Hi Anna! It is so lovely to see you posting again!
I can’t decide if it's the showcasing of intellect that does it or just someone who really knows what they're doing with their mouth.
In Benedict Cumberbatch's case, for me it's his voice. That is a good voice to have.:) The clever things he says with it are all just a bonus.
Oh, I love all of your Buffy/Spike thoughts so much that they just turn me to mush. Particularly this:
And there you go: hero, heroine, both equally capable of taking care of themselves, but needing and depending on each other because that shared strength gives them a burden of care for everyone else. I don't need you to protect me, but I need you to help me protect them: it's a grown-up story about partnership, about responsibility, and it's dressed up in combat, chemistry and leather coats.This is why I love the story of Buffy and Spike so much, that they're equals in so many ways, and that instead of it being a story about one of them protecting the other, it's a story about how they help each other
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In Benedict Cumberbatch's case, for me it's his voice. That is a good voice to have.:) The clever things he says with it are all just a bonus.
And there's something about the incongruity of his choir-boy face and that voice that makes it all the better. A voice is much harder than an image to summon to mind when you're not actually experiencing it, so while I remember the face the voice gets me every time.
Hee. I think essentially what I am saying is, yes! :)
This is why I love the story of Buffy and Spike so much, that they're equals in so many ways, and that instead of it being a story about one of them protecting the other, it's a story about how they help each other grow into better people. The chemistry is vital, and the combat and leather are the icing on the cake.Yes, this! And it seems such a simple recipe, but it's so hard to get right. Too often there's so much attention given to the icing that no-one notices that the cake is lopsided, or cracked, or sunk in the middle, until the icing - as it inevitably does - goes
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So lovely to "see" you again. I didn't enjoy this week's Sherlock as much as last week's either but it was still massively entertaining. I thought Russell Tovey was having flashbacks to his past life as a werewolf too *g*.
Lovely to read your Spike/Buffy thoughts again. Sometimes it's good to remember why we loved them so much :)
It's lovely to see you too! I've seen a couple of TV reviews make reference to Sherlock being shown on New Year's Day and probably being "the best thing we'd see all year", so it was a high bar, but this week's was also a lot of fun!
Yes, it is so important to have someone making the tea! But it's better when it's not always the same person, chained to the kettle, never getting away from the cooker. I love partnersip stories wherein both get to be heroes, and both get stuck with the shopping from time to time. (Does Sherlock EVER pick up biscuits on the way home? It would be a more complete story if he did.)
This year is already better for having read some new thoughts from you!
Yes, it is so important to have someone making the tea! But it's better when it's not always the same person, chained to the kettle, never getting away from the cooker.
Very much! Then it's not really a partnership at all.
I love partnersip stories wherein both get to be heroes, and both get stuck with the shopping from time to time.
Oh yes, this. And as battling evil goes, doing the shopping is fairly high level in my book. ;)
I desperately want to know about Sherlock and biscuits now! I am going to hold out hope that he does occasionally, even if he picks his favourites rather than considering the rest of the household.
I know nothing of Sherlock but i've read all your thoughts on Buffy'n'Spike i could get my eyes on. So, this is kind of an out of body experience for me - YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE MASSES! ;-)
Since my free time only comes in bursts and my main interaction with Buffy'n'Spike is mostly skimming online fandom every few days for some minutes, i totally get that: When i'm able to re-watch the show, i'm always going "will i love it like i used to?" - and then, BAM! i just drown. In the good way. :)
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I can’t decide if it's the showcasing of intellect that does it or just someone who really knows what they're doing with their mouth.
In Benedict Cumberbatch's case, for me it's his voice. That is a good voice to have.:) The clever things he says with it are all just a bonus.
Oh, I love all of your Buffy/Spike thoughts so much that they just turn me to mush. Particularly this:
And there you go: hero, heroine, both equally capable of taking care of themselves, but needing and depending on each other because that shared strength gives them a burden of care for everyone else. I don't need you to protect me, but I need you to help me protect them: it's a grown-up story about partnership, about responsibility, and it's dressed up in combat, chemistry and leather coats.This is why I love the story of Buffy and Spike so much, that they're equals in so many ways, and that instead of it being a story about one of them protecting the other, it's a story about how they help each other ( ... )
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And there's something about the incongruity of his choir-boy face and that voice that makes it all the better. A voice is much harder than an image to summon to mind when you're not actually experiencing it, so while I remember the face the voice gets me every time.
Hee. I think essentially what I am saying is, yes! :)
This is why I love the story of Buffy and Spike so much, that they're equals in so many ways, and that instead of it being a story about one of them protecting the other, it's a story about how they help each other grow into better people. The chemistry is vital, and the combat and leather are the icing on the cake.Yes, this! And it seems such a simple recipe, but it's so hard to get right. Too often there's so much attention given to the icing that no-one notices that the cake is lopsided, or cracked, or sunk in the middle, until the icing - as it inevitably does - goes ( ... )
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Lovely to read your Spike/Buffy thoughts again. Sometimes it's good to remember why we loved them so much :)
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And thank you. :)
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This year is already better for having read some new thoughts from you!
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Very much! Then it's not really a partnership at all.
I love partnersip stories wherein both get to be heroes, and both get stuck with the shopping from time to time.
Oh yes, this. And as battling evil goes, doing the shopping is fairly high level in my book. ;)
I desperately want to know about Sherlock and biscuits now! I am going to hold out hope that he does occasionally, even if he picks his favourites rather than considering the rest of the household.
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I know nothing of Sherlock but i've read all your thoughts on Buffy'n'Spike i could get my eyes on. So, this is kind of an out of body experience for me - YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE MASSES! ;-)
Since my free time only comes in bursts and my main interaction with Buffy'n'Spike is mostly skimming online fandom every few days for some minutes, i totally get that: When i'm able to re-watch the show, i'm always going "will i love it like i used to?" - and then, BAM! i just drown. In the good way. :)
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When i'm able to re-watch the show, i'm always going "will i love it like i used to?" - and then, BAM! i just drown. In the good way. :)
Yes, that's it exactly. :)
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