It's a WTF kind of day.
I have been very, very busy at work this week. Normally when I'm at work, what happens is that I have lots of good writering ideas because while my left brain is focused on facts and figures and names and dates and whathaveyou, my right brain is working out creative "what if"'s. That has not happened this week. Instead I just feel tired. I think it's taking my whole brain to stay focused on actual, actual work for an entire workday (and not things like... IDK, getting paid to g-chat with kungfuwaynewho . Not that this ever happens.) And so, for the first time in... IDK, a year?... I haz da writer's block.
GODDAMMIT.
In the last seven days, my Muse has presented me with exactly ONE good idea.
For my post on Z'ha'dum at beyond_the_rim .
Which is not due until March.
WTF.
I have three different one-shots started, one of which I hope will decide it wants to be something that doesn't suck, and will suffice for my Valentine's Unchallenge post at no_shadows_fall in February. All are post-season 5, and two of the three revolve around Sheridan and Delenn having a fight. They came to a screeching halt because I cannot decide for the life of me what these two would fight about.
(This is likely because in my house the Big #1 Fight Causer is $$$, and I do not expect this is a problem in the Sheridan household.)
Meanwhile. We finished Firefly, and expect to see a post about Serenity in the next couple of days.
There is no beating around the bush on this one; I am just going to have to come out and say it: I was disappointed with this episode. I mean as an episode, fine. Sure. But this was the series finale, and it fell flat. They had an opportunity to go out with a bang, and they missed the mark by a mile.
It started off great. Early was a wonderfully creepy villain, an honest-to-goodness Very Scary Bad Guy. Personally, I find psychological terror a lot more frightening than physical terror/torture/impending doom, and as previously mentioned I'd had about enough of predictable gun battles, so this was a nice change of pace.
And everyone's concerned about River, and River overhears that concern. Again, a good chance to set up something great, some angst, something.
Early has me clutching the blanket up to my chin, ready to dive under it as he corners Kaylee in the engine room. I was truly terrified for her. A question like that - "Have you ever been raped?" - holy cow. Talk about evil radiating off that guy. He was so cold and calculating and uncaring, and she's very realistic and believable in her response. I was holding my breath during that scene. Ditto as he methodically takes over Serenity, sealing the crew off. I REALLY WAS AFRAID OF HIM, which is any writer's goal in creating a bad guy, I think.
I was on the edge of my seat. I thought - OK, big things are going to happen, big, character turning point type discussions. Someone might even get killed.
And then the end is just... WTF? Seriously, WTF? Sometimes humor is a nice way to break the tension, and it's something I've liked throughout the show, but it really disappointed me here. I did not want to see the bad guy get FUNNY! SERIOUSLY! What was that? "Hi, I'm a super-awesome-trained bounty hunter, a stone-cold kinda guy, I'll kill you if I have to, I'll torture you psychologically, I'll threaten to rape you... oh, JK. I'm not that scary at all."
And then it's like, "Oh, River saved us, I guess we don't have to be afraid of her anymore." Nevermind that they never would have been in that situation if it weren't for River's presence.
And the last shot, the very last shot of the show, is on a one-off, used-to-be-a-great-villain bad guy, floating in space toward his inevitable doom.
I was just... I was so disappointed. Overall I enjoyed the series, but seriously, ending FAIL. It's like they knew they were getting canned and they just didn't care anymore, and that's really sad.
GODDAMMIT.
In the last seven days, my Muse has presented me with exactly ONE good idea.
For my post on Z'ha'dum at beyond_the_rim .
Which is not due until March.
WTF.
I have three different one-shots started, one of which I hope will decide it wants to be something that doesn't suck, and will suffice for my Valentine's Unchallenge post at no_shadows_fall in February. All are post-season 5, and two of the three revolve around Sheridan and Delenn having a fight. They came to a screeching halt because I cannot decide for the life of me what these two would fight about.
(This is likely because in my house the Big #1 Fight Causer is $$$, and I do not expect this is a problem in the Sheridan household.)
Meanwhile. We finished Firefly, and expect to see a post about Serenity in the next couple of days.
There is no beating around the bush on this one; I am just going to have to come out and say it: I was disappointed with this episode. I mean as an episode, fine. Sure. But this was the series finale, and it fell flat. They had an opportunity to go out with a bang, and they missed the mark by a mile.
It started off great. Early was a wonderfully creepy villain, an honest-to-goodness Very Scary Bad Guy. Personally, I find psychological terror a lot more frightening than physical terror/torture/impending doom, and as previously mentioned I'd had about enough of predictable gun battles, so this was a nice change of pace.
And everyone's concerned about River, and River overhears that concern. Again, a good chance to set up something great, some angst, something.
Early has me clutching the blanket up to my chin, ready to dive under it as he corners Kaylee in the engine room. I was truly terrified for her. A question like that - "Have you ever been raped?" - holy cow. Talk about evil radiating off that guy. He was so cold and calculating and uncaring, and she's very realistic and believable in her response. I was holding my breath during that scene. Ditto as he methodically takes over Serenity, sealing the crew off. I REALLY WAS AFRAID OF HIM, which is any writer's goal in creating a bad guy, I think.
I was on the edge of my seat. I thought - OK, big things are going to happen, big, character turning point type discussions. Someone might even get killed.
And then the end is just... WTF? Seriously, WTF? Sometimes humor is a nice way to break the tension, and it's something I've liked throughout the show, but it really disappointed me here. I did not want to see the bad guy get FUNNY! SERIOUSLY! What was that? "Hi, I'm a super-awesome-trained bounty hunter, a stone-cold kinda guy, I'll kill you if I have to, I'll torture you psychologically, I'll threaten to rape you... oh, JK. I'm not that scary at all."
And then it's like, "Oh, River saved us, I guess we don't have to be afraid of her anymore." Nevermind that they never would have been in that situation if it weren't for River's presence.
And the last shot, the very last shot of the show, is on a one-off, used-to-be-a-great-villain bad guy, floating in space toward his inevitable doom.
I was just... I was so disappointed. Overall I enjoyed the series, but seriously, ending FAIL. It's like they knew they were getting canned and they just didn't care anymore, and that's really sad.