'Happy thoughts!'
Sep. 18th, 2009 12:51 amOkay! So rambly, fangirly post time now!
But before I do? I just want to say that diamond microdermabrasion treatment? Is awesome! Now I get why people who do it spend the money on it. It makes a bird look pretty nice!
OKAY, SO, WHAT ABOUT DEAD LIKE ME THEN?
Well, I could say (& will) lots of things, but I have to say that one reason I finished series two so fast was because one of my DVDs in it wasn't working! Even after I cleaned it & even after I tried it in River's DVD drive. So I've missed out on three or four actual episodes in series two, but I don't think they were anything overly important. (um, except for the fact the Roxy & Mason were going reaping in Cancun! HELLO, MASON IN CANCUN? & I'M DENIED THIS? NO MA'AM.)
But other than that, I absolutely adored watching both series of it. I really did enjoy series two, but series one was kind of my favourite of the two, I think. I can't say why, but I just felt like it had more emotional weight behind it. But that isn't to say that series two didn't! At least for Mason & Daisy - OMGOMGOMG MASON/DAISY YAAAY. Now I may be a bit biased toward these two, as my first episodes of Dead Like Me were from series two & were, if I remember right, my first episode was actually when George more or less gate-crashes a funeral with Mason so she can meet the guy she has a crush on & who's father she reaped. (I remember this because as soon as I saw Mason being, well, Mason, I flipped the fuck out & squeaked out, 'O MY FUCKING GOD, IT'S FITZ KREINER ON MY TELEVISION! He was - no, IS in general - so Fitz-esque! Um, more on this later.) Then I went up to Last Call before I got series one, so hence my fondness for Mason/Daisy. But after series one, I was still squealing over them - SHE POURS A WHOLE GLASS OF COKE DOWN MASON'S SHIRT WHEN THEY FIRST MEET! THEY GET DRUNK & DANCE TOGETHER! HE GIVES HER A RING! ::flails on & on::
So yes, I ship Mason/Daisy like MAD. Just - they make me wibble. & I love how their relationship, even if it's of the non-romantic kind, develops in series two. & them dancing together at Rube's place is hysterical! Not just because they're so cute (& occasionally angsty) when plastered, but because they were plastered in Post-It notes! ::dies:: AWESOME, AWESOME SHIT, MAN.
& I may or may not have been thinking 'OMG MASON, JUST KISS HER ALREADY. SOMEONE, PLEASE MAKE THE FIRST MOVE, CHRIST!'
So, that was me fangirling Mason/Daisy, now we'll move onto how much I adore Daisy herself! & I really do, even though I really found her a bit grating on the nerves in her first few episodes - I kept wanting to slap her a few times & tell her to shut the fuck up because she was so annoying. But after her little seance scheme, I came to nod my head & be like, 'Yeah, that's the Daisy Adair I know and love.'
& HOW AWESOME IS HER WARDROBE? Well, not as awesome as Mason's, but hers contains a fair few covet-worthy items, like her Asian silk pyjama set & the top she wears in Last Call, I think. Also, her tan coat with the huge furry collar - it's very thirties, very glamorous, & of course, fabulously Daisy! She has a lot of glamour, like Betty had. & I liked Betty too! She was a twenties girl! & still dressed like it in some of her episodes! Flappers FTW! (but I always found Betty a bit creepier than Daisy ever was - it was her thing with the pictures, I think. I just found it weird & creepy.)
Also? I kind of see a lot of myself in Daisy - her outward bubbliness, the things she would rather hide under the bubbliness, the fact that we're both fallen starlets . . . well, I'm a fallen stage actress, actually. & I never slept with half of show business, like Daisy claims to have. ::giggles:: So maybe that's why I ♥ her as much as I do.But it doesn't explain my sudden crush on her. Hmm.
Okay, that was Daisy. Actually, I should have talked about her second, because she's easily my second favourite - but my first favourite would have to be, hands-down,very little no contest, Mason. I mean . . . HE JUST EXUDES AWESOME, OKAY? In any state, really - drunk, high, sober, angsty, when committing various acts of criminal activity, stealing candy from children with the best question EVER . . . yeah, that could be the short version of why I love Mason. (& yet, even though I love him to bits, I just about DIED when Roxy mowed him down while he was trying to rip off parking meters! & I still loved Roxy after that, so no damage was done, apparently.)
BUT I WANT TO FANGIRL MORE, OKAY? Starting with about ninety percent of his wardrobe, I'd say. After Daisy & George, he had the FUCKING BEST CLOTHES. Like, I'd just steal his entire wardrobe for myself, really. He, along with Daisy & George, are totally my newest fashion inspirations-idols, most definitely. I'm also oddly fond of his customised blazer with the hooded jacket look - it might look odd on some people, but he wears it well! & of course, his double-layering look, which I already nicked - for me, a grey sweater under an Emily the Strange top with blue jeans & Converse - practical & quite stylish! But the plaid trousers? Not so much. Um, yeah. Too golf-like for me.
Okay, moving from the sartorial to the . . . well, onto other things, I still maintain, AND I SWEAR, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF HALF MY FRIENDS WERE SAYING THIS LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE, that Mason is so Fitz-esque that it's scary. I mean, it's net even because Callum Blue = perfect Fitz, but because, well - if you know Fitz, then look at Mason, it kind of makes you think (or makes ME think, anyway), 'Hey . . . Mason's really got a lot in common with Fitz, doesn't he?' (& I want to point out that this would also be in both physicality & personality ways. Not just one or the other!)
& also, it's kind of the same case of why I also like Daisy - well, you all know me by now; my favourite characters are always the ones I relate to the most - minus the drugs, the booze, the drugs & booze & the selling/smuggling of them to & in various places, I can relate a bit to Mason, in that I'm a classic fuck-up myself, but I'm just a sober one. I'm the one who could be counted on to royally fuck something up & usually will, BUT! I try not to, even if I'm not always good at it.
That & the fact that I'm a sixties bird at heart. & yes, I'd read books I haven't read yet in order to up the chances of a shag with a cute Lit student. (but I'd also enjoy reading them as well!)
Uh, short version? I FUCKING LOVE MASON. HE HAPPENS TO BE MADE OF AWESOME FOR SO MANY REASONS. THERE.
(O, & I forgot to mention, he banged Kaylee Frye's Goth ancestor in the back of a record shop. HELL. FUCKING. YES.)
Wow, this is getting long, so let's skip to my third favourite - miss George Lass. What can I say about George, hmm . . . well, she had quite a memorable death in comparison to her group of reapers, I love how cynical & bitchy she is, & the weird thing? There are some moments where she reminds me of Neil Gaiman's Death, but without the chipper attitude & the Byron-esque brother. In series two, after she settles into her role as a reaper, she just seems so Death-esque in some ways - like, this is her job & she just does it. Nothing special, it's what she does now. She'll take your soul & lead you to your light, but she's not sentimental about it (usually), but just calm, casual & practical. This is her job, she gets an assignment & she does it. That's that. & among other things, I think it's why I like her so much. Death's always been one of my favourites & George is just a kind of cynical, snarky version of her, but with loads more colour in her fab wardrobe.
& George is the second of my three favourites that I see the most of myself in - I don't act like it, but I can be just as cynical & a bitch as George can be at times. Also, we both kind of fucked off with the whole school nonsense & now work, more or less. (well, I don't yet. But if I land a receptionist job in a salon, I'll basically be what I termed a 'beauty temp'. Which could be kind of glamorous, but heh, I have a feeling it isn't. ::laughs::) But either way, George has a direction in her life, even as she's a reaper. & now, so do I, even though I'm a class-A fuck-up who couldn't bear the idea of any more actual schooling.
Well, that & I went to school with a hell of a lot of people who were just like Mason, only a) nowhere near as sexy & b) weren't British. Ah, fucksocks.
& honourable mentions, i.e., I really don't think there were very many, if any, characters that I DIDN'T like in some way: Betty (flapper-reaper-glamour girl! Happy thoughts!), Roxy (O.M.G. I really love her, even though cops kind of scare me. But Roxy's a total riot & I love how much of an attitude she has. & she could TOTALLY rock a princess dress! O yeah, & she shot Mason under the table. & said George ought to have a hot cup of shut the fuck up. LOVE. & even as a meter maid, she was badass! CAN'T DENY THAT, RIGHT?) & of course, Rube. (o, dude. The last two episodes of series two totally broke my heart for him. & I loved his early interactions with George - like she was his daughter, in a way. He even called her by his daughter's nickname - Peanut. It's funny - I didn't know if I'd like him all that much, because we don't get to know as much about him as we do the others, but I think that might be part of why I liked him. He was mysterious, yet very much paternal at the same time. I think he was a good person for George to have around as she got into her job of being a reaper. If she'd only had Mason & Betty, she might have come out a lot differently, I think.)
For my last fangirly note, I have to say, the ending of the final episode? IT WAS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL & I DID INDEED GET A BIT MISTY-EYED. George's last words were lovely & I love how she let her little sister see her after death. I almost cried. It was just a lovely scene & very touching, I thought. George's last words are kind of stuck in my head, actually. Garbled a bit, mixed-up, since my memory's not always good after one viewing, but they're there. & I just keep thinking of them. They were lovely. ♥
(& shut up, this icon is totally applicable. & will have to do until I get some actual Mason icons! ::beams::)
But before I do? I just want to say that diamond microdermabrasion treatment? Is awesome! Now I get why people who do it spend the money on it. It makes a bird look pretty nice!
OKAY, SO, WHAT ABOUT DEAD LIKE ME THEN?
Well, I could say (& will) lots of things, but I have to say that one reason I finished series two so fast was because one of my DVDs in it wasn't working! Even after I cleaned it & even after I tried it in River's DVD drive. So I've missed out on three or four actual episodes in series two, but I don't think they were anything overly important. (um, except for the fact the Roxy & Mason were going reaping in Cancun! HELLO, MASON IN CANCUN? & I'M DENIED THIS? NO MA'AM.)
But other than that, I absolutely adored watching both series of it. I really did enjoy series two, but series one was kind of my favourite of the two, I think. I can't say why, but I just felt like it had more emotional weight behind it. But that isn't to say that series two didn't! At least for Mason & Daisy - OMGOMGOMG MASON/DAISY YAAAY. Now I may be a bit biased toward these two, as my first episodes of Dead Like Me were from series two & were, if I remember right, my first episode was actually when George more or less gate-crashes a funeral with Mason so she can meet the guy she has a crush on & who's father she reaped. (I remember this because as soon as I saw Mason being, well, Mason, I flipped the fuck out & squeaked out, 'O MY FUCKING GOD, IT'S FITZ KREINER ON MY TELEVISION! He was - no, IS in general - so Fitz-esque! Um, more on this later.) Then I went up to Last Call before I got series one, so hence my fondness for Mason/Daisy. But after series one, I was still squealing over them - SHE POURS A WHOLE GLASS OF COKE DOWN MASON'S SHIRT WHEN THEY FIRST MEET! THEY GET DRUNK & DANCE TOGETHER! HE GIVES HER A RING! ::flails on & on::
So yes, I ship Mason/Daisy like MAD. Just - they make me wibble. & I love how their relationship, even if it's of the non-romantic kind, develops in series two. & them dancing together at Rube's place is hysterical! Not just because they're so cute (& occasionally angsty) when plastered, but because they were plastered in Post-It notes! ::dies:: AWESOME, AWESOME SHIT, MAN.
So, that was me fangirling Mason/Daisy, now we'll move onto how much I adore Daisy herself! & I really do, even though I really found her a bit grating on the nerves in her first few episodes - I kept wanting to slap her a few times & tell her to shut the fuck up because she was so annoying. But after her little seance scheme, I came to nod my head & be like, 'Yeah, that's the Daisy Adair I know and love.'
& HOW AWESOME IS HER WARDROBE? Well, not as awesome as Mason's, but hers contains a fair few covet-worthy items, like her Asian silk pyjama set & the top she wears in Last Call, I think. Also, her tan coat with the huge furry collar - it's very thirties, very glamorous, & of course, fabulously Daisy! She has a lot of glamour, like Betty had. & I liked Betty too! She was a twenties girl! & still dressed like it in some of her episodes! Flappers FTW! (but I always found Betty a bit creepier than Daisy ever was - it was her thing with the pictures, I think. I just found it weird & creepy.)
Also? I kind of see a lot of myself in Daisy - her outward bubbliness, the things she would rather hide under the bubbliness, the fact that we're both fallen starlets . . . well, I'm a fallen stage actress, actually. & I never slept with half of show business, like Daisy claims to have. ::giggles:: So maybe that's why I ♥ her as much as I do.
Okay, that was Daisy. Actually, I should have talked about her second, because she's easily my second favourite - but my first favourite would have to be, hands-down,
BUT I WANT TO FANGIRL MORE, OKAY? Starting with about ninety percent of his wardrobe, I'd say. After Daisy & George, he had the FUCKING BEST CLOTHES. Like, I'd just steal his entire wardrobe for myself, really. He, along with Daisy & George, are totally my newest fashion inspirations-idols, most definitely. I'm also oddly fond of his customised blazer with the hooded jacket look - it might look odd on some people, but he wears it well! & of course, his double-layering look, which I already nicked - for me, a grey sweater under an Emily the Strange top with blue jeans & Converse - practical & quite stylish! But the plaid trousers? Not so much. Um, yeah. Too golf-like for me.
Okay, moving from the sartorial to the . . . well, onto other things, I still maintain, AND I SWEAR, THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF HALF MY FRIENDS WERE SAYING THIS LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE, that Mason is so Fitz-esque that it's scary. I mean, it's net even because Callum Blue = perfect Fitz, but because, well - if you know Fitz, then look at Mason, it kind of makes you think (or makes ME think, anyway), 'Hey . . . Mason's really got a lot in common with Fitz, doesn't he?' (& I want to point out that this would also be in both physicality & personality ways. Not just one or the other!)
& also, it's kind of the same case of why I also like Daisy - well, you all know me by now; my favourite characters are always the ones I relate to the most - minus the drugs, the booze, the drugs & booze & the selling/smuggling of them to & in various places, I can relate a bit to Mason, in that I'm a classic fuck-up myself, but I'm just a sober one. I'm the one who could be counted on to royally fuck something up & usually will, BUT! I try not to, even if I'm not always good at it.
That & the fact that I'm a sixties bird at heart. & yes, I'd read books I haven't read yet in order to up the chances of a shag with a cute Lit student. (but I'd also enjoy reading them as well!)
Uh, short version? I FUCKING LOVE MASON. HE HAPPENS TO BE MADE OF AWESOME FOR SO MANY REASONS. THERE.
(O, & I forgot to mention, he banged Kaylee Frye's Goth ancestor in the back of a record shop. HELL. FUCKING. YES.)
Wow, this is getting long, so let's skip to my third favourite - miss George Lass. What can I say about George, hmm . . . well, she had quite a memorable death in comparison to her group of reapers, I love how cynical & bitchy she is, & the weird thing? There are some moments where she reminds me of Neil Gaiman's Death, but without the chipper attitude & the Byron-esque brother. In series two, after she settles into her role as a reaper, she just seems so Death-esque in some ways - like, this is her job & she just does it. Nothing special, it's what she does now. She'll take your soul & lead you to your light, but she's not sentimental about it (usually), but just calm, casual & practical. This is her job, she gets an assignment & she does it. That's that. & among other things, I think it's why I like her so much. Death's always been one of my favourites & George is just a kind of cynical, snarky version of her, but with loads more colour in her fab wardrobe.
& George is the second of my three favourites that I see the most of myself in - I don't act like it, but I can be just as cynical & a bitch as George can be at times. Also, we both kind of fucked off with the whole school nonsense & now work, more or less. (well, I don't yet. But if I land a receptionist job in a salon, I'll basically be what I termed a 'beauty temp'. Which could be kind of glamorous, but heh, I have a feeling it isn't. ::laughs::) But either way, George has a direction in her life, even as she's a reaper. & now, so do I, even though I'm a class-A fuck-up who couldn't bear the idea of any more actual schooling.
Well, that & I went to school with a hell of a lot of people who were just like Mason, only a) nowhere near as sexy & b) weren't British. Ah, fucksocks.
& honourable mentions, i.e., I really don't think there were very many, if any, characters that I DIDN'T like in some way: Betty (flapper-reaper-glamour girl! Happy thoughts!), Roxy (O.M.G. I really love her, even though cops kind of scare me. But Roxy's a total riot & I love how much of an attitude she has. & she could TOTALLY rock a princess dress! O yeah, & she shot Mason under the table. & said George ought to have a hot cup of shut the fuck up. LOVE. & even as a meter maid, she was badass! CAN'T DENY THAT, RIGHT?) & of course, Rube. (o, dude. The last two episodes of series two totally broke my heart for him. & I loved his early interactions with George - like she was his daughter, in a way. He even called her by his daughter's nickname - Peanut. It's funny - I didn't know if I'd like him all that much, because we don't get to know as much about him as we do the others, but I think that might be part of why I liked him. He was mysterious, yet very much paternal at the same time. I think he was a good person for George to have around as she got into her job of being a reaper. If she'd only had Mason & Betty, she might have come out a lot differently, I think.)
For my last fangirly note, I have to say, the ending of the final episode? IT WAS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL & I DID INDEED GET A BIT MISTY-EYED. George's last words were lovely & I love how she let her little sister see her after death. I almost cried. It was just a lovely scene & very touching, I thought. George's last words are kind of stuck in my head, actually. Garbled a bit, mixed-up, since my memory's not always good after one viewing, but they're there. & I just keep thinking of them. They were lovely. ♥
(& shut up, this icon is totally applicable. & will have to do until I get some actual Mason icons! ::beams::)
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