Misfits 2.03 more rambles.... so hooked.
So I watched the episode.
And re-watched. And then watched again for good measure.
Quick thoughts:
+ Future Simon, whether he's a trickster or a what, is so adasa!@#$@! attractive. Let me state that I've always found Simon hot - I love his weirdness, and his simultaneous strength and intelligence and vulnerability and shyness/need to be invisible etc. And Iwan is just cute in that way and very pretty eyes; he looks like my senior year college crush -- most awkward boy ever but so smart. I want him still. Sigh. I like that the watchful intensity he always seems to carry around with him is still there in his future self. His eyes... and he's like a less-stupid-voice Batman or something, lol.
And wow this show moves fast, thank god. Other shows, we'd be waiting until next year to learn who the Hoodie is.
+ I am genuinely afraid he's a trickster. Raised on a steady diet of cheap soap operas and well-used to the shenanigans of shows like TVD, I can’t help but be SUSPICIOUS. Also, I wonder at the potential symmetry. Simon got a blow job from a fake!Alisha... what if this person is a fake!Simon of some sort? Or a villain? I see devils in every corner, I tell ye!
Something tells me that Alisha actually does die in the future (perhaps all the others die but him) and that, if Super Simon is on the up-and-up, he's come to stop that by changing the past. He seemed so... melancholy. I talk about it down there but the way he looks at her, I can't... even.
+ Alisha’s always been one of the more vulnerable of the crew, because there are so many layers of isolation that come with her power. She’s not just different; she can’t even communicate and connect in the most basic way that humans do, touch, without people turning into raging psychos. There’s also more political ways to look at it, the self-blame that comes with women’s sexuality and the sexual aggression of people around them. Too lazy to unpack or think but it's actually incredibly problematic, and I hope the show has some sort of plan regarding this because it's such a disempowering shit ability to have and the implications are troublesome. And so here comes this guy who actually can TOUCH her. I’d imagine it would be scary and intriguing, and pretty intoxicating all at once. How would she resist him? So I'm a wee bit worried but I'm gonna eat all this up with a spoon.
Also, said this elsewhere, but they really do match each other. Simon’s always been the most perceptive of the bunch, perhaps it comes with being the perpetual outsider, we’ve associated him with ‘seeing’ from the very start with his endless filming. It only makes sense that he’d be able to SEE and empathize with Alisha more than the others; also, the way that Iwan literally makes Super Simon look at Alisha is kind of hypnotizing, also the touching and how comfortable he is with touching. Present-Simon isn't nearly so comfortable with his own body or the bodies around him. Like I said before, there's a melancholy or a gravity to Super Simon that I find interesting, different from every day awkward-serious Simon.
And then Alisha bringing present-Simon her drink, and apologizing, and giving him the time of day, and the two of them connecting and being so stilted and weird makes me want to draw awkward hearts of love around them.
I want to see that story develop. I want learn all about how Alisha taught Simon how to do this:
Credit to unalike
Also, listen to that song when you get a chance. Perfect.
Where do I find fic in this fandom? Anyone?
+ This episode seems to shift the tone of the show a little, or just introduce some really different elements - and I like it. I hope they’ll maintain the quality and all that. Either way, I’m pumped to explore Alisha. How will she manage to juggle lying to her delinquent comrades? How will she deal with present and future Simons, and Curtis? Is Super Simon for real? I hope Simon meets Super. We'll see I guess.
+ Iwan and Antonia acted the SHIT out of this episode. Iwan distinguished the two Simons so perfectly; Antonia especially for her physical acting in every single scene with Super Simon. Each flicker of her gaze; every inhalation; every blink; the pursing of her lips, biting her lip, her lips falling open in shock; tilting her head into his hand --- just amazing control over her body and what it was communicating in each moment, and every single one was nuanced and different. Her responsiveness to his touch was just thrilling to watch and I found myself holding my breath at times or biting my knuckle because it was so... sensual and… I mean look at this:
Credit to bionini
+ That love scene. I can't even, people. I love how REAL it was. I love that Super Simon makes love to her. He doesn't rip her clothes off like a jerk-face (although clothes-ripping can be ever of the good); he doesn't grunt and bluster about sticking his penis in her armpit or peeing all over her breasts. There's nothing crass or dehumanizing or cheap about it.
Of course, if he turns out to be a trickster, I'll feel terribly betrayed. But even then, it was gorgeous to watch. I can count on one hand how many times I've seen women getting head on a TV show that wasn't HBO. And even then, it always feels like it's for shock value or a comedic gag and not just about two people enjoying sex. This time it was just really intimate and I felt like a filthy voyeur (yes, I feel horribly voyeuristic, all sixty times that I've watched that scene already, ha!).
This has to be my favorite shot... maybe... gah! I just love it. On a purely shallow note just the contrast in their skin tone is hypnotizing, and ungh... and the pillow talk afterward.
Credit to ngx
+ That tattoo subplot was fun. Once again, Simon reveals that he's the smartest of the lot. I love that. LOL at the peanuts as kryptonite. Nathan was hilarious and so much amused embarrassment for him (dry humping); I love the two of them together, too fun.
I wasn’t hugely into Kelly/Nathan after the second series premiere. I don’t know what they did with all the set-up of Nathan’s speech, and Kelly’s grief over his death and all the sexual tension but I lost it in this series' premiere and actually think the two of them as buddies is quite sweet.
+ What’s going on with Curtis and the girl with the defective heart, I wonder… their interactions were so... rough, I don't know, discomfiting - she's obviously important somehow.
Wow. I've never fallen so quickly for a show before. So cool. I like that it doesn't try to be smart or 'political' in any huge, meaningful way --- these characters are human, desperately so, quite despicable and ridiculous in turns. I may have my issues but I appreciate that Overman's not sitting there acting like he's the king feminist-social thinker of the world. And there's much to love.
I dread the awful American adaptation, and you know it'll come since US networks are determined to ruin any excellent British show. I can just imagine how lame it will be. Sigh.
And re-watched. And then watched again for good measure.
Quick thoughts:
+ Future Simon, whether he's a trickster or a what, is so adasa!@#$@! attractive. Let me state that I've always found Simon hot - I love his weirdness, and his simultaneous strength and intelligence and vulnerability and shyness/need to be invisible etc. And Iwan is just cute in that way and very pretty eyes; he looks like my senior year college crush -- most awkward boy ever but so smart. I want him still. Sigh. I like that the watchful intensity he always seems to carry around with him is still there in his future self. His eyes... and he's like a less-stupid-voice Batman or something, lol.
And wow this show moves fast, thank god. Other shows, we'd be waiting until next year to learn who the Hoodie is.
+ I am genuinely afraid he's a trickster. Raised on a steady diet of cheap soap operas and well-used to the shenanigans of shows like TVD, I can’t help but be SUSPICIOUS. Also, I wonder at the potential symmetry. Simon got a blow job from a fake!Alisha... what if this person is a fake!Simon of some sort? Or a villain? I see devils in every corner, I tell ye!
Something tells me that Alisha actually does die in the future (perhaps all the others die but him) and that, if Super Simon is on the up-and-up, he's come to stop that by changing the past. He seemed so... melancholy. I talk about it down there but the way he looks at her, I can't... even.
+ Alisha’s always been one of the more vulnerable of the crew, because there are so many layers of isolation that come with her power. She’s not just different; she can’t even communicate and connect in the most basic way that humans do, touch, without people turning into raging psychos. There’s also more political ways to look at it, the self-blame that comes with women’s sexuality and the sexual aggression of people around them. Too lazy to unpack or think but it's actually incredibly problematic, and I hope the show has some sort of plan regarding this because it's such a disempowering shit ability to have and the implications are troublesome. And so here comes this guy who actually can TOUCH her. I’d imagine it would be scary and intriguing, and pretty intoxicating all at once. How would she resist him? So I'm a wee bit worried but I'm gonna eat all this up with a spoon.
Also, said this elsewhere, but they really do match each other. Simon’s always been the most perceptive of the bunch, perhaps it comes with being the perpetual outsider, we’ve associated him with ‘seeing’ from the very start with his endless filming. It only makes sense that he’d be able to SEE and empathize with Alisha more than the others; also, the way that Iwan literally makes Super Simon look at Alisha is kind of hypnotizing, also the touching and how comfortable he is with touching. Present-Simon isn't nearly so comfortable with his own body or the bodies around him. Like I said before, there's a melancholy or a gravity to Super Simon that I find interesting, different from every day awkward-serious Simon.
And then Alisha bringing present-Simon her drink, and apologizing, and giving him the time of day, and the two of them connecting and being so stilted and weird makes me want to draw awkward hearts of love around them.
I want to see that story develop. I want learn all about how Alisha taught Simon how to do this:
Credit to unalike
Also, listen to that song when you get a chance. Perfect.
Where do I find fic in this fandom? Anyone?
+ This episode seems to shift the tone of the show a little, or just introduce some really different elements - and I like it. I hope they’ll maintain the quality and all that. Either way, I’m pumped to explore Alisha. How will she manage to juggle lying to her delinquent comrades? How will she deal with present and future Simons, and Curtis? Is Super Simon for real? I hope Simon meets Super. We'll see I guess.
+ Iwan and Antonia acted the SHIT out of this episode. Iwan distinguished the two Simons so perfectly; Antonia especially for her physical acting in every single scene with Super Simon. Each flicker of her gaze; every inhalation; every blink; the pursing of her lips, biting her lip, her lips falling open in shock; tilting her head into his hand --- just amazing control over her body and what it was communicating in each moment, and every single one was nuanced and different. Her responsiveness to his touch was just thrilling to watch and I found myself holding my breath at times or biting my knuckle because it was so... sensual and… I mean look at this:
Credit to bionini
+ That love scene. I can't even, people. I love how REAL it was. I love that Super Simon makes love to her. He doesn't rip her clothes off like a jerk-face (although clothes-ripping can be ever of the good); he doesn't grunt and bluster about sticking his penis in her armpit or peeing all over her breasts. There's nothing crass or dehumanizing or cheap about it.
Of course, if he turns out to be a trickster, I'll feel terribly betrayed. But even then, it was gorgeous to watch. I can count on one hand how many times I've seen women getting head on a TV show that wasn't HBO. And even then, it always feels like it's for shock value or a comedic gag and not just about two people enjoying sex. This time it was just really intimate and I felt like a filthy voyeur (yes, I feel horribly voyeuristic, all sixty times that I've watched that scene already, ha!).
This has to be my favorite shot... maybe... gah! I just love it. On a purely shallow note just the contrast in their skin tone is hypnotizing, and ungh... and the pillow talk afterward.
Credit to ngx
+ That tattoo subplot was fun. Once again, Simon reveals that he's the smartest of the lot. I love that. LOL at the peanuts as kryptonite. Nathan was hilarious and so much amused embarrassment for him (dry humping); I love the two of them together, too fun.
I wasn’t hugely into Kelly/Nathan after the second series premiere. I don’t know what they did with all the set-up of Nathan’s speech, and Kelly’s grief over his death and all the sexual tension but I lost it in this series' premiere and actually think the two of them as buddies is quite sweet.
+ What’s going on with Curtis and the girl with the defective heart, I wonder… their interactions were so... rough, I don't know, discomfiting - she's obviously important somehow.
Wow. I've never fallen so quickly for a show before. So cool. I like that it doesn't try to be smart or 'political' in any huge, meaningful way --- these characters are human, desperately so, quite despicable and ridiculous in turns. I may have my issues but I appreciate that Overman's not sitting there acting like he's the king feminist-social thinker of the world. And there's much to love.
I dread the awful American adaptation, and you know it'll come since US networks are determined to ruin any excellent British show. I can just imagine how lame it will be. Sigh.