could totally believe it.
Mary: Hey, Special Ed, let's go.
Marshall: *speaks French*
Marshall: Why is there a tan line on your finger?
Mary: What? I don't see anything. You're crazy.
Me: Oh shit here we go.
Ok let's address this. First of all, it takes actually wearing your ring for more than 8 hours of sleep to develop a tan line and from what we've seen Mary doesn't wear that ring outside the house. Which, why? You have to ask yourself why she wants to hide her engagement from everyone she's closest to: Marshall, Stan, Bobby D, even Eleanor. Man, Mary can hardly look Marshall in the eye when she tells him she's engaged. THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR. I realize Mary isn't completely normal but even she must realize that this isn't normal! As messed up as she is if she truly wanted to marry Raph and if she was truly happy about it I have to assume that she would, you know, want to tell the people she's closest to and that she would especially want to tell her best friend.
Mary: There. I said it. Are you happy?
Marshall: *Looks at her a moment* Are you?
Nail on the head! That has to be part of the reason she didn't want to tell Marshall because she knew that he, out of anybody, would get to the heart of the matter as to why she's less than thrilled and she doesn't want to answer those questions.
Mary: *looks at Marshall like why'd you have to ask that* Yeah. Of course I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be?
Marshall: Because you almost never are.
Me: Heh.
Marshall: So how come you didn't tell me?
Mary: Because I didn't want to have a moment like this.
Marshall: Makes sense.
Ahaha! He tries to get her to put it on and she won't (which, again, WHY!) so he puts it on. Gosh I love Marshall.
Mary: So aren't you going to congratulate me?
Oh dear god Marshall is just going to break my heart. Damn. Seriously, if there is no pay off for this at some point I will be really disappointed in this show. I realize one should never draw hope from anything that the Stargate show runners have done but I did look at a picspam of the SG1 episode "Threads" this morning so I have a tiny bit of hope that things will resolve in the way I want (Sometimes I like to pretend that that's where Stargate ended. That episode was a perfect fucking series finale and the only reason I'm glad it didn't end is because I would've missed out on Vala).
It really does suck that Brandi and Raph have better chemistry than Raph and Mary.
God bless Eleanor. Upon seeing the engagement ring on Marshall's finger she automatically assumes he and Mary are engaged and calls Stan out there all excited! Hee! And Marshall and Mary vehemently protest. Oh Eleanor, for that alone I adore you. I also adore that they're looking at Mary's ring on Marshall's hand. Come on! How is this not symbolic! It says something that Eleanor automatically assumes it's Marshall and Mary. Come on!
Mary: You wanna go to the lesbian bar?
Marshall: Yes, please.
Eleanor: Oh, Pagoda?
Mary: You know there's nothing there for you.
Marshall: So?
Bartender: Is this official business or are you taking him on a field trip?
Mary: Little bit of both.
Hee! Gosh I do love them. Hee to Marshall just grinning while Mary gets hit on. This is why I love him.
Marshall: Security detail didn't see her leave. How do you wanna do this? Neat or messy?
Mary: Whichever's fastest.
Marshall: You got it *kicks down door hotly*
Me: Holy crap that shouldn't be that hot.
Marshall: Save that number, it seems to make you happy.
Mary: Quit staring, do something useful.
Hee! Mary did a musical in high school and Marshall is baffled.
Synchronized badge showing? Awesome. Also awesome? That Marshall is still wearing the ring. Oh, show.
Ahn: You think I won't shoot you?
Mary: I think you would but I think my partner would drop you before you got off your second shot.
Me: Damn right he would.
Bobby D: *Walks in with another guy* Found this guy at the end of the hall with this (holds up semi-auto). Once again, way to keep me in the loop.
No, really, I love Bobby D.
Mary: You do know it's not all lingerie and pillow fights?
Marshall: But it is sometimes, right?
Oh, Marshall. Such a guy sometimes.
Mary: Any thoughts?
Marshall: *watches Ahn and Helen kiss* So many. The mind fairly boggles.
Mary: Red velvet. My favorite. If only there were a ring in one of these.
Stan: Princess still won't give it up?
Marshall: If you knew how many compliments I got you wouldn't give it up either.
Me: Haha!
Eleanor: Totally up to the maid of honor.
Marshall: Why's everybody looking at me?
Stan: Well as Mary's only friend naturally we assumed --
Mary: Relax, Ringo, you've suffered enough.
Me: YEAH HE HAS.
Marshall then hands Mary back her ring (symbolic again!) and rather than wear it she puts it in her pocket. Symbolic!
Gosh I am not prepared for this speech! I don't think Mary is either.
Marshall: I hope you know that I love you and wish for you nothing but a lifetime of happiness.
Oh my god he can't even look at her and he's near crying and OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. Oh man after that if Mary doesn't know she's an idiot and Stan knows. Stan totally knows and has known. You know it. He's more observant than he lets on.
Oh my god the song that's playing! "When you break somebody's heart, nothing much left to do blah blah blah" jesus christ, show. Jesus christ that is one depressing song. Like, I hope that's not foreshadowing for the future because goddamn the idea of Marshall pining for Mary forever is really fucking depressing.
I don't, though, that the show's going to do that. I have to have hope that we're not going through this for nothing. That part of Mary's journey is realizing what she really wants and doesn't want and that Raph is most definitely in the latter category.
I got nothing else. This show is going to be the death of me in the last few eps of the season. I can feel it. And then how will I fill my time until it comes back? Psych better be fucking good. Oh I need to track down the promos because apparently there's a hilarious Monk promo involving IPS.
Also, I got another job rejection for the job for which I thought I had a pretty kick ass and convincing cover letter. This is why I stopped applying for jobs the last time because I got tired of the rejections. It's hard to feel optimistic about applying for and getting a job when, if you're even lucky to get a reply, it's always a rejection. I'm holding on to hope barely due to the interview I have Wednesday and it's hard to do even that considering the guy hasn't responded to my last 2 emails and it's been a fucking week. That's doing a lot for my self-esteem.