"Why would I ever mention it?"
Snow! There was about an inch and a half of snow overnight, and not the nasty, icy snow from the last storm, but fluffy, visible individual snowflakes snow. And now the sun's up and the sky's clear and everything sparkles and shines. It's mornings like this that make it seem impossible that I could ever consider living anywhere but in New England.
I picked-up a falafel platter for dinner last night from the best Armenian deli in town (which just happens to be at the top of my street) and watched Serenity, which had been on my mind lately. It wasn't until about twenty minutes in, after what I still consider one of the most gracefully handled plot recaps ever, that I realized why I've been thinking about this universe seemingly out of nowhere. It's all the Farscape I've been watching. Fugitives and sympathetic criminals on a ship that's almost a character herself.
I've now seen the two parts of "Hello, I am Scorpius and this is my secret base." I love Crichton pretending to be a Peacekeeper, but I love Aeryn pretending to be a Peacekeeper again even more. I thought it an oversight that no one explained in these episodes why Scorpius looked like Voldemort than a Sebacean, but I've come to the conclusion that his leathery mask is actually holding on his face. It also makes sense why he likes Prisoner with Half-a-Face, because he also has a face mask.
I did like these episodes, despite them having several objectionable parts involving women who ask Crichton over and over if he loves them or if he loves Aeryn, and despite there being a little too much time in the Aurora chair for me. I thought it interesting that Aeryn seemed to know how to operate the Aurora chair, which made me think this was a standard Peacekeeper torture device and not just Scorpius' prize-winning science project. Crais was as crazy as ever, and some of Chiana's mannerisms remind me way too much of Irina Derevko, and Zhaan's lack of facial expressions make her appear very awkward firing a gun, but I'd endure any awkward alien birthing sequence for John to look up at Aeryn, who he'd last seen almost dying, coming to his rescue and call her "radiant."
It seems as though John and Aeryn manages to get more subtle the more they fall for each other. My favorite moment recently has been at the end of A Bug's Life, where John has been keeping watch over Aeryn after she's been stabbed. She asks what he's doing there, and John stumbles over his answer and Aeryn stops him with a thank you. He says, "Don't mention it." And Aeryn responds, "Why would I ever mention it?" in her old, warrior-deadpan that used to be her looking down on John. But then John smiles, and so does Aeryn, almost, and so know it's a joke that both of them now find funny.
I picked-up a falafel platter for dinner last night from the best Armenian deli in town (which just happens to be at the top of my street) and watched Serenity, which had been on my mind lately. It wasn't until about twenty minutes in, after what I still consider one of the most gracefully handled plot recaps ever, that I realized why I've been thinking about this universe seemingly out of nowhere. It's all the Farscape I've been watching. Fugitives and sympathetic criminals on a ship that's almost a character herself.
I've now seen the two parts of "Hello, I am Scorpius and this is my secret base." I love Crichton pretending to be a Peacekeeper, but I love Aeryn pretending to be a Peacekeeper again even more. I thought it an oversight that no one explained in these episodes why Scorpius looked like Voldemort than a Sebacean, but I've come to the conclusion that his leathery mask is actually holding on his face. It also makes sense why he likes Prisoner with Half-a-Face, because he also has a face mask.
I did like these episodes, despite them having several objectionable parts involving women who ask Crichton over and over if he loves them or if he loves Aeryn, and despite there being a little too much time in the Aurora chair for me. I thought it interesting that Aeryn seemed to know how to operate the Aurora chair, which made me think this was a standard Peacekeeper torture device and not just Scorpius' prize-winning science project. Crais was as crazy as ever, and some of Chiana's mannerisms remind me way too much of Irina Derevko, and Zhaan's lack of facial expressions make her appear very awkward firing a gun, but I'd endure any awkward alien birthing sequence for John to look up at Aeryn, who he'd last seen almost dying, coming to his rescue and call her "radiant."
It seems as though John and Aeryn manages to get more subtle the more they fall for each other. My favorite moment recently has been at the end of A Bug's Life, where John has been keeping watch over Aeryn after she's been stabbed. She asks what he's doing there, and John stumbles over his answer and Aeryn stops him with a thank you. He says, "Don't mention it." And Aeryn responds, "Why would I ever mention it?" in her old, warrior-deadpan that used to be her looking down on John. But then John smiles, and so does Aeryn, almost, and so know it's a joke that both of them now find funny.