Fandom Gossip Girl: The super delayed IGHON reaction and other fandoms
Other fandoms:
I am SOO LOVING BEING HUMAN. Sam Witwer is rocking the sexy, tortured vampire thing and Sam Huntington is a perfect reluctant wolfman. Two Sams. One graduated from the BSG acting school and has since become Doomsday. Is it me or is his Aidan like another version of tortured Doomsday?
Hate that I can't seem to find the latest ep. And for the first time, I actually prefer the American version instead of the British one. The irreverent treatment that the BBC version has for the struggles these non-human characters have to deal with in fitting in with the human world puts me off. It's like trying they're trying to make a joke of everything that they shouldn't be making fun of anymore. Plus, the 2 Sams are rocking the acting house.
Finally saw the pilot for Covert Affairs. I am weak for spy shows. Why does Piper Perabo look old now?
Holding off on watching latest Nikita and Fringe eps.
Gossip Girl:
So, I've not made a secret of the fact that I was a bit unsettled by Penn's acting choices with regards to Dan. I had to rewatch the ep with my husband just so I could have a guy perspective I trust. Here's the gist of that discussion:
1/ Dan's creepy stairs montage - "that's happened to me so often. I mean, I witness something that I know would be a clusterfuck for so many people I know and I have no idea what to do with that information. And it is information - and no I don't go around with mirror around to know what my face looks like, but I figure I probably have something similar on my face during those moments. does the fandom think he's creepy or unreadable? i'd say both reads of the situation are correct. but at that point, i wouldn't care if i came off as creepy, i have too many important things on my mind. and look.. here comes Lily, the other person that will get thrown under a bus because of what he's seen. and yes he is thinking of Blair also because he came to this party just for her. she's someone who he knows is invested in this, and will likely turn violent, and he doesn't know if he should put himself in the line of fire yet".
2/ Blair looks for Chuck, Dan spots her, has a look, follows her - "he's thinking, here comes the clusterfuck. should i intervene? i think i have to do something now... that's what Dan is thinking".
3/ hiding in the closet - "yup, he is admiring Chuck when he said damn he's good." WHAT? So I told my SO all the theories and interpretations coming out of fandom since Monday, including the fact that I wasn't exactly sure about Penn's reading of the line as well. His take? "He's a guy. He forgot himself for a bit, and ended up voicing something he shouldn't have said aloud. He was thinking aloud. All the males of the species will ALWAYS admire the prowess of another male, whether it is his rival or enemy. He knew that Chuck had real feelings for Raina because of what he saw by the stairs. He tried to warn Blair but he was cut off. It would be an insult to Blair for Dan to offer false comfort and agree to her initial idea that Chuck was gaming Raina when they already both witnessed something so obviously real. It is the first time that Dan has actually seen Chuck real - this is Chuck at his most private so yeah, Dan as a writer was admiring Chuck's delivery, his words. He was so floored with seeing the real Chuck that he did sort of forget that Blair was behind him. The idea that he would offer her false comfort by lying and getting on the it's-just-a-game bandwagon would make him a bigger dick."
Again, I went, "What?". His response? "You're not a guy. Guys think like that. Most of the theories are coming from girls no?"
I had no response to that. But we did agree that yes, that handholding scene was well acted. Dan obviously didn't know what to do, he did want to comfort her, but was not exactly sure how. They talk a lot, these two, but the real stuff, they don't talk about it - like they're friendship. So the heavy silence, Blair's single tear stuck on her lower lash (and the fact that she didn't let it fall) - everything was done perfectly.
So yeah, putting it out there, my husband gave me new insight into what that all meant.
Blair. Blair is really being written like Joey Potter at this point, at least with regards to Chuck. She'd have the Prince (AJ), Dan (Pacey) and probably loads of others, but of course they're going to push for Magnetic/Inevitable (Soulmates!) because that's the way the show rolls. I find it funny that fans are so up in arms about CRaina and how it makes Chair less epic and the idea of DAir as a cheap attempt to make Chair less sacred. Uh, the fangirls that don't know that just because a love ends, it doesn't make it less real or less epic or whatever - that new love doesn't mean that the old love didn't mean anything. In a world where divorce rates are so high and people do find more than one great love in their life and there are so many movies/books/etc. on the topic, I don't understand why people hold on to such an antiquated idea of true love. I'm merely acknowledging that season 2 Chair was worth following, but anything after that is an entirely rotten mess.
I'm in love with that last bed scene. So I cannot understand these FLAMING spec/spoiler/foilers. My brain cannot process that there is this great build-up, and then it will merely end with Serena becoming a more unlikable/unrootable character and Chuck getting a redemption arc on crack/speed/ether/whatever drug. I think most DAir shippers accept that the writers will likely sink the DAir ship either this season or next, but it was always with the hope that it would be a beautiful end that would launch the original ships and help right the world. Admittedly, everyone is waiting for the writers to mess it up, but given the slow, careful build-up we've been getting, fans have started hoping. To dash those hopes against the altar of Chuck is beyond mean.
I am SOO LOVING BEING HUMAN. Sam Witwer is rocking the sexy, tortured vampire thing and Sam Huntington is a perfect reluctant wolfman. Two Sams. One graduated from the BSG acting school and has since become Doomsday. Is it me or is his Aidan like another version of tortured Doomsday?
Hate that I can't seem to find the latest ep. And for the first time, I actually prefer the American version instead of the British one. The irreverent treatment that the BBC version has for the struggles these non-human characters have to deal with in fitting in with the human world puts me off. It's like trying they're trying to make a joke of everything that they shouldn't be making fun of anymore. Plus, the 2 Sams are rocking the acting house.
Finally saw the pilot for Covert Affairs. I am weak for spy shows. Why does Piper Perabo look old now?
Holding off on watching latest Nikita and Fringe eps.
Gossip Girl:
So, I've not made a secret of the fact that I was a bit unsettled by Penn's acting choices with regards to Dan. I had to rewatch the ep with my husband just so I could have a guy perspective I trust. Here's the gist of that discussion:
1/ Dan's creepy stairs montage - "that's happened to me so often. I mean, I witness something that I know would be a clusterfuck for so many people I know and I have no idea what to do with that information. And it is information - and no I don't go around with mirror around to know what my face looks like, but I figure I probably have something similar on my face during those moments. does the fandom think he's creepy or unreadable? i'd say both reads of the situation are correct. but at that point, i wouldn't care if i came off as creepy, i have too many important things on my mind. and look.. here comes Lily, the other person that will get thrown under a bus because of what he's seen. and yes he is thinking of Blair also because he came to this party just for her. she's someone who he knows is invested in this, and will likely turn violent, and he doesn't know if he should put himself in the line of fire yet".
2/ Blair looks for Chuck, Dan spots her, has a look, follows her - "he's thinking, here comes the clusterfuck. should i intervene? i think i have to do something now... that's what Dan is thinking".
3/ hiding in the closet - "yup, he is admiring Chuck when he said damn he's good." WHAT? So I told my SO all the theories and interpretations coming out of fandom since Monday, including the fact that I wasn't exactly sure about Penn's reading of the line as well. His take? "He's a guy. He forgot himself for a bit, and ended up voicing something he shouldn't have said aloud. He was thinking aloud. All the males of the species will ALWAYS admire the prowess of another male, whether it is his rival or enemy. He knew that Chuck had real feelings for Raina because of what he saw by the stairs. He tried to warn Blair but he was cut off. It would be an insult to Blair for Dan to offer false comfort and agree to her initial idea that Chuck was gaming Raina when they already both witnessed something so obviously real. It is the first time that Dan has actually seen Chuck real - this is Chuck at his most private so yeah, Dan as a writer was admiring Chuck's delivery, his words. He was so floored with seeing the real Chuck that he did sort of forget that Blair was behind him. The idea that he would offer her false comfort by lying and getting on the it's-just-a-game bandwagon would make him a bigger dick."
Again, I went, "What?". His response? "You're not a guy. Guys think like that. Most of the theories are coming from girls no?"
I had no response to that. But we did agree that yes, that handholding scene was well acted. Dan obviously didn't know what to do, he did want to comfort her, but was not exactly sure how. They talk a lot, these two, but the real stuff, they don't talk about it - like they're friendship. So the heavy silence, Blair's single tear stuck on her lower lash (and the fact that she didn't let it fall) - everything was done perfectly.
So yeah, putting it out there, my husband gave me new insight into what that all meant.
Blair. Blair is really being written like Joey Potter at this point, at least with regards to Chuck. She'd have the Prince (AJ), Dan (Pacey) and probably loads of others, but of course they're going to push for Magnetic/Inevitable (Soulmates!) because that's the way the show rolls. I find it funny that fans are so up in arms about CRaina and how it makes Chair less epic and the idea of DAir as a cheap attempt to make Chair less sacred. Uh, the fangirls that don't know that just because a love ends, it doesn't make it less real or less epic or whatever - that new love doesn't mean that the old love didn't mean anything. In a world where divorce rates are so high and people do find more than one great love in their life and there are so many movies/books/etc. on the topic, I don't understand why people hold on to such an antiquated idea of true love. I'm merely acknowledging that season 2 Chair was worth following, but anything after that is an entirely rotten mess.
I'm in love with that last bed scene. So I cannot understand these FLAMING spec/spoiler/foilers. My brain cannot process that there is this great build-up, and then it will merely end with Serena becoming a more unlikable/unrootable character and Chuck getting a redemption arc on crack/speed/ether/whatever drug. I think most DAir shippers accept that the writers will likely sink the DAir ship either this season or next, but it was always with the hope that it would be a beautiful end that would launch the original ships and help right the world. Admittedly, everyone is waiting for the writers to mess it up, but given the slow, careful build-up we've been getting, fans have started hoping. To dash those hopes against the altar of Chuck is beyond mean.