I Take Absolute Joy In the Absurd

When little_details was started, I for one thought "What a great idea!"

Now - now that little thrill has turned into total - complete and utter - *crack*

Dude - how do you make a shark pass out? Do people in Syria have *beds*?

:boggles:

For every occasional fact check "Does such and such station have a turnstile?" there is a total unexpected I-never-once-thought-I-would-ever-hear(read)-this-question gem. Just. GEMS. Like on a metaphysical level. Like some questions do make me worry about the fate of humanity and possibly disprove evolution but then others just delight me with the very specificness of the request - "I need my 600+ year old Japanese demon to be tripping on acid and see offensive gestures being waved at him - except - in his culture - what would those gestures be?"

And my head spins.

I'm tempted to answer some very open-ended questions very succinctly - like "If a character was coming out of the closet - how long would it take for him to feel comfortable with the designation 'gay'?" - I want to answer that question and say "16 days." But in this case, I hardly think my natural inclination toward smart-assery would be helpful. Nor would my second inclination which would be to lecture the writer that this is actually a matter of characterization - what does she think her character will go thru and how will he process this -- because upon further reflection - she probably wants to just talk this idea out and this might be the best place for her. So Yay.

Facts and the Surreal - they are like chocolate and peanut butter; Turner and Hooch; Chico and the Man.

God - finally there is a place I can go with my Nightmare on Elm Street/QaF questions. My Bobby and Darien end up on Fantasy Island idea may become a reality! DOOD - Quantum LEAP - Sam is gonna be jumping in EVERYWHERE!

And in conclusion: Angel.

I Am Dangerous When I am Bored

So - this week I have been even more random than usual. Random and thinking about bobbyhobbes. Also stalking renenet with this thing that exists in my head - this thing that exists in my head because of tzikeh.

Yes - this is all tzikeh's fault. Because I started to think about ways I could get Bobby and Darien on Fantasy Island. And then renenet mentioned it would be like Sense of Community - only without the pertinance.

And I decided it couldn't quite be exactly Fantasy Island - it will just be "Fantasy Island"like enough that it gives Darien this deja vu feeling - but everything is just a little left of center and not quite authentic.

Then the problem became - what fantasies do you grant? And I wanted to avoid slash cliches and at a certain point Bill Murray was cast as Hobbes older, black sheep brother Delbert (Del) H Hobbes. But then I realized - if you are going to all the trouble of sticking your pairing on Fantasy Island, and at *that* point you want to say "Wait - hold on. I want to avoid the slash cliches." Well that is just a little too late. The horses have not only left the barn, they died of old age 10 years ago.

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Smallville - Scare

The boy came over and interupted the teaser - but never fear - I figured it out! We then watched the first 3 eps of Full Metal Alchemist and The Boy proclaimed it the best made anime he has ever seen. I told him apparently this is the consensus. I - I was entertained.

Cutting for...well I guess these are thoughts. About SV - not FMA as I am still in processing.

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