::waves::

[turnonmyheels]

The Banking Cowboy and I went to see Willie Nelson with Asleep at the Wheel Saturday night. It was a *fabulous* show. Made better because it was just us, a hotel, and the town I went to college in. The campus is about 4 times bigger than it used to be which was surprising.
We ate at my favorite places, I had more falafel in two days than I've had in 5 years. He's planning on going back to school for his Masters in Accounting possibly at my old school, so it was nice to show him around a bit.

Fannish stuff:

I like Dollhouse. I realize a lot of people don't. I realize a lot of people hate it. I understand people are morally and mortally offended by the constant mind raping and physical raping of the characters. To which I have to say, did you read the premise? From the first whispers about it over a year ago, we all knew it was about a group of operatives, mostly female, whose minds are wiped clean and filled with new personalities each episode. What did you expect?

I like Eliza Dushku. I'm probably extremely biased because she's on the short list of women I'm *reallyreallyreally* attracted to. I admit I just like seeing her on my tv and therefore my baseline enjoyment is higher than most. But, I *did* stop watching True Calling because I didn't like the show. I think she's doing a fine job and if there's anyone who's really *not* settling into his/her role and selling it, it's the guy who's always wandering around with the bitchy in charge woman.

Yeah, I suck at names, sue me.

I'm not going to sit here and say Dollhouse is Joss's finest achievement or that he's progressing as a storyteller/character creator. Or doing any of the groundbreaking he's said in interviews this show was going to break. I call BS, but I've been calling BS on him since he said, "I created Buffy as an iconic character." I decided then and there that he wasn't a person I would like if I met him face to face.

He doesn't have to be.

ETA I'm specifically addressing the people who appear to be surprised, that this is what the show is about.

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Surprising, or not so surprising, pairings I enjoy in fanfic.

SGA: I'm a complete and total sucker for Rodney McKay/Ronon Dex pairing. I'll read anything that focuses on the two of them. Shippy or gen.

Angel: Wesley/Lilah. I *love* them. One of my biggest issues with the mindwipe was removing that relationship from Wes's memories.

Buffy: Spike/Riley

Firefly: Jayne/Simon. Speaking of Firefly, TBC and I started watching it last night.

Friday Night Lights: Smash/Saracen

Smallville: Oliver/Chloe -- I blame ethrosdemon for that one

Gossip Girl: Dan/Blair

Veronica Mars: Weevil/Logan

Torchwood: Ianto/Owen

Comments

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

You're totally allowed to complain about it! But I've read some reactions from people that were SHOCKED that the operatives were wiped clean every week. There's a lot of outrage and ire out there that such a supposedly feminist TV dude would do a show like this and people are all offended and have their tail feathers in a twist and I'm all ... did you read the summary?

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

Oh I see. I didn't realise people were actually surprised - I've hated the concept since I first heard about it but I decided to watch anyway because it's Joss. Joss, who has a boner for some really skeevy scenarios as it turns out. :( But the second episode hooked me, so I imagine I will watch the entire series and just hope for it to stop slapping me in the face asap. :D!

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised at how big his boner is for some really skeevy stuff, I'm STUNNED at how he's not at all afraid to put it out there for other people to see. Xander was supposed to be the self-insertion character on Buffy, but now I'm beginning to think it was more like *Warren* was the self-insert.

I really liked episode 2, except for one small detail, they weren't wearing helmets while they were rafting. You just don't do that.