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whatho ([personal profile] whatho) wrote2009-01-21 06:35 pm

Lost and Mythslash.

I'm going to see the new episode of Lost tomorrow, hopefully. The computer I used to use has lost its connection and the other one's lost its ability to produce sound and the other other one is this one and it's in the front room where there are generally people who don't like to watch Lost. So I may have to get violent. I ought really to apologise to anyone who hasn't read this journal during a Lost season. I get a bit silly. I kind of hate quite a lot of the characters, though I sort of love a few of them as well, and I know it's really not that great a piece of writing and it's largely written on a sort of 'Wouldn't it be cool if ...?' principle, but I get stupidly excited and involved nonetheless.

I HATE BEN. OH GOD. I HATE BEN. I don't even love to hate him. I just hate him. I keep finding people who say we won't know if Ben's good or bad until we truly understand his motivation like there's any motivation that makes it okay to kidnap and experiment upon pregnant women as a fecking SIDE-PROJECT. That's like saying it's okay for me to flay twenty random passers-by with a bull whip, mostly for fun, provided I'm en route to a planet-saving button. I HATE LOCKE AS WELL. AND JACK. OH GOD.

Oh well. Till then, I'm entertaining myself with the Mythbusters slash. Except I'm not really because it's mostly about the junior team. Like grumpy middle-aged men with moustaches isn't ninety-seven times more heavenly.

[identity profile] nerdcakes.livejournal.com 2009-01-21 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
DO YOU ALSO LOVE SNAPE OUT OF HARRY POTTER? I want my sweeping fannish generalisations to be as ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.

[identity profile] peeeeeeet.livejournal.com 2009-01-21 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't really know anything about him other than he is Alan Rickman, and has sexytiems with Harry. I find it hard to believe I would love any characters from the potterverse.

[identity profile] whatho.livejournal.com 2009-01-22 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
I don't really think Alan Rickman was a good choice for Snape. I mean, he's a good choice in that he's Alan Rickman and he's lots of fun to watch, but book-Snape's meant to be hugely uncharismatic and generally fairly oily and that's not exactly Rickman.

[identity profile] peeeeeeet.livejournal.com 2009-01-22 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I've heard people say that. Though didn't Rowling say that she was so impressed with his take on the character that she started to write Snape more like the Rickman version in the later books?

[identity profile] whatho.livejournal.com 2009-01-22 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, she seemed to think him quite fitting and probably did tailor her characterisation to an extent, but then I think she also said that a lot of people who were fond of Snape were probably thinking more of the film version than the book version, so I guess she never wrote the character in a way she considered attractive.