What Would I Do Without Your Smart Mouth
[+] This week has just *flown* by. My house is a wreck. (I had it so nice and organized for a while, leading up to Easter, but since then, it's been back to getting home after 8 o'clock almost every night.) Anyway, tv.
[+] This episode was like a fucking marathon of sadness. I can't make up my mind whether or not I actually *liked* it. I thought it was an interesting way to look at grief, in a long term perspective. (Though I have no idea, now, what year it's supposed to be.)
I *knew* Meredith was going to be pregnant. In the beginning, with Ellis, I thought that was actually a *flash-forward*, and we were seeing Meredith just reliving some traumatic experience. But I thought her stuff, particularly her stuff with Zola was really beautiful. Bailey seems kind of like a forgotten kid?
I don't know how I feel about it all, though. Meredith did what she had to do, probably the only thing she could do. But...Amelia. Alex. (I had kind of wondered if we would see Tyne Daly or Kate Walsh, but it was nice they were mentioned.) But then again, I don't think Meredith necessarily could have done anything for Amelia.
I've seen people be like, Cristina should have come back...Maybe. But Sandra Oh definitely was not going to come back, so soon after she left. And honestly, if she had? (Plus Kate Walsh, etc.) That would have kind of taken away from everything else. And then from a character standpoint, if Meredith really, truly needed Cristina (she might have) and begged her to come back (I don't think she did), it would have hurt Cristina. It would have hurt her to be back in a place that is familiar and loving but not where she belonged.
Alex broke my fucking heart. He called her every day? And came without judgment or question when called? And did anyone else perk up when he said, "I called her dad, Cristina, anyone I could think of!" Did you? Did you REALLY, Alex?
Going a year (and change?) in the future, I was feeling Alex/Jo less and less. Was anyone else picking up on maybe a tease of Alex/Maggie? I can't say I would hate it. But still.
Some other stuff- I could have done without. The Bailey/Ben stuff. The Catherine/Richard stuff. (And I like those pairings, in general.) The Callie/Kevin Alejandro stuff (is his name Dan?) was...I had wanted to see that develop, but I don't know if this was the episode for it (especially if he amounts to nothing, which I'm not sure about right now).
The Amelia/Owen stuff was fucking POWERFUL. Super fucking powerful. This was a really wide ensemble episode, but I think that Caterina Scorsone really stole the show, right there.
A letdown? The April/Jackson stuff. As of now, they're my favorite couple on the show, and they had a TON to work through this year and I feel like too much of it has been off screen, or made about other people. I was happy to see her leap into his arms, and that they mostly seem all-is-well, but...it was a little cheap? A little unearned? And it really broke my heart that she left him to deal with grief on his own. I know that's a very biased way to look at it, and life's not fair, but it wasn't really fair. But...I love them enough to just get over it and PLEASE let them be happy.
[+] Question...the names that are bestowed on members of the League? Are they any particular language? I thought maybe Arabic, but...anyone know? (I'm asking for possible fic reasons...possibly...) Is Nanda Parbat a fictional country, or is it just the mountain where the League sets up shop?
I wanted to scream and flail directly after this episode, but I just don't know what to say, other than running around screaming names. I will say the thing I am most afraid of is that Thea is going to take up Felicity's 'offer' of going off with Roy. First of all, NO. I CAN'T LOSE THEA QUEEN AND BETH GREENE IN THE SAME YEAR. And secondly...I just don't necessarily feel like Roy and Thea's relationship was strong enough for them to just disappear together forever?
Oh my gosh, the Laurel/Nyssa stuff is AMAZEBALLS. GIVE ME THAT, FOREVER. LAUREL/NYSSA FOR PRESIDENT.
And the Nyssa/Oliver 'betrothal'? Like honestly, this is pretty tragic for a number of reasons (though I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen) but their EWWWWWWW faces were hilarious.
[+] And then there was The Vampire Diaries. Elena was SO BEAUTIFUL. Becoming human again was so *joyful*. I'm going to hang onto that, for the next two weeks. That that moment was *joyful*.
I'm up through Smells Like Teen Spirirt (3.06) in my Great Nina Dobrev Memorial Rewatch, and...this season. It's the most gorgeous Stelena season. And it REALLY hurts.
[+] het-bigbang sign-ups open today. I'm 99.99999999999% sure I'm going to sign up for Beth Greene. (Unless Kristina Davis pulls a samurai ninja trick on me and steals my soul, as she is wont to do.)
[+] I was looking for a Friday meme, but my client just walked in. If you know of one floating around, leave it for me!
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[+] This episode was like a fucking marathon of sadness. I can't make up my mind whether or not I actually *liked* it. I thought it was an interesting way to look at grief, in a long term perspective. (Though I have no idea, now, what year it's supposed to be.)
I *knew* Meredith was going to be pregnant. In the beginning, with Ellis, I thought that was actually a *flash-forward*, and we were seeing Meredith just reliving some traumatic experience. But I thought her stuff, particularly her stuff with Zola was really beautiful. Bailey seems kind of like a forgotten kid?
I don't know how I feel about it all, though. Meredith did what she had to do, probably the only thing she could do. But...Amelia. Alex. (I had kind of wondered if we would see Tyne Daly or Kate Walsh, but it was nice they were mentioned.) But then again, I don't think Meredith necessarily could have done anything for Amelia.
I've seen people be like, Cristina should have come back...Maybe. But Sandra Oh definitely was not going to come back, so soon after she left. And honestly, if she had? (Plus Kate Walsh, etc.) That would have kind of taken away from everything else. And then from a character standpoint, if Meredith really, truly needed Cristina (she might have) and begged her to come back (I don't think she did), it would have hurt Cristina. It would have hurt her to be back in a place that is familiar and loving but not where she belonged.
Alex broke my fucking heart. He called her every day? And came without judgment or question when called? And did anyone else perk up when he said, "I called her dad, Cristina, anyone I could think of!" Did you? Did you REALLY, Alex?
Going a year (and change?) in the future, I was feeling Alex/Jo less and less. Was anyone else picking up on maybe a tease of Alex/Maggie? I can't say I would hate it. But still.
Some other stuff- I could have done without. The Bailey/Ben stuff. The Catherine/Richard stuff. (And I like those pairings, in general.) The Callie/Kevin Alejandro stuff (is his name Dan?) was...I had wanted to see that develop, but I don't know if this was the episode for it (especially if he amounts to nothing, which I'm not sure about right now).
The Amelia/Owen stuff was fucking POWERFUL. Super fucking powerful. This was a really wide ensemble episode, but I think that Caterina Scorsone really stole the show, right there.
A letdown? The April/Jackson stuff. As of now, they're my favorite couple on the show, and they had a TON to work through this year and I feel like too much of it has been off screen, or made about other people. I was happy to see her leap into his arms, and that they mostly seem all-is-well, but...it was a little cheap? A little unearned? And it really broke my heart that she left him to deal with grief on his own. I know that's a very biased way to look at it, and life's not fair, but it wasn't really fair. But...I love them enough to just get over it and PLEASE let them be happy.
[+] Question...the names that are bestowed on members of the League? Are they any particular language? I thought maybe Arabic, but...anyone know? (I'm asking for possible fic reasons...possibly...) Is Nanda Parbat a fictional country, or is it just the mountain where the League sets up shop?
I wanted to scream and flail directly after this episode, but I just don't know what to say, other than running around screaming names. I will say the thing I am most afraid of is that Thea is going to take up Felicity's 'offer' of going off with Roy. First of all, NO. I CAN'T LOSE THEA QUEEN AND BETH GREENE IN THE SAME YEAR. And secondly...I just don't necessarily feel like Roy and Thea's relationship was strong enough for them to just disappear together forever?
Oh my gosh, the Laurel/Nyssa stuff is AMAZEBALLS. GIVE ME THAT, FOREVER. LAUREL/NYSSA FOR PRESIDENT.
And the Nyssa/Oliver 'betrothal'? Like honestly, this is pretty tragic for a number of reasons (though I'm pretty sure it's not going to happen) but their EWWWWWWW faces were hilarious.
[+] And then there was The Vampire Diaries. Elena was SO BEAUTIFUL. Becoming human again was so *joyful*. I'm going to hang onto that, for the next two weeks. That that moment was *joyful*.
I'm up through Smells Like Teen Spirirt (3.06) in my Great Nina Dobrev Memorial Rewatch, and...this season. It's the most gorgeous Stelena season. And it REALLY hurts.
[+] het-bigbang sign-ups open today. I'm 99.99999999999% sure I'm going to sign up for Beth Greene. (Unless Kristina Davis pulls a samurai ninja trick on me and steals my soul, as she is wont to do.)
[+] I was looking for a Friday meme, but my client just walked in. If you know of one floating around, leave it for me!
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