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Ha! I really liked his discussion about how he plays Dandy, since I do think he does such a great job making the character (somehow) sympathetic at times. So, I'm glad he's going for making him human and not just creepy. I want him to be in the next season so bad, but I agree only if he gets to play something really different. Love Dandy, but it would be bad for everyone if RM writes a character too much in the same vein. Homicidal man children can get old really fast like that.

Evan also had a small role in the film The Good Doctor. He played Orlando Bloom's stalker victim/love interest's teen brother. Additionally, he was one of Aaron Taylor-Johnson's dorky friends in Kick Ass. My favorite though is his "iconic" role in the teen movie Sleepover which appears to only be his second film credit ever. I remember watching that movie on TV a few years after its release, and it was totally dreadful even as far as teen fluff goes. That being said, Evan was lovably goofy as a rather Sixteen Candles-esque underwear drawer raiding, skateboarder dweeb. Probably wouldn't go so far as recommending the movie (though Sam Huntington is in it), but his big dance scene is at least worth checking out on youtube, if you're into that sort of thing. :) So I won't be solely picking on Evan's early career, I'll admit I mostly just remember Emma Roberts from that TV show she had on Nick, Unfabulous. Mostly harmless, but I'm still completely annoyed by Addie's "song writing" attempts. It's unfair, since Emma has likely improved, but I it makes me hesitant as hell to see her get on stage for a number.

Cruella, I think you lay out all the reasons Dell's behavior makes no sense. Though, Desiree is not a hermaphrodite, since she recently found out in episode 5 that she's a woman with an enlarged clit. Despite this technicality, up until this point everyone did believe her to be a hermaphrodite (including herself), so you're points remain valid. I can appreciate what they are going for, but my one reservation with the songs is that they jump across all these eras, which I suppose is meant to be pleasantly surprising, but just takes me out of the show. I would have much rather them stick with one artist (Bowie), then they could pull from different eras and keep it cohesive. Or because I'm a dork, I would have loved them to stick with songs from the 70s since it's such a "freaky" era. Also, can you imagine Evan or Jessica singing the Carpenters or Captain and Tennille? It kind of makes me wish a future season would take place in a 70s variety show, especially since they seem to be so fond of the musical numbers. But like i said, I'm a dork.

I actually agree. It's hard to point specifically gay characters as being represented as especially horrible, since a lot of the characters are horrible people. But some of things RM and co. put in the mouth of their gay characters just make me cringe. Like Stanley mentioning how Dell must be tired of having shit under his finger nails. Also can't remember specifics, but i remember having similar reactions to some of the lines given to Chad and Patrick in S1. I know the show is deliberately shocking on a number of points and means the line to come off as cutting and ironically funny, but I have to admit, I'm not sold on RM's presentation of gay characters either. Though, I also don't trust the way RM handles most things, so I'm kind of biased like that.

This was really the only Buffy ship I could get behind, save maybe Giles and Jenny. Also, I still feel bitter about how they decided to write out Oz's character. I know it's dysfunctional as all get out, but Violet and Tate from AHS. Taystee and Poussey (OitNB), though admittedly, they will likely remain just friends. At any rate, their relationship is beautiful and I just want more of it, regardless of what turn it takes. Though, if it is truly unrequited, I want Poussey to get a love interest next season (this also goes for Suzanne, who needs some loving already) I am pretty into Emma and Hook (Once Upon a Time) and, believe me, I was so *not* on board at any point in S2. In fact, I didn't really like Hook at the time either. It was a very gradual build-up for me throughout S3, but the end of the season I was, uh, hooked . I think they have great chemistry and I enjoy that Hook seems to genuinely value Emma, even the parts that some people (*cough* Snow *cough*) find troublesome to accept, like her magic. Now if only the writers could commit themselves to fleshing out the relationship instead of relying on rather contrived/repetitive angst, that would be lovely. Andy and April (Parks and Rec.) because they are adorable little weirdos that fit so well together. Earlier ships: early Sandy and Kirsten (OC) Grace and Luke (Joan of Arcadia) early Adam and Joan could also qualify, though they really went off the rails by the 2nd season Zoe and Walsh! (Firefly) Chris and Jal! (Skins Effy and Freddie (ditto) Nick and Lindsay (Freaks and Geeks) Kev and Veronica (Shameless UK) David and Keith (Six Feet Under) Least favorites: Buffy and anyone. And it wasn't necessarily all Buffy's fault. I thought regular recipe Angel was boring, Riley was insufferably boring in ways that made me actually miss Angel, and, while I liked Spike earlier in the series, I hated their train wreck of a relationship more and more as it went on. I didn't hate them but I was always bored with Mal and Inara (Firefly). I think there are a lot of Skins ships that could qualify (like, nearly all of them from generation 3), but I have to say while they had a promising start, Emily and Naomi and their misery in S4 was too much for me . Veronica and Duncan (Veronica Mars). Bette and Tina (L Word). I literally had to fast-forward through most of their relationship. And this makes it seem like I'm picking on lesbian couples, which isn't my intention, but I am so not into Alex and Piper (OitNB). I think they have their moments and I don't get the sense the show overly romanticizes their dynamic, but I also sort of really dislike Alex and find her to be emotionally abusive and manipulative and think Piper is too good for her (though, admittedly, Piper is far from perfect herself).

Yay! to Amazon Eve kicking ass. Also, I was so glad that Evan got to do some stuff this episode. I liked the bar scenes with Del. For one thing, though I think there were some scenes earlier this season where they did an effective job showing Jimmy's desire not be treated like a freak (notably, the lunch counter scene), so much it was him *telling* us about it. Plus, he's been so bogged down in the rushed romance with Maggie lately. So, I really like his quieter monologue about feeling normal for that short time in his life when he was always wearing gloves. And even though Del is the absolute worst, I can see why Jimmy would deceive himself into believing Del could be a decent dad. Plus, "Come As You Are" wasn't all that, but I like the callback to Tate. And I thought that it was funny Elsa had such a bitchface on during that whole scene. Like seriously, no one can even do a number without her having her own "little miss sour face" reaction? Honestly, I thought I could handle it, but watching Ma Petite struggle and her body go limp. Terrible! Everyone is right, I hope the worst things happen to Del. I'm proud of Bette for leaving Dandy for her sister and thought she was kind of hilarious after getting her makeover. But I guess that hasn't swayed Dot one bit, has it? Seems crazy she would trust Elsa. Then again, it's still hard to see why she thinks the surgery is a possibility. I know it's ridiculous but I missed Dandy and Gloria after their one scene. ETA: I feel so cheated we didn't get this scene, honestly.

Oops. double post.

Right there with you, though I have little shame about it either. Love a good coming-of-age story. I would say really fluffy manga series geared at pre-teens are my guilty pleasure, stuff like Ultra Maniac. Though, truth be told, I haven't indulged in the joys of manga in a while. Speaking of, I must confess even though I haven't read them in YEARS. I sort of compelled to return to the Sweet Valley High series. Talk about quality cheese. Another guilty pleasure for me is Junie B. Jones. Never read those as a kid, but I read them to my sister and think they are absolutely hilarious and I tend to have to finish them. Probably like them more than she does, truth be told. ;)

What bugs me about the "it's for children" argument is that the series is comprised of many complex love stories, albeit a lot of them are not romantic. Probably the best example is the love between Harry and Dumbledore and the way Harry has a lot of understandable doubts about Dumbledore, but in the end, comes to terms with the fact that Dumbledore was actually a flawed person who didn't always make the best decisions. Which is really what love is about, no? Loving people, warts and all. I think there are a lot of complex love stories throughout the series really. The way Harry accepts Severus because of his love for his mother is in a way of a love story about forgiveness (though admittedly, I still am a bit ambivalent about that one). She also did a quite beautiful job showing us how Harry's capacity to love, even after the pain of loosing loved ones, made him the hero of the story. By her definition, love was by no means simple or easy, and I think she did a wonderful job in not sugar-coating or shying away from that. Admittedly, though, in the romance department, things are little dicey, because most of things JK went for just didn't translate well as the other stuff, in my opinion. I do think she tried to create complexity in some of the relationships, like Tonks and Lupin, Ron and Hermione, younger Dumbledore and Grindelwald (though that relationship is not made explicitly romantic). Also, you have some more sort of one-sided love stories that are kind of complex, like Voldemort's mother and her love for Tom Riddle or Snape's love for Lily. So, yeah, I would agree that JK wasn't holding back for the sake of the kids. Exactly, I think it was just really lazy writing and she felt pressure to placate the audience by giving Harry the generic happy ending, which given the rest of the series an all the time she spent investing the reader in Harry's overall love story was really quite a cop-out.

See, after season 6/early season 7, I just had too bail on Dexter. Honestly season 6 was more over-the-top cheese fest bad than soul-crushing bad, but it completely ruined my ability to take the show seriously. Also, I recently started Twin Peaks, but the way it just kept progressively getting weirder as the show went on (I knew it was gonna be weird, but at first, at least, it initially had *some* basis in reality that made it more interesting, I thought) combined with how boring it could be in parts just frustrated me to the point I looked up the ending, realized it would be more of a chore to wait to see it executed, and just quit the show cold turkey. Glee in itself should have been enough for me to quit Glee back in the day, but this is what really clenched my decision to get over this show. Admittedly that show was terrible, but the way he treated the kids as one of the judges, just made me kind of hate Ryan Murphy with a burning passion. So, I made it a point to cut his show out of my life. Then, of course, American Horror Story happened, rendering me a huge hypocrite and putting me right back under RM's thumb.:/ Also, I bailed on Doctor Who pretty easy post-season 5. Really all it took was one or two season 6 episodes for me to get bored enough to bail.

Well, I guess we know which adventure/book Harry personally liked the least. Seriously, though, that was beyond contrived. For one thing, how would it even be possibly that Harry could forget such a major detail about his experience with Tom Riddle? Yes, he's been through a ton by this point. But, really? Though the diary was not Voldemort in the flesh and at this point Harry wasn't aware of horcruxes, Riddle's manipulation of Ginny and Harry's interaction with Riddle in the chamber spoke volumes about Voldemort. Even without book 6-style analysis conducted by Dumbledore into young Riddle's motivations, Harry isn't stupid or careless enough not commit at least all the facts to memory. I don't buy for a second that Harry wouldn't have turned over these interactions with Riddle and Voldemort constantly, even if in each book we tended to focus on the present Voldemort-related problems at hand. And ha, I guess, he thought he saved someone else down there. Not sure who though?

Yeah, for the bulk of the series he only saw her as Ron's little sister. Keeping that in mind, I think he liked her about as well as can be expected. Still, I would agree he never thought much about her. Heck, didn't it take him years to even contemplate why Ginny could talk around him? I guess that could have been JK trying to be funny, showcasing yet again that "boys can be sooo obtuse" thing that Hermione gave lip-service to, but it also shows Harry had little curiosity about Ginny as a person. Another telling thing was that he didn't even *consider* talking to Ginny when he thought Voldemort was possessing him in book 5, which is something Ginny herself pointed out, and his response basically was something in the vein of "oh yeah, that happened. sorry, I forgot." It always seemed that the Ginny-loving monster within (ugh) only awakened for Harry because he realized Ginny was hot in book 6 and she took his mind off the massive stress of being the Chosen One, which, of course, touches on what you already said in the UO thread, truthaboutlove, about her being a easy and safe choice after all the shit Harry went through. Also, she was Weasley forbidden fruit or something, which was also annoying because he spent most of the time worried about Ron's reaction and not even considering Ginny as a person. Truly, it's not a crime that Harry wasn't interested in shy Ginny, but I think it would have been so cute if JK would have taken some time to develop that character along those lines over the series, instead of going for a personality shift mid-way. Also I wish we could have seen Harry progressively become more interested in her with each installment. Admittedly, it would have been annoying if JK threw Harry right into a romantic sort of relationship with Ginny, but they could have been friends and building bonds before we got there. I mean she even took that sort of time of gradually creating something with Hermione/Ron, why not bother with the main character's super special soul mate? I've actually contemplated this before and I agree. It would have been interesting for her to go this route with one of the main characters (not Cho Chang). And since Herimone didn't have a terrible experience in living in the Muggle world/ did seem to have loving (albeit, not very developed) parents, I could have seen her eventually wanting to get back to her roots, so to speak, with a smart, open-minded sort of Muggle. Maybe a human rights activist in the Muggle world, so they could cover injustices from all sides. ;) Yeah, you're probably right. I don't know, I just get really caught up in Hermione-related possibilities and then I feel the same about Neville-related ships, so it just struck me as worth at least considering the possibilities there.

WORD. On the one hand I love what they are doing with the Snow Queen and her creepy fixation on Emma and Elsa as replacements. That being said, as much as I love Emma, seriously?? More of that "heart of the truest believer" nonsense regarding her being the chosen sister all those years ago. Is it because she's the savior, the product of true love? I like that Emma is a magic user, but it's annoying she has to be this super powerful sorceress in the making all of a sudden. Liked it better when that was just a facet of her character. Though, the Emma and Elsa stuff was beyond perfect, so I guess it does have its advantages. Also, what the eff regarding the book page Robin found? Is the book itself/whoever orchestrated it (if we must go down this route *sigh*) annoyed enough with Regina that it's throwing her a bone? Not you too, book! So much love for this!

You know, I can admit that I'm kind of intrigued by whole Edward perspective thing. I mean admittedly, it's still Meyer writing about her beloved, which gag me (it made me kinda love Robert Pattinson instantly when I saw that he openly questioned her sanity), but I would be interested to see what is bouncing around in that guys head. Admittedly, probably a lot depressing things. But I might even have to give Midnight Sun a try one day. Yikes. Someone should write a dystopian novel series about what happens if somehow in the future the world is left with only two peices of literature, Twilight and 50 Shades.

Absolutely this! Also, It always bugged me to no end that Belle didn't seem like she could even be bothered reacting to the fact that Rumple murdered Milah. I would LOVE for her to have to deal face-to-face with Milah and gain some awareness of the wrong she's doing by just standing idly by to the shitty things Rumple has done/ is doing. It's wishful thinking to believe that would even work, though. Girlfriend needs about ten more sessions with that "evil" mirror AND a full-scale intervention like the one Snow got back in the Enchanted Forest in S1 (though Belle has like 0 friends at this point, so not sure who would come), and realistically, that still probably wouldn't work. :/ Ugh. And clearly, Regina totally feels the same way since according to the show she's such a wonderful, heroic person who can't be bothered with remorse. Honestly, the Graham thing still vexes me, because it's not as though he's been completely forgotten. Emma mentioned him this season when she was listing guys she's recently lost (Though admittedly, they were just on the cusp of being romantically involved.) So, presumably she remembers him. And it's not as if it's a huge stretch realizing the truth there. At the time, "natural causes" might have worked as an explanation for Emma, but I'm still surprised S1 Henry didn't point to the obvious right after Graham died. After all, he knew that Graham was remembering his past and Regina wouldn't take too kindly to that. And after Emma accepted Regina was the evil queen, it should have been fairly obvious what went down. Truly, I guess it's totally laughable to expect that Emma would be too bothered with what Regina did to Graham, when she so readily accepts all the shitty things Regina has done to her and her family. I just find it beyond frustrating that they had that moment where Emma mentioned him and was sad about his death, but they have (and never will) address the fact that Regina killed someone Emma could have loved just because she was jealous of her. Emma should have been throwing that shit in her face left and right, when Regina got on her case about saving Marian. Speaking of Marian, I know it's a lot of to hope for. But I'm hoping that Marian doesn't die/ gets unfrozen. Not because I give a shit how this affects Regina/Robin. I agree that Marian seems smart enough to accept that Robin is a creep, that she wants nothing to do with. I just want her to take Roland and find a healthy relationship with someone in Storybrooke (though, I have no idea who she would have chemistry with?) or maybe get hold of an elusive bean and get the fuck out of the there or find out with Elsa and Anna so she can get back to the Enchanted Forest and find a healthy relationship. At this point, I just wish Marian all the happy endings since she is currently the smartest person in the whole show.

Admittedly, I wanted to use one of Mordrake's deliciously scathing criticisms of Elsa for the thread title, but I thought I'd keep in mind my hatred for Elsa is perhaps not universal. Personally, I just had an insanely visceral reaction to reading Lange's take on the character from this interview. http://www.eonline.com/news/596509/jessica-lange-on-her-american-horror-story-gifts-rich-characters-rock-star-moments-and-toys Jessica on Elsa: Just, ugh. I truly don't see any great "Shakespearean"-level tragedy in Elsa. How she lost her legs was tragic, but that's about it. Her quest for fame is not a new and exciting motivation and I don't feel like she's "loving" in any way. It's not even one of those situations where you see that she very much feels she's offering love but it's not the reality of the situation. I think she's solely motivated by her own self-interest and willing uses and manipulates her "monsters" to serve her own ends. I mean look at how she lashed out at Pepper and her boyfriend. Look at the creepy way she uses Ma Petite as a doll for her own comfort. And not to mention, she very likely was willing to sacrifice Paul to teach the freaks a lesson (especially since she didn't seem to have actually bothered calling a ambulance for him). I see her as very abusive and I couldn't help roll my eyes all the way back in my head at her, "I just want to be loved." Obviously not, since she didn't care at all that the freaks took the time and effort to put together a whole birthday WEEK for her. I can see maybe she doesn't know how to love, which is unfortunate, but she's such a jealous brat about it, I find it hard to feel any sympathy for her. There was potential when they introduced the character, but they've really squandered it, especially in this latest episode. I do wonder if they can turn it around, though my hopes are not high. All that being said, I do tend to enjoy JL's musical numbers.

http://www.eonline.com/news/596509/jessica-lange-on-her-american-horror-story-gifts-rich-characters-rock-star-moments-and-toys I really like Jessica's mention of her singing. I'm glad that's she having fun. Moving the rest to the Elsa thread, if there is one.

WARNING: Spoilers. Yay! I'm happy to see this finally getting its own thread. I'm a sucker for YA fiction, dystopia, and flawed, but heroic heroines, so it's sort of a no brainier that I loved this series. What I liked most was probably how she went about the world building. Like, I really liked that in the first series we get just a "regular" Hunger Games that introduced us to the basic horrors of things like children murdering each other to survive the arena. While, Katniss as our hero is the main person to defy the the nature of the Games (but certainly, not the only one-- also Peeta, Rue, and Thresh). But then, the second book and Quarter Quell give us the chance to learn more about the Games and their history and give us an idea of how complexly disturbing being a life-long victor can actually be. I mean, Haymitch gave us some hint of that already, but still my favorite bit from that book is probably when the tribunes all find different and subtle ways to defy Snow when talking to Ceaser Flickerman and when they all hold hands for that moment as an act of defiance. Also, you have Cinna's creating the mocking jay dress, Peeta painting a mural of Rue when he's meant to impress the judges, and naturally the riots sparking up all over the districts. Of course, the violence that Katniss witnesses both when old man in District 11 is shot and when Cinna was taken as she is going into the arena were horrifying. Even still though, I think Collins does a great job showing how even a place like Panem, it especially/still takes very little to spark resistance in the heart of people. I honestly really liked how she structured the series. Though, to be perfectly honest, save for the ending, I'm a bit fuzzy about the details of the last book. Though, I appreciated how dark Collins was willing to go. It was horribly sad that Prim was killed, but I think it was the right decision. Also, I liked that Peeta and Katniss got to be together but still very much lived with the aftermath of the war and Katniss suffered with PTSD. I thought it was heartbreaking and interesting how Katniss feared for her children's innocence. Honestly, the series ended on the perfect note I thought.

You know, I read all four books and I didn't think they were brilliant by any stretch, however, the only one that enraged me was the second one . After that book, I think any hope I had of the series turning around went out the window, so I was much more willing to just go along with the story and appreciate it's limited entertainment value. I didn't hate Edward's character as passionately as I did Bella, but I do feel like he absolutely loathed himself/ had no idea how to make himself less miserable, which made him hard to root for and only made the romance aspect of it all the worse. Ha! She really had no self control whatsoever when came describing how beautiful and marble and angelic Edward was ever other sentence. I'm not into erotica in novels really, so I never felt compelled to read these. But worse characters than even those in Twilight? Wow, this boggles the mind.

Favorites: Eli. Sure they saddled him with Clare, but I still consistently enjoyed him and his creative ventures at Degrassi, plus, his generally being a sensitive babe. Fiona. She wasn't perfect, but she was admittedly really gorgeous. Also, I liked that she's one of the most consistent characters they've had (drinking problem and abuse that didn't disappear as soon as they were introduced, plus I called her being gay from the start, so I was thrilled when they revealed her feelings for Holly J). Wish she could have gotten an interesting love interest along the way, though. Holly J. Charlotte Arnold is one of the best actresses this show has had. Jake. Also saddled with Clare, but after the fact, he was a very fun character. I would say Alex and Jay for old generation (I don't feel like I really consistently liked many of the early characters). Sad Jay never got his own eppy. Anya. She was adorable. Cam. He was adorable and I will never not be saddened by his ending. Worst: Without a doubt, Emma wins the prize! She really went off the rails after the first couple seasons. Particularly hated what a judgmental bitch she was to Manny throughout their friendship. Honestly, I was never sad that Tobey dissapeared into thin air, since without JT, he did nothing for me. Never liked Jimmy. Endless post-accident whining only made it worse. Craig. I thought Jake Epstein was beautiful as a teen and I will never not feel betrayed by what a doche he was, bipolar or no. Other observations: I perhaps wasn't around when Dave disappeared (I honestly forget), but that's disappointing since I actually really grew to like him despite HATING him to begin with for tazing Wesley. I was really tempted to include KC in the hate list, before I remember they actually made me like him a bit more before abruptly writing his character off the show. I can fully understand thinking Marisol is a bitch, because she was one. But I was happy the actress got some screen time after the lame KC/Marisol story, since given Hazel and Chante, this show has a bit of terrible track record of featuring young black women. Speaking of Hazel, she was way too boring to hate, but the scene where Spinner yells at Marco for walking out on her since she's the COOLEST girl in school always makes me laugh. I mean, sure, if you definition of cool is utterly forgettable in every way.....:/ I have way too many Degrassi thoughts. I really do.

I do think you saw a shift towards more polished looking cast members in TNG, around the time they introduced Holly J, Nina Dobrev's character, Sav, Anya, etc. This is also around the time when characters like Emma and Spinner started to transform and appear more conventionally attractive. Not to say that the original cast was awful-looking even to start (even Ashley with her orange, triangle hair, already had really striking features, and yes, Jake Epstein was a babe), but I certainly agree there was more realism regarding how young they were, what they wore, etc. They definitely weren't so fresh-faced, CW-ready back then. I've fallen off with the show the past few seasons, but I honestly thought they recovered pretty well with the newer generation of kids after a stretch of various boring seasons where they tried to milk whatever they could out of the last remaining original characters they had left. Honestly, the side of me that loved TNG's early ridiculousness is sad that the format of the show is far less cheesy after school-special/cautionary tale and more general teen soap opera. I mean sure, they still touch on the most "it goes there-ist" issues around like hoarding, doing questionable things with technology,coke addiction, etc. And they still do that thing where these issues readily dissapear after a very special episode, but the theatrics have diminished a bit, and for that, I am sad. Actually, in all seriousness though, this shift has done the show some favors in that they haven generally been more subtle with truly tough topics . I've always liked that the show's willingness to deal with LGBT characters, but what has bugged me from Marco up to Riley and then Adam is that like all of their story lines for the most part strictly revolved around their sexuality. Don't get me wrong I think they did a good job touching on various issues that come with accepting sexuality, but I would have liked to see them flesh out these characters a bit more. With the exception of Riley actor (who was dreadful), I feel the actors could have pulled it of. Of course, the exception to this is Fiona who wasn't introduced as a lesbian (though they did a good job planting seeds so it didn't seem out of nowhere ala Paige's bisexuality) and who also had alcoholism and domestic abuse on her track record and got lighter story lines pretty frequently.That makes me wonder if the show has evolved a bit in the past couple years in how they focus on and introduce queer characters? For example, how are they handling Tristan and Imogen these days? ETA: never watched Old school Degrassi. But given his role in early TNG, it makes me sad that Snake is such a non-entity these days.

ETA: editorgrrl beat me and also answered my question. WORD to whoever said that Kathy steals every one of her scenes. Honestly, I don't even mind her accent, since KB is giving such a great subtle performance otherwise. I hope she holds true to her promise and kills Elsa.

That Bassett interview was pretty good. I liked the bit about Michael Chiklis getting all squeamish and that she seems so willing to just roll with the show. I did, however, think this was funny: Even the interviewer was like, uhh, the hell? Matt Fraser is very rapidly becoming my favorite person. This made me laugh out loud. Also, I'm glad he was bold enough to snark about Sarah Paulson asking what she should say on Letterman/ not wanting to wrongly represent anyone. I have nothing personally against her and I bet she meant well, but that's still pretty condescending and obnoxious. Also love:

Okay, so I'm usually good at avoiding pop ear worms. Though, even my powers of elusiveness can't escape things like "Fancy" and "Problem." I have managed to successfully avoid Taylor so far, thus buying myself a little time, anyway. Man, that "Anaconda" video really is that bad, huh? Speaking of videos, I rather unwillingly enjoy "All about that Bass," so I gave the video a look. And uhhh, it seems to be saying things about sexuality, race, childhood, bicycles...but I really have no idea what. Also, all those pastels. :/

This! Truly, I'm eager for the show to go 19th century or earlier if they're willing. Even though it's less original, maybe Victorian America and something to do with spiritualism, but with some interesting twist I've yet to think up (wouldn't mind getting back to ghosts, since S1 is still my favorite). I'm intrigued with Operation Top Hat or a 70s cult theme, but I really don't trust this show to deal with Japanese interment camps or Native Americans in ways that won't piss me off. Truly, though, they are great ideas and I'd love to see on either Japanese American or Native American actors mixed in with the regular players.