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beccaelizabethI watched the Angel episode Darla.
I'd say something about Lindsey but mostly I'm just watching him very closely and wondering if it's <3 or more like barn owls with movement. Boy is fascinating. And not quite right, even when he tries. Which is seldom.
He's one of the ones I try and rewrite in my head. Probably because pretty. But also because he's just so close sometimes, and then...
Most interesting in this episode is how it's the flip side of what we've seen already with Buffy. Fool for Love was originally on before this, so the flip, it is immediate. And Spike looks such an idiot from this angle, not least because self centered and self aggrandising. But who isn't, telling their greatest hits? Spike and Dru are their own little universe of two, not even noticing what's up with Angelus. And Angel... Angel makes sense, trying to get back to what he always knew, trying to get what he wanted with maybe the minimum guilt. It's a war anyway so hey, murderers everywhere, soup's on. But it don't half fuzzy up the Angel/us divide, because you can't argue that Angelus is the murderer, not from here on out.
This episode feels intricate, like you could turn it over for ages and find new details.
The way Angel treats Lindsey stands out. Hanging the guy just for information? What's he done that Angel knows of, to deserve that? Well be in Angel's way. And I like how he was phoning Angel anyway. Gave Angel pause. But then he threatens to come back anyway, because what, feels like it?
I'm not saying Lindsey's any in the right just because Angel's in the wrong, but he's pretty clearly wrong side right there.
Lindsey and Darla is twisty interesting. Lindsey's the one pointing out Angel would never take advantage of her in that state, right after Lindsey's all over her. So she's something to him, something important, enough he don't mind her biting, and he takes risks with his employer who shoots people in the head. But, in his own mind, he's exploiting her. Could be straight up lust, but there's something twistier to my mind, something that ties in to how Angel is with her, how she's trying to be with him. When you care about someone you care about who you are to them, who you can be. He knows he's no white knight, but here's this lady he called back to life, saved in a way, and this is the one he latches on to.
He tries, sometimes, so hard.
And then.
And then I go right back to shallow again, and notice that this show? Exceptionally pretty people.
Pretty gets away with stuff it shouldn't ought.
This arc.
<3
I'd say something about Lindsey but mostly I'm just watching him very closely and wondering if it's <3 or more like barn owls with movement. Boy is fascinating. And not quite right, even when he tries. Which is seldom.
He's one of the ones I try and rewrite in my head. Probably because pretty. But also because he's just so close sometimes, and then...
Most interesting in this episode is how it's the flip side of what we've seen already with Buffy. Fool for Love was originally on before this, so the flip, it is immediate. And Spike looks such an idiot from this angle, not least because self centered and self aggrandising. But who isn't, telling their greatest hits? Spike and Dru are their own little universe of two, not even noticing what's up with Angelus. And Angel... Angel makes sense, trying to get back to what he always knew, trying to get what he wanted with maybe the minimum guilt. It's a war anyway so hey, murderers everywhere, soup's on. But it don't half fuzzy up the Angel/us divide, because you can't argue that Angelus is the murderer, not from here on out.
This episode feels intricate, like you could turn it over for ages and find new details.
The way Angel treats Lindsey stands out. Hanging the guy just for information? What's he done that Angel knows of, to deserve that? Well be in Angel's way. And I like how he was phoning Angel anyway. Gave Angel pause. But then he threatens to come back anyway, because what, feels like it?
I'm not saying Lindsey's any in the right just because Angel's in the wrong, but he's pretty clearly wrong side right there.
Lindsey and Darla is twisty interesting. Lindsey's the one pointing out Angel would never take advantage of her in that state, right after Lindsey's all over her. So she's something to him, something important, enough he don't mind her biting, and he takes risks with his employer who shoots people in the head. But, in his own mind, he's exploiting her. Could be straight up lust, but there's something twistier to my mind, something that ties in to how Angel is with her, how she's trying to be with him. When you care about someone you care about who you are to them, who you can be. He knows he's no white knight, but here's this lady he called back to life, saved in a way, and this is the one he latches on to.
He tries, sometimes, so hard.
And then.
And then I go right back to shallow again, and notice that this show? Exceptionally pretty people.
Pretty gets away with stuff it shouldn't ought.
This arc.
<3