Essays that I may write one day -

[butterfly]

Lord of the Rings

Sunlight and Starlight - How Rosie and Frodo complement each other, and what Sam's choices mean in the whole thing. The sun, of course, being but the nearest star. Also, comparing the two is a bit like comparing an apple tree to a diamond, and a lot like comparing earth to light.

Angel: the Series

What We Once Were - Angel pretty much causes his own misery, the poor sod. Most of the Angel characters do. Generally, they do get what they deserve. Or at least what they earn.

Smallville

Primary Colors - The development of Superman, how Clark learns and grows over time, and the general absence of yellow.

Violet and Violence - The downfall of Lex, the importance of purple as the mix of blue and red, what it means to be a mutant, and why he can't attact any good women.

The Man of Tomorrow - The compare and contrast of the element of Metropolis (Lex, Chloe) against that of Smallville (the Kents, Pete, Lana), and why Clark Kent doesn't belong in Smallville in the end.

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

that's the beauty of Angel, the way everyone fucks up. *fangirl squee*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Mmhmm. They're currently getting the 'rewards' of last year's actions. It's a fascinating thing to watch. Very interesting.

[luminosity]

For me, one of the joys of watching Angel is that he manages to fuck it up all the time, in spite of his best efforts, and he suffers so very well.

Smallville? I've made one vid to SV and will make more, simply based upon the primary (DC Comics) color palette of blue, red, yellow. That palette was the first thing I noticed about the show after my sharp intake of breath upon seeing the leads. heh I hadn't noticed the general absence of yellow; AAMOF I see it all around--the lighting, b/g for The Talon, the Kents' kitchen, etc., only not in the wardrobe. Would you care to elaborate?

Of course Lex would be purple--not only a color of passion and royalty, but a mix of two primaries--something Clark cannot ever really fathom. In my fanwanky opinion of course.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

For me, one of the joys of watching Angel is that he manages to fuck it up all the time, in spite of his best efforts, and he suffers so very well.

Yeah. He's good at the suffering. And the brooding.

I hadn't noticed the general absence of yellow; AAMOF I see it all around--the lighting, b/g for The Talon, the Kents' kitchen, etc., only not in the wardrobe. Would you care to elaborate?

Should have been more specific, but I was rushing as I was typing - it's a Clark-specific essay, and it's his yellow that I was missing. There's plenty of yellow around Clark, but not much on him. Pete tends to wear yellow, but not Clark.

Of course Lex would be purple--not only a color of passion and royalty, but a mix of two primaries--something Clark cannot ever really fathom. In my fanwanky opinion of course.

In a way, Superman is about the pushing away of mixing colors - Clark can understand secondary colors, but he can't let himself as Superman live outside the primaries. In a way, Clark divides his life into splashes of color and shades. As both superhero and as journalist, he places himself outside life, but in different ways.