... but you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate

[sophieisgod]

4.17 - exactly one season since "Maelstrom", and the episode Bear McCreary has been talking about forever as The One Where Music Is Really Important. OH MY GIDDY AUNT.

Karaaaaa is being such a good CAG, with the motivational toothpaste and not being douchey to Cylons. She's killing me with these rehearsed speeches. NO WANKING.

Love love love how the camera pushes in on Chief when they start talking about Boomer. Also STUBBLE HOMG. To quote the mighty Jacob:

Dear Aaron Douglas. Not to get gay on you, but you must never shave again. Let it slide about two days before any time listed on your call sheet. Love, Everybody in the World.

Ohhh, coma!Sam - the way Kara is stroking his arm is so lovely.

BOOMER/CHIEF FLASHBACK FANDANGO. Aaaand I'm welling up already. I am so head-over-heels in love with this episode, it's like it was designed specifically for me. Musical twistiness, check. KARA ANGST, check. BOOMER/CHIEF, check like I've been waiting for all my life.

HEY A KARA AND HELO SCENE. I really miss them BFFing about. I just miss Helo, actually, he's hardly been around lately. And ouch, seeing Kara with a little girl again is painful.

OH MY DAYS, ACTUAL BOOMER/CHIEF INTERACTION. IN THE PRESENT AND EVERYTHING. And she's just saying everything, and it's so bleak and horrible and she sounds so tired, and he's just staring at her, and then he goes "Me too," and OH MY SOUL, how am I expected to cope with this? TEARS. All this resigned acceptance is killing me. Hands on the glass. OOH FLASHBACK! Or Cylon projection, whatever, I just can't believe they showed us a fucking WEDDING PHOTO. I may never need to watch another episode again (LIES). And of course, Boomer fucks up again. Ohh, girl ♥

Is it weird that I totally want Kara to have sex with random piano man? Even though he's probably going to turn out to be, like, her dad or something, knowing this show. ALSO, CAN WE HAVE HER TALKING ABOUT MUSIC IN EVERY EPISODE PLEASE, IT'S GIVING ME ~FEELINGS~.

OH GOD, HOW CAN THEY BE THIS ADORABLE AND THIS HEARTBREAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY? Galen drew floor plans. And this is KILLING ME, with the cutting between projection!them and real!them, crying and laughing and scarcely believing and OH GOD, A KID. BOOMER/CHIEF.

SERIOUSLY, musically literate!Starbuck is the sexiest of all the Starbucks. I'M CALLING IT, RIGHT NOW.

Brrr, Laura is cold today. HOW CAN YOU FAIL TO BE MOVED BY TEARY!CHIEF???

I love Katee Sackhoff, man.

BOOMER!SWAP! And oh dear she's beating up Athena and sleeping with Helo and making Athena watch. Oh man, Boomer is so broken. IT IS NEVER SIMPLE WITH THESE EIGHTS, IS IT?

I love how they keep finding ways to make Hera even creepier than she always has been. And ohh, the Cylons listening to the music, enraptured, and everything's happening at once, and then the piano's crashing and it's "Crossroads" all over again and BEAR MCCREARY IS A GOLDEN GOD, ALRIGHT? And what is all this happening with Kara's Fake Sexy Dad - was he ever even there? Morgan, what is this doing for your KARA AS DANIEL theories?

BOOMER/CHIEF KISSING FOR REALS EXCUSE ME WHILE I CRY. Also, she totes has Hera in that crate, y/y? (Y) And POOR HELO AND ATHENA. Meanwhile, Boomer's fake!Athena voice amuses me no end. But ohhh, God, it's even worse than horrible because it's nopt just poor bitter broken Boomer taking revenge for Athena stealing her life, she's going back to fucking Cavill. CHIEF. OHHH. And he's in the house in his deck clothes and I am HEART. BROKEN.

I don't know why I'm surprised. RULE ONE: NO ONE IS EVER, EVER HAPPY.

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW.

Also, did Roslin just die?

Being Human was utterly fantastic; I'm so pleased with how the series turned out. JOHNNY CASH, oh my days (although I can no longer hear that song without whimpering over the GK finale, but whatever).

HEY LOOK VID RECS
+ First up, lovestories made a Merlin vid, and I've watched it at least eight times in the past day and a half. Full disclosure: I acted as a weirdly enthusiastic cheerleader, in that she said "Should I vid this song?" and I went "HOMG YES! PUT IN THE BIT WITH THE FOOT IN THE FACE!" Anyway, her summary:
This vid is an exercise in Taking Songs Literally, if anything. "White Houses" is a beautiful song about losing your virginity, but one day it came up on shuffle, and my brain went, 'Gee, this sounds SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR,' and the concept for this fanvid was born. It's about love, it's about magic (and its consequences), it's even a little bit about the downfall of Camelot
It's Arthur/Merlin and Arthur/Merlin/Morgana and the Camelot OT4 and Gwen/Lancelot and there's a gorgeous bit of Merlin/Will that broke my heart. GO SEE.

+ I REALLY LOVE MARTHA JONES, LIKE, A LOT. This vid by such_heights is kind of Ten/Martha, but mainly it's about how fabulous and strong and hopeful Martha is. It's completely gorgeous.

Aaaand syllic wrote a crazy Merlin fusion with THE BABYSITTERS CLUB. Truly, it is a thing of beauty.

Finally, Colin Morgan is adorable. Stretch Armstrong!

How are you? ♥

Comments

[darkangsty42.livejournal.com]

NGL, I watched the piano scene where Kara and piano man play "All Along the Watchtower" like, 10 times. As for theories, it seems to be heavily implying that Kara's father is Daniel, and that makes her the first hybrid, hence her little ~interaction~ with Hera. And also, I like how they really subtly inserted the fact that the piano man was all in Kara's head at the last minute. The reintroduction of head!cylons!

I kneeeeeew the Boomer/Chief stuff would break you; it broke me a little as well.

Pretty sure Roslin's still alive.

SHOOOOOOW. IS IT FRIDAY YET? (Also FRIDAY IS FOR SPRING BREAK AND WATCHMEN SO I'M KINDA GOING TO KILL THIS WEEK FOR ONLY BEING ON TUESDAY.)

[headspin-x.livejournal.com]

THE PIANO PLAYING ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER. THAT SQUENCE. I WANT TO LIVE INSIDE IT. I can't believe I didn't see it coming either... although, I think it was better that I didn't? Because I had the whole, "Oh wait, what? OH OH. OMG!!" moment when he started crashing around on the piano and the way it fit in time with the music and TIGH HEARING IT and SHE IS HALF CYLON Y/Y? OHMYGODSOGOOD.

AND OH, BOOMER. She kind of destroys me with her self-destructive ways. Of course she fucks it all up again. Of course we can't have Helo/Athene and Cheif/Boomer being happy and awesome at the same time. Of course.

Not gunna lie, my favourite thing about this episode was that there was Helo. I miss him and his face and his warmth really kind of a lot. My feelings of Helo are well documented, I think he's my favourite... if I had to pick. BUT WHATEVER, WE SAW HELO BEING ALL AWESOME AND BFFY WITH KARA and then we had OMG SEXY!HELO with may or may nothave ruined my life forever and we had CARING!HELO at the end when Athene came stumbling through the door and he caught her and was all "GET DOC, NOW!!" and she was hitting him and he was just holding her and OH MY GOD, SHOWWWW.

I have no idea about what happened to Roslin there, colour me confused.

WHY IS THERE SO FEW LEFT. I CANNOT HANDLE THIS. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO END HORRIBLY ;_______; WHY CAN'T THESE KIDS JUST BE HAPPY?

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

Oh, that Merlin vid is amazing! I seriously think I've watched it, like, ten times already... :o)

[auroralives.livejournal.com]

MY LOVE FOR KARA THRACE KNOWS NO BOUNDS.

BOOMER, RIP MY HEART OUT WHY DON'T YOU. GAAAAAH. CAN'T FRAKKING WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK.

[lovestories.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ YOUUUUU ARE KIND OF MY FAVORITE.