My New Obsession
This post is simply to enlighten my friends on my newest obsession. I have spent the past couple of weeks watching copious amounts of Grey's Anatomy, a show I never got into but due to the hype and my need to always be in the know regarding everything television, I figured it was time to catch on.
The show is good. It's really good. It's not necessarily jaw-dropping brilliant; it can be soapy, and it took me about five episodes to get hooked. But there have been several whose stories really touched me.
A slight aside: see, I used to want to be a doctor. Until my senior year in high school when the bottom dropped out of my life and I discovered my overwhelming desire to throw all caution to the wind and chase after my dream of pursuing art and television and writing and film. And really, I never looked back. Watching this show the past few weeks has brought up a lot of why I wanted to be a doctor originally. It has even unearthed some indecision and some tears wondering if I did indeed choose the right path. I am not second-guessing my life, but a show that brings all of that to a head again is a pretty powerful one, I would say.
Guys, I have a new obsession. *gasp* I know, I know.
ALEX AND IZZIE
Y'all, they are great. They are really great. Gosh, I don't even know how it happened. But I've fallen for them. They're sexy; they're sweet. I love them. They are my couple on this show, and I have had so much fun watching them during S2.
I found Alex's speech to Izzie:
"I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want you."
... to be so endearing yet hot. Hee.
Alex can be a complete ass, and I'm having issues with Izzie over the whole Denny thing, but I've remembered that amazing feeling of getting into a new couple. Before the pain, the hurt, the baggage, is just a lot of squeeing, sighing, swooning, and general states of glee that are so uplifting.
The thing is, I'm not doing the fandom/shipping thing again. But this is something I don't really, really have to obsess about. I don't need anymore internet drama. BUT I am someone who needs to see love stories, really deep love stories. Those that make me grin, squirm, and even... cry.
Which really brings me to the whole point: I have not watched a scene that has wrenched such a visceral reaction from me since some of the very greatest Jate scenes as the Alex/Izzie scene in the S2 finale. In a rare occasion, I supply pictures since I can't possibly justly describe it:
"If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?" ("Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol")
That's the song that plays in the scene, and that's what Alex does for her. She's coming apart and everyone stands around, not knowing what to do, not knowing how to help Izzie, and he simply walks over, gently picks her up, and holds her because that's what he can do for her. And he just does, and she clings to him.
I wish I could describe for y'all what happened to me when I saw this scene. It's like... everything that I believe in love. Comfort and strength and the ability to completely collapse because you know he will catch you. I fell apart when I saw it. Really, fell apart. It reminded me of what I hope to find, it reminded me again of how great single scenes of television can be, and it spoke to me that if I can't find that in my own life, I have to try to write scenes like that because they are beautiful and they're rare and they are so poignant and touching.
So it's a blessing to know that I can still feel so much for couples and those few, brilliant scenes that connect me to what feels like something greater, something powerful, and something I believe in. I had mascara running down my face and a massive headache for the rest of the night, but sometimes what a hopeless romantic needs is a good cry.
I just had to share.
The show is good. It's really good. It's not necessarily jaw-dropping brilliant; it can be soapy, and it took me about five episodes to get hooked. But there have been several whose stories really touched me.
A slight aside: see, I used to want to be a doctor. Until my senior year in high school when the bottom dropped out of my life and I discovered my overwhelming desire to throw all caution to the wind and chase after my dream of pursuing art and television and writing and film. And really, I never looked back. Watching this show the past few weeks has brought up a lot of why I wanted to be a doctor originally. It has even unearthed some indecision and some tears wondering if I did indeed choose the right path. I am not second-guessing my life, but a show that brings all of that to a head again is a pretty powerful one, I would say.
Guys, I have a new obsession. *gasp* I know, I know.
ALEX AND IZZIE
Y'all, they are great. They are really great. Gosh, I don't even know how it happened. But I've fallen for them. They're sexy; they're sweet. I love them. They are my couple on this show, and I have had so much fun watching them during S2.
I found Alex's speech to Izzie:
"I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want you."
... to be so endearing yet hot. Hee.
Alex can be a complete ass, and I'm having issues with Izzie over the whole Denny thing, but I've remembered that amazing feeling of getting into a new couple. Before the pain, the hurt, the baggage, is just a lot of squeeing, sighing, swooning, and general states of glee that are so uplifting.
The thing is, I'm not doing the fandom/shipping thing again. But this is something I don't really, really have to obsess about. I don't need anymore internet drama. BUT I am someone who needs to see love stories, really deep love stories. Those that make me grin, squirm, and even... cry.
Which really brings me to the whole point: I have not watched a scene that has wrenched such a visceral reaction from me since some of the very greatest Jate scenes as the Alex/Izzie scene in the S2 finale. In a rare occasion, I supply pictures since I can't possibly justly describe it:
"If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?" ("Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol")
That's the song that plays in the scene, and that's what Alex does for her. She's coming apart and everyone stands around, not knowing what to do, not knowing how to help Izzie, and he simply walks over, gently picks her up, and holds her because that's what he can do for her. And he just does, and she clings to him.
I wish I could describe for y'all what happened to me when I saw this scene. It's like... everything that I believe in love. Comfort and strength and the ability to completely collapse because you know he will catch you. I fell apart when I saw it. Really, fell apart. It reminded me of what I hope to find, it reminded me again of how great single scenes of television can be, and it spoke to me that if I can't find that in my own life, I have to try to write scenes like that because they are beautiful and they're rare and they are so poignant and touching.
So it's a blessing to know that I can still feel so much for couples and those few, brilliant scenes that connect me to what feels like something greater, something powerful, and something I believe in. I had mascara running down my face and a massive headache for the rest of the night, but sometimes what a hopeless romantic needs is a good cry.
I just had to share.