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lizbeeSo last season was pretty great, in that it started out pretending to be a srs bsns drama and then CAST OF THE SHACKLES OF DIGNITY and embraced THE CRACK. Which was nice. Only this season, it has amped up into FULL SPARKLY TEXT CAPSLOCK LEVEL MELODRAMA, and I'm not sure my poor nerves can take it. I'm not saying that I had a stress dream about Matthew and Mary, but in amongst a whole lot of other things, including that time we all belatedly realised that River Song's first appearance was actually in Star Trek Voyager, because such is the power of the Moff, apparently, there was some stress.
It's really quite scary how, in the course of half a season, I've gone from TEAM GO AWAY, EDITH to WOO TEAM EDITH YEAH! What can I say, some girls blossom when they have an occupation other than the psychological torture of their sister.
I've also managed to from SYBIL/BRANSON WHY AREN'T THEY KISSING YET to GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU COMMIE NICE GUY JERK! It seems like the fandom is quite outraged that Sybil is rejecting Branson's advances, because what kind of uppity bitch doesn't jump at the chance to abandon her entire life for a man who denigrates her career and family? Not liking Branson is a new and terrifying experience for me, but I'm trying to cope.
I'm also kind of mad at Mrs Patmore for pushing Daisy at William. And at William for being so damn clueless, although I guess by the end he could be excused on the grounds of dying a slow and horrible death. But still, Mrs Patmore, you are On Notice.
(I did, however, get teary at William's death. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY?)
MEANWHILE, MATTHEW. AND MARY. AND LAVINIA. AND ALSO, I GUESS, SIR RICHARD CARLISLE. WHO IS QUITE A BIT LIKE SER JORAH MORMONT ONLY NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO BE A NICE GUY, REALLY. IT'S A SHAME, BECAUSE I LOVE IAIN GLEN, AND ONLY JUST REALISED THIS MORNING THAT HE PLAYED FATHER OCTAVIAN IN THE ANGELS TWO-PARTER LAST YEAR.
Really, other than Sir Richard, I like everyone in that stupid love quadrangle. Some kind of arrangement involving Matthew and Lavinia and Mary is called for. Sadly, I fear 1918 is a bit short on sex manuals for the recent paraplegic. Although, on the upside, Matthew is now safe from Mary's vagina of death. TOO SOON? I THINK NOT.
SERIOUSLY, I SHOULD NOT BE THIS ENGAGED WITH SUCH A STUPID SHOW. IT'S NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO BE CLEVER. IT'S JUST JULIAN FELLOWES TWIRLING IN HIS ANTIQUE SWIVEL CHAIR, GOING, "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" AND WONDERING WHAT HE CAN MAKE MAGGIE SMITH SAY NEXT.
ETA: I JUST REALISED THAT THE LAST THING KAMAL PAMUK DID BEFORE HE DIED WAS DEMONSTRATE TO MARY THAT THERE IS SEXUALITY THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE PENETRATION.
IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE.
It's really quite scary how, in the course of half a season, I've gone from TEAM GO AWAY, EDITH to WOO TEAM EDITH YEAH! What can I say, some girls blossom when they have an occupation other than the psychological torture of their sister.
I've also managed to from SYBIL/BRANSON WHY AREN'T THEY KISSING YET to GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU COMMIE NICE GUY JERK! It seems like the fandom is quite outraged that Sybil is rejecting Branson's advances, because what kind of uppity bitch doesn't jump at the chance to abandon her entire life for a man who denigrates her career and family? Not liking Branson is a new and terrifying experience for me, but I'm trying to cope.
I'm also kind of mad at Mrs Patmore for pushing Daisy at William. And at William for being so damn clueless, although I guess by the end he could be excused on the grounds of dying a slow and horrible death. But still, Mrs Patmore, you are On Notice.
(I did, however, get teary at William's death. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY?)
MEANWHILE, MATTHEW. AND MARY. AND LAVINIA. AND ALSO, I GUESS, SIR RICHARD CARLISLE. WHO IS QUITE A BIT LIKE SER JORAH MORMONT ONLY NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO BE A NICE GUY, REALLY. IT'S A SHAME, BECAUSE I LOVE IAIN GLEN, AND ONLY JUST REALISED THIS MORNING THAT HE PLAYED FATHER OCTAVIAN IN THE ANGELS TWO-PARTER LAST YEAR.
Really, other than Sir Richard, I like everyone in that stupid love quadrangle. Some kind of arrangement involving Matthew and Lavinia and Mary is called for. Sadly, I fear 1918 is a bit short on sex manuals for the recent paraplegic. Although, on the upside, Matthew is now safe from Mary's vagina of death. TOO SOON? I THINK NOT.
SERIOUSLY, I SHOULD NOT BE THIS ENGAGED WITH SUCH A STUPID SHOW. IT'S NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO BE CLEVER. IT'S JUST JULIAN FELLOWES TWIRLING IN HIS ANTIQUE SWIVEL CHAIR, GOING, "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" AND WONDERING WHAT HE CAN MAKE MAGGIE SMITH SAY NEXT.
ETA: I JUST REALISED THAT THE LAST THING KAMAL PAMUK DID BEFORE HE DIED WAS DEMONSTRATE TO MARY THAT THERE IS SEXUALITY THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE PENETRATION.
IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE.
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Date: 2011-10-19 05:26 pm (UTC)