For My Purposes
I've decided that, in my mind, 8x02, A La Cart, was the last episode of CSI. It was one of the best episodes to emerge between seasons six, seven, and what little I have seen of eight, if not the best episode of those seasons. I praised it immediately following its airing.
It's how I'd rather think of the show, rather than the rest of this season that I have seen, Jorja Fox leaving and consequently, Sara exiting the lab.
The Grissom/Sara romance never sat well with me, once it was actually explicit. There was a time in seasons four and five that I would have liked to see it, as a natural resolution of the very careful build of sexual tension between the two characters. Once the relationship was begun, however, the writers forgot a fundamental rule: show, don't tell.
They told the viewers that Sara and Grissom were involved, that they were in love, but it was never shown. Not to my satisifaction. They took something with a great deal of potential and killed it.
While I was thinking about this fact, I realized why the Harry/Ginny aspects of canon don't sit well with me. Everything else about the books is explicit, but we're never really shown the why of Harry/Ginny. It's just, whoo, chest monster! Snogging! and suddenly there is no one for Harry but Ginny. Yes, a great case could be made for why Ginny... but we're never shown it, not in my view. We're just supposed to accept what it told.
All of this came to mind while I was thinking about fandom. Fandom was a huge, huge part of my life for quite a bit of time, and I don't regret any of that time. I gained some fabulous people from it, and it kept me sane in difficult times. I miss it, but I also realize that I can't recapture it, and that I seem to be... losing fandoms? I can't really bear to play in the CSI playground now, and while there are a few hints of things I'd still like to do with HP, I know that I don't have time to RP, as much as I'd love to RP. I know that I don't really have the time to write fic of the length I'd love to write. Maybe someday, again, but not now.
That said, I wish I could RP on occasion. Someone or someones who'd want to play with angry TSW!Harry on occasion, because gee, he's still storming. And, ooh, how much would I love a chance to play with my Lily? I absolutely adore my Lily. I know I can't commit to a game, though. How irritating.
My house is quiet. It's the kind of quiet that once led to fic and RP and all manner of interesting things, but not at present.
It's how I'd rather think of the show, rather than the rest of this season that I have seen, Jorja Fox leaving and consequently, Sara exiting the lab.
The Grissom/Sara romance never sat well with me, once it was actually explicit. There was a time in seasons four and five that I would have liked to see it, as a natural resolution of the very careful build of sexual tension between the two characters. Once the relationship was begun, however, the writers forgot a fundamental rule: show, don't tell.
They told the viewers that Sara and Grissom were involved, that they were in love, but it was never shown. Not to my satisifaction. They took something with a great deal of potential and killed it.
While I was thinking about this fact, I realized why the Harry/Ginny aspects of canon don't sit well with me. Everything else about the books is explicit, but we're never really shown the why of Harry/Ginny. It's just, whoo, chest monster! Snogging! and suddenly there is no one for Harry but Ginny. Yes, a great case could be made for why Ginny... but we're never shown it, not in my view. We're just supposed to accept what it told.
All of this came to mind while I was thinking about fandom. Fandom was a huge, huge part of my life for quite a bit of time, and I don't regret any of that time. I gained some fabulous people from it, and it kept me sane in difficult times. I miss it, but I also realize that I can't recapture it, and that I seem to be... losing fandoms? I can't really bear to play in the CSI playground now, and while there are a few hints of things I'd still like to do with HP, I know that I don't have time to RP, as much as I'd love to RP. I know that I don't really have the time to write fic of the length I'd love to write. Maybe someday, again, but not now.
That said, I wish I could RP on occasion. Someone or someones who'd want to play with angry TSW!Harry on occasion, because gee, he's still storming. And, ooh, how much would I love a chance to play with my Lily? I absolutely adore my Lily. I know I can't commit to a game, though. How irritating.
My house is quiet. It's the kind of quiet that once led to fic and RP and all manner of interesting things, but not at present.