Invisible Man Pic Post 4: Flowers for Hobbes.

[sisabet]

This is an ongoing attempt to educate the public at large about the highs, the lows, the joy and the pain of a television series known as "The Invisible Man" - I am but here to serve.

Part 1: The Most Important Thing to Know about "The Invisible Man".
Part 2: A Completely Shallow Look at Darien Fawkes.
Part 3: Here A Hobbes, There a Hobbes....

Okay - so Post 4 was supposed to be "When Darien Met Bobby: TEH CUTE!!OMG!111!!!" except...OMG TEH CUTE!!11!!! - it is killing me. *You* try distilling them in just a few screencaps. It is freaking hard. I mean, they are so adorable and I want to show it ALL and that is like - 100 caps minimum. So Post 5 will be teh cute and post 6 will be "Sex and the Invisible Man" or "Darien and Bobby: OMG TEH LUV!!!11!!!" and I am just skipping ahead to "Flowers for Hobbes" because - well this is important. Also - I have had this post finished and ready to go for forever now and I am impatient.

So now, let's talk about "Flowers for Hobbes" cause - well - I can't tell you what happens at the end. I just can't. It is too good for me to tell you. In fact - it is too good for me to really show you. I can only show you a few caps and hope that you understand that not only does the end of this ep signify a turning point for Darien, Bobby, their partnership and their entire freaking worldview - this also signifies my head exploding for the second time in tzikeh's living room. The first time it exploded was when Darien rapped in "The Other Invisible Man" while checking out his naked self in a mirror. Good fucking times.

Again - this episode just really changes everything. To me it does. Also - before I went to work this morning I was watching "The Other Invisible Man" and - yes - *everything* changes after FfH and to say more would be a spoiler and I can't do that. You must watch and then we discuss.





Okay - I don't want to spoil you, but - let's get serious for just a moment.






Okay, so I know what is coming and I Cannot Breathe.






Seriously. EEP!!! Also, OMG HE LOVES BOBBY SO MUCH!!!






Oh God. Dude. Bobby. Dude - this is gonna hurt. I wish I could tell y'all what is gonna happen.






I can't tell you what he is gonna do. I can only die.






Oh my God.






OH MY GOD!!!!!!







I SERIOUSLY WISH I COULD TELL YOU WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!! BUT I CAN'T CAUSE I CAN ONLY DIE!







DARIEN!!! See, he loves Bobby sooooo much he... OMIGOD! SOMEONE WRITE SOME COMFORT FIC STAT!







BOBBY!!! GAH!






This tension is killing us all. ::collapses::






So - you see why I am having trouble with my posts? THEY HAVE SLAIN ME WITH LOVE.

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

*laughing so hard I'm coughing*

I can't tell you what a joy it is to have been the instrument of your downfall.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

I MUST KNOW YOU MUST TELL ME NOW.

Ahem. My capslock got away from me there. This is cool you did this today because I was just thinking about these the other day and how even though I've never seen an episode of this show now I want to watch the whole thing, but all I have are your picture posts. So I went through all the picture posts again.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Oh - I will do more Picture Posts then. And I cannot tell you what happens. I can make copies of the S1 SVCDs I ripped from the region 2 DVDs and send to you (I was gonna copy them for Mely anyway). Will that suffice??

But dude - this is ep 1x16 and IT KILLS ME. I DIE. DARIEN DIES. BOBBY DIES. SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD. I'd just go ahead and AIM transfer this to you, but you kinda need to see the first part of the season so you have reference because - okay... this is like THE moment of the series. It gets good and gets better - but everything after this point can be traced to this point. Also - THE LOVE.

I could start uploading the SVCDs to Yousendit and you could get them that way - it will prob be faster than waiting on me to actually burn and mail them... just remember these are my first attempts at rips (I think they came out pretty nicely except for the 2 (at minimum) audio glitches per ep). You can handle SVCD format - right?

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

SVCD would be the grooviest groovy of all groovies. What can I do for you? Let me repay you in some way!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

You really, really, really, really can't see this episode until you've seen all the episodes before it. It just won't be the same.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

He's in a straitjacket! The curiosity is eating me alive.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

::giggles::

That was informative - I feel as though I was *right* there in the room with them!

Linzee, vastly amused by your I-man posts. Make more. *g*

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Dude - you have NO idea.

Okay - the scene last night with Lex and Clark and the antidote and what both were willing to do? Has NOTHING on what actually happened in Flowers for Hobbes. This shit only happens in fanfic. GOOD fanfic.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

You're going to make me look up what happened all on my own, aren't you? *g*

Linzee, wants the answer delivered to me! All shiny and dropped in my lap with a bow on top!

[elynross.livejournal.com]

I adore you. That is all.

ohmygod BOBBY!!!! DARIEN!!!!

And then with the mad running out after the calm, determined going forward, and the panic and the Darienness and Bobby giving up what he did and Darien risking what he did and OMG!!!!11!!!!1!!!

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

And the scene at the end with the "What you did back there..." and then FIRM interupting "I'd do it again" and there is no hesitation and the "You can count on the same thing here, my friend." and the handclasp and the LOOK IN BOBBY'S EYES and that - that is commitment. That is Bobby - and now he will do ANYTHING for Darien. Before he would have done anything within reason - like he would for any partner (like Corelli) but now - now there are no qualifiers. There is no *reason* to what he will do for Darien. HE WILL NEGOTIATE AND MAKE A DEAL WITH A TERRORIST FOR DARIEN NOW.

GOD!

GOD.

That scene completes me.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Really, it is just about *the* most slashy, most intense, most....guh.

Well. Okay. Except maybe when Jim looks up and Artie is alive and he says, "Thank you, Artie," and Artie has a small mock-fit and is silently reassuring Jim that yes it's really him and everything is fine and Jim can breathe again in that broccoli way and asks if that's all he gets and Jim says, "thank you, Artie," and Artie says, "My pleasure," and guh.

these guys. THESE GUYS. They will be the death of me and I will die so. happy.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

The mad running out is my very favorite part. It makes me collapse in giggles. Seriously, that show was made by a bunch of loons, and why isn't it available in S1 DVD anyway? Harumph.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Isn't that hysterical? Darien has just been holding absolutely. still. for so long, until Bobby gives it up, and then he just FLAILS HIS WAY OUT OF THE ROOM. Heeeee.

[(Anonymous)]

Everybody needs to see "Flowers for Hobbes." That is all.

Not to mention that this scene also has Darien's line:

"You're Superman. I'm the Invisible Man. Wow, we just get Wonder Woman, we could really party, you know what I'm saying?"

Which is a direct reference to this joke:
http://www.c4vct.com/kym/humor/heroesx.htm

Well, well. Hello again, Darien's id!

Dorinda

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Yes - and I have that all marked and ready to go for the Sex and the Invisible Man post because Darien - just... bless his heart.
You are like 3 steps ahead of me. You should just move here and stay at my house and watch this with me whenever I am not at work.

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[transtempts.livejournal.com]

::blinks::

of course i would like a link. why is this series not on dvd??

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

This series is not on Region 1 DVD because the world is a very unfair place.

However - season 1 is available on Region 2 and Season 2 (in middling quality avi) is on bittorrents - so it is possible to get the show.

email me at sisabet at yahoo and I'll try to put you on a list to send the links.

[thefakeheadline.livejournal.com]

Eeee, so much love. I remember watching this episode on SciFi and *falling on the floor* out of shocked glee. I kept thinking they'd cop out once Bobby gives in and be all "ha, no, fake injection" - but no! Wheee!

I had a friend who I'd been arguing about the slash potential of I-Man with at the time, and she came in to class the Monday after this and just went "you win, dammit!" Heh.

I can't believe there isn't more fanfic for this show. Man.

Feel the love (fanfic style!)

[(Anonymous)]

I can't believe there isn't more fanfic for this show. Man.
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Have you checked out http://www.fanfiction.net/list.php?categoryid=393
?
Over 800 fanfics listed there, and there's also a bunch (especially slash fics) over at the WWOMB site too. http://www.squidge.org/~peja/cgi-bin/categories.php?catid=280&parentcatid=280

Also... pssst... I have a friend in the UK who dubbed Season 2 directly off of Sci-Fi UK, and sent a set to another friend of mine in CA who has VCD dubbing capabilities. *BEG* Suffice to say, a set of Season 2 on VCD can be obtained. "It can be done. We have the technology." BWA-HAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
*snicker*
And I see the men in white coats rushing for me with my dose of CA. *pouts heavily*
Guess that means I'll have plenty of time to finish one of my fics in the hoosegow. ;-)
BTW - To plagarize the Comic Book Shop Guy - "Best LJ... EVER!"
---}-@
Krys
krysalys73@earthlink.net

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

*squees* I remember seeing this ep when it first aired, and it totally killed me ded. Watching IMan was a ride, yo. God, I love those two. The depth of devotion there, just...*happy sigh* Yeah.

[tazical.livejournal.com]

It's just the CLAAAAAAAAAIRE!!!! bit that has me on the floor every freaking time.

God, I love this show.

[byob-kenobi.livejournal.com]

Oh God. We watched that four more times this weekend, and it never stopped killing us. Him talking with the needle in his mouth, and, and..."You'd die for me, Bobby?" That's FANFIC. Oh God. I'm so in love with them.

You really need to do a "Hurt/Comfort" photo essay. *g*

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I do need to do a h/c photo essay! This is an excellent suggestion. Except - the "Sex and the Invisible Man" photo essay is actually requiring I go to the library at some point today to research Situational Sexuality and how it impacts the psychosexual development of an adolescent. Damn, if QS Mad Darien just doesn't go all Prison Bitch and *complicate* things.

[itsthewa.livejournal.com]

Loving you! Loving every minute of this!!!!!