"It's Only a Paper Moon" was so good! I watched it from midpoint to the end for the first time, so I missed the beginning. But the last ten minutes was so amazing. *tears up, majorly* I have to say though that Ezri gets on my nerves. Bad. It's mostly the actress, I think, rather than the character, because I think the character's a good idea even if she does Joss the whole Trill mythos set up earlier in the series.
The first time I saw Ezri was in "The Siege of AR-558," and initially I thought she was just some random ensign 'cause she looked so young. I don't really have an opinion on her yet since I've only been catching snippets of episodes (compounded by the fact that DS9 tends to just focus on a few characters each epsiode).
Gotta love how Trek invented Trills in TNG and then basically 180ed on that creation when they did DS9. Impressive to reinvent it a third time, and within a series that already has it to boot.
Gotta love how Trek invented Trills in TNG and then basically 180ed on that creation when they did DS9. Impressive to reinvent it a third time, and within a series that already has it to boot.
I dunno. Mostly, it's irritating to me. How hard is to just follow the rules you set down in the first place? LOL We didn't learn too too much about them on TNG, so Dax wasn't too far off the original template, but Sisko spends a lot of time explaining Trill law and we get to see a good bit of their social mores on the episodes on the Trill homeworld and Ezri is breaking like a million Trill laws by being on DS9. They would never have allowed her to associate with people from her former life like that. (I know Dax and Sisko seem to also be defying this rule, but I think they get a get a jail free card because they were never romantically involved and because she's not trying to relive a former life with him).
I was being sarcastic. Consistency is a huge issue for me, so just the change from TNG!Trill to DS9!Trill bugs me. I know rules you invent for a one-shot character can be too restricting for an arc, especially if you have interesting new ideas that won't work with the old rules, but still....
'Sokay :) Tone can be awfully difficult to read in print, and I sometimes forget that not everyone knows some of the things I think of as obvious/major things about me.
I know. That was the one thing I had the most difficulty with initially. Compounding the problem was that shortly after I got on lj, I had an exchange with someone where I thought I was being very funny, but she apparently did not, all because tone isn't translateable really. So I spent a lot of time after that being obsessive about making my meaning clear LOL which did not make me funnier, let me tell ya.
Extensive use of "LOL" has been grating on me recently, but I know I totally clarify like whoa, to a degree which might be hella grating for some people, but information and meaning are so important to me anyway and it's extra-hard when there's that difficulty of reading tone. Humor also makes me so nervous so often because I can be crap at reading tone even in person.
I must cop to the injudicious use of LOL. Also *g* and the smiley face. I treat it like Cajun seasoning--tip up the shaker and pour liberally. Ha! (oooh, a new one) I can't stop myself. LOL
I admit you were one of the people I had in mind :)
*g* and smiley face I don't mind. I just feel like "LOL" is being used as shorthand for "I am being humorous" or suchlike, when a parenthetical "ha ha" or "just kidding" would be more appropriate (and honestly, more accurate -- my intentionality etc. issues are showing, 'cause my reaction is "unless you actually mean to say 'laughing out loud,' don't type 'lol' ").
Yup, yup, and yup. I definitely use it to mean, I am being funny, look at me doing so. Although, sometimes I am really cracking myself up and actually laughing.
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Gotta love how Trek invented Trills in TNG and then basically 180ed on that creation when they did DS9. Impressive to reinvent it a third time, and within a series that already has it to boot.
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I dunno. Mostly, it's irritating to me. How hard is to just follow the rules you set down in the first place? LOL We didn't learn too too much about them on TNG, so Dax wasn't too far off the original template, but Sisko spends a lot of time explaining Trill law and we get to see a good bit of their social mores on the episodes on the Trill homeworld and Ezri is breaking like a million Trill laws by being on DS9. They would never have allowed her to associate with people from her former life like that. (I know Dax and Sisko seem to also be defying this rule, but I think they get a get a jail free card because they were never romantically involved and because she's not trying to relive a former life with him).
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Sorry. :)
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I know. That was the one thing I had the most difficulty with initially. Compounding the problem was that shortly after I got on lj, I had an exchange with someone where I thought I was being very funny, but she apparently did not, all because tone isn't translateable really. So I spent a lot of time after that being obsessive about making my meaning clear LOL which did not make me funnier, let me tell ya.
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*g* and smiley face I don't mind. I just feel like "LOL" is being used as shorthand for "I am being humorous" or suchlike, when a parenthetical "ha ha" or "just kidding" would be more appropriate (and honestly, more accurate -- my intentionality etc. issues are showing, 'cause my reaction is "unless you actually mean to say 'laughing out loud,' don't type 'lol' ").
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RAS
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:)
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