Weekend stuff
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shallownessI posted EXHIBIT: Sharp-suited Man (Gotham, Teen, Jim Gordon, Lee Thompkins, Ed Nygma, Jim Gordon/Lee Thompkins, Ed Nygma/Lee Thompkins. Post 4.22. 2,622 words. Summary: Jim is familiar with coming to tied to a chair.)
I started writing this soon after seeing the season 4 finale, because the idea of Jim waking up to find himself (tied up) in a Riddler suit entertained me. As far as I can tell, it hasn’t happened in any Batman canon, but Gordon and Nygma probably have a different dynamic outside of Gotham, anyway. The idea probably came from the scene that Lee references in the fic from the finale, where she says they’re alike.
Writing from Jim’s POV was interesting – I felt obliged to put a Jim/Lee slant on things, including the Ed/Lee tension, although it’s really gen and I’m personally more invested in Lee/Ed in all its badwrongglory. Obviously, I presumed Hugo Strange did his thing, brought Ed and Lee back, and, for my purposes, not too changed from who they were. I’ve been going back to it and editing it every so often the past few months, and decided now was time to post it (before I seriously started to explore different POVs and get myself in a muddle for one thing). Again, it wasn’t betaed, so I hope I haven’t missed too big a howler.
Monarch of the Glen update
The wacky adventures of the third series continued, with Molly being ace whilst lying about Hector to get the health and safety man onside in the rose garden.
Stella’s ex-husband turned up, leaving me wishing we had some better build-up to their explosive fights. He was a reporter come to write up the house and hopefully get some visitors to bring some cash in. He also turned out to be a scuzz, making Lexie momentarily feel a bit of sisterly feeling for Stella, enough that they bonded over champagne, Stella urged Lexie to go after Archie. Except Lexie has done that before, once this series and more previously and mostly been shot down. She wasn’t getting shot down, exactly this time, in a sophisticated black dress borrowed from Stella, hanging out with Archie in Duncan’s cottage (he was there for wacky plot reasons) sharing a deep and meaningful about what they wanted from life, which developed into silly by-play that might have got somewhere, although probably snogging and ‘I shouldn’t’ from himself, when Stella turned up. That’s Stella who had just sworn off men and suggested all this, but now seemed decided to be a romantic rival for Archie with Lexie JUST BECAUSE. Cue more clothes borrowing and cattiness. Also, Stella seems to have the one move. Also, Archie doesn’t seem that interested. But the argument that if Archie was interested in Lexie, he’d have made a move by now had force. Basically they’re botching it, and I ended up feeling sorry for Duncan a lot, even though I still didn’t see he had the right to go through Marie-Helene’s stuff for her boyfriend’s phone number.
Mr Bennet (from the Colin Darcy P&P adap) turned up to channel Terry Thomas at one point.
Strictly (Blackpool) Results
A fun opening routine, if one that made me think ‘What’s the Italian for gay panic?’ ‘She went off with…Anton…over Giovanni or Grazziano in a Latinish dance!?’ and ‘I bet they gave Giovanni and Grazziano the leads so that the former could translate for the latter.’ I prefer this sort of thing with a tango, but whatever.
As for the dress change, Tess went for a more boring metallic with a pointless feature zip, Claudia’s frills were too much for me, Shirley’s gown also had too much detailing, leaving Darcey for the win, with a sophisticated colour, lovely choker, a stylish enough cut, and her love of slits under relative control.
This vote was going to be a test of Lauren and AJ and Kate and Aljiaz’s popularity, and I did gasp a little about Lauren being safe. I guess AJ and his lifts are more popular than I thought. Oti must have been hoping for Graeme’s sake that he’d be against Kate.
Take That did their slightly weird latest song, with Gary being a big old showman, Howard seeming disengaged and Mark’s hair being terrible. Big production, mind.
With the judges, they tried to confuse us by not talking about Faye, and gave Bruno the pointless job of informing us that we’re going to have to suffer the lindyhopathon, so expect grumbling next week. But I didn’t believe Faye was in trouble – rightly.
Their time under the lights gave me more time to see the detail on Dianne’s dress – lovely, and Kevin’s shirt – hideous. I watched both dances, mused over how Kate’s back probably led to the stiff neck. She handled her goodbye very gracefully.
The Little Drummer Girl - Episode 4
Deeper in and even more difficult emotional terrain for Charlie (threatened by a gun, finding out Salim was killed, wanting out, being reeled back in) and Gadi (over her, over what they’re doing). And as Marty said, truth and fiction intertwine – the manipulation of the photos that we saw in the previous episode too to create the fiction spoke to modern fakery. But the twining of truth and fiction happened most obviously for the main couple.
I didn’t understand what Gadi said happened to his wife, but I think I followed the rest of it. Though that bit with the mouth and the eye? Eh?
A few places – his flat, where she made contact with the guy in the phone that looked good, but probably smelled in real life.
I liked the reveal that the power in the final room was the sister.
I started writing this soon after seeing the season 4 finale, because the idea of Jim waking up to find himself (tied up) in a Riddler suit entertained me. As far as I can tell, it hasn’t happened in any Batman canon, but Gordon and Nygma probably have a different dynamic outside of Gotham, anyway. The idea probably came from the scene that Lee references in the fic from the finale, where she says they’re alike.
Writing from Jim’s POV was interesting – I felt obliged to put a Jim/Lee slant on things, including the Ed/Lee tension, although it’s really gen and I’m personally more invested in Lee/Ed in all its badwrongglory. Obviously, I presumed Hugo Strange did his thing, brought Ed and Lee back, and, for my purposes, not too changed from who they were. I’ve been going back to it and editing it every so often the past few months, and decided now was time to post it (before I seriously started to explore different POVs and get myself in a muddle for one thing). Again, it wasn’t betaed, so I hope I haven’t missed too big a howler.
Monarch of the Glen update
The wacky adventures of the third series continued, with Molly being ace whilst lying about Hector to get the health and safety man onside in the rose garden.
Stella’s ex-husband turned up, leaving me wishing we had some better build-up to their explosive fights. He was a reporter come to write up the house and hopefully get some visitors to bring some cash in. He also turned out to be a scuzz, making Lexie momentarily feel a bit of sisterly feeling for Stella, enough that they bonded over champagne, Stella urged Lexie to go after Archie. Except Lexie has done that before, once this series and more previously and mostly been shot down. She wasn’t getting shot down, exactly this time, in a sophisticated black dress borrowed from Stella, hanging out with Archie in Duncan’s cottage (he was there for wacky plot reasons) sharing a deep and meaningful about what they wanted from life, which developed into silly by-play that might have got somewhere, although probably snogging and ‘I shouldn’t’ from himself, when Stella turned up. That’s Stella who had just sworn off men and suggested all this, but now seemed decided to be a romantic rival for Archie with Lexie JUST BECAUSE. Cue more clothes borrowing and cattiness. Also, Stella seems to have the one move. Also, Archie doesn’t seem that interested. But the argument that if Archie was interested in Lexie, he’d have made a move by now had force. Basically they’re botching it, and I ended up feeling sorry for Duncan a lot, even though I still didn’t see he had the right to go through Marie-Helene’s stuff for her boyfriend’s phone number.
Mr Bennet (from the Colin Darcy P&P adap) turned up to channel Terry Thomas at one point.
Strictly (Blackpool) Results
A fun opening routine, if one that made me think ‘What’s the Italian for gay panic?’ ‘She went off with…Anton…over Giovanni or Grazziano in a Latinish dance!?’ and ‘I bet they gave Giovanni and Grazziano the leads so that the former could translate for the latter.’ I prefer this sort of thing with a tango, but whatever.
As for the dress change, Tess went for a more boring metallic with a pointless feature zip, Claudia’s frills were too much for me, Shirley’s gown also had too much detailing, leaving Darcey for the win, with a sophisticated colour, lovely choker, a stylish enough cut, and her love of slits under relative control.
This vote was going to be a test of Lauren and AJ and Kate and Aljiaz’s popularity, and I did gasp a little about Lauren being safe. I guess AJ and his lifts are more popular than I thought. Oti must have been hoping for Graeme’s sake that he’d be against Kate.
Take That did their slightly weird latest song, with Gary being a big old showman, Howard seeming disengaged and Mark’s hair being terrible. Big production, mind.
With the judges, they tried to confuse us by not talking about Faye, and gave Bruno the pointless job of informing us that we’re going to have to suffer the lindyhopathon, so expect grumbling next week. But I didn’t believe Faye was in trouble – rightly.
Their time under the lights gave me more time to see the detail on Dianne’s dress – lovely, and Kevin’s shirt – hideous. I watched both dances, mused over how Kate’s back probably led to the stiff neck. She handled her goodbye very gracefully.
The Little Drummer Girl - Episode 4
Deeper in and even more difficult emotional terrain for Charlie (threatened by a gun, finding out Salim was killed, wanting out, being reeled back in) and Gadi (over her, over what they’re doing). And as Marty said, truth and fiction intertwine – the manipulation of the photos that we saw in the previous episode too to create the fiction spoke to modern fakery. But the twining of truth and fiction happened most obviously for the main couple.
I didn’t understand what Gadi said happened to his wife, but I think I followed the rest of it. Though that bit with the mouth and the eye? Eh?
A few places – his flat, where she made contact with the guy in the phone that looked good, but probably smelled in real life.
I liked the reveal that the power in the final room was the sister.
