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fullygoldy) wrote2012-09-19 07:59 am
fullygoldy) wrote2012-09-19 07:59 am
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At least there's sand in this one
I guess I need a Generation Kill icon?
Thanks todira , I've finally seen all the eps and about half the commentaries/special features for GK. DH and I watched together, and we both liked the documentary and technical aspects of the series. Since this is journalism-based, the story telling isn't what we normally get. Wright was doing something very specific - documenting what he saw, and he admits that in a few places he wants to highlight some of the things he saw (good and bad), but he's not trying to romanticize the event.
I really like the three-dimensional aspect of many of the characters. The series does a way better job of fleshing out multiple characters than anything else I've seen lately. Unfortunately, it seems some of the real-life people weren't 3D enough to flesh out in any meaningful way. I was totally blown away by how much Skarsgard physically resembles Colbert, and how well he portrayed his quiet confidence/competence.
So it's interesting to me that there are such strong pairings. The only one that really jumped out at me was Evan/Ray, LOL. Seriously, I think Evan has a big fat mancrush on Ray. I think it has to do with Ray's incredible command of language ::snort::
And okay, you can make a case for Rudy/Pappy, but that may be another one-sided thing. Rudy did seem to have a hard time keeping his hands off Pappy.
Brad/Nate is pretty to contemplate, and I've thoroughly enjoyed exploring that concept, but I'm not sure I would have gone there on my own. It makes sense, in that they're pretty much the only two that are pretty sane throughout, so like finds like and then things snowball from there, right?
But I guess I'm truly hooked, because last night I dreamt I was giving Brad a blowjob. In loving, technicolor detail, complete with deep throating, and moaning and, and, and. He's not my usual dreamboat, but he IS a long, tall drink, and I do love still waters, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised. At least he doesnt seem as young as Nate.
Thanks to
dira , I've finally seen all the eps and about half the commentaries/special features for GK. DH and I watched together, and we both liked the documentary and technical aspects of the series. Since this is journalism-based, the story telling isn't what we normally get. Wright was doing something very specific - documenting what he saw, and he admits that in a few places he wants to highlight some of the things he saw (good and bad), but he's not trying to romanticize the event.I really like the three-dimensional aspect of many of the characters. The series does a way better job of fleshing out multiple characters than anything else I've seen lately. Unfortunately, it seems some of the real-life people weren't 3D enough to flesh out in any meaningful way. I was totally blown away by how much Skarsgard physically resembles Colbert, and how well he portrayed his quiet confidence/competence.
So it's interesting to me that there are such strong pairings. The only one that really jumped out at me was Evan/Ray, LOL. Seriously, I think Evan has a big fat mancrush on Ray. I think it has to do with Ray's incredible command of language ::snort::
And okay, you can make a case for Rudy/Pappy, but that may be another one-sided thing. Rudy did seem to have a hard time keeping his hands off Pappy.
Brad/Nate is pretty to contemplate, and I've thoroughly enjoyed exploring that concept, but I'm not sure I would have gone there on my own. It makes sense, in that they're pretty much the only two that are pretty sane throughout, so like finds like and then things snowball from there, right?
But I guess I'm truly hooked, because last night I dreamt I was giving Brad a blowjob. In loving, technicolor detail, complete with deep throating, and moaning and, and, and. He's not my usual dreamboat, but he IS a long, tall drink, and I do love still waters, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised. At least he doesnt seem as young as Nate.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I came into it already shipping Brad/Nate, so I was content to keep doing that although, yeah, I don't think I really saw a deep relationship between them until the third or fourth rewatch. The one that leaps out at me, and I think at most people, upon first watching is Brad/Ray, because they're just! so! married! they sing to each other! and so on!
Whereas I'm not sure I've ever seen fic pairing Evan with anyone, despite the obvious hardon he has for more or less all of them. *g*
(The bit in the miniseries where Ray and Walt are talking about how scarily accurate Trombley was when he shot the shepherds, and how he might be nuts but you also feel safer with him on your side--in Evan's book that is Evan's own observation. Which actually left me wanting Evan/Trombley, uh, as deeply problematic as Trombley/anyone would be...)
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Trombley/anyone is DEEPLY problematic. Especially Trombley/anyone female. Although, I do wonder how it would go down with him in a Mike Bravo situation. Is his brother as squirrely as him? I'd think his wolf would have to have some kind of ameliorating effect on his personality, because the other way round is just too horrifying to contemplate. I'd think that the brother or the combo would be disqualified from serving, and definitely from reproducing. Plus, what bitch is going to want halfLucky pups?
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So part of the answer is easy: Lucky is about as fucked up as Trombley is, and the rest of the platoon doesn't really like him (they would probably not have conceived a superstition against his name if they did, and would certainly have given him a new nickname), but Trombley and Lucky are fucked up in a way that is still functional within the Corps. Lucky's never been bred and probably never will be. For dog wolves, they have to father 1-2 pups to maintain population replacement (bitches have to pop out about ten, which on average takes two litters), but this means there are a lot of dog wolves who are never bred while others are bred way more than once; even before You Just Brace and You Breathe, Brad's brother Frost had fathered six, which means he's taking up slack for a lot of reservists and other undesirables.
OTOH, while figuring out whether wolf-verse Trombley is less of a menace to women (probably, probably aggressively heterophobic in a culture where the manliest killing machines are also having the most sex with other men), I realized that Trombley spends the whole invasion incessantly hitting on Evan. So. When you run across that in the story, THAT IS ALL YOUR FAULT. :D
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Aaand, I've been considering volunteering for beta duty. Since I have finally experienced all the canon of both halves of this fusion, I think I'd be comfortable with it. Message me with your expectations, and I'll let you know if I feel competent enough to give it a go.