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Oh, Monday...

  • Mar. 17th, 2008 at 12:12 PM
pepper: Pepperpot (Easily Amoosed)

Dudes. I'm so glad the main wave of Ark of Truth reviews is (surely) over. It's not so much the avoiding of spoilers - I'm admiring how thorough everyone is being with that, by the way – but just that you've all been talking about that, and I'm booooooooooored! I have nothing to read! Bah. *is self-centred and should probably not spend so much time pressing refresh on lj anyway*

I have some plastic moulds for making my own Easter Eggs, which is fun and extremely messy (there is no 'but' in that sentence). Oh, and I learnt something about eggs and bunnies, from Bill Oddie. People used to think that hares laid eggs, apparently, because of a bird that lays its eggs in hollows in fields. The hares use the hollows to hide in, lying flat against the ground. When someone is coming their way, they pop up - as if by magic - and when the person looks at where they were, there's some eggs. I don't know if that's exactly where the Easter Bunny comes from, but it's not quite as random a connection as you might think.

I found a 14-year-old Bryan Adams (yeah, yeah) gig T-shirt the other day, packed away in a box with the blanket my Great Aunt knitted me to keep me warm at college, and other assorted bits and pieces. It says, in foot-high yellow digits, "69", and underneath, smaller, "JUST DO IT". Referring, of course, to the song, Summer of '69 (riiiiight). I love it dearly, but I wasn't brave enough to wear it in public when I was sixteen, and it turns out I'm still not brave enough now.

I was thinking the other day, whilst watching The Return pts 1 and 2 because I've now bought season 3 of Atlantis and no I haven't watched all of season 1 or bought season 2 yet and yes I'm pathetic, that Torri Higginson is rather RDA's type. I wondered whether that had anything to do with the chemistry between the two characters, or whether it was just the situations they were in (particularly in The Real World - and is it wrong that I find Evil Jack terribly sexy?). And I was thinking about something I read, that he thought that Jack had partners on and off throughout the series, and thinking that would make an interesting series of ficlets, and that Elizabeth could be one of them. Except that just after they met he was frozen in stasis, and then when he was revived she went off to a different galaxy, and my personal canon is that he's with Sam after Threads or thereabouts. But still. And also it should involve his poker nights with the local sheriff, Andy.

Speaking of things that are keeping me amused, A bought himself a Wii this weekend, finally (he's been talking about it for ages). The invisible tennis is the most fun as a spectator sport - watching A rather than the screen. I feel that the geekishness of my life has risen a few points. Oh, and you can design yourself a Mii, which wanders about the place and does... stuff, I'm not clear on that part. Anyhow, I made one - tall and tanned, with messy grey hair, a crooked smile, black eyes and dark glasses. He's called Angus, and he waves his tiny little arms and legs furiously when you pick him up. A wasn't fooled for a second – I might just as well have called him Jack and been done with it. It's lucky we're so tolerant of one another's foibles. :)  

(And yes, I'm thinking of making the whole team, if A lets me.)

 

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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2008 05:14 pm (UTC)
Ah, well I've not watched all that much Atlantis. Then again, I've probably seen more of brunette Weir, even with the few eps I've seen. I can see differences in how they played her, yes - I guess because they had more of a long-term picture in mind, once they began Atlantis, and I guess TH would have had some input into how she wanted to play her. Still, I see similarities, too - the silent listening to the arguing between Kinsey and O'Neill, that seems to be something they'd both do. Ah, anyhow - for whatever reason, it just doesn't bug me, and for that I'm grateful. :)

And, well, they were a little concerned about Jack and Woolsey - but the city probably has more of an emotional connection for them. They've spilled blood for it, etc etc - they were all feeling like they'd been kicked out of their home. If it had been SG-1, they'd definitely be much more concerned about Jack (and to a lesser extent Woolsey) than Atlantis - but it's a different setup for them. Less investment in place.

*is playing Devil's Advocate today*
[identity profile] vickyocean.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 17th, 2008 06:36 pm (UTC)
Damn you, Devil's Advocate! I deal with enough lawyers at work!. ; )

Hmm, I understand your point about the Atlantis crew being emotionally invested in the place. I mean Weir was still running around Earth in a red shirt, FCOL. Maybe because I'm a much bigger fan of SG-1 I was a little irate about the 'let's take our city back and oh, yeah, if we happen to get a chance we'll rescue General O'Neill and that annoying twit Woolsey'.

Perhaps that kind of attitude is why I don't really dig Atlantis as much as SG-1. SG-1 as a team was much more concerned with the 'human' aspect when making they're decisions about how to proceed. The Atlantis team often seems to run rough shod over people if it suits their purposes. I get the feeling that anyone who's not part of the Atlantis crew isn't considered one of 'their people' and they could almost care less, where as the SGC is sort of the opposite.

Oddly, I did start a series of ficlets when I first saw The Return to handwave away their greater concern for the city rather than the man that gave them the opportunity to go to the city in the first place. I should really finish that one day. : )

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