A post about a bunch of stuff

[prillalar]

Wrote a drabble for the slash100 "in the dark" challenge: Would You, Could You?. Hard to describe except to say that my own reaction to the idea was: Jesus, that's fucked up!

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Passed on to me by my boss. If you've ever been to a game convention, you'll understand. A quote from a gamecon (World Boardgaming Convention):

"With all the ponytails and breasts in here, you'd think there would be more women!"
- Cheryl Cohen, after walking through the multiplayer gaming hall at WBC

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At work, I have this Star Trek page-a-day calendar with pics from all the different Trek incarnations. Mostly, I just enjoy the classic Trek pics and kind of pass over the other ones. But I was pretty fixated on this one yesterday.

The caption is: Aron Eisenberg as Kar, a young Kazon warrior who failed to earn his name when he failed to kill Commander Chakotay. I must say that Mr Eisenberg is looking hot like a hot hot thing.

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I've been thinking about BtVS a little lately and I got to wondering -- just how did Giles get that librarian job at Sunnydale High? I assume the Watchers Council did some maneuvering, but what about the Mayor et alia? Do you think they didn't know about the Watchers? You'd think they'd check out pretty carefully someone who was going to be working right above the Hellmouth.

Unless they had trouble keeping librarians for that very reason. And what about Giles's background as a curator at "some British museum or maybe THE British Museum"? Real or made-up?

Comments

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

"With all the ponytails and breasts in here, you'd think there would be more women!"

I feel bad for laughing at this, but I snickered out loud. Snerk!

[prillalar]

I laugh because I've been there. And I'll be going there again. Ah, D&D!

Though of course the people I game with are completely normal. *koff*

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

And what about Giles's background as a curator at "some British museum or maybe THE British Museum"? Real or made-up?

I think real. I think the CoW placed its people in key positions in such organizations - after all, where else but to the British Musuem etc. are all the cool new dangerous magical artifacts going to come? And where else would they gain access to a whole hoard of research materials?

Plus, he was called in to consult on the big rock in Becoming. If his credentials had been false, I don't think the Sunnydale museum curator would have known to call him. Though I suppose the grapevine in the 'small town' of 38,000 people would let people like a museum curator know if someone who'd worked at the British Museum was in town.

Unless, of course, it was just *a* British museum he worked at, and one owned by the Watchers.

Or, in a funny turn of events, he was just a tour guide at Madame Tussaud's...

[prillalar]

Or, in a funny turn of events, he was just a tour guide at Madame Tussaud's...

OK, that's fanfic. You or me?

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think that needs your deft comedic touch, hence my mentioning it in your LJ. *g*

[mishamcm.livejournal.com]

Yes, Aron Eisenberg is a hottie.

It's always kind of unclear what the Mayor thought about having a Slayer around. Wouldn't the Master or Acathla have thrown a monkey wrench into his Ascension if Buffy hadn't stopped them? I suppose he figured Buffy would take care of things like that, but wouldn't be able to stop him.

[mishamcm.livejournal.com]

And, to add to myself...

Maybe that's one reason the Watcher's Council had such a thing about sending relatively young and inexperienced Watchers out into the field with the actual Slayers. Figure on top of a Hellmouth, a really BNF-Watcher would be too much of a target. Someone like the Mayor would be less likely to intervene if it was just some ordinary Watcher.

[prillalar]

Hmm, interesting thoughts. The mayor did seem to feel he had everything nicely under control.

a really BNF-Watcher

Too funny!