TV + Flame of Sevenwaters + Vienna Teng
Elementary (2x09)
- Sherlock's body language was really off to me in this last ep. It makes me wonder if he's pulling some drama nonsense of "I'm separating to avoid hurting you".
- I really enjoyed Joan telling Sherlock it's not cool to diss your coworkers.
- However I have no idea how to take the ending of the episode, especially since Joan's caring for his knuckles was very Beauty and the Beast-ish. I mean, on the one hand it seems a pretty scathing critique of "good woman can change Asshole Man" trope, but the show as a whole has really emphasized his caring nature.
- The show as a whole has also been really good at not abandoning the fact Sherlock is an addict. I find it odd that the show kinda ignores Joan's past beyond her killed patient.
- I'm also wondering why we see so many scenes of Joan sleeping in bed, but none of Sherlock. It feels voyeuristic to me even though the show has been really good at not male-gazing Joan.
- The Texan has also brought up that Sherlock's tenderness towards Joan feels forced, and I think she's on to something, but IDK how to use words for it yet.
Korra (S2 Finale)
- I think other, more articulate people than I have already said things. But I'm on the bandwagon that this show could've gone so many places but went nowhere.
- I feel S2 as a whole would've been better as a much later season, with many of the themes being set-up in prior seasons.
- There were some moments I really enjoyed -- like Korra walking in the stars and such.
- But the show still can't write romance for shit. Bolin and Eska really bother me.
- Especially since Eska and brother are -- it's kinda Orientalist to me? Here are these dark skin twins who are inscrutable and emotionally constipated, and instead of it being disturbing it's played off for laughs.
- Losing the past Avatar memories: isn't there a quote that goes "the root of all oppression is the loss of memory"? I'm reallllly hoping they don't swing this blank slate as a good thing. Because the loss of communal memory is some traumatic shit, but we see where all my hopes have gotten me.
- Going to jump ship for Bee and Puppycat, Steven Universe (which I hear is good?), or Bodacious Space Pirates. The former two are American takes (by women) on the magical girl trope. (I've seen the first ep of Bee, which I liked and am getting 1st arc of Star Driver vibes from).
Sleepy Hollow
- The last few eps have felt very Abbie/Ichaboo?
- John Noble~~~~~
- I know that the Sister is probably not a regular because of Nikita, but adfjaklsfj;lasjf. Make her a regular already darnit.
- Horseman reveal was anticlimactic for me
- Not sure what to make of this love triangle that leaves a woman trapped. I feel there's some scholar out there who wrote something on how the violent homoeroticism expressed between men often gets projected onto women through violence?
Scandal
- The angle of sex and torture has surprised me, but I don't think I should be too surprised.
- I'm not sure about this claim that "Shonda Rhimes should write all WOC ever," but I do enjoy Scandal.
- Huck's actor is the most adorable dude ever, he was just this giant puppy on the Queen Latifah show and WAFF~
- Sadness at inevitable end of Female Presidential candidate.
- LOLing at Cyrus not seeing the inevitable backlash. Like, srsly dude, wtf were you thinking????
The Good Wife
- NEEDS MORE ELI GOLD/NATALIE FLORES.
- WHERE IS THE FIC OF THIS.
- WHERE
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- !!!????jdalsfjdklasfjdklas;jfdklasj;fdklas;jfdlasj;
- Otherwise, a continually bomb-ass show, I am hoping Kalinda eviscerates Sleazy Lawyer without sleeping with him.
Almost Human
- All the eye-rolls at how this is very Blade Runner, down to the fetishization of Asian culture without the people
- Of course Gay Looking Asian Lady Cop gets killed. OF COURSE.
- The sexbot episode was thought-provoking for me in ways I don't think it should've been. Something about the way we believe women have to be these emotional fountains of support without any desires of their own.
- The end goal of this series better be the emancipation and full personhood of droids or I will be upset.
Flame of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier (Sevenwaters #?)
- All the kudos for her hands not getting healed at the end.
- Also all the kicks to the gut over Narrator finding someone who is ok with her "repulsive" hands.
- Speaking of Daugher, though, its also similar in the way a second brother falls in love with the Narrator and is upset he doesn't get her. This feels too similar to be happenstance. On the one hand, I'm of the mind OT3 is the answer to all love triangle ills, but...?
- This is the first Sevenwaters book I've read in awhile, and I see I haven't missed much, lol.
- This is actually my favorite book in the series since Daughter, probably because it has a similar growth arc for its narrators and has a lot of mythic framework going on.
Vienna Teng concert
- It's kinda funny, after I saw her live a few years ago, I didn't listen to her stuff until this new album dropped, and now I'm in love all over again.
- She played every song from the new album except Never Look Away. DDDDDDD: I am sad the internets have not leaked this yet.
- Opening act Barnaby Bright were great, although I couldn't understand their lyrics most of the time.
- There was clarinet and French horn! :D
- My fears she'd be flat like in the youtube vids were unfounded.
- Totes awesome concert. Although unlike the last time I saw her, you had to pay for meet and greet (+ a private request set)
- I highly recommend seeing her live, or at least Youtubing her lives, as they always feature different arrangements than the album. And even between shows, arrangements can vary a lot.
- The dude who guest sang on Landsailor had a sexy voice.
- I was totally the only person to quietly applaud when she mentioned Occupy Wall Street. Probably because the crowd was 95% way older than me. In the 99 had a dope arrangement, but I still wish someone would remix it while mic checking the banker whose POV the song is in.
- Antebellum also had a lovely arrangement, featuring acoustic guitar.
- Copenhagen (Cuppenhagen) was also totally charming in the cups, although I am waiting for the obligatory mashup with Anna Kendrick's Cups. (Check out the end for awesome cup shenanigans, although I'm not 100% sure the vid contains it as it won't load for me)
- I did get a smile and head nodding from the artist when I heckled "NO" after the "you still gonna need a man" line in Grandmother Song, so that was awesome. :)
- Oh, for those of you who haven't followed Teng too closely, she has a bomb mash-up of Eminem's Lose Yourself and Bill Wither's Ain't No Sunshine. (I linked a live version since the version that aired on NPR is probably more listened to)
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