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[hackthis_archive]

Dear Southland,


You made Bull Randleman gay?!!

FOR THE MOTHERFUCKING WIN! *high five*

Seriously, when I saw Bull in the bar, in his tight black tee shirt (nice guns, Michael Cudlitz!), drinking that piss, err Corona, and the second I saw Crusing!Man next to him, something pinged about what I'd heard about the series and my brain was like, "Oh, sweet baby Jesus, Bull is gay. They went there. WOW."

Show, please do not be leaving like Kings, which was supposed to be in your time slot, but you are clearly for the investment.

Also, Ryan, err, Ben, um, so Ben Mckenzie, is it just weird to share your first name with your character? Oh, who cares, you haven't aged a fucking day, and that line about Ferrari guy getting your lawyer dad to get him off? PRICELESS! *high five Southland writers*

Double high five for Ben taking a Black Studies class!

Triple high five for Regina King (227 in the house!)!

And some other stuff happened, but I couldn't tell you what, because Bull, Ben and Regina for the WIN! Real acting hooray! *\o/*

I swear I am not thinking of the story where Ryan and Seth had a horrible messy break up -- Seth always was a selfish wanker -- and so Ryan left and joined the LAPD and then he gets partnered with Bull and there is stupidly hot, filthy sex in the back of the squad car.

Okay, I lied. I NEED THAT STORY.

<3,
X

Seriously, people, watch this show!

Comments

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

DOOD. I hadn't even thought about it like that. That's fucking brilliant that is.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

LMFAO!

[mardia.livejournal.com]

I am so thrilled that other people are getting into this show as much as I am. I mean, seriously--Bull Randleman as a gay cop and Ryan Atwood as an adorable rookie and Regina King being all kinds of awesome--you cannot beat that.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

What you said right there. That is the pitch. The perfect pitch. Is it next Thursday yet?

[47-trek-47.livejournal.com]

Is he one of the slashy partners from the premier commercials? because if so (and maybe even if not), I'm sold.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yes. Bull is super alpha male man from Band of Brothers who is made of awesome and kickass (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191044/).

[bionic.livejournal.com]

The world would greatly benefit from this story. You should write it.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

I admit, I whiffed the first time through watching, and I was watching the widescreen version - the fullscreen crops out the hottie tank-top bartender, and focuses you more tightly on Bull. I mean, as soon as I finished watching it I was like... heyyyy, I misses something there, but on first watch, I was focused on Bull and his beer sucking, and the dark background was kind of ignored by me. I pinged on the arrested gay man, but was like, coincidences are funny... wait a second. Waaaaait a second.

Then on rewatch, I start looking through the crowd for women, and notice all the body language, and the sexy!bartender and was like! FTW! But I'm telling you, more than a few otherwise savvy and slash-aware people on my Flist commented on my last southland post with a ! I totally didn't see that.

And yeah, I totally see Bull/Ben coming. I don't want to necessarily slash them just because Bull's gay and Ben's hot, but .. yeah. The instant we get a little more info on Bull's gayness (is he angstily closeted (guessing no since anyone super closeted wouldn't hang in a local gay bar, I think)), is it an open secret, does he have a BF, is he Bi, etc, so forth) I'm going to totally be writing about that.

I'm *really* eager to have a show with gay canon to work with, particularly w/ someone who has to negotiate such a particular world as policemanning.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

I saw it now, and holy shit, word to everything! <3

[dine.livejournal.com]

oh damn! I knew there was something I meant to watch last night - but I forgot to check the guide.

I'll be off to hulu as soon as I get home

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I ponder this story, mostly I just want Ryan Ben to get some hot sexxor. He and Seth were fine during the high school/college thing, but Ryan needs a real man. Damn. I can't stop calling him Ryan.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

FTW!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Hulu FTW!

[bijoux.livejournal.com]

and so Ryan left and joined the LAPD and then he gets partnered with Bull and there is stupidly hot, filthy sex in the back of the squad car.

My brain is incapable of slashing them. I'm trying, but my brain refuses. I think it's because Bull will always be Bull to me now, so I want to keep him on this pedestal and not imagine him having sex with anyone (much like how one refuses to acknowledge that one's own parents have had sex :P). Also, I really like father-figure/son-type-mentor relationships, so if that developed on the show, I would be so jazzed.

...Hah, I was just wondering, does Ryan/Sandy slash exists out there? Oh god, nevermind, I don't want to know :P

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

I want that story now too.

*waits on internet*

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

You made Bull Randleman gay?!!

That's what I was hinting about yesterday! I read the spoiler a few weeks ago and was giddy with anticipation.

Also, I totally loved that girl who wanted to be a cop and gave the detectives the license plate number. "Do you think I could be a cop?" *hugs her*

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

If there's anything I've learned over the past ten years, it's that there is slash for everything, regardless of whether or not it should actually exist. *g*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I understand where you are coming from with Bull. The boys of BoB for the most part are just so singularly awesome I'm like, "pairing them up, wot? Awesome overload!" (You know I have no such compunction about the GK boys, bless. I digress). Where was I? Bull! Right! Bull is awesome. And he and Martin should sit around drinking beer and talking about their awesomeness. HOWEVER. In this instance Michael Cudlitz has appealed to my animal brain and have this image of Ben rolling into the bar and Coop (oh, god another Coop!) being there and then there's like probably bathroom sex. and Coop being very Bull about the whole thing, because he is a professional, and Ben being like, um, okay, but that thing we did, and Coop is like "On the clock, kid, stop being a pussy!"

Shit. I think I just wrote my first bit of Southland. I loves it!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

OMG! Her! I forgot about her! She was adorable and wicked smart. And she will be an awesome star and if Ben Silverman doesn't kill it (don't get me started with Jay Leno at 10 killing the show) in five years, in the series finale we can see her starting at the academy? What?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I ponder writing it in a very tightly packed story. It's clearly could become the story from hell, but surely 1000 words couldn't break my back. At least I'd have written something. *ponders*

Where are the bloody Southland icons already?!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yes, and in this instance I know this exists. Have not read, nor written, nor even contemplated, and have not been in OC fandom in more than five years. Fuck I'm old, but yes, I know it must be there go to the oc_slash, is that it? Anyroad. You know, if you want it, it's there.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Yes, it could be packed together and not turn into something epic. *nods*

IDK, I am looking. And how is it Ben McKenzie looks EXACTLY the same? And yes, I have this urge to rewatch a couple OC eps now. *twitches*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

IDK, I am looking. And how is it Ben McKenzie looks EXACTLY the same? And yes, I have this urge to rewatch a couple OC eps now. *twitches*

He looks *better* Flawless skin, even in close up, hair, his HAIR looks better. I just, IDEFK.

Two words: Dorian Gray.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Two words: Dorian Gray.

That's GOT to be it. *stares*

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

in five years, in the series finale we can see her starting at the academy? What?

YES. THIS.