Get bent.

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I have a mate ::waves to T-Bird:: who has no association with SV fandom but whatever drivel I write and the show itself. Her entire recap of Tuesday night consisted of ‘down with the Clark/Lana’ and 'Also! Hay. There was lots of hay in this episode.'

She was right. But you know, she got me thinking and considering that we’re about 20% of the way through the season, there are some burning questions that we need answered...


1. Where is the scene where Lionel rips Lex a new one about Desiree? How the *fuck* is Lex going to get hitched, get it annulled, and Lionel says ‘nada’? I think not.

2. When did ‘being honest’ become Lana’s new catch phrase? I know she got tired of talking about her dead parents, but really this isn’t a vast improvement at all.

3. Lionel and his redheads. Dude, he’s got good taste. You’ve gotta give the man credit, blind or not.

4. When are they going to give us some Lillian love? M&G, c’mon and get with the program. It’s not like Gillian Anderson is doing anything right now, and she is Lillian Luthor.

5. Why is Chloe this season’s Pete? Is there some clause in the contract that says only one stellar supporting actor can get screen time per season? If I was AM, I’d call my agent.

6. Has AOT always been this hot? Damn.

7. KK has improved over last season. However, is this because we can actually *see* her face now that they’ve removed 75% of the war paint?

8. Is it my imagination or has Bo Duke been cutting down on his platitude vitamins?

9. Where’s Dominic?

10. MR. Did he get better looking over the summer? Is that even possible?

11. How many of us think that Nell’s new beau is going to be a future MoTW?

12. Who’s taking bets that Hamilton will be the big bad at the end of the season? (cos as i forgot to mention, he's um, so not dead.)

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2. When did ‘being honest’ become Lana’s new catch phrase? I know she got tired of talking about her dead parents, but really this isn’t a vast improvement at all.

Lana is this season's Lex, only less subtle about it. Although I prefer this approach to staving off the Clana than last season's, wherein they just pretended that Whitney was some sort of actual obstacle, I really am getting tired of hearing the same conversation every week.

4. When are they going to give us some Lillian love? M&G c’mon, and get with the program. It’s not like Gillian Anderson is doing anything right now, and she is Lillian Luthor.

A-fucking-men.

5. Why is Chloe this season’s Pete? Is there some clause in the contract that says only one stellar supporting actor can get screen time person season? If I was AM, I’d call my agent.

BtVS and SV both suffer from having more cast members than they know what to do with. BtVS handles it by leaving unnecessary characters just wandering around in the background with nothing to do, or by giving us long pointless "research" scenes. SV handles it by giving minor characters thirty seconds to deliver exposition (two birds, one stone). Both approaches are equally lame. At least we got a good bit of Chloe last season, and I hope we'll see more of her in the future. Preferably not wearing the same shirt for three eps in a row.

6. Has AOT always been this hot? Damn.

Yes. But farm life repressed the hotness. Now it can run free. :o)

8. Is it my imagination or has Bo Duke been cutting down on his platitude vitamins?

Only because he's been replaced by the Magnificent Greek Analogies. ;o)

9. Where’s Dominic?

I think he's still in the trunk.

10. MR. Did he get better looking over the summer? Is that even possible?

It should be illegal, looking like that. It probably is.

11. How many of us think that Nell’s new beau is going to be a future MoTW?

Either that, or just another excuse for Lana to whine every week.

12. Who’s taking bets that Hamilton will be the big bad at the end of the season?

Oh yeah.

[happyminion.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Sorry, I just had to publically adore your icon, Jess.

[poisoninjest.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you.

It's the only reason I can ever tolerate Lana at all, really. The producers might think she's a perfect little Mary Sue, the other characters might think it, she might even think it... but we know the truth. ;o)

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8. Is it my imagination or has Bo Duke been cutting down on his platitude vitamins?

Only because he's been replaced by the Magnificent Greek Analogies. ;o)


I figured I couldn't be the only one annoyed by this. Dear god, make that stop! People this intelligent do not have to keep quoting shit they both know they know. If it was a pissing contest for who has the better memory for literature, then they would be going for more obscure works. This is just on my nerves.

[poisoninjest.livejournal.com]

Problem is, they want them to sound all intelligent, but they also assume we won't get any of the references. I was screaming about this last season on Angel when Wes and Lilah had that endless rehash of Dante's Inferno. "Lilah, he's read the book. Stop recapping it!" ::sigh::

Going for more obscure stuff would mean that the show's writers would have to read the obscure stuff. Yeah, right.

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first of all, right on to the icon. she is so right out of an edward gorey story. secondly, i'm half-past tired of the 'keeping secrets is bad' anvil. you can tell how young they are by this approach alone.

maybe clark has a STD, she needs to piss off.

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

When are they going to give us some Lillian love? M&G c’mon, and get with the program. It’s not like Gillian Anderson is doing anything right now, and she is Lillian Luthor

(looks guilty) On behalf of Great Britain, I must apologise for having temporarily stolen Gillian Anderson and trapped her in a London theatre . I couldn't agree more about having her as Lillian, though. God, I have SUCH a crush on GA. And on A O'T. Hell yes - my Martha-oost is way bigger than my Lana or Chloe-oost. She's a nummy treat.

I'm really very, very envious of y'all with the new Smallville . Hmph.

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::nods head sagely::

it's the redhead love. i know it well. she's appearing in a play? which one? it it at the national? please say no, i don't like that venue although 'the cripple of inishman' was lovely. shaftsbury? haymarket? barbican? old vic? young vic?

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It's at The (rather randomly named) Comedy Theatre, actually. The only production I've seen there was a Tenessee Williams play a couple of years ago - we were right up in the gods and it was incredibly cramped. Incredibly. Very central location, though, and if you aren't going for the cheapest seats in the house (as we were) it'd probably be cool. Fuck, what am I saying? OF COURSE it would be cool. Sounds like an interesting play and GA is sex on a stick AND SHE CAN ACT. She ripped out my still beating heart in The House of Mirth . God. (Oooh! Which also featured Future!Ron,Eric Stoltz! So much sexy redheadedness in one movie...)

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The only production I've seen there was a Tenessee Williams play a couple of years ago

ick. not you, the playright, i've no use for mr. williams as he makes me feel ill. i saw jessica lange in 'a streetcar...' at the haymarket (?) and i wanted to pull out my own fingernails. i've no use for he nor mr. pinter.

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Pinter - now, I know I've read The Caretaker but all I remember was "...drip...." etc etc. I think I may have been too young to 'get' it. Or perhaps it just sucked. It's one of those things I feel like I probably ought to like, but can't be arsed. (see also: Foucault's Pendulum and the complete works of Proust, both of which I am willing to believe are fabulous and neither of which I'm very tempted to dip into.) The play we saw was very 'Eh'. Undoubtedly it didn't help any that we were squished together into a tiny bit of space and looking down onto the tops of the actors' heads, of course - still, it wasn't exactly big with the cheerfulness or the HoYay. More like the HoAarrgh!, really.

...however, Rachel Weiss is purty. Although the top of her head? Not so much so. Pretty much like the top of anyone else's head. Sigh.

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It's one of those things I feel like I probably ought to like, but can't be arsed.

My sentiments exactly. I saw 'The Homecoming' - I keep wanting to call it The Homewrecker. All I can remember is, as you said, thinking it was extraordinarily 'blah'. And perhaps I was too young to get 'it' but I think not, I think there was nothing to be gotten.

But to completely change the subject, I see you have cast an entire assortment of HP-elders, does this mean we can expect you to write something soon?

Please? Please?

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Bwah!

Oh, it's a lovely sandbox and y'all play so nicely in it. I'd like to write some HP, but it's difficult - on the whole I cleave to canon in my fanfic writing, but with HP I wouldn't really want to write in the current timeline - it'd be either Marauders or Future fic. Hmm. I do have some ideas. We'll see where they take me...

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also, before i forget, who is the hottie in your icon b/c that is so not ginny. if that was ginny, *i'd* write her.

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

Ah, but this is Future!Ginny in The World According To Fay. The World According To Fay boasts not only a Future!Draco who looks remarkably like Jude Law & a Future!Harry who looks much like Jonny Lee Miller but also a Future!Ron who looks strikingly like Eric Stoltz, a Future!Hermione who's the spitting image of Julia Sawalha and Future!Ginny who bears an uncanny resemblance to the lickable redhead on Six Feet Under . Don't fight the future. Cover it in whipped cream and start licking.

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Where is the scene where Lionel rips Lex a new one about Desiree? How the *fuck* is Lex going to get hitched, get it annulled, and Lionel says ‘nada’? I think not.

Word. If he was threatening to disown Lex without him signing a prenup, you know there were many lectures on Lex's emotions running away with him. Magnificent Lecturing Bastard.

Lionel and his redheads. Dude, he’s got good taste. You’ve gotta give the man credit, blind or not.

Hee, you're gonna enjoy this season. *flees*

When are they going to give us some Lillian love? M&G, c’mon and get with the program. It’s not like Gillian Anderson is doing anything right now, and she is Lillian Luthor.

Amen! I cast her as Lillian in my mind when I wrote the first Jasmine story. We know she can do that loaded stare that Lex has and the set of lips? It would be amazing.

Why is Chloe this season’s Pete? Is there some clause in the contract that says only one stellar supporting actor can get screen time per season? If I was AM, I’d call my agent.

I'd call him, fire him, and hire someone else who wouldn't let me get into this position in the first place. Poor Allison.

Has AOT always been this hot? Damn.

She has! Have you watched her in "It"? *happy sigh*

Where’s Dominic?

In bondage gear awaiting his Luthor of choice, if you believe some of the craptastic fic out there. *smirks*

MR. Did he get better looking over the summer? Is that even possible?

Yes and yes. The man has no limit to his hotness and his cuteness. There is some kind of supernatural force at work here.

How many of us think that Nell’s new beau is going to be a future MoTW?

Nell? Who's that?

Who’s taking bets that Hamilton will be the big bad at the end of the season?

Dude is SO not dead.

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Word. If he was threatening to disown Lex without him signing a prenup, you know there were many lectures on Lex's emotions running away with him. Magnificent Lecturing Bastard.

sigh. they dropped the ball like it had cooties, i am not impressed.

also, it's all down to you that i think lillian = GA, i still remember the artwork for that series! and no, i have not seen AOT in 'It' as It is about clowns and I have clown-phobia. Yes, a very serious one. Not funny.

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It *gave* me my clown phobia. I was a teenager, newly afraid of Ronald McDonald. It was humiliating.

*shudder* Pennywise is EVIL.

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ahhh! stop! stop!

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1. Lionel never knew because Lex didn't have time to put it in the society page and Lionel was in a semi-coma in Geneva?

2. More importantly, why does Clark tolerate her prying? If Lana was your friend and she was constantly riding your ass about something you obviously didn't want to talk about (let's make it a sexual assualt or something equally horrible), wouldn't you have booted her ass to Arizona by now?

3. I stand by my trophy wife thing with Lionel. Plus, now you could make faces at him and he wouldn't know.

4. Oh man. Yes, this is a brilliant idea. No wonder Lex has Oedipal issues.

5. I think they have to wedge the 'other friends' in between Lana being snottily superior and Lex plotting (silently) to go back in time and murder Lionel when he had the chance.

6. She has. I think Clark should be the one with an Oedipus complex. Maybe he does?

7. She got lessons from the Neutregena people. They have more money than SV.

8. You must have gone to the bathroom when he was on screen last week.

9. Who cares? I think Dominic is Lamey McLame. Where are Lex's school mates who got into trouble with him?

10. I didn't even tell you about how SB caused me to think about psychoactive medication. I hate men in drag! But now I don't. I think MR could sell me on midgets, and maybe even convert me to being a Republican.

11. He is evil. There is not such thing as an extra non-evil character on this show.

12. I am still conflicted about this. But since this is the least subtle show on tv, we will go with your hunch.

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2. More importantly, why does Clark tolerate her prying? If Lana was your friend and she was constantly riding your ass about something you obviously didn't want to talk about (let's make it a sexual assualt or something equally horrible), wouldn't you have booted her ass to Arizona by now?

LOL. dude, you know i don't even have the MR love like that, but shit. blind men can see... okay. we'll leave that incest thing alone now.

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4. When are they going to give us some Lillian love? M&G, c’mon and get with the program. It’s not like Gillian Anderson is doing anything right now, and she is Lillian Luthor.

Hee. I'm glad I'm not the only one that's cast GA as Lillian.

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i remember when wendi and hope mentioned it, and all i could think was 'duh.' stupid casting people.

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6. Has AOT always been this hot? Damn.

Serious. I feel like they're trying to set Bo Duke up as a heartthrob or something (see gratuitous shirtlessness) but I'm all Martha! Martha I love you! No wonder Lionel's got the crush.

10. MR. Did he get better looking over the summer? Is that even possible?

He really did. It's like he went from lickable to...even more lickable.

11. How many of us think that Nell’s new beau is going to be a future MoTW?

Wait, you mean he has a purpose other than to drive Lana into Chloe's waiting arms?

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i'm telling you the hot people just keep getting hotter. i don't remember this law being in the physics books! maybe if it had i'd've paid more attention.