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sophia_sol) wrote2010-12-13 08:04 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2010-12-13 08:04 pm
Four Things
Thing one: Okay, so, Methos. Yes, yes, you're all surprised, I'm talking about Methos again. You know what Methos should have a lot of trouble with? Well, all immortals should have this problem, really. KEEPING UP WITH MODERN VOCABULARY AND SLANG. Because language changes, gradually, over time. And over the course of a mortal person's life, generally they fall behind on modern lingo too, hence why kids always laugh at their parents when they try to talk "hip". Because you lose track of the new words that come into the language.
Now, if a person were really making an effort, they could probably more or less keep up with most, but inevitably when you're tired or drunk or not paying attention, bits of older vocabulary would sneak in without you realizing, because you'd forget that, oh, right, people don't really use that word anymore.
And when you've lived through THE ENTIRETY OF THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, that's a lot of old versions of vocabulary and grammar to have carefully and slowly shifted through over your life.
So when you think about it, it's really impressive that when Methos talks, there's nothing about his speech that pings as slightly old-fashioned. But now I really want to see drunk!Methos accidentally using bits of archaic vocabulary.
Thing Two: I was talking about Doctor/Master last night with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sentientcitizen, as one does, and -- okay, the Doctor and Master are really not actually healthy for each other, and yet I ship it anyways. Why? One would think that I would want what's best for characters I like, right? But APPARENTLY NOT! Apparently I'm totally okay with the two of them being really fucked up about each other!
Thing Three: Today I saw the Buffy episode Superstar, as part of my totally-out-of-order very-occasional watching project. It was really good! It was super-weird seeing someone other than Buffy being the one that everyone looks up to and turns to for help, and to see Buffy being all unsure of herself and her abilities. I just wanted to give Buffy a hug and tell her, "No, you TOTALLY kick butt! Way more than Jonathan!"
Also, this is not just me, right? Xander was every bit as much in lust with Jonathan as Anya was, right? Does he often get bits of bisexuality on the show, or was this just a strange one-off deal? Because if this was the only episode of Buffy I'd ever seen, I'd be like, "Yup. Xander's bisexual. Case closed."
Thing Four: What's ridiculous fun: to play First Person Tetris in night mode. (hint: try playing it on non-night-mode first, so you know how this version of tetris works) For the first LONG WHILE of playing it I kept on flailing both verbally and physically because it is so disconcerting. But FUN! And now I'm actually not horrible at it, though I keep on having these moments where my instincts make me suddenly go HORRIBLY HORRIBLY WRONG
Now, if a person were really making an effort, they could probably more or less keep up with most, but inevitably when you're tired or drunk or not paying attention, bits of older vocabulary would sneak in without you realizing, because you'd forget that, oh, right, people don't really use that word anymore.
And when you've lived through THE ENTIRETY OF THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, that's a lot of old versions of vocabulary and grammar to have carefully and slowly shifted through over your life.
So when you think about it, it's really impressive that when Methos talks, there's nothing about his speech that pings as slightly old-fashioned. But now I really want to see drunk!Methos accidentally using bits of archaic vocabulary.
Thing Two: I was talking about Doctor/Master last night with
sentientcitizen, as one does, and -- okay, the Doctor and Master are really not actually healthy for each other, and yet I ship it anyways. Why? One would think that I would want what's best for characters I like, right? But APPARENTLY NOT! Apparently I'm totally okay with the two of them being really fucked up about each other!Thing Three: Today I saw the Buffy episode Superstar, as part of my totally-out-of-order very-occasional watching project. It was really good! It was super-weird seeing someone other than Buffy being the one that everyone looks up to and turns to for help, and to see Buffy being all unsure of herself and her abilities. I just wanted to give Buffy a hug and tell her, "No, you TOTALLY kick butt! Way more than Jonathan!"
Also, this is not just me, right? Xander was every bit as much in lust with Jonathan as Anya was, right? Does he often get bits of bisexuality on the show, or was this just a strange one-off deal? Because if this was the only episode of Buffy I'd ever seen, I'd be like, "Yup. Xander's bisexual. Case closed."
Thing Four: What's ridiculous fun: to play First Person Tetris in night mode. (hint: try playing it on non-night-mode first, so you know how this version of tetris works) For the first LONG WHILE of playing it I kept on flailing both verbally and physically because it is so disconcerting. But FUN! And now I'm actually not horrible at it, though I keep on having these moments where my instincts make me suddenly go HORRIBLY HORRIBLY WRONG
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He does look gangly and adorable, but...apparently I'm all about disagreeing with you in this comment, sorry! -- I really think he looks significantly older than teenaged. And since I'm pretty sure the idea is that immortals' bodies don't age further past their first death, I am of the opinion that Methos was at the very least mid-20's and probably older than that.
Anyway now I can come round to agreeing with you on something, because I absolutely agree that Methos would be Exceedingly Gay at medieval college and it's a delightful thought. (and yes I'm pretty sure you would have seen that post from me, because I am familiar with the post you are talking about!)