thedeadparrot

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( Spoilers, obviously )

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Like, a lot.

( Spoilery reaction )

So, I enjoyed the BSG premiere, but it didn't hit me where I live the way it does when it's really good. I think I'm dissatisfied by the way they drifted off into mystical land right now. There's not that same feeling of, I know this. This is us. That's how I fell in love with show originally, and I think the more allegorical elements are being overshadowed by the OMG MYSTICAL MYSTERIES. Sure, I want to know the answers, but they mean less to me.

Okay, now some crossover meta. I could work on remix, but that would make too much sense.

So I love crossovers a lot, and I don't think I've really spent enough time thinking about why I love them, and I think this is as good a time to start as any.

First off, I think we need to acknowledge the fact that crossovers take two very different forms: the regular ol' crossovers and the fusions.

I think desire to read/write both comes from a very What If? sort of place (like most fanfic), but the types of What If? are different.

Regular crossovers are generally more about characters. What if character A met character B? Would they like each other? Hate each other? Become tentative allies? Characters meeting, characters interacting. That's the focal point of them, what makes them interesting. There's generally a sort of compare and contrast going on between the characters, their interaction shedding light on the characters themselves.

The crossovers I love best are the ones where the relationship between the characters are complex, where the compare and contrast elements aren't made explicit.

Fusions tend to be more about situations. What if we put character A in situation B? How would they react? The same or different as character B? There is an element of compare and contrast here too. The characters will behave differently because they're different characters and the ways they behave differently inform us of the similarities and differences between the two of them.

I think that's why I'm always dissatisfied with fusions that follow the original storyline too slavishly. Usually, it requires the author to bend the characters into odd shapes in order for them to get it to work.

There is another type of fusion that works by taking character A and dropping them into the world of character B, but doesn't take character B's exact situation. This is more about letting the situation cast light on character A, seeing how the situation forces the character to behave, whether it's the same or different.

So, enough of my rambling. What do you guys think?

So, I need to do lots and lots of cleaning and packing tomorrow. Other bullshit administrative stuff, too.

I also watched the pilot of The West Wing for the first time ever, and I really must say that Bartlet owns all and I want him in a political cage match between him and Roslin. Like, one where the Fleet shows up at Earth, and they want to settle on Earth, but there's pressure to keep the aliens off the fucking planet, plz, and Bartlet has to keep those pressures in mind, and Roslin's just bitchy because they're at Earth and can they finally rest now, okay?

They have press conferences where Bartlet is wishy-washy and Roslin pretends to be all nice and sweet and tells the story of how she was really the Secretary of Education before ending up president, and behind closed doors, they both try to tear each other apart in not so many words.

It would be like an epic, because just when things seemed to be going okay, something else would come up, and it would drag on for like, forever.

God, that would be so awesome.

(Okay, so maybe I have too many of these ideas.)

Dear C++,

Your arrays suck. A lot.

No love,
me

Dear threads,

I hate you so much, I can barely express my hate.

Even less love,
me


Also, have finally watched BSG up until last night's episode. So I'm kind of caught up.

( Random, non-intelligent thoughts )

I realized that I didn't have a Zarek icon, which made me sad, but now I have one, and I'm happy. Speaking of Zarek, it made me sad that he didn't show up in this episode, or even just recently. What do they have him doing? Sitting on his ass and watching stars go by? The boring, mundane stuff of running a Fleet?

Anyway, some brief thoughts about the episode.

( spoilers )


Anyway, while I'm looking forward to January (and new episodes), I'm not that anxious about it. Huh. I thought I would be.

I really loved this week's House.

( Spoilers! )

And I finally got around to seeing this week's BSG.

( More Spoilers! )

I've spent most of this weekend hanging out with my parents. It was quite good. They brought me apples, and we went out and had delicious Thai food. That makes me happy.

Now, I'm a little conflicted about this week's BSG... ( Spoilers )