#until-the-next-time

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The Closer/Major Crimes

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Top 5 favourite characters: 

Sharon Raydor

Brenda Leigh Johnson

Dr Morales

Rusty Beck

Andrea Hobbs

Least favourite character: Right now it’s Andy Flynn, mostly because of the unbearable sappiness he has going on with Sharon, but I never really liked him much. Otps: ♥♥♥ BRENDA X SHARON 5EVER ♥♥♥Notps: Shandy. Sharon x Jack.Favourite friendship: Brenda x SharonFavourite family: Sharon x RustyFavourite episode: It’s a toss between Living Proof and Last Woman Standing from the Closer. For Major Crimes I loved Boys will be boys and Frozen Assets.Favourite season/book/movie: The Closer Season 6 probably. First season of Major Crimes wasn’t bad either.Favourite quote: “This is my Captain Raydor. I-I-I mean, my friend, Captain Sharon. I mean my friend Sharon Raydor!”Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: ^^^ that moment ^^^ Also Sharon using her beanbag gun.When it really disappointed you: When they went the Shandy route and forgot about Darth Raydor. Saddest moment: Brenda’s mother’s death ;(Most well done character death: The one where Sharon goes to ask the victim what his name is so she can put it on his death certificate.Favourite guest star: Jamie BamberFavourite cast member: Mary.Character you wish was still alive: Brenda’s mom.One thing you hope really happens: Shandy breaking up. Brenda coming back (yes, it’s one thing. Strictly connected.) Most shocking twist: I don’t think I was ever truly shocked. But I was annoyed by Sharon Beck’s pregnancy. Like, nope, no time for this shit.(the trial shooting and Taylor’s death would have been pretty shocking except it was spoiled for me in here so it lost its shock value)When did you start watching/reading: Sometime in 2015, right after finishing BSG.Trope you wish they would stop using: Main character with no storyline? Apparently it’s a trope, cause it’s happening a little too much lately. Also all the misogynist crap they keep pulling on Major Crimes (like *oh what a surprise the murderer is The Woman wow*)One thing this show/book/film does better than others: Right now it has Mary in it and other shows don’t.Funniest moments: Pretty much all of Fool’s Gold. And Living Proof. Can’t pick just one. Oh and “I’ll just go in there and be myself.” “That is a terrible idea.”Couple you would like to see: ♥BRENDAANDSHARON♥Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: Kyra Sedgwick. Most boring plotline: Sharon Beck’s pregnancy. Anything Shandy-related.Best flashback/flashfoward if any: do they even do them?Most layered character: BrendaScariest moment: anything with Philip fucking StrohGrossest moment: Shandy momentsBest looking male: ??? Dunno. Dr Morales maybe? *shrugs*Best looking female: SHARONWho you’re crushing on (if any): SHARON. Not as much as I used to but I still only watch it for her.Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): This. And This. I am a simple woman with simple needs.Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: Where the fuck is Philip Stroh. Just put him back in prison for God’s sake.At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: I’ve never been *in love* with the show. I’ve been in love with Sharon Raydor. But it probably only started after I finished reading Giving up on greener grasses by missparker. I fell in love with her Sharon and that was it.

[starkfish]

until-the-next-time replied to your post: So a no-makeup-hair-unbrushed-pajamas-selfie but I...

It looks great :) Have fun at the party! There will be PLENTY of opportunities for resistance these next few years…

Thank you! I’m hoping the party doesn’t devolve into political arguing. Blergh. And sadly you are too right!

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frankiebretrospective replied to your post: Lmao guys I am laughing so hard.  Soooooo my...

Um no???? 

until-the-next-time replied to your post: Lmao guys I am laughing so hard.  Soooooo my... lol no not kit 

until-the-next-time replied to your post: Lmao guys I am laughing so hard.  Soooooo my...

I admire the dude for rolling with it though -- Hahahahaha she was like “He was so nice and so chill about taking a pic!” And I was like to myself I BET HE WAS.  Omg I can’t stop laughing. 

[wistfulwatcher]

Re: your tags - as the season goes on it's been clearer to me that losing Cat has affected the story beyond just missing the Cat/Kara relationship. We have all these new aliens/heroes (including James) and the "human" element - esp. the theme that "anyone can be a hero" that she represented so strongly - is missing. Basically everyone we see regularly knows Kara as both Kara AND Supergirl, with no distinction (even if it's just a facade, as we assume that Cat knows).

So we're missing Cat and all that CatCo represents as the link between the alien/DEO/superhero world and the "real"/"normal" people world, AND Cat as the Lois Lane of Kara's story - whether romantic or not, she was all of the things you described. At this point, I don't really see a need for Kara's secret identity, and for all that this season is supposed to be Kara finding herself as Kara vs. last season finding her footing as Supergirl, I feel like we've hardly seen "Kara".

We've lost Cat and Lucy, we've gained Miss Martian and Mon-El, James is becoming a superhero - I miss the "human" feel to the show, the struggle that Kara felt between the two lives, because that IS such a big part of any superhero story and it was so well done. For all the good that's happening this season, this shift in tone is really hard to not be bummed out about. (But sorry for ranting! Your tags struck a chord.)

No need to apologize, I agree with all of this so much!! One of the things I really really loved about the first season was how much the writers understood the core elements of a Supergirl/man story (because even though Supergirl is her own character, the overlap between them will always be very strong). And so much of the point of Clark Kent (and by extension, Kara) is the importance of and love for humanity. (That awesome reddit quote just sums it up perfectly: “It's the mythology of a sun god who wished he was a man because he saw something so great in us. It's the story of a hero who could move whole worlds and see through stars and hear a whisper on the other side of the planet...who fell in love with a storyteller.”) And just like you said, by moving away from the humans it’s losing that element which is really unfortunate and so, so central to a Super character. (I went on a bit of a rant of my own so sticking the rest beneath a cut!)

I tried so, so hard to be open-minded going into this season because it had to be different. With Cat leaving there was no way around it, and I’m still trying to keep that in mind - kind of separate the seasons. But honestly, you can’t. Obviously I’m more sensitive to Cat’s absence because it’s no secret she’s one of my favorite characters ever, and her relationship with Kara (both canonically - i.e., platonically - and possibly romantic) is so important to me. But even with that disclaimer, Cat’s absence is massive. It is. It shifts so much about the show and about Kara. Her safe place - CatCo - is totally missing. Parts of it have gone with her to the DEO (including James as he’s becoming a crimefighter), and parts are still there (her new job) but it’s not the same. The place doesn’t ground her, it doesn’t ground the show, it doesn’t ground me.

Season one was so so great because it was so reminiscent of everything that made me fall in love with Superman in the first place, which was via Lois & Clark - a series that, more than any other iteration, focused on Clark’s human relationships (and yes, that’s including Smallville because even though that was a teen drama and thus all about relationships, it was still always about Clark Kent, and who he would become). Lois, Perry, Jimmy, and the Kents were all human. Lex was human. That show was wholly rooted in humanity, even with new aliens/metahumans each week. And that’s totally what I think we’re losing this year, like you said. 

And I think you’re so right in that Kara’s identity is suffering. I don’t really feel like we’ve seen her much, either. Part of that is understandable because, of course, she is both Kara and Supergirl, but they have always been distinct for a very important reason. But there is no reason for her to be Kara and Supergirl anymore. There isn’t. And hopefully that will shift as the season goes on and she gets more into reporting, and thus has something she wants to do, but right now it just doesn’t feel like it. She hangs out at alien bars. At the DEO. With Alex. In Blood Bonds when J’onn asked her to work at the DEO full time she said that CatCo was what kept her human. And honestly, without Cat that no longer seems true. I don’t see what she gets out of it other than a job now that her friends are (mostly - James is “there” but we don’t see them interacting) gone. And at this point at least she is not passionate about being a reporter the way she was about being at CatCo, helping Cat do whatever business she was doing. (Like, if I was less lazy I could pull up screencaps of the way Kara smiles when she’s helping Cat vs. reporting now. And granted, she’s still learning and transitioning, but still. She is not content there the way she used to be.) 

Ugh, it was just different. It was. Not to mention that Cat was the only character (especially now, with Winn at the DEO and James becoming a hero - which I am glad for in that James has his own storyline, but still confused about why they had him take over for Cat only to not focus on that much at all but that’s a whole other rant so anyways) that was really Kara’s. Cat interacted with the other characters here and there but what, like 95% of her screentime was focused on Kara and/or Supergirl. Cat being gone totally shifts the focus from “Supergirl” to “Supergirl & Friends” (which, is not necessarily a bad thing - I like the supporting characters and obviously was VERY appreciative of Alex’s coming out) but without a doubt adds to the shifted feel of the show. 

So no, I totally agree. There is a lot of good that is happening this season (or at least potential for good), and I think the writers are, for the most part, doing a good job compensating for the changes that were really not anyone’s fault. Just like, circumstances change and people have lives and TV doesn’t always get to go according to plan a season before and I can never, ever find out what they would have done with cat in season two because my heart will break, I know it. I am Kara and I don’t like changeeeeee.

[wistfulwatcher]

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THESE ARE ALL AMAZING OMFG take your pick, nonnie!

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until-the-next-time replied to your post :Anyways, I still have the possible death of Alex...

Compare Norma’s quiet, unpromoted, totally non-gratuitous, inevitable yet totally shocking death with whatever hellshow we just watched. YOU DON’T NEED TO PULL THIS SHIT TWD

EXACTLY!!!! I still felt broken on the inside but I did not have to see Norma get brutally murdered to feel that way. It may take me a few moments to process what I just saw. Tbh, they could’ve left the table scene at the end and focused on the two characters that died and it would’ve been more heartbreaking and effective than the brutal beating. *sigh* I am going to need a few days to process this tbh. 

[wistfulwatcher]

@neworldiscoverer @until-the-next-time @1000spices

thank you for getting meeeee ❤

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kathbigelow replied to your post:I’m drunk-ish, at that point where even though you...

This is SO very me. Resist!!!

I DID, I’m so proud. The last few weekends have been really busy and the next few are, as well, so I really need a veg day and I’m glad I didn’t take it away from myself tomorrow. XD

until-the-next-time replied to your post:Also at the engagement party, the bride was...

do the macarena

ONE OF THE OTHER BRIDESMAIDS SUGGESTED THE MACARENA. At least we all already know it! It’s got my vote.