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A List of Things Recently Seen:
1. On the Way Home -- Real Life
So, every night when I drive home from work, I pass a church. Said church has one of those outside billboard things that changes regularly. Recently, it has been saying 'few people have ever repented of silence'.
This strikes me as a horribly short-sighted thing to say. There are many occasions when silence is the wrong response. If something immoral/unethical/illegal is going on, it is wrong to stay silent about it. I mean, hello, 'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'.
I mean, they probably don't mean "don't rock the boat" there, but that's still how it sounds to me every time that I read it.
2. Straight Bar -- Queer as Folk (UK)
There is a moment of perfect music on QaF (UK). Well, more than one, but this one is priceless. So, Vince goes to a straight bar and it is his first time in a straight bar. And the song that is playing? Game of Love.
I will quote the relevant lyric for you: The purpose of a man is to love a woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man.
How perfect is that? Vince is in the straight bar, everyone assumes that he's straight, too, because he's in the closet at work, and, of course, as the song reminds us -- the natural assumption is that he's straight. Because that's 'normal' and that's, well, the way it is. The purpose of a man is to love a woman. And Vince's presence there reminds us that the song is complete bullshit.
3. Last Six Minutes -- Queer as Folk (US)
So, I've downloaded and watched what I've been told is the last six minutes of QaF (US) ever.
As someone who quit watching because the Brian and Justin show was making her roll her eyes so hard they were getting stuck (and because she really did hate Debbie that much), I was pretty happy. I mean, it's no QaF (UK), but it never was. It was a soap. And I do like soaps when, well, I like the characters. I find Brian interesting, I really like Michael, and think that Emmett is all kinds of adorable.
I never liked Justin. And I've since discovered that this is not Nathan bleed over, because I do like Nathan in Series 2 of QaF (UK). Because he grows up and gets over his crush and discovers that who he is may be a bit of a prick, but a cute one. Now, I've no idea if Justin managed this before the final episode of QaF (US) because, to my immense delight, he isn't in the last six minutes at all. Still, he hadn't managed to get anywhere in the episodes that I did watch.
I was also pleased not to see Debbie (if she is there, she's subtle... and that makes me doubt that she's there, because of the many things that Debbie is, she's very much not subtle). Because I really did hate her. God, so much. I wanted to go back in time and have someone take Michael away from her as a child so that he wouldn't have so many self-esteem issues and wouldn't have a 'mommy' who treats him like a very dumb five year old (and who prefers young twinks to her own son... seriously, flames on the side of my face. Any mom who does shit like that hits the bottom of the list in my book. Unless your child is actually a spawn of evil, you damn well should love him best, thank you. And maybe even then. And this is not something that I am at all rational about.). I just... so much hate.
So, all the Michael/Brian stuff was so sweet and BFF! Just. Adorable. This time around, Michael was the one to pull Brian up! Mirroring the roof scene in the first season! Aw! And the kiss. And then Michael leaves Brian to be king and goes and kisses Ben, and it was cute! And I loved the song (which is probably relevant in a way that I've forgotten). And Brian ends the way we met him! Dancing in Babylon. Aw!
*is such a sucker for closed circles*
So, much love for the last six minutes. No idea what happens before that, but I'm fine with that.
So, every night when I drive home from work, I pass a church. Said church has one of those outside billboard things that changes regularly. Recently, it has been saying 'few people have ever repented of silence'.
This strikes me as a horribly short-sighted thing to say. There are many occasions when silence is the wrong response. If something immoral/unethical/illegal is going on, it is wrong to stay silent about it. I mean, hello, 'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'.
I mean, they probably don't mean "don't rock the boat" there, but that's still how it sounds to me every time that I read it.
2. Straight Bar -- Queer as Folk (UK)
There is a moment of perfect music on QaF (UK). Well, more than one, but this one is priceless. So, Vince goes to a straight bar and it is his first time in a straight bar. And the song that is playing? Game of Love.
I will quote the relevant lyric for you: The purpose of a man is to love a woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man.
How perfect is that? Vince is in the straight bar, everyone assumes that he's straight, too, because he's in the closet at work, and, of course, as the song reminds us -- the natural assumption is that he's straight. Because that's 'normal' and that's, well, the way it is. The purpose of a man is to love a woman. And Vince's presence there reminds us that the song is complete bullshit.
3. Last Six Minutes -- Queer as Folk (US)
So, I've downloaded and watched what I've been told is the last six minutes of QaF (US) ever.
As someone who quit watching because the Brian and Justin show was making her roll her eyes so hard they were getting stuck (and because she really did hate Debbie that much), I was pretty happy. I mean, it's no QaF (UK), but it never was. It was a soap. And I do like soaps when, well, I like the characters. I find Brian interesting, I really like Michael, and think that Emmett is all kinds of adorable.
I never liked Justin. And I've since discovered that this is not Nathan bleed over, because I do like Nathan in Series 2 of QaF (UK). Because he grows up and gets over his crush and discovers that who he is may be a bit of a prick, but a cute one. Now, I've no idea if Justin managed this before the final episode of QaF (US) because, to my immense delight, he isn't in the last six minutes at all. Still, he hadn't managed to get anywhere in the episodes that I did watch.
I was also pleased not to see Debbie (if she is there, she's subtle... and that makes me doubt that she's there, because of the many things that Debbie is, she's very much not subtle). Because I really did hate her. God, so much. I wanted to go back in time and have someone take Michael away from her as a child so that he wouldn't have so many self-esteem issues and wouldn't have a 'mommy' who treats him like a very dumb five year old (and who prefers young twinks to her own son... seriously, flames on the side of my face. Any mom who does shit like that hits the bottom of the list in my book. Unless your child is actually a spawn of evil, you damn well should love him best, thank you. And maybe even then. And this is not something that I am at all rational about.). I just... so much hate.
So, all the Michael/Brian stuff was so sweet and BFF! Just. Adorable. This time around, Michael was the one to pull Brian up! Mirroring the roof scene in the first season! Aw! And the kiss. And then Michael leaves Brian to be king and goes and kisses Ben, and it was cute! And I loved the song (which is probably relevant in a way that I've forgotten). And Brian ends the way we met him! Dancing in Babylon. Aw!
*is such a sucker for closed circles*
So, much love for the last six minutes. No idea what happens before that, but I'm fine with that.