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1) So today I watched an episode of The Big Bang Theory because [livejournal.com profile] irrel and [livejournal.com profile] rashaka keep drawing/writing hot makeout art/fic between Sheldon and Penny. This particular episode was the one in which Penny gets banished for sitting in his spot in the couch.

The show has some funny things, and the nerdy things are fun, and I like the fact that Penny is round-faced-and-armed (as in, her actress isn't super-skinny). Although I can now officially say that everything about Leonard in relation to Penny turns me off (I mean, his posture in general is a huge turn-off, but dude, nerd guys like that, pedestals, etc. etc. etc., I get it now), and at least they admitted they were total creepsters for stalking the America's Next Top Models, but basically I have to admit that at the end of the episode I totally imagined that, after turning their backs on each other, Sheldon and Penny ran back and made out.

Also the whole time they were in the laundry room I could only think of this fic.

DAMN YOU, IRREL AND RASHAKA. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU (also plz finish that fic kthxbai).

2) I am sort of kind of addicted to Bones. In "I've watched some episodes from season 2 and season 3" way. In a "this show sometimes has faulty/lame sentences, and I usually don't like gruesome crime shows, but the characters are awesome and the writers don't shy away from the Big Stuff" way. In a "DAVID BOREANZ YOU ARE SO AWESOME WHEN YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO BE WITH BUFFY" way. In a "I have spent over half an hour looking for a decent version of this particular scene I watched today IN ORDER TO SHARE ITS AWESOME WITH YOU" way.

SUCCESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Well, not total, because it would work better with the lead-in, but anyway.

I will admit that like three episodes into watching it I figured out how this show works. Namely, like this:

1. Bones (the nickname of Brennan, the anthropologist chick) and Booth (the FBI dude): *start a conversation while investigating a crime scene*
2. Bones and Booth: *have to deal with crime scene*
3. Other characters: *have lives, deal with dead bodies*
4. Bones: *does something with dead bodies, probably talks about Booth*
5. Booth: *does something with suspects, frets and/or talks about Bones*
6. Other characters: *are awesome in their own right*
7. Bones and Booth: *continue previous conversation, get cut off right before they can say anything important*
8. Plot: *happens, maybe referencing the Season Plot*
9. Previous Three Steps: *repeat until ending scene of episode*
10. Ending Scene: *Bones and Booth finish at least part of the conversation they have been having all episode, BUT NOT ENOUGH to examine how it relates to their relationship*

THIS IS THE FORMULA, AND IT IS BRILLIANT, BECAUSE THE UST CAN LAST FOREVER THIS WAY. I mean okay I have no idea what the show is doing in prime-time land (I'm watching it on TNT, and trying to keep Goose from watching it half the time, though she's the one that got me hooked), so maybe they've hooked up by now, but even then you can still keep their arguments fresh. Because they never finish a conversation. Oh, sure, the overall theme gets finished, but they so very rarely have a chance to discuss it in terms of themselves.

(Also secretly I want them to get together with something like this, around step 7:
Bones: Booth, I have a question.
Booth: *eying suspicious figure or whatever* Yeah?
Bones: Are we in love?
Booth: *still eying suspicious figure* What?
Bones: I said, are we in love?
Booth: *still staring in general direction of suspicious figure, not seeing him* ...what?
Bones: It just seems, if you sit down and add up all the facts--
Booth: ...what facts?
Bones: *starts to list them*
Suspicious Figure: *runs off somewhere*
Booth and Bones: *have to put off conversation until later*)

Anyway, most of what I would like to say about this show has been better-said in this article, but it contains spoilers. It is safe until just after the second quote box, but the first paragraph sets the stage for my second favorite element of the show:

It’s Christmas at the Jeffersonian Museum, and a team of freakish forensics scientists is clashing over the meaning of Christmas. Seely Booth, the Catholic, sees it as a time to revisit the man upstairs. T.J. Hodgins, the paranoiac, says just because organized religion is another political movement designed to control the masses, “that doesn’t mean God doesn’t love me.” And Zach Addy, the least socially adjusted scientist, says, “I’m an empirical rationalist all the way, unless you talk to my mother. Then I’m Lutheran.”

(also I have a weakness for non-crazy Catholics in the media, BUT I will admit that I did not know Booth's denomination until I read this article)

but basically, all these characters--you basically know what they'll say, but it's how the specific characters with these generic viewpoints interact and how they conclude things that makes the show so much fun. Well, that and the Booth/Bones dynamic, which is just win because the individuals are so well-defined and their relationship is just so insane and strong at the same time.

Anyway, the video I wanted to share comes at the end of the Pony Fetish episode ("Death in the Saddle," warning, the corpse in this one is still juicy, and they WOULDN'T STOP SHOWING IT), and it comes in the middle of their exchange, so I'll post what comes before it:

Booth: I didn’t lose my appetite because you mentioned horse meat. I lost my appetite because you made me think of all those people parading around, pretending to be something they aren’t just so they could have crappy sex.

Brennan: How do you know if it’s crappy?

Booth: It’s gotta be, Bones, it’s gotta be.

Brennan: Why?




with free fun light-hearted bonus

3. Today my sisters and I are going to finish watching Ouran. Nuff said, I think.

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Date: 2009-08-18 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mysteree80.livejournal.com
I like "The Big Bang Theory." Really funny show. But I can't believe there's such a thing as fanfic/fanart for it. Especially depicting romantic situations between Sheldon and, well, anyone at all!

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Date: 2009-08-20 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
see, my entire perception of the show is colored by the fact that my introduction to it was "so, there's this really awkward guy named Sheldon, and he and Penny should totally make out."

although frankly anyone is better than Leonard.

but yes, the show does amuse me. the fact there is a show with that many geeky subjects on it makes me do a little dance on the inside. :-b

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Date: 2009-08-20 05:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mysteree80.livejournal.com
Haha, fair enough. And yes, we can agree that Leonard is uber lame. But akureihikari below has it 100% right. Sheldon is asexual, and any sexualization of him totally goes against his character.

Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying the show! Don't tell anyone, but it makes me do some of those little dances as well. Oh wait, you said "on the inside." Oops.
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Date: 2009-08-20 04:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
well, I'm really disturbed by the fact that Leonard is supposed to be some kind of romantic dude for Penny. Sheldon at least has personality and decent posture. XD

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Date: 2009-08-18 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com
Bones is one of my favorite TV shows.

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Date: 2009-08-18 10:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bttrflywriter.livejournal.com
Ooh, Bones is awesome! I've seen every episode (so far), therefore... I know something you don't know! Oh, the surprises that you are in for. Mwahahaha!

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Date: 2009-08-18 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com
Yes. The things I'm trying not to say right now! 'Cause I may not be on US air time, but thankfully Sky1 was smart enough to pick up Bones early on and airs episodes not far behind the US airing dates, and the Beloved usually ends up picking the DVDs up as well.

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Date: 2009-08-20 04:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
BOTH OF YOU STOP IT. I will comb the dorms when I get back at school and see if anyone has the DVDs.

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Date: 2009-08-18 11:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] styromgalleries.livejournal.com
I'm going to read the entry in a few, but just wanted to say right now...

I don't know if this is ridiculous or not, but I'm going to pimp my sister [livejournal.com profile] _missmargaret_. She writes freaking awesome Bones!fic. Like, seriously, she's good. She does a great job of capturing the characters and she has a good style. And she really is a good writer. Like, I did not know this until she started writing Bones fic. You should check some of it out. I'm not sure what will and will not be spoilers for you, so here's a link to her Bones!fic tag list

/end slightly-biased pimpage

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Date: 2009-08-20 04:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
NO NO I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THIS I was just thinking, where to go for the fic? I will just have to watch out for spoilers. :-D

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Date: 2009-08-19 04:52 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] rashaka.livejournal.com
1. BWAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAA

2. Although I can now officially say that everything about Leonard in relation to Penny turns me off (I mean, his posture in general is a huge turn-off, but dude, nerd guys like that, pedestals, etc. etc. etc., I get it now), ...YES. BAD.

3. I liked the Top Model joke. It was in poor taste and creepy, but I kind of loved it anyway. A lot of the BBT humor falls flat or weak for me, or just seems mean-spirited in season 1, but the Top Model thing was genuinely amusing, maybe because I have such a low opinion of the people who go on reality tv shows anyway. Also, I don't think Raj or Howard put Penny on a pedestal. All Raj has to do is get drunk and he can get laid, and Howard is too cynical to think anyone deserves a pedestal, even a pretty girl. Sheldon occupies his own pedestal quite happily. So naturally it saddens me that the one the PTBs dictate should be Penny's love interest is the only "nice guy who puts girls on pedestals" in the gang.

4. You know that Sheldon and Penny totally made out. Now skip to season 2 and you'll REALLY start thinking that, heh. Or wishing it.

5. I love Bones and I ship Booth/Brennan so hard. But it's one of those shows where I'm content with canon and don't fangirl it much at all.

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Date: 2009-08-20 04:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
3. Well, I thought it was hilarious, but still creepy, so I was glad they were like "yep, we're creepy." It's like how old!Spock is like "yep, time-traveling and telling you that you should become young!me's best friend is cheating" and suddenly that made the whole ST film okay.

5. That's pretty much how I feel, but as I don't have much access to canon at the moment, I'm fanfic hopping.

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Date: 2009-08-19 09:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] irrel.livejournal.com
Yay! You watched BBT :D That is one excellent episode to watch first. I hope you watch some more (especially S/P ones, heh).

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Date: 2009-08-19 10:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaos-harmony.livejournal.com
Oh, I adored Bones from that first moment in the airport when the main character revealed that she was a forensic anthropologist, a novelist, and an amateur martial artist. She teeters on being Sue-ish from time to time, but I don't even care. Also, the ensemble cast is possibly my favorite ensemble cast EVER. Like, these are totally the kind of people I'd be best friends with in real life. Wait till you get to the third & fourth seasons; that's when they introduce one of my favorite characters.

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Date: 2009-08-20 04:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com
She's Sueish in ability, but her personality is so whack and her reactions to her own abilities are so blase that it's totally forgivable. And YES I love the ensemble people; is this favorite character a spoiler? Because I've seen a fair amount of season 2 (I think) and the beginning three episodes of season 3.

also is this show still on the air or what.

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Date: 2009-08-20 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaos-harmony.livejournal.com
The favorite character is Lance Sweets - this really friendly, extremely young, yet extremely qualified psychologist they assign to more or less be Brennan & Booth's relationship counselor. No, for real. It's kind of awesome.

Yep! There's going to be a fifth season. :D

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