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Nexa is generally immune to pop culture fads, but now she's knitting and watching a show *with a fucking voice over narration*. How did this become a thing? HOW?
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
Smasharoo wrote:
What the **** am I watching?
Nexa is generally immune to pop culture fads, but now she's knitting and watching a show *with a fucking voice over narration*. How did this become a thing? HOW?
Nexa is generally immune to pop culture fads, but now she's knitting and watching a show *with a fucking voice over narration*. How did this become a thing? HOW?
What's she knitting?
I've vowed to crochet an afghan over the winter. I haven't started yet.
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
I watched the first couple episodes because Flea was watching it. But, beyond the narration and the first episode being a Study in Teal and Orange, I soon realized that I had no affection for the main character and she was really the MAIN character with nothing else going on around her. So I lost interest fairly early on.
Flea, on the other hand, now has some blog about the show with a bajillion followers and praise from the source books' author. Women, am I right?
Flea, on the other hand, now has some blog about the show with a bajillion followers and praise from the source books' author. Women, am I right?
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I haven't read anything that this show was based on but was watching something on Starz prior to its airing and figured I would give it a shot. I was out of town when it premiered so I missed the first couple episodes. Ended up catching it all earlier this week on a marathon.
Can't say it is what I expected it to be. And judging by the previews of this week's episode I don't really care for the way they are handling the time travel. Original timeline appears to have continued without her. Also the fact they are going to even focus on the original timeline is very disappointing.
Last weeks episode was nothing but sex, so I guess that's one good thing. Helps that the leading lady is attractive and often naked. But that is the norm for premium cable shows. Can't be forced to pay extra for a channel unless we get to see some ********
But overall I have enjoyed the story so far.
Can't say it is what I expected it to be. And judging by the previews of this week's episode I don't really care for the way they are handling the time travel. Original timeline appears to have continued without her. Also the fact they are going to even focus on the original timeline is very disappointing.
Last weeks episode was nothing but sex, so I guess that's one good thing. Helps that the leading lady is attractive and often naked. But that is the norm for premium cable shows. Can't be forced to pay extra for a channel unless we get to see some ********
But overall I have enjoyed the story so far.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
I was going to blame Game of Thrones for the "gotta have soft-core ****" thing in premium channel shows but, upon reflection, Rome was fairly heavy in the tits and ass as well.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I was going to blame Game of Thrones for the "gotta have soft-core ****" thing in premium channel shows but, upon reflection, Rome was fairly heavy in the tits and *** as well.
I think the critique of GOT sex is that it's primarily used to cover otherwise boring exposition.
"Let me tell you about the history of House Baelish" So boring.
"Let me tell you about the history of house Bealish while this character we will never see again eats another girl's ***." Riveting TV.
I think the critique of GOT sex is that it's primarily used to cover otherwise boring exposition.
"Let me tell you about the history of House Baelish" So boring.
"Let me tell you about the history of house Bealish while this character we will never see again eats another girl's ***." Riveting TV.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
Good that "sex" is filtered, because that would offend someone, but "eats another girl's ***" is totally fine.
Disclaimer:
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
Well, we need to be able to discuss French donkey-based cuisine.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Wikipedia wrote:
Published in 1991, it focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser.
Sounds awful. Sounds like the Mary Steenburgen scenes from Back to the Future 3, aka the worst scenes.
Edited, Sep 27th 2014 12:37am by trickybeck
trickybeck wrote:
Wikipedia wrote:
Published in 1991, it focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser.
Sounds awful.
I assume it resonates better if you have a ******.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
trickybeck wrote:
Wikipedia wrote:
Published in 1991, it focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser.
Sounds awful. Sounds like the Mary Steenburgen scenes from Back to the Future 3, aka the worst scenes.
Edited, Sep 27th 2014 12:37am by trickybeck
It wasn't until mid season that it got all lovey dovey. And even then it was all tits.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
Jophiel wrote:
trickybeck wrote:
Wikipedia wrote:
Published in 1991, it focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser.
Sounds awful.
I assume it resonates better if you have a ******.
Like an echo chamber?
Dandruffshampoo wrote:
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Annabella, Goblin in Disguise wrote:
Stupidmonkey is more organized than a bag of raccoons.
Flea, on the other hand, now has some blog about the show with a bajillion followers and praise from the source books' author. Women, am I right?
Will this make her fabulously wealthy and able to escape her downtrodden life of quiet Midwestern desperation?
Will this make her fabulously wealthy and able to escape her downtrodden life of quiet Midwestern desperation?
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
One can only hope. I need the closet space.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I find some of the text and the subtext a little interesting. These are perhaps consequences of the story being written specifically to engage females, and specifically for the female gaze. The female protagonist's main quality is respect-worthiness. She's either automatically respected, or often gains respect later from people who had contempt for her. Closely followed by her quality of competence. She is often fallible, even laughably so, but when it really really matters, she's competent, useful, and gets things done. She's very opinionated and assertive. Her attractiveness is more a dignified handsomeness, (which incidentally helps make her look intelligent), than a sex-kitten look, or a soft prettiness. And yet she's far from unfeminine.
Her male opposite is arguably prettier than she is.
The usual male lead is a guy that other guys want to be, and the woman is a woman that guys want to f-cuddle. I really think that Outlander presents a woman that women want to be, and a guy that women want to f-cuddle. I find it interesting that other people find Claire irritating. I find her admirable without being irritatingly perfect. (That drinking!... another reversal from the hard-drinking hero trope)
She is not only the medical professional, but a war veteran in this story. He's a war veteran too, but two of his experiences: that of being a victim of a shocking abuse, and of being in hiding, are more usually a female trope.
More hilariously and obviously, the mid-season revelation that he's a virgin is a fun reversal.
Right from the start the two of them take turns rescuing and looking after each other. They spend time leaning on the other, they spend time being strong for the other.
Jaime's personal qualities are revealed over several episodes. He's pretty faced, masculine bodied, has a dry wit that especially comes through when you watch with closed captions, socially intelligent (he tells her how she's alienating people etc), well educated and practically skilled. Oh and romantic/emotionally intelligent. Major spoiler eg his "make it so" list for the wedding.
MASSIVE SPOILER FOR END OF SEASON HE is the subject of the villain's villainous attraction, the one the villain loves, lusts, abducts and rapes. Really, when I think about it, for a 1980's book the author packed in a whole lot of social-subversion, as well as trope-subversion of the romance genre. And as far as I know, she was the inventor of the time-travel romance, and the Scottish Highlander Fetish romance, which together and separately became so freakishly popular .
I've read romances that are more successful high literature than Outlander, but I'm finding it positive and refreshing to have a romance given the 5-star production treatment.
Edited, Sep 28th 2014 4:03am by Aripyanfar
Her male opposite is arguably prettier than she is.
The usual male lead is a guy that other guys want to be, and the woman is a woman that guys want to f-cuddle. I really think that Outlander presents a woman that women want to be, and a guy that women want to f-cuddle. I find it interesting that other people find Claire irritating. I find her admirable without being irritatingly perfect. (That drinking!... another reversal from the hard-drinking hero trope)
She is not only the medical professional, but a war veteran in this story. He's a war veteran too, but two of his experiences: that of being a victim of a shocking abuse, and of being in hiding, are more usually a female trope.
More hilariously and obviously, the mid-season revelation that he's a virgin is a fun reversal.
Right from the start the two of them take turns rescuing and looking after each other. They spend time leaning on the other, they spend time being strong for the other.
Jaime's personal qualities are revealed over several episodes. He's pretty faced, masculine bodied, has a dry wit that especially comes through when you watch with closed captions, socially intelligent (he tells her how she's alienating people etc), well educated and practically skilled. Oh and romantic/emotionally intelligent. Major spoiler eg his "make it so" list for the wedding.
MASSIVE SPOILER FOR END OF SEASON HE is the subject of the villain's villainous attraction, the one the villain loves, lusts, abducts and rapes. Really, when I think about it, for a 1980's book the author packed in a whole lot of social-subversion, as well as trope-subversion of the romance genre. And as far as I know, she was the inventor of the time-travel romance, and the Scottish Highlander Fetish romance, which together and separately became so freakishly popular .
I've read romances that are more successful high literature than Outlander, but I'm finding it positive and refreshing to have a romance given the 5-star production treatment.
Edited, Sep 28th 2014 4:03am by Aripyanfar
The usual male lead is a guy that other guys want to be
Jesus, no. Who wants to be Jamie? Dougal, sure. I want to be Dougal's beard more than I'd ever want to be Jamie.
Jesus, no. Who wants to be Jamie? Dougal, sure. I want to be Dougal's beard more than I'd ever want to be Jamie.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
I was contrasting usual male leads (in pop media) with the reverse case in Outlander. Jamie is a guy women want to f-cuddle, and Claire is a woman women want to be. Neither are designed to appeal to men. If they do, that is incidental.
Yup. Poor reading skills on my part.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
Smasharoo wrote:
Yup.
You know who else starts posts out with 'yup'?
Funny thing; when we were first married my husband always used to correct me when I'd say "yeah" instead of "yes". It was the only word he ever corrected me on. He is not in any way a grammar ****. Must have been something his parents bugged him about. maybe that wasn't so funny
Alma wrote:
I lost my post
I'm watching the show and it's ok. Outlander is one of my two favorite books. I think I've read it about 14 times. That said, watching the shows I've come to realize that, as usual, a lot is lost from book to screen. It's not the fault of the creators and the author is heavily involved in the making. It just feels slow paced and uninteresting because this particular book it's more about the thoughts going through the protagonists mind when she finds herself 200 years in the past, frantically trying to get home alive. You just can't get that feeling across on screen as well as you can on page.
I'm going book two will show better as there is a lot of political intrigue and battles, culminating to one of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history. Until then it shall remain less than awesome
Edited, Sep 29th 2014 8:52pm by DSD
I'm going book two will show better as there is a lot of political intrigue and battles, culminating to one of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history. Until then it shall remain less than awesome
Edited, Sep 29th 2014 8:52pm by DSD
I've had several friends recommend the book/tv show to me. Not a fan of books aboot ol' timey Scottish sexay times, I guess. I do like beards though.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Funny thing; when we were first married my husband always used to correct me when I'd say "yeah" instead of "yes".
Nexa and I both say "Did you mean 'Yes, please.'" to Hannah about 30 times per day.
Nexa and I both say "Did you mean 'Yes, please.'" to Hannah about 30 times per day.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
It's growing on him, he's full of ****. He even likes the song at the beginning now, I can tell. I'll have him learning to knit in no time.
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
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― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
It's growing on him
No. No, I assure you it is not. I just love you enough to watch Highland Boning Show....For Ladies and Laddies.
Here's every episode of that show:
Claire internal monologue: "Boy, these old hicks sure are backwards, good thing I bring them my feisty knowledge. But, wait, they still smile at farts, we ARE the same after all."
Claire ends up alone somehow.
Scottish rapist: "Aha, a woman, rape her!"
Claire escapes or is rescued.
Claire: "Boy, there's pretty much just a constant nonstop threat of rape around here in this desolate hilly land with more sheep than people."
Jaime: "Don't worry, I'll stop the rapists with my ****"
Enya song, credits.
No. No, I assure you it is not. I just love you enough to watch Highland Boning Show....For Ladies and Laddies.
Here's every episode of that show:
Claire internal monologue: "Boy, these old hicks sure are backwards, good thing I bring them my feisty knowledge. But, wait, they still smile at farts, we ARE the same after all."
Claire ends up alone somehow.
Scottish rapist: "Aha, a woman, rape her!"
Claire escapes or is rescued.
Claire: "Boy, there's pretty much just a constant nonstop threat of rape around here in this desolate hilly land with more sheep than people."
Jaime: "Don't worry, I'll stop the rapists with my ****"
Enya song, credits.
Disclaimer:
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
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