Things I Love (at this moment)

[butterfly]

Still not very good with actual interaction at the moment -- I'll try to respond to people in something less than an insanely long time after they commented (though that window is steadily shrinking and may already be gone) but I'm not there yet.

So, instead, I give you five things that are touching my heart at this moment:

These Two Arms -- a Xena/Gabrielle vid by killabeez. It's really beautiful and very accessible -- I haven't seen more than a handful of Xena episodes and this vid made complete emotional sense. The colors are particularly gorgeous and the relationship between the two principles is intensely lovely.

Hercules and Iolaus -- I've moved Hercules up in my netflix queue so that I can watch it in order already (I've had it up there before, but then other things took precedence and H:tLJ got shuffled on down the list. As SG-1 will be on hiatus soon, I figure I may get the time to watch it.). Because they're sweet and they're totally RST as opposed to UST, which is really nice for a break sometimes.

Sam Carter -- In my two-year crash course of SG-1 I've been indifferent to her (S1; S7), enjoyed her (S2-S3), disliked her (S4-S6) and even managed all three during various points of S8. Since her return in S9, I've discovered some deeply affectionate feelings for her. Pending further evaluation, I may now love her. As this tends to be a permanent condition once acquired, serious consideration is required before I fully commit to a position.

RENT -- Because passion is something I find intensely admirable and because Jonathan Larson really did hit on some of what I really do feel are truths about the strength of love, the fragility of life, the beauty of the ever-changing now. Because treating something sympathetically is not the same as romanticizing it. Because none of us are alone, we just think we are because we have our eyes closed, because we choose fear instead of love.

Original Recipe Boomer -- a.k.a. Hero Boomer; a.k.a. Sleeper Boomer; a.k.a. Chief's Boomer. Back during S1, I was most captured by Boomer's story. She broke my heart, desperately wanting this one thing not to be true, wanting to be human with everything inside her, so afraid of what she might to that she wanted to put a gun in her mouth. Though I'm quite fond of Sharon (a.k.a. Mother Boomer; a.k.a. Runaway Boomer; a.k.a. Helo's Boomer, but mostly Sharon), I've always been much more attached to Boomer.

Comments

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

It *is* a lovely vid (I promised frogspace to watch it, and wasn't disappointed), despite the fact I don't watch Xena.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I know only the most basic things (I kept blinking and thinking things like, "huh, when does Gabrielle cut her hair?" when it seems like that was over a substantial portion of the series, but yeah, it really works well, even knowing very little.

[danamaree.livejournal.com]

Xena is my first fandom, and it's the fandom that has had the biggest impact on me, even after all those years.

That show ripped out my heart, stomped on it and then put it back again, over and over and the ending broke my heart.

I think...it's the same/similar to the feelings you have for Buffy. You never forget these things, and the life experiences you had at the time.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

First heartbreaks of any kind are tough to forget. And after seeing the vid, I now know that that's Gabrielle in that icon, which I hadn't before. So, that's neat.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Ah, Original Boomer. I was so glad we saw her again, because like you, I thought her story was incredibly tragic. One of the many reasons I adored Downloaded was the way it gave Boomer hope again.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Yes, now she has something positive in her life, instead of the truly depressingness of 'fuck, I'm an unwilling traitor to the people I love'.

[blueswan9.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reccing the Xena vid. I'd never have seen it without your mention.

Also, Boomer (ORB-*g*) is a particular favourite of mine as well.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's a really good vid.

Boomer is all kinds of neat (and it doesn't hurt that I think that Grace Park is very pretty).

[cracknanny.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the Xena vid link! And Hercules! Before I was into Buffy, Hercules and Xena were my two big fandoms, and you're right. Hercules and Iolaus are completely sweet and totally RST.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful vid. I'm glad I was able to point it out to a few people who might have missed it otherwise.

Hercules was a lot more into complete crack than Buffy was, but since that was pretty much part of the premise of the show, it worked well for it.

[librarianstales.livejournal.com]

Boobies!

Oh, there's text to this post?

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hee!