Comments | evewithanapple: Stack up the donuts, pack up the pies

evewithanapple

Stack up the donuts, pack up the pies

Dec 13, 2010 02:03

You knew it was coming. You could hear the almighty footfalls in the distance. You could see the water glass vibrating. I promised it lo, these many weeks ago and now I'm back to keep my promise. This is the EPIC TWIN PEAKS RECOMMENDATION POST OF EPICNESS.

( Put on the trenchcoat, rack up the lies )

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lydiabell January 3 2011, 02:12:30 UTC

Hi! I'm the person with the Audrey/Cooper DYW letter you commented on. Also the person who wrote "Audrey at the Great Northern." I would very much like to add you as an LJ friend now. :D

evewithanapple January 3 2011, 02:34:22 UTC

I recognized your name on the story when the reveal happened- fantastic job, by the way. :D I would very much like to be friends!

lydiabell January 3 2011, 03:21:37 UTC

\o/

cincodemaygirl January 3 2011, 02:22:44 UTC

Here via Astolat--thank you for this post! I will definitely point people here myself--Twin Peaks is still one of my top three shows ever. Time for a rewatch!

cellia January 3 2011, 14:59:23 UTC

I loved this rundown! Very interesting to compare it to my boyfriend's (huge Lynch fan) when he convinced me to watch the show.

Cooper reminded me a lot of Due South's Fraser when I watched. Obviously there are differences, but I feel they have a similar vibe/fan-attraction.

I have many ~issues with Twin Peaks (and think if you watch other Lynch stuff his problematic themes become more and more obvious), but I do agree it's some damn good tv.

evewithanapple January 5 2011, 18:47:28 UTC

Thanks! I'd actually never seen any of Lynch's work before I watched Twin Peaks, so I didn't have any context for the type of films he usually makes. After finishing the series, I went out and watched Blue Velvet- which felt like a trial run for Twin Peaks in a lot of ways- and Dune, which is an adaptation, so it didn't really feel like his other stuff. I did notice that he seems to have some issues with the portrayal; of women- a LOT of them seem to end up sexually victimized. I liked Twin Peaks because it developed Laura beyond the stock woman-in-the-fridge character she would have been, but it gets old when he does it over and over and over . . .

(I haven't watched Due South, but I do know Paul Gross from Slings&Arrows, and I can see how he'd play that type of character- he has the right look for it.)

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evewithanapple January 5 2011, 17:33:36 UTC

I don't know! D: It's hard to meet people when fandom is so quiet and inactive.

heidi8 January 5 2011, 14:31:13 UTC

OMG BOB! BOB still terrifies me when I watch the show and if I had people on my flist who had BOB icons, I would have to either filter them out or defriend them because he makes me jumpy and uncomfortable. GAH!

I will always love Twin Peaks for being the first show that I felt fannish about - but it was the early 90s and there was no internet for me, so I ended up doing tv shows analyzing the episodes for my university's tv station with friends.

I will probably always adore Audrey more than any other tv character, and still have the sweater and saddle shoes I wore when I went as her for Halloween back in 1990.

Lovely summary!

evewithanapple January 5 2011, 17:32:22 UTC

BOB is TERRIFYING. I went in already spoiled for the circumstances of Laura's death, and he still freaks me the fuck out. The scene where he creeps up on Maddy will never not be scary.

I'm still kind of sad that Twin Peaks was pre-Internet, because can you imagine the fandom? It would have been glorious. I mean, I enjoy smaller fandoms, because it usually means people are closer and there's less wank, but part of me really wants to see it get huge again.

(Jealous! I have a skirt like her's- same style and pattern, though the plaid is red and black instead of green and gold- but I wouldn't know where to look for shoes like that.)