PetiteFleur

Sorry for disappearing on you too, and I have no excuse (well, apart from being lazy and apathetic )

And still:


I've felt kinda low in the recent couple of days, partly because of FD interview with Steinberg. He said sooo many beautiful things about the characters, and re: the ending he has his own settled view of it, but he refuses to impose that on anyone else. And they basically said to him that they appreciated the ambiguity of the ending, but only the dark version makes sense, with that Jack's speech at the end, and has a "cathartic" effect because of the darkness/light theme. How ***ing rude is that?? To say that to THE WRITER OF THE ***ING SHOW?!
I take my words back, I don't recommend listening to that podcast.

Also, I have an issue with people who pretend to be this open-minded and praise the show for the way it treats its LGB characters like it's a non-issue and how "a viewer could totally forget that aspect of [Flint] so many times because it really didn't matter at all."
I mean, it's true that sexuality isn't the only aspect of the characters on the show and they're all portrayed as complex individuals, but to *forget* that Flint is gay, one has to make an effort, and I wonder why one would feel the need to
Flint's vendetta against civilization is so personal, and is caused exactly by his sexuality having been used against him. And people who refuse to read Flint from the angle of his sexual identity are missing out on so much depth and meaningfulness. Especially in his Freedom In The Dark speech.

Oh, and people who think the story wouldn't change AT ALL if Thomas was a woman. Get out of here.

Oh, I completely get why she had to go from the narrative point of view (Steinberg previously said he had fought it for quite some time though), I just meant that it was so painful, and with all the additional layers that you notice upon rewatch I just want to diiiie It's just never enough Miranda for me
Also, her dead body being thrown vegetables and stones at was foreshadowed by that scene when she was working in her garden and some neighbor's kid called her a witch and threw something at her. This show is torture sometimes.

Haven't started American Gods yet, but I saw they hyped the gay sex scene from 1x03 being almost pornographic on twitter, so apparently Starz have no problem with it (also, Spartacus), I wonder what was the case with Black Sails. It's not like a sex scene was absolutely necessary, but some intimacy wouldn't hurt.

Yeah. I kinda appreciate the concept of Root ultimately "becoming" The Machine, keeping in mind her love for her, but at the same time, with Root/Shaw relationship, which is another example of something that wasn't planned from the beginning but was developed beautifully, it feels really cruel (not to mention that we have another name on the Dead Lesbians list)

Waiting patiently for your thoughts

I take it you didn't like ghost Miranda then?

On another note, did you watch The Young Pope? A few of my friends whose opinion I usually trust were singing it praises, but its premise is not something I feel I would like, and I don't believe in Jude Law's acting abilities.

I hate-watched Sense8 second season. IDK, I like the concept, but not the execution. I mean, the idea that what matters most is what we have in common is great but not when you pretend that the differences don't exist. Like, are we actually supposed to feel that being called a pig for a white cop from Chicago is exactly the same as being called a ********* for a gay man? When the latter comes from the place of power and oppression, and the former is what those who feel oppressed use, I don't know how do they not see the difference?
And the dialogues sometimes feel so contrived, as if they're from some Social Justice 101 textbook.
And I just hate Kala/Wolfgang storyline, and apparently everybody loves them? He's not even hot, why would she fall for him at first sight? Just because they're sensates is the lame excuse, really.

I was looking for something light to watch (not comedy shows though), and someone recommended the Australian show Newton's Law. It's a court drama with the leading lady recently separated from her husband, who returns to working for a big firm of an old university friend who obviously has had feelings for her, sounds familiar? I almost don't watch procedurals any more, but it's only 8 eps, so I decided to give it a try, and from the first couple of eps, I can say that it's really cute Oh, and an old university friend is played by Toby Schmitz
Did I say he's a delight?