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[vid] just to watch you

theoret — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:48:22 GMT

Title: just to watch you
Fandom: Hannibal
Characters: Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham
Spoilers: all of season one
Music: The Great Escape by Moby
Beta: maichan who is 100% the best.
Download: 18mb @ Mediafire
Crosspost: DW | AO3

Password: curious

Just to Watch You on Vimeo.

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[Vid] Sinking Like Stones

theoret — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:42:53 GMT

Title: Sinking Like Stones
Edited by: theoret
Fandom: Hannibal
Characters: Abigail Hobbs, Will Graham
Spoilers: Clips from up to 1x11
Music: Beautiful World by Coldplay
Beta: Thanks to maichan and wanttobeatree for their invaluable comments. <333
Download: 194MB @ Mediafire

Password: beautifulworld

Sinking Like Stones from theoret on Vimeo.

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theoret — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:25:15 GMT

Would anyone be willing to beta watch a Hannibal vid for me?

:)?

?

(It's Will and Abigail centric, and contains minimal cannibalism, but quite a lot of murder.)

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theoret — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:01:31 GMT

Number of vids I made a note of at vidukon to download when I got home: ~90
Number of vids I have downloaded since vidukon: 62
Overlap between these two groups: 14

Ratio of vidukon vids I have downloaded to non-vidukon vids I have downloaded: ~1:3.5

In conclusion: I AM WAY TOO EASILY DISTRACTED BY VIDS YOU GUYS

(The advantage to having been out of the vidding loop for so long is that THERE ARE SO MANY EXCELLENT VIDS FOR ME TO WATCH. The disadvantage to me having been out of the vidding loop for so long is THERE ARE TOO MANY EXCELLENT VIDS FOR ME TO WATCH.)

Fast and Furious 6 reaction post

theoret — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:15:45 GMT

In case the title of this post is not enough of a hint: EXPECT THIS POST TO BE MOSTLY INCOHERENT SCREAMING.

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS FILM SERIES SO MUCH I COULD CRYYYYYY.

AND F&F3 FINALLY HAS A FIXED PLACE IN CONTINUITY! I AM PROBABLY MORE GLAD ABOUT THAT THAT I SHOULD BE. NOT THAT I WANT THREE TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE NOOOOO, HAAAAAN, BB ;____;, BUT AT LEAST NOW IT ISN'T JUST SITTING THERE LOOMING OMINOUSLY. AND BEING IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN TO F&F NEWBIES.

I don't know how and when I ended up so on board with Han/Gisele BUT THEIR GOD DAMN FUCKING TRAGIC LOVE STORY I CAN'T. I realised when they were talking about settling down in Tokyo that the only way things could really be canon compliant is if Gisele were to die (...or fall out of love with Han BUT THAT WAS NEVER AN OPTION SHUT UP) and then she did in the most FUCKING TRAGIC MOMENT. And now I kind of want to rewatch Tokyo Drift and read AN MILLION TRAGIC FEELS into it. Despite the fact the hillaribad of it might distract me from serious emotion. Whatever. HAN/GISELE 4 EVA.

Although naturally Mia/Brian+Brian/Dom remains my OT3 of the series and no other pairing will ever compete for its one true place. Although maybe I could get on board with Mia/Brian+Brian/Dom+Dom/Letty. Mia/Letty can come too. I'LL BE OVER HERE WITH MY POLYSHIPPING. (...BRB, SEDORETU TIME.)

And seriously, this film was a shippy free for all. Rome/Tej was the most in your face obvious ship that I have not already mentioned. But Rome/Brian got a couple of moments. And Rome/Han for that matter. And it's not like Elena/Dom/Letty is much of a stretch. AND OH MY GOD WHO WOULD TURN DOWN MORALLY AMBIGUOUS LETTY/RILEY??? Also Hobbs made eye contact so intense as to be indistinguishable from sexual tension with ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE. Possibly also everything. HAVE I MENTIONED I LOVE THESE FILMS BECAUSE SRSLY.

I have been more or less ignoring everything F&F related so as not to be too excited so I did not know Gina Carano was going to be bringing her excellent face and delightful badassery to this film, nor did I know that half of it was set in London, so those were THE MOST DELIGHTFUL OF SURPRISES.

Also, fun fact about me, I have never been that into Letty? And then in this film I was like "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU LOOK AT HOW THE BEST SHE IS". I don't know how I ever missed it. I LOVE HER. And her ridiculously sexy voice is an excellent match for Dom's ridiculously sexy voice. Together, they seduce everyone! And/or fight crime. And/or commit crime. I AM ON BOARD WITH ANY OF THIS.

(Although as much as I am suddenly in love with Dom/Letty, I still had to stifle a laugh (ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE REST OF THE CINEMA) at his dramatic mid-air rugby tackle rescue of her. Possibly the most ridiculous thing that has yet happened in any F&F film?)

I really need to give this entire series a rewatch. I had forgotten enough that the plot point reminders were EXTREMELY NECCESSARY. (AND JFC THIS SERIES HAS SO MANY CHARACTERS I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE AND WHEN EXACTLY MOST OF THEM WERE INTRODUCED). Plus I can now finally watch Tokyo Drift in its correct chronological position! AND THEN CRY. (I think last time I watched Tokyo Drift was before F&F4 had even come out, and I have SO MANY MORE HAN FEELS NOW THAN I DID THEN.)

I was filled with SO MANY FUCKING EMOTIONS when we saw Dom's house at the end. I didn't even know I remembered what it looked like BUT I DID AND IT LOOKED LIKE HOME. ;__; (...although it made me sad about Jesse and even Vince all over again. I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GATHERED MORE FAMILY, BUT YOU HAVE LOST SO MUCH FAMILY TOO. *clings to everyone*) (*especially Han oh god*)

Guys, um. Um. Jason Statham? I am unreasonably excited by that? I don't even know why, I don't think I've watched a Jason Statham film since Snatch. But somehow I have always been charmed that he went on the become an international action hero? AND NOW HE IS IN MY STUPID AMERICAN CARS AND EXPLOSIONS FILMS? And then people will drive cars and punch each other. *___* MY DELIGHTS WILL BE ENDLESS.

To conclude: I remember when this ~~show~~ film franchise was about ~~community college~~ street racing.

P.S. MY GOODNESS THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A F&F FRANCHISE "LOOK AT ALL THESE AWESOME WOMEN BEING AWESOME" VID.

theoret — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:19 GMT

Things I have done since vidukon:

Started using Dreamwidth, maybe.

Decided I need to go through every single SPN vid I have on my computer and delete the ones that no longer speak to me since having fallen mostly out of love with the show.

Watched 18 of the SPN vids I have, and deleted two.

Started pondering some vidshow ideas for next vidukon, and mentally putting together playlists.

Begun looking into vidding software again.

Tidied about ten vids out of my unsorted vids folder and into my sorted vids folder.

Downloaded some vids that are entirely unrelated to any vid watching or discussion that happened at vidukon.

Things I have not done since vidukon:

Downloaded any of the ~90 vids I marked down on my con booklet that I wanted to download.

WELP.

My personal failiness aside, OMG SUCH A GOOD CON. *__* Watching vids and talking vids and learning about vidding with awesome vid people. I AM SO READY FOR NEXT TIME. :DDD

Vidukon

theoret — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:46 GMT

So if anyone else attending vidukon has decided to come find me: hi! But also, I'm around a lot more frequently on tumblr.

Iron Man 3 reaction post

theoret — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:45:31 GMT

Firstly? GDI, MARVEL, USING THE WORD 'EXTREMIS' AND THEN NOT GIVING US TECHNOPATHIC!TONY IS JUST CRUEL.

That out of the way, OMG I LOVE EVERYTHINGGGG.

THE MANDARIN. I'd sort of resigned myself to the race fail, so the fact they were kind of actually making a dig at the whole 'generically foreign bad guy' thing was KIND OF AMAZING??? IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RIDICULOUS. FOUR FOR YOU.

TONY.

I JUST.

I feel like this film was kind of an answer to the question "Big man in a suit of armour, take that away and what are you?". And it does feel like a fitting place for Tony to be. He built the armour out of a place of vulnerability and fear, and TBH he never really dealt with the underlying issues there. So it makes perfect sense that after such a near death experience, and after a near NY-being-destroyed experience, and after a my-entire-understanding-of-the-world-has-been-turned-upside-down experience, he would need more comfort, and he'd build 40 more suits, and he'd realise those suits could do nothing for his nightmares and his panic attacks. He's been using the suits as an emotional crutch, and he's finally realised that and gone "This just isn't working". I sort of feel like Tony's had this false epiphany where he's gone HAVING LOADS OF ARMOUR ISN'T CURING MY ANXIETY ISSUES, SO I'LL JUST GET RID OF THE ARMOUR AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE, and, obviously, just getting rid of an ineffective coping strategy does not actually cure the underlying issue. But I do think it will force him to confront the underlying issues. I mean, he's implicitly started to look for other strategies already. (Although, Tony, BB, none of the people you trust already are therapists. You can't force them to be, honey. If you want a therapist you are going to have to work on opening up to an unfamiliar person.)

I don't think the person we see at the end of the film is an actually healed Tony. I think an actually healed Tony would look at the IM suit and see a tool he can use or not use, depending on circumstances. Rather than as a comfort he needs access to all the time, or as a crutch he has to get rid of. He'll get there.

I absolutely love that this film gave us a superhero with anxiety issues. And that it was dealt with as an entirely legitmate problem, and wasn't presented as an unreasonable reaction to the circumstances. That he wasn't presented as weak for being afraid, but presented as tough for having to work through/around/with that fear. This is the mainstream representation of mental health problems that I want.

I also love that EVERYONE GOT TO SAVE THE DAY. Tony, JARVIS, Rhodey, Pepper. DAY SAVING ALL AROUND.

PEPPER THOUGH. HOW BADASS WAS THAT? FOREVER BADASS.

TBH, I'm kind of want what happens after this film to be kind of a role reversal of their conversations about the suit previously. Pepper going "I see why you find the suits so hard to give up. What am I going to criticize you for now?" just makes me think of a Pepper who doesn't want to give up the suit. A Pepper for whom the idea of Rescue has started coalescing. And then I want Pepper to start asking Tony to built her a suit. And for Tony (who has decided that the suits are so linked with his anxiety that giving up the suits will get rid of his anxiety) will be like "NO I AM DONE WITH THE SUITS" and Pepper will keep pestering an eventually he'll give in and build her one and have to watch her go out into the field and put herself in harm's way and have no idea how to cope with that. AND THEN SHE WILL UNDERSTAND WHY HE RESISTED GIVING UP THE SUITS FOR HER AND HE WILL UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WISHED HE WOULD.

...SOMETIMES I AM A PEPPER/TONY SHIPPER OKAY.

Speaking of shipping, kjsafjafbbbn n,safjc nm the JARVIS/Tony shipper in me basically spent this whole film crying from joy okay.

I JUST. MY BABIES. MY PRECIOUS BABIES.

WHEN TONY WAS STUCK UNDERWATER AND JARVIS REMOVED THE SUIT'S HAND SO HE COULD PULL TONY OUT.

CRYING FOREVER AND EVER I SHIP YOU SO HARD.

All of Tony's interactions with the suit when he was repairing it in Tennessee basically read as Tony/JARVIS hurt/comfort to me. PRECIOUS.

And this film finally had JARVIS controlling the suits solo! Whenever Tony has been in the suits asking JARVIS to do things with it for him, I have been quietly thinking "...JARVIS could totally fly this thing on his own, couldn't he?" and FINALLY I WAS PROVED RIGHT. *__*

~~NOW TONY SHOULD HAVE SEX WITH JARVIS VIA JARVIS CONTROLLING THE SUIT OKAY? OKAY GOOD~~

~~....I'M STILL NOT A ROBOSEXUAL~~

I also enjoyed the random kid! Even though usually I dislike kids. I think it was because Tony didn't particularly feel the need to coddle him. "You're going to leave me, like my dad did? :(" "Yes." AHAHAHA, I LOVE YOU, YOU ASSHOLE. <3333

UGH, I NEED TO SEE THIS FILM AGAIN ASAP.

I AM SURE I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION ABOUT A BILLION THINGS THAT GAVE ME FEELS.

ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION HOW SEXY IT WAS WHEN TONY INVADED A PLACE WITH A BUNCH OF HOMEMADE WEAPONRY.

AND HOW MUCH I DIED WHEN THE FILM OPENED WITH BLUE (DA BA DEE). 90S NOSTALGIA ALL OVER THE PLACE.

EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I AM SO HAPPY.

*____*

theoret — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:34:17 GMT

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theoret — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:51:46 GMT

Okay, so I have discovered a problem with watching Battlestar Galactica when you are a Dexter fangirl.

And that is that I've reached 2.06, and James Remar has turned up, and I am just finding it very, very hard not to see him as an advice hallucination. I have to keep reminding myself more that one person can see and hear him.

It doesn't actually help that BSG does have advice hallucinations, it's just that he's not one of them.

I might give in and let myself think of him as a hallucination. I HAVE TO CONCENTRATE SO HARD NOT TO.

I AM JUST CONDITIONED TO THINK "ONLY ONE CHARACTER CAN HEAR THIS" AT THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE.

theoret — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:21:05 GMT

I want to read Dexter reaction posts, but no one I follow writes them.

I would write one myself, but afjkafgnkjfdnkjdbkjdvbn

NGL, probably the best thing about the finale was all the potential they built up for exploration of Deb's character next season. Preferably AAAAALLLLL of next season.

theoret — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:40:51 GMT

Firstly, 7x09:

KHAFHBADFGKADF SIRKO

I love how I post a reaction post saying I friendship Dexter-Sirko, despite it being impossibly doomed, and then the VERY NEXT EPISODE: IT'S CANON.

I LOVE THEM I JUST WANT THEM TO KEEP INTERACTING FOREVER

Oh Sirko, I miss you. ;__;

AND NOW: 7x11!

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW

So for my personal brand of being both a Dexter/Hannah and a Dexter/Deb shipper, this episode was BASICALLY PERFECT.

I love that the cool things I see in Dexter are put there intentionally, rather than the sort of accidental mishmash of good and bad and things that were good but were ruined because the writers didn't notice they were there, which TBH is what most of the other shows I watch are like.

So a couple of episodes ago I made a post about the central theme of Dexter being Dexter's need for love and affection, and his struggles with meeting that need. And so in this episode I kind of flailed when Hannah actually used that weakness when trying to manipulate him. "It's like you have something deep down inside of you that you think is undeserving of love!"

I love that we never saw anything that directly contradicted Hannah's story on screen. Don't get me wrong - I think Hannah did it, but the fact we have to look at things from a position of not-quite-certainty increases the impact of Dexter making the decision to turn Hannah in from the same position of not-quite-certainty.

I really enjoyed that Dexter's decision was completely inline with how I see his character. Dexter would do anything for the people who meet his need for love and affection (including premeditated, entirely calm and intentional breaking of the code for Hannah when he killed her dad! \o/), except for allow them to pose any threat to his other sources of love and affection. The only thing that could have made Dexter turn against Hannah was Hannah threatening Debra's life.

TBH, if Debra's mind worked more like Dexter and Hannah's do, it would have actually been a great plan on her part to set the whole thing up herself in order to get rid of Hannah. (I'm just not sure it would occur to our Debra, nor that she would be as confident as I am that Dexter would do that for her.)

So my Dexter/Debra shipper was kind of flailing helplessly because THEY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THEY CAN RELY ON. THEYONLY HAVE EACH OTHER. FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL.

(Deb, pls realise how much Dexter loves you. HE LOVES YOU BEST. HE LOVES YOU SO BEST.)

(Dexter, please realise that YOU SHOULD TOTALLY SEX IT UP WITH DEBRA FTW.)

But this episode also did not make my Dexter/Hannah shipper sad, because UGH SO TRAGIC AND PERFECT. And also in my Dexter/Hannah shipper's mind "You should have killed me" was romantic. >__> LIKE, I AM LEGIT REALLY SAD DEXTER DIDN'T? NOT BECAUSE I WANT HANNAH DEAD, BUT JUST BECAUSE THEIR RELATIONSHIP STARTED ON HIS TABLE AND IT WOULD BE FITTING FOR IT TO END THERE. IDK, him ruining her life any other way just seems kind of insulting.

(Although, TBQH, if Dexter doesn't end up killing Hannah at some point, I will be surprised.)

I really enjoyed that whole thing where LaGuerta thinks Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher, too. Y'know. TO MENTION THAT KIND OF MAJOR PLOT LINE THERE.

I AM WAY EXCITED FOR DEXTER AND DEBRA TRING TO WEASEL THEIR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE, NGL. Dexter is always more enjoyable to watch when someone's on his tail. Especially when they're getting this close.

COOKIES FOR LAGUERTA FOR SETTING UP THAT EXCELLENT BAIT. Dexter, you are kind of stupid for taking it, but I suppose your feelings clouded your judgement.

ALSO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE GUY WHO KNOWS YOU'RE THE BAY HARBOUR BUTCHER, BUT WHO WILL IMPLICATE YOU AS THE BUTCHER IF HE GOES MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING?

SERIOUSLY.

I AM WAITING TO SEE SOME SORT OF EXCEPTIONALLY CLEVER SOLUTION HERE.

Dexter 7x08

theoret — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:26:32 GMT

I just caught up with the latest episode of Dexter and oh my god. I loved it so much I actually at one point cried from joy a little? There were tears.

So basically from now on Skyfall is my example of how to write a gay (/bisexual?) villain in an offensive and stereotype-y way, and this season of Dexter is my example of how to write a gay villain really well. I've seen people squeeing about Silva, but seriously, they just put in the 'gay scene' to make him seem threatening. Whereas Sirko being gay is not what makes him threatening. What makes him threatening is that he is A SCARILY EFFICIENT AND DETERMINED MURDERER. The fact he is gay is what makes him a multidimentional character.

I THINK I MAYBE FRIEND-SHIP DEXTER AND SIRKO NOW? WHOOPS, MOST DOOMED SHIP OF ALL TIME.

I still really fucking love every moment Hannah and Dexter are on screen together. UGH WHEN HE ADMITTED TO HER SIRKO WAS AFTER HIM AND SHE JUST TALKED THROUGH SOME PROBLEM SOLVING POSSIBLITIES WITH HIM RATHER THAN FREAKING OUT. PERFECT. PERFECT.

I really enjoyed seeing Astor and Cody again! :DDD I kind of love Dexter and Deb trying to parent her. She seems like she just needs someone to listen to and accept her, TBH. I hope they actually explore what's going on with her a little more.

Okay, I haven't mentioned it so far, because I cannot contain my excitement but: SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM SCREEEAAAAMM DEB OMFG DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB

THE SHOW IS STILL ACKNOWLEDGING THE INCEST STORYLINE

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

OMG DEB BABY I LOVE YOU

And Jennifer knocked that scene out of the fucking park. ALL THE AWARDS.

Also DEXTER'S FACE.

I JUST WANT HIM TO PROCESS AND THEN RECIPROCATE ;___;

I love everything about the Deb/Dexter/Hannah love triangle. I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT.

Also I retroactively forgive Deb for how she was talking about Lumen a couple of episodes ago, because clearly she was just jealous. *__*

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT JUST TOTALLY DROPPING THIS STORYLINE, SHOW

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I COULD COUNT ON YOUUU

This whole episode was just about all the themes I wanted it to be about. DEXTER'S NEED FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. OTHER CHARACTER'S NEED FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE IN PARALLEL TO DEXTER'S NEED FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. DEXTER AND DEBRA HAVING SUBTEXTUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER WHILE BOTHER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TOPIC. DEB SMOKING WEED.

NOTHING IS BAD AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD

DEXTERRRRR

theoret — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:50:54 GMT

OMFG EVERYTHING IS FUCKING PERFECT I AM GOING TO DIEEEE

I continue to ship Dexter/Hannah.

But also.

Dexter/Debra.

AND THIS EPISODE. WAS SO SHIPPY. *___*

Lately I've been mentally writing meta posts about Dexter and the way he seeks acceptance, and this episode Dexter kind of summed it one line. "She isn't drawn to my darkness like Lila, or blind to it like Rita, and she doesn't need it like Lumen. She accepts both sides of me." Basically the entirity of Dexter has been about Dexter seeking someone who could know about his serial killing and still love him.

Dexter values love so much. The only times Dexter has rejected someone who accepts his dark side has been when they are an active threat to the other people who love Dexter/that Dexter loves, and love is too precious and rare of a thing for him to let people take it away from him.

He rejected Brian in S1 only after Brian threatened Deb.
He rejected Lila in S2 only after Lila threatened Astor and Cody.
He rejected Miguel in S3 when he found out Miguel had been using him rather than genuinely caring for him.
In S4 he tried to replace his need for true acceptance with the loving environment of a 'normal family', but it was his need to kill, and their ignorance of what was going on and the risk they were therefore at, that destroyed that possiblity.
The reason I shipped the crap out of Dexter/Lumen in S5 is that she was the first person to know about his darkness and love him anyway and not threaten anything imoprtant in his life. But, of course, she couldn't live with his darkness forever (UGH MOST BITTERSWEET LOVESTORY I CANNOT EVEN).
(S6 I shall just handwave for the time being, but I could possibly say something about Deb.)

It is absolutely NO SURPRISE to me that the moment Hannah said "Do what you gotta do." to him he suddenly wanted to connect with her so much more than he wanted to kill her. That kind of full on acceptance of his darkness must be completely irresistable to him.

I ship Dexter/Deb because I have always sort of wanted Deb to be the person who truly accepted Dexter. And this season has actually been kind of magical for that ship. You can see how much he wants her to accept him. How much he's willing to try for her. How he'll give up his trophies if it will make his serial killing more acceptable to her. But, obviously, it's been so hard for her to accept. And he's been feeling more and more like maybe she can't be the person who accepts him.

Which is why this episode is so fucking EXCELLENT. Because clearly Hannah is capable of giving Dexter something emotionally that he has been seeking forever. But then Deb out of the blue gives Dexter the ultimate acceptance, she asks him to kill for her. If this had happened before Dexter tried to kill Hannah himself? I am pretty sure nothing could have stopped him from going through with it. But now he has to weigh up one source of care and acceptance against another. It is going to drive him FUCKING CRAZY. Because Deb's love and acceptance is the ultimate prize, but Hannah's is so much more freely given. I could draw parallels with Brian here: this time Deb is the sibling who wants him to kill one of his precious sources of acceptance.

I just.

aslfgjhagalkj

BRB, WRITHING IN A PILE OF EMOTION.

SO MANY SHIPPY FEELS.

SO MANY.

DEB, JUST SINK INTO A DARK WORLD OF SENDING YOUR OWN PERSONAL KILLER AFTER PEOPLE.
DEX, LET KILLERS WALK FREE JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM.

MY KINK IS PEOPLE BETRAYING THEIR OWN MORAL CODES FOR THE SAKE OF A LOVER. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS SEASON IS DOING TO ME.

In which I ship Dexter with everyone

theoret — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:26:21 GMT

jhasfvjkdbjdbkj

!!!!!!!!

GDI THIS SEASON IS JUST KILLING ME

I didn't feel this episode was that Dexter/Deb-y, which was a little sad, but they did PUNCH ME IN THE FACE WITH NOSTALGIC DEXTER/LUMEN FEELS. "I just know." dfhjak I CAN'T I CAN'T I CAN'T

I try not to be a crazy shipper, but I was actually kind of disappointed in Deb for ~not respecting their lurve~. I'M SORRY DEB. I KNOW YOU HAVE WAY MORE REASON TO BE BETRAYED ON RITA'S BEHALF THAN YOU DO TO CARE ABOUT THE DEEP AND TRUTHY BOND OF DEXTER AND LUMEN. But still. THEY WERE PERFECT. "Don't be sorry, your darkness is gone. I'll carry it for you. Always... I'll keep it with mine." WAILS FOREVER. Why can't Deb feel the same way about them now as she did the one time she let them go??? ;______;

Mostly I am just really glad Lumen got mentioned, though. I was kind of waiting for it, in the same way that I'm kind of waiting for Deb to ask how Doakes died at some point. (Seriously. How has she not asked yet? *shakes fist at writers*) And, TBH, I'd feel way more in agreement with Deb judging Dexter for Lila than judging Dexter for Lumen.

Also fuck I am totally shipping Dexter/Hannah. HE JUST NEEDS SOMEONE WHO CAN APPRECIATE HIM FOR HIS SERIAL KILLING, OKAY. ;__; Although I am under no illusions that this will end well. This is going to end horribly badly. Haha, oh Dex. Always shooting yourself in the foot. EVERYTHING WILL GO HORRIBLY WRONG. But I will get to ship you in the mean time, so I DON'T CAAAAARE.

Although I do wish you would stop lying to Deb. Just. STOP LYING TO DEB. STOP LYING TO DEB. STOP.

Also, I was totally interpreting "My life is really fucking complicated." as "Finding out my brother is a serial killer hasn't stopped me from being in love with him nearly as much as I would like."

BRB, ROLLING AROUND IN DEXTER/LUMEN, DEXTER/DEB AND DEXTER/HANNAH FEELS.

I went and saw a Bond movie in the ACTUAL CINEMA what

theoret — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:43:27 GMT

So I went into that intending to ship Bond/Q (BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LOVE ADORABLE NERDS?) and, well, I don't not ship Bond/Q, but mostly now I just want ALL OF THE BOND/M FIC FOREVER.

Seriously I keep shipping het at the moment, I don't know what's up with me. Just. Het ships. Het ships everywhere. And naturally I have picked an age inappropriate het ship with a older woman, so I'm basically expecting, uh, no one else to ship this with me? I went looking for fic, but I just found gen fic that had been labelled Bond/M. LOOK, JUST BECAUSE THE WOMAN IN THIS SHIP IS 77 DOES NOT MEAN THERE CAN'T BE PORN, OKAY.

Speaking of agism, the subversion of it was one of my favourite things about Skyfall. OH HELLO OLD WOMAN IN CHARGE OF MI6, WE THINK YOU SHOULD RETIRE NOW PLSKTHNX. Haha, FUCK THAT. Oh M, you BAMF. <333 And then there was Kincade, so there were basically just older people running around being badasses and giving zero fucks everywhere. Although M making nail bombs was more exciting to me than Kincade, because older men get the opportunity to be badass in fiction waaaay more often that older women. So, y'know, I AM ALL FOR COMBATTING THE INTERSECTION OF AGISM AND SEXISM.

The film was actually pretty sexist TBQH, but I'm giving it a cookie for trying. I mean. Women got to save Bond a couple of times. Most of them were pretty badass. I was a little miffed at Naomie Harris's character being kind of love interest-y and then quitting fieldwork, until we found out she was Moneypenny, and then I was like "...well I guess giving her a background in fieldwork and having half her flirting with Bond being about the time she shot him is an improvement" even though I would kind of like some MI6 female spies who stayed in fieldwork and were badass everywhere and had zero interest in getting in James Bond's pants. SERIOUSLY I JUST WANT TO WATCH WOMEN BEING ALL "LOL, NO, I AM NOT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN YOUR WOMANIZING THNX" TO BOND. I just. Pls. There need to be people around to be unimpressed with him.

I guess to conclude my social justice run down of the film, I felt SUPER INCREDIBLY AWKWARD about the bad guy doing the 'Depraved Homosexul' trope (or depraved bisexual, I guess? But there really wasn't much focus on his interest in women). Seriously? Seriously? ARE WE STILL DOING THIS? SERIOUSLY? WE ARE NOT OVER IT? The only redeeming thing about that was Bond's "What makes you think it's my first time?". Which would be more redeeming if Bond would actually make the moves on a dude from time to time.

Moving on from the social justice, here are some bullet points:

I REALLY ENJOYED THE CINEMATOGRAPHY
SRSLY CAN I JUST MARRY THE LIGHTING?
Colouuurrsss.
Also, I would like a pet CGI komodo dragon, pls. Those things were ADORABLE. Adorable. ♥__♥
Y U DIE, M? ;____; I really wanted / was kind of expecting that to be a fake out. Sadness.
A+++ London Underground, would chase scene again.
SLIDING DOWN THE ESCALTORRR.
IRL they have barriers to stop you doing that. I'm a little disappointed they didn't have them in the film and then have Bond and Silva attempting to hop them while sliding down.
I enjoyed how cracky the film was. Delighted giggling everywhere! I thought they balanced the SRS DRAMA with the LULZY RIDICULOUSNESS pretty well. There were lots of times the whole cinema cracked up.
Although I'm pretty sure I was the only one desperately trying to stifle laughter during the 'decoding Silva's encrption' scene. WHAT. WHAT WAS EVEN HAPPENING THERE. LOLOLOL SO RIDICULOUS I DON'T.
P.S. Dear MI6, please learn what a closed network is and where it is appropriate to use one. (For you gas supply, for example. Or when trying to crack a hostile machine.)
I liked how a helicopter crashed into a stone building and then THE WHOLE THING EXPLODED. With no explanation whatsover! Because stone is so flammable. PERFECTION. PERFECTION I TELL YOU.
(Although it did kind of make my brother sad, because he was shipping Kincade/Skyfall)
BONDDDD. Being an orphan. Having mummy issues everywhere with M. I CANNOT. NOW DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS THROUGH SEX ~~WITH M~~.

Dexter 7x04

theoret — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:02:05 GMT

UGH JESUS THIS SEASON OF DEXTER IS SO FUCKING GOOD

So this is basically me every time Dexter and Debra interact with each other:

I just. I SHIP THEM SO HARD OH MY GOD.

And I am really glad they haven't totally dropped the 'Debra is in love with Dexter' storyline. I mean, obvs her feelings about him are not the same, but. Asdkjsfghbsg. HER DREAM. SO CREEPY AND PERFECT YES.

Last week I was feeling that they came to the 'Debra decides to let Dexter continue serial killing' point too fast, but (although I still would have enjoyed having her keep up her attempts to cure him longer) I am actually kind of on board with how they're handling her ambivalence. Like. She's not going to turn him in, but she still kind of isn't actually cool with it at all. Even when she's glad he killed someone, she hates herself for it. I'm enjoying how much inner conflict we're getting from her.

DEXTER GAVE UP HIS SLIDES. I actually found that scene really sad? Which is kind of fucked up, but TBH, what do I expect watching Dexter. Just. Dexter. :( Your precious memories. OTOH, it shows how much he desperately desperately wants Deb to keep loving him and I can't I can't actually dying of feelings oh my god. Basically. He just. ;__; HE REALLY WANTS HER TO ACCEPT HIM. HE WANTS TO BE THERE FOR HER. HE WANTS HER TO BE THERE FOR HIM. HE'S WILLING TO TRY TO CHANGE FOR HER.

Will you be mine?

jsafgjkafgjkaknj

Although clearly my favourite line from the episode was: "EVERYTHING is in my control!!". Because. Oh Dexter honey. YOU REALISE HOW CRAZY YOU SOUND, RIGHT? You are just showing off all of your massive massive issues here. <3333

Also, I'm feeling more interested in the Russian mob plot this week than I was last week. Which I am glad of! Carry on, Russian mob plot.

theoret — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:20:31 GMT

Oh god, I'm getting the urge to watch The Social Network again.

Someone please tell me this is a terrible idea and that the ending will not have gotten any happier since last time I watched.

;__;

This is not a Supernatural post

theoret — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:34:50 GMT

So my reaction to Supernatural this week ended up mostly just being "NO. NO. SAM. WHY. SAM. A PICNIC? SERIOUSLY? BUT WHY IS THE DOG CALLED RIOT??? OH MY GOD WHO IS WRITING THIS SOMEONE HIT THEM REPEATEDLY WITH A BOOK ON CHARACTERISATION."

So I think I'll just leave it at that to be honest. UGH. SPN. Why do I even watch you?

OTOH, I am throughly enjoying Arrow and you should all watch it too! GUYS. It's about a dude deciding to become a vigilante after being stranded on an island for five years. He is all feral and PTSD-y. WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE? Also, the main character has excellent slashy chemistry with his bodyguard and excellent incesty chemistry with his sister. Also he keeping doing kind of delightful workout routines while shirtless.

UGH GOD COULD THIS SHOW DELIGHT ME MORE?

Archeryyy! YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE.

I am enjoying so much that arrows are actually killing people in this. ARROWS: THEY KILL PEOPLE. I also find it mildly hilarious how much of a serial killer Oliver is? Like. Seriously. Dude. I think you need to work on being more stealthy and murdering less of the henchmen. SOME OF THOSE HENCHMEN PROBABLY HAVE FAMILIES YOU KNOW. Whatevs, it is basically great. HI I'M BACK FROM MY JAUNT ON A DESERTED ISLAND, BRB, GOING ON A KILLING SPREE. Oh show, what even is your morality? <333

I could basically watch Ollie ducking Dig's bodyguarding foreverrrr. Haha, oh Dig. You put up with so much shit. I also like how they're developing the potential for the two to relate. Five years on an island vs five years of Afganistan. "Home is a battlefield. Back home they're all trying to get you. Get you to open up. Be somebody you're not sure you are anymore." UGH UGH FEELS. PLEASE JUST HOOK UP AND HAVE EMOTIONS AT EACH OTHER? And then Dig got to see some of Ollie's mad skills! YES. YES. SEDUCE EACH OTHER WITH SEXY COMPETENCE. PERFECT.

Also, just for the record, I enjoy how angry Laurel Dinah Lance is. YOU GO BE PISSED OFF AT INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD. ALSO AT OLLIE. Although I do not ship her with Ollie and will NEVER BE PERSUADED TO. Sorry show. Mostly I just want her to canonically hook up with the women she works with. And then she and Ollie can be friends. Eventually.

P.S. PLS CONTINUE HAVING LOTS OF SCENES WHERE OLLIE AND HIS SISTER BOTH HAVE LOTS OF EMOTIONS AND THEN I SHIP THEM. THX.

theoret — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:12:25 GMT

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING VERONICA MARS FOR THE FIRST TIME

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD REC ME FIX-IT FIC

OR AT LEAST OFFER ME COMMISERATIONS

teevees

theoret — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:18:58 GMT

BARNEY/MRS. BUCKMINSTER IS NOW OFFICIALLY MY SECOND FAVOURITE BARNEY SHIP AFTER BARNEY/ROBIN

ASDDFGDS THAT WAS SO EXCELLENT HIMYM HOW ARE YOU STILL SO GREAT

That was basically great apart from all the Cas parts which I mostly ignored. (Except the "DUHEEEAN DUHEEEAAN NWUAH" part which sounded and looked SO RIDICULOUS and made Tree and I cackle like loons. We rewatched it about eight times and still couldn't stop laughing.)

KEVIN'S MUM OMFG SHE IS PERFECT

Also, being in possesion of one age gap kink, I have been more or less entirely on board with Sam/Kevin, Dean/Kevin and/or Sam/Dean/Kevin since Kevin first showed up. This episode I was mostly seeing subtext for Dean/Mrs. Tran (I AM SORRY BUT DEAN CLEARLY HAS A CRUSH) and Sam/Kevin, though. ASDFGHJ THE ENTIRE TATTOO PART. Dean was so impressed by Mrs. Tran! Sam showed off his tattoo (ALWAYS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS)! The fucking FACE Sam was wearing when he looked Kevin up and down after showing off his tattoo asdfssda UNFF. And then the fact Sam/Kevin was at the front of my mind meant that in the scene in that antique(?) shop where Mrs. Tran is a GIGANTIC FUCKING BAMF when Sam does mental maths and Mrs. Tran looks at him like "Huh. You are smart and I respect that" I was totally thinking about how maybe Sam could win her approval for his relationship with Kevin because he's a mathelete and he was training to be a lawyer before he had to go save the world. AND THEN I WAS LIKE "GOSH I AM THE WORST HUMAN BEING". Haha. Shut up.

Also, no Kevin and his mum are both in on things, does that mean the Trans can now legitimately say "Saving people, hunting things, the family business"? MAN I WANT THEM TO GO BE A MOTHER-SON HUNTING TEAM SO MUCH.

SAM AND MJOLNIR OMG. We were given no direct evidence to the contrary, so I choose to believe that Sam kept Mjolnir. I mean, it doesn't even make sense to leave Mjolnir behind where it might fall into the wrong hands. So obvs Sam must have taken Mjolnir. NOTHING WILL CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.

Also obviously the Mjolnir thing lead to Tree and I having a conversation about Thor being all upset about Mjolnir going missing and then him and Sif and the warriors three just turning up in Sam and Dean's hotel room at some point to claim Mjolnir back. And Sam and Dean don't pay attention to the news which isn't mysterious deaths, so they have somehow missed that there were gods involved in that superheroes battle aliens in New York thing which went down a while back, so Sam is just like "GODS? NOPENOPENOPE, PROBABLY HERE FOR THE SAKE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE AND/OR OTHER GENERAL EVIL" and picks up Mjolnir to defend himself, and then Thor is all "YOU ARE WORTHY OF WEILDING MY HAMMER? TRULY, YOU MUST BE A NOBLE WARRIOR! I ASK THAT YOU RETURN IT TO ME, BUT FIRST, WE MUST DINE AND TELL TALES OF OUR GREAT BATTLES!" and Sam and Dean are all "...WAT." (But naturally nothing can resist the will of Thor, so they become BFFs and then end up hanging with the Avengers at some point and Sam and Dean have literally no idea how to deal with the whle thing.)

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO CONCLUDE THIS SPN REACTION:

So I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this so, but so far IT IS PRETTY GREAT.

I am glad the Green Arrow is actually killing people, because TBQH I have always found the idea of heroes who use archery not killing people a little ridiculous. THAT'S WHAT BOWS AND ARROWS DO, GUYS.

It started with a low saturation flashback of Oliver running through some trees, and Tree and I were both like "...purgatory?", which made it kind of hilarous when about twenty seconds later Ollie's voiceover explained that the name of the island was Mandarin for purgatory. PURGATORY: TURNS OUT IT'S JUST SOME ISLAND.

Tree and I basically just spent the episode seeing subtext everywhere. Thus far, the ships we are most interested in:

Ollie/Dig - ALL OF THE CRACKY ADORABLE FLUFF PLS. I basically just want Dig running around after Ollie trying to bodyguard him while Ollie runs off to do dangerous things FOREVEEER. It is possible Tree and I had a conversation about the Queen family going for a nice calming walk in the woods somewhere at somepoint, and then Ollies feral instincts kicking in and him runing off and leaping through the trees while Dig chases after him. THIS IS IN NO WAY RIDICULOUS.

Ollie/his sister whose name I have forgotten - I AM NOTHING IF NOT PREDICTABLE. I basically want all the fucked up people to sleep with their siblings. SORRY I'M NOT SORRY. Buuut I basically love dirty fucked up incest ships. Ollie comes home and they are both so different from how they remember one another and then AWKWARD SEXUAL ATTRACTION. Also his friend being all "You notice how hot your sister got?" followed by Oliver NOT ACTUALLY SAYING ANYTHING totally left me room to reinterpret.

One sided Ollie's friend whose name I have forgotten > Ollie - TOTALLY. HAS. A CRUSH. So our headcanon is that he always had a secret crush on Ollie before the whole island thing, and he always looked up to Ollie for his cool party animal ways and basically wanted to emulate him, and now that Ollie has come back and isn't that person anymore his BFF doesn't know how to properly reconnect with him or what he is supposed to do given that he and Oliver spend five years changing in opposite directions. And then he has TRAGIC CONFUSED UNREQUITED LOVE.

Although obviously we are going to have to watch more than one episode to see if any of these parings have staying power.

Also, the Queen family house keeper? We have decided she can be Oliver's Alfred. \o/

In conclusion: ARCHERY! MENTALLY SCARRED PEOPLE! MURDER! Everything is delightful.

Dexter 7x02

theoret — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:15:57 GMT

So was I the only one whose immediate reaction to this episode was to want Dom!Deb/Dexter BDSM fic? Yes? Well okay then.

(BUT SERIOUSLY I JUST. I CANNOT.)

Also, I have these really awkward conflicty feelings where I just want Dexter to tell Deb the truth about everything and not sneak around at all, but I would also really like Dexter to kill Louis (and I have NEVER wanted Dexter to kill outside of the code before).

Mainly I am dealing with these conflicty feelings by hoping that Dexter just needs more practise at being honest (he's not used to it! it's understandable!) and that he'll improve as time goes on, but also by figuring that it's not unusual to have a relapse when quitting an addiction, so I'm kind of also hoping Louis kills someone at some point and then he will fit the code and can be Dexter's relapse. And then after that Dexter can succeed at quitting and he and Deb can live happily ever after.

And they can get a bigger shower. >__>

NGL, in the scene where Deb was all "If we're going to do this, then we're going to do it all the way: we're going to eat together, we're going to watch TV together" I was totally expecting her to add "we're going to sleep together" and then have to awkwardly clarify. AND THEN I WOULD HAVE SQUEALED A SHIPPY SQUEAL. But the shower line was perhaps even better, given that it came from Dexter. I JUST WANT THE INCEST FEELINGS TO BE MUTUALLL.

And bonus points for having the prisoner guy assume they were a couple, show. Like, I don't think you're likely to address the 'Deb was in love with Dexter' thing head-on this season, BUT I CAN LIVE WITH CONTINUED SLY REFERENCES.

So basically I am mostly loving everything. Although given that I know next season is the last, I am kind of battling this growing sense of sadness. Because they just can't give a serial killer show a happy ending. Nope. Can't do it. If they tried, it wouldn't really be an ending. So I'm sitting here hoping Dexter gets cured, when I basically know it's totally inevitable that he will die/get caught in 22 episodes' time.

GDI, I know there really isn't and has never been Dexter fic, but I am just goddamn hoping that come the end of the show some writers will crawl out of the cracks and make fix-it fic. Because I don't know if I'll be able to cope without it.

DEXTER. DEB. MY POOR BABIES. I WANT ONLY NICE THINGS FOR YOU. ;__;

Supernatural 8.01

theoret — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:03:29 GMT

Tree and I watched 8.01 the other day, fully intending to hate it, but damn it, I REALLY KIND OF LIKED IT.

Here is a reaction post I guess?

I'd been spoiled for Sam settling down instead of looking for Dean, and while I think it is OOC as fuck, and would really love some kind of explanation that made it make sense, I don't expect one. It's SPN. I have literally no expectations when it comes to character consistency.

Basically how I am choosing to approach Sam's over-hiatus behaviour is that some shitty writers from an alternate universe mind controlled him into not searching for Dean (or Kevin), and one effect of the mind control is that he does not realise he has been mind controlled and thinks it was his idea all along.

Other than Sam's ridiculous, bad-writing-mind control between S7 and S8, I felt like everything in the episode was more or less IC-ish. Which, given my expectations based on the spoilers, I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH.

Although, dear god, if Sam gave up hunting in order to look after a dog, we had better get some fucking puppy cuddles out of it. I AM JUST SAYING. ONE PETTING SCENE IS NOT ENOUGH.

Dean-covered-in-dirt-and-blood looks a) very season one and b) VERY HOT. Approved all around!

I have basically zero interest in Dean having very-special-male-friends-who-have-less-(or-no)-interest-in-Sam. Just. Whatever. I DON'T CARE. So I am just waiting for Benny to die, TBH. Although I'm expecting to have to wait a while and endure at least one or two resurrections, given that Benny is not a woman.

AT LEAST CASTIEL ISN'T AROUND FOR THE TIME BEING?

(Warning: I am basically so done with SPN I am not going to hide any of my hate anymore. So, y'know, expect my reaction posts to potentially contain hate for Castiel and/or angels-on-SPN-in-general. And possibly references to my strong feelings that SPN jumped the shark at the beginning of season four. If you have any squee left that might be harshed, then you might want to avoid my reactions? IDK.)

I enjoy Kevin, though! HE CAN STAY.

What else. Sam and Dean hugged, that is always great. I also liked their whole pre-hugging exchange. Where Dean was all SAFETY FIRST and Sam was all WILL YOU HURRY UP AND LET ME HUG YOU?

As soon as Sam went "When was the last time you slept?" it became my headcanon that sleep just doesn't exist in purgatory.

And as soon as it became my headcanon that there is no such thing as sleep in purgatory, I was all: naturally Dean has totally forgotten how the going to sleep process works, and of his own accord would just keep going until he collapses of exhaustion, so Sam has to force him to go to bed. And then Sam appoints himself in charge of managing Dean's sleeping habits.

...and then from there it got a little TPE BDSM-y.

So basically where is all the fic where over the hiatus Dean has gone feral and Sam has developed his nurturing feral animals skills and then Sam has to nurture Dean until he is more tame? (SRSLY, I DEMAND THAT THIS EXIST AND THAT THE DOG SAM HIT WAS FERAL AND THAT THERE ARE PARALELLS.)

(I WANT THIS BECAUSE OF REASONS)

Other things I want: Sam and Dean ride around in the front seat, Kevin and Sam's dog ride around in the back seat, they are the most ridiculous neuclear family together! (Kevin complains about the music! Sam and Dean tell him to shut his cake hole! Dean wants to forbit the dog from being in the car but after he met the dog he accidentally ended up to in love with it to enforce the rule! Kevin has to deal with it is the dog ever gets too excitable while they are driving! EVERYTHING I WANT FROM THIS SHOW IS RIDICULOUS.)

SO IT SEEMS I AM WATCHING SPN FOR NOW?

But to be honest I am expecting to start hating it again at any moment.

I think beyond low expectations is really the best approach to SPN for me.

Dexter 7.01

theoret — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:36:11 GMT

OMGGGGGGGG

I am actually dying from having to wait for 7.02.

I just. asfdafhjbafbkafbh

DEBRA. DEXTER.

OMG

I have been basically waiting for this moment since I started watching.

How the fuck is Deb going to deal with the fact that her dad was in on Dexter's killing? And, TBH, if she doesn't actually find out everything this season, I will probably die of frustration. DEB. She deserves to know Dexter's real role in their dad spending so much time focussed on Dexter/their Dad's suicide/the whole Ice Truck killer thing/PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG IN DEB'S LIFE.

OTOH, I will never be able to not root for Dexter, so I don't want her to turn him in.

Annnnd I love their relationship, so I don't want her to hate him forever.

Basically my ideal for this season would be Deb to have no idea how to deal with this situation, and decide to put off making a decision about turning Dexter in while she deals, and then for the entire season to focus on Deb's process of dealing and her relationship with Dexter. (...and then for Deb and Dexter to hook up. >__> OKAY THAT IS UNLIKELY BUT I JUST SHIP THEM SO HARD OKAY.)

I mean, Dexter is the person Deb goes to when she wants to talk through stuff, and when she wants support and help dealing, and when she wants comfort. So she's going to have to deal with the internal conflict of freaking out about Dexter being a serial killer, and her ingrained reaction to look to Dexter for support while she gathers her thoughts and feelings.

Obviously they could just bypass that conflict by having Deb just cut Dexter off completely and then have to look for other support while she copes. But I would be way more interested in her asking Dexter's advice out of habit and then having no idea what to do with Dexter's response. Obviously if she asks Dexter if she should turn him in he's say no, and she's going to discover that her Dad also, obviously, wouldn't turn Dexter in, and who else does she look up to that she can seek advice from?

Debbb<333

UGH DEXTER HOW ARE YOU SUCH A GREAT SHOW

theoret — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:04:16 GMT

Considerering I heard the news about Warp Drives maybe being less impossible than previously thought today, it seems like the perfect time to rec this vid:

Starships by bironic
(multifandom)

It is basically the most delightful celebration of space and the concept of hurtling through it at ridiculous speeds, and possibly blowing some things up (and also maybe inventing ball games / fucking people / gambling / falling over / drinking alcohol / fencing) while you're there, that I have ever seen.

Just.

SPACE.

HAPPINESS.

SPACESHIPS DANCING.

THINGS BLOWING UP.

PRETTY LIGHTS AND COLOURS.

I firmly believe you should watch this vid if you enjoy enjoying things.