love makes you do the wacky

[harborshore]

Three things!

1. I got my ass kicked by my supervisor today, in all the best of ways. It was two hours of completely tearing apart a section in my thesis, and in the process of doing so, she showed me what was wrong with the analysis and how to take a position as a researcher. Which she thinks I should do, because my thesis is "worthwhile" and "fits in the field" and "eventually publishable." I LOVE HER YOU GUYS. Remember the woman from last year? NIGHT AND DAY.

2. I'm rewatching Buffy. Who here loves that show? Is it not the best? I'm in the middle of season 2, and I just, ugh. Giles! Willow! Joyce! Cordelia--I LOVE HER AND HER BITCHY SELF SO! OZ! The vamps--here is where I liked Spike the most, when he was with his crazy lady, and I do like Angel here too. Even Xander has his moments--he's a spot-on teenage boy a lot, so sometimes I want to throttle him, but sometimes he is wonderful. Buffy herself, oh man, I love that girl so fucking much. She's a teenager and she's brave and she hurts and she puts herself back together again and--I just love her, I really really do. *fails at coherency* Come talk to me! Favorite quotes! Moments! Whatever. ♥

3. I signed up for h/c bingo, I'm sure you're all astonished. Because, right, try and think of a single story I've posted that has none, okay? Can you? Comment ficlets don't count. Yeah, I know.

Anyway! I would love ideas! I might rework them into something that is a shade of a remnant of a sliver of the original idea, but still. *beams encouragingly* I will write: The Like, Bob, Brian, Mikeyway, assorted members of FOB and Ashlee Simpson, PATD, TYV, BTVS (especially right now), Veronica Mars, the Bats...



Is it not great? Now tell me what to write!

pneumonia	assault	exhaustion	cuddling for warmth / snowed in	muscle strains and spasms
brain damage	hunger / starvation	chronic illness	undercover: discovered and hurt	drug addiction
telepathy (sudden onset)	loss of hearing	WILD CARD	slaves (sexual)	sensory deprivation
broken bones	pandemics and epidemics	heat stroke	body hatred	torture
spinal injury	character is shown the error of his or her ways	wings (always there)	de-age (physical)	forced marriage

Comments

[disarm-d.livejournal.com]

Buffy is the greatest. Without a doubt, my favorite TV show EVER. And it's so awesome to rewatch! Speaking of season 2, I really love innocents. I watched it again not too long ago, and I was just so moved by how gentle it was. I felt like the message was this warm regard to Buffy, who's been hurt so badly, but is still clearly innocent. That Angelus will never really be able to take anything away from her. (Oh my god, I still get all teared up when I think about it.)

I remember not especially liking Buffy the first time I watched it, but holy crap do I ever feel for her in rewatching. Her loneliness is really heartbreaking (ugg, which is what makes the finale of the show SO PERFECT).

In terms of prompts, this is not SUPER h/c, but I want desperately to read a story where Brendon pulls something surfing (muscle sprains and spasms) and Spencer(or Shane!) gives him alllllll the massages. :D?

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I love the way you talk about that, that Angelus can't take anything from her and that the season is so gentle, despite how violent and heartbreaking it gets sometimes. It's really--it makes me all sniffly to think about it that way too, and I really think it's true, I'm seeing it now that I rewatch it (I'm in the middle of season 2). It's like she has something in herself that she can hold onto, no matter what, and the pain is pain and the hurt is hurt, but it doesn't break her.

I've always liked her, but I can see how a teenage girl might not have, you know? I think getting a little older makes us more sympathetic, or something.

*snickers* Prediiiictable. IDK, does it have pining? Because if it doesn't, I probably can't write it. I'm really bad at porn (don't let Jen tell you any different). Also, I'm confused about whether the comfort has to be directly related to the hurt--I really want to write slayer!Z with her watcher after their version of the judge, so exhaustion would work, but it's not like her watcher telling her about respect will help the exhaustion. You know?