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Random Stargate Reruns
I saw Exodus and Enemies this week, which was pretty cool. I should be able to tape S5 at the rate of two eps per week. Of course, I've not seen either S3 or S4, except for a couple of random eps. But I'm sure I'll work it all out somehow.

Peter Wingfield's character -- whose name escapes me -- was really excellent. I look forward to seeing his past and future. But how could they let him escape? I thought the Tok'ra were supposed to be extra smart but their redshirts are as redshirt-y as the anyone's. The old "sick prisoner" trick? Maybe they just don't watch enough TV.

I also find the shifting morality behind when you have to consider a Goa'uld's host a separate entity kind of intriguing. Sometimes they -- by whom I mean "the good guys", not just the Tok'ra -- are all, we can't kill the innocent host, and sometimes they just take 'em down.

Also -- blowing up a sun? I thought Kevin Sorbo was the only one who like to solve his problems with Nova bombs. It seems to me like this could have far-reaching consequences.

All in all, I enjoyed these a fair amount. And there was one really nice scene where Jack and Daniel were waiting for Sam and Jacob to fix things yet again. Jack was lying down on a step and Daniel was sitting just in front of him. They looked so nice.

Specific Buffy Reruns
I watched Restless last night to make some notes for a vid. And because it's an excellent ep.

It's interesting to watch it now that Buffy is done, to see how the dreams predicted and foreshadowed. I was struck by the scene in Xander's dream where Buffy is playing in a sandbox like a little girl and Giles and Spike are on the swings. Spike is out in broad daylight. Giles is training him to be a watcher. Spike is wearing a brown suit not unlike the one he wears later on in Tabula Rasa, which I think is purposeful.

In Tabula Rasa, there was one thing that's continued to puzzle me. When all the Scoobies are waking up, with their memories gone, they try to work out who they are and how they might know each other. Giles says that when he looks at Spike, he feels a sense of disappointment. Why? It's so odd.

Also: I miss Tara.

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And there was one really nice scene where Jack and Daniel were waiting for Sam and Jacob to fix things yet again. Jack was lying down on a step and Daniel was sitting just in front of him. They looked so nice.

That was a yummy image. I saw slash moments all through that two-parter. The one running around the Goa'uld ship especially. Jack goes out and does heroic deeds, then comes back to the control room and I expected Daniel to push him back against a wall and start kissing him madly in relief that he was okay.

Tara is emminently missable. She was the most mature one on the show (of the younger set).

You know, I totally keep expecting them to touch more -- fingers on the arm, hand on the back -- Mulder/Scully stuff.

Tara was, as you say, very mature. And also so, so beautiful. *sniff*

[The LJ spellchecker knows "Mulder" but not "Scully" -- what's up with that?]

And Oz. And Anya. *snif*

Oh, and I loved that whole stiff hug he and Spike have. heh.

It is an interesting question, though-- Disappointed how, I wonder? That Spike was still alive? That Spike wasn't trustworthy, like Angel? This was pre-soul Spike, so... What do YOU think?

I just don't *know*! I want it to be that somehow Giles thought that Spike might become good of his own accord after being chipped. But I can't see Giles really entertaining those thoughts.

You know, I think it's odd, too. But I chalked it up to general TR-oddity; that episode frustrated me because it seemed to waste most of its opportunity for character revelations.

But Giles does, at some point in S4, say to Spike that maybe Spike was chipped for a higher purpose, maybe he needs to rethink his life ... and Spike laughs at him. I can't remember which episode, unfortunately. I think it must be post-"A New Man," and the scene is Giles paying Spike for his assistance in that episode.

That is one of my top two Jack/Daniel images. It was my wallpaper for quite some time.

Second image in case you wondered is a screen shot of the two of them in Between Two Fires. Also a season five episode.

Season five was good for top images. It's all in the hair. Actually it's all in getting Jack and Daniel's hair to behave in the same season. Boys.

I also find the shifting morality behind when you have to consider a Goa'uld's host a separate entity kind of intriguing. Sometimes they -- by whom I mean "the good guys", not just the Tok'ra -- are all, we can't kill the innocent host, and sometimes they just take 'em down.
Yeah, sometimes they address it and sometimes they just shoot away. I too am intrigued by that. I haven't studied it conclusively to see if there's any sort of pattern other than 'plot device.'

I'll be looking forward to Between Two Fires then.

And re the hosts issue -- likely it's just convenience of plot, but I've always got to try to fanwank these things into some sort of theory. When I've watched more eps, I'll try. :)

I think Giles was just projecting. He looks at Spike, there's animosity, he senses in his gut that something's just plain wrong... and since he's Spike's daddy all of a sudden and taking shit for it, he fills in disappointment in the emotional blank.

Just as he convinced himself he was in love or at least lust with Anya, which (of course) he so wasn't.

I think you're probably right about Giles and Spike.

BUT

Just as he convinced himself he was in love or at least lust with Anya, which (of course) he so wasn't.

He so was! So was she! They belonged together! Ah, cruel fate!

I'd been wanting them to get together for about a year before that ep aired. I just about fell off the couch when they kissed.

Eek! I cannot imagine Giles with anyone younger than forty. It makes my brain spin.

But if they're in love on planet you, cool! They're probably blissful.

This has nothing to do with your post but it does have to do with pirates:

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030808/5392729s.htm

Hey, cool. :) I have plans to make some of my Sims into pirates over the weekend.

Also -- blowing up a sun? I thought Kevin Sorbo was the only one who like to solve his problems with Nova bombs. It seems to me like this could have far-reaching consequences.

I'm pleased to see you mention this, because back when I was idly watching random SG episodes trying to get my fannish on, it was this incident that ultimately turned me off to the show. I'd already been feeling that it was too militaristic for me, but making a sun go supernova to wipe out an enemy fleet was just way too far over that edge for me.

Not to say you shouldn't enjoy yourself, of course. (:

Yes, I am a responsible viewer, considering the moral implications of what I see, weighing the consequences of such actions, and thinking that Jack and Daniel are really fucking hot.

So, yeah, enjoying myself. :)

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I miss Tara, too

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