Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rikyl]

Forty-four exclamation points doesn't look as impressive as I was expecting.

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[sullen_aquarian]

If only my history teachers had looked like Ben Wyatt. I love that idea--especially if Leslie comes to visit him and doesn't get along with the school librarian.

[jncar]

I agree--that's such a fun idea! Or, if Ben has a Masters degree already (and he might) he could probably get a job teaching business/accounting courses at the community college without any further training. He could teach Andy! Or April! Or both at once!

[sullen_aquarian]

This needs to be a fic. Speaking of which, where the heck is all The Trial fic? I need some swoony romantic goodness, people.

[rikyl]

Oooo, me too. Go prompt some stuff!

[saucydiva]

Love your thoughts, as usual.

I think the idea that Ben giving up his job is equal to Leslie giving up her job ignores historical context and seems to assume we have solved that sexism problem. It’s like women keeping their last names when they get married-and not that I am opening that can of worms, and I think that everyone has the right to do whatever, and individual choices are not sexist, etc, etc, but I think generally we can agree there is cultural pressure that overwhelmingly favors a certain outcome, which is why according to google only 18% of American women keep their maiden names when they married. Likewise, I am sure there is culturally more pressure on women to quit their jobs at various points in their lives-for childcare, because they are statistically probably earning less money, and because there is historical precedent. Which, again, not to judge anyone’s choices, but I don’t think it is an even equation most of the time. And I am sure that the audience has many people who either were the woman who sacrificed

[sullen_aquarian]

But if Ron gets promoted, won't he have to learn the names of the department heads? I'm not sure he's ready for that.

[stillscape]

No, because if Ron gets promoted, the first thing he'll do is dismantle all of the departments.

[jncar]

Chris would stop him. But Ron would certainly try. I'd love this scenario--those two would but heads in a wonderful way.

[stillscape]

It occurred to me that the timeline of how they got together, broke up, and got back together was pretty much perfect.

I don't disagree, but the idea of using the words "timeline" and "perfect" in the same sentence, regarding this show, is kind of hilarious. SEVEN MONTHS IS NOT A YEAR, LESLIE.

[saucydiva]

When I was watching and she said they'd been dating since May, yet it was on and off for a year, and then Chris tried to say they were secretly dating longer than Leslie admitted, I was wondering if I was somehow mishearing, because she admitted they had been dating longer than seven months. Does no one on that set understand math? I feel like I am missing some key line there that would make that make sense.

[stillscape]

I am chalking "a year" up to Leslie's tendency to exaggerate, and then Chris thinking it might have gone back as far as the Harvest Festival?

[saucydiva]

I dunno, it's just really weird, because when you tell someone its been a year, and then you tell him it started seven months ago, and then you are mad when he thinks you are lying about it being seven months... (?) I still feel like some line of dialogue got cut there because that struck me as nonsensical.

[jncar]

I actually doubt that Ben's job search will be a plot point anytime soon. Given the fairly spartan existence he's been living for who knows how many years (no property ownership, living with roommates, buying nothing but plain white socks on Treat Yo Self day!) he probably has substantial savings and investments. He won't need a new job for 6-8 months, at least.

I'd love for him to start a business with Tom, but that's probably just me getting too attached to my fic ideas. ;)

[rikyl]

That's occurred to me too. All evidence points to him not even having an apartment in Indy when he lived there, so he could believably have some savings. He could help Leslie, live with April and Andy, get pulled into a Tom scheme, and have plenty to do for a while probably. I like it.

[sullen_aquarian]

Whatever Ben does, I really want Jean-Ralphio to be involved somehow.

[craponaspatula]

I'm fine with any of his career choices, I just hope it doesn't mean he's in significantly fewer storylines on the show. They've KINDA handled it before with Ann and then Tom, who would just drop in all the time. In both cases it was obviously never a great solution for a show that is set almost entirely in city hall.

I guess I would be okay if he had lots of storylines about cuddling at home with Leslie.

[saucydiva]

This thread is the place to be tonight!

[rikyl]

I know! It makes me feel so ... something. It's like throwing a party and all the cool people show up or something.

[stillscape]

I never got to squee properly because livejournal broke! A party is necessary. We can pretend I brought homemade pumpkin bread or something.

[jncar]

Yes! I'm not on Tumblr and Livejournal was broken, so I felt totally left out. (used appropriate party icon)