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Friday Night Lights
You remember how I wasn't going to be sucked in by FNL?
Erm. Well.
I care about Dillon. I care about the Panthers. I want an Aztec burger. I want to be able to say "Clear eyes, full hearts," and have someone respond "Can't lose" because it's so deeply ingrained into them that it's automatic.
I love Jason. I was resistant to him at first, because his social position is one I object to on principle: he's a jock, the guy dating the head cheerleader. He's that one. But for some reason, I love him anyway, because he's a good boy with an edge, can be and is dangerous if pushed, is the heart and soul of the town and no one knows it, no one except Tim and maybe Tyra.
Speaking of Tim and Tyra. Love them as well. Tyra took me a while to warm up to, because of that first scene where she's a bitch about Lyla and not in a terribly creative way. But that lovely episode in which she goes out with the guy from California (can't remember his name) gave her so many layers and such potential that I decided to give her another chance. Love her relationship (or lack thereof) with Tim. That she's so hurt that Tim cheated on her with Lyla. That she understands people--she brings Jason the booze in the rehab center, knows that Tim loves Lyla before he does, and knows how many kegs to buy for a successful party. She's deeply empathetic, which is one of her largest character flaws as well, because she can't always manage that empathy in constructive ways.
Tim. Oh. Honey. I want to (a) make him wash his hair, (b) hug him, and (c) smack him around a little. Huge idealistic love for father despite the fact that the man abandoned him with his well-meaning-but-shiftless brother. Huge idealistic love for Lyla. Huge idealistic love for Jason. (Huge love for his brother, too, even though they bicker and fight.)
I'm not sure whether Tim loves Jason or Lyla more. All his plans include them as a group of three, as a group of Tim and JasonandLyla. I am seriously interested in a three-way relationship between them, not just because it would be hot as hell, but also because I would totally buy it. It would have very complex power dynamics, because Lyla is domineering in a lot of ways, wouldn't always be as accepting of Tim as of Jason, even though she finds them both physically attractive. She'll never love Tim the same way she loves Jason. Similarly, Jason will never love Tim in quite the same way he loves Lyla. I think, though, that both Jason and Lyla love Tim from unstable positions of combined respect and disdain. And Tim and Jason will never quite forgive each other for Lyla.
This most recent episode, Nevermind, was amazing in terms of Matt characterization. I sort of liked him before, but it was an ambivalent like, the kind of like that promises to stay in touch when it signs your yearbook but intends no such thing. And then his dad is an asshole who believes in the Iraq war (and wasn't that a ballsy move for a TV show? I really liked that) and suddenly Matt is a person. I'm waiting to see how he develops.
Hmm. Others. Smash, I'm mostly annoyed by, though he has his moments. He's very real, though, can be very vulnerable, and I think it's a mark of good characterization that I keep wanting him to do the right thing even when I'm pretty sure he's not going to. Little moments like his putting the cash back in the drawer give me hope for him.
Coach Taylor. Oh. What an amazing man, what an amazing heart. What an utterly fantastic relationship with his wife. I love those little unintelligible fights they have, where they just talk at each other for a while. And how she always wins, and how he knows she's always right. How the fact that she's always right isn't played ironically, but respectfully.
I have more to say--this is just skimming the surface--but I have to work in nine hours, so I should get some sleep in.
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bm1893, as she's the only one who's indicated interest in the show: is there any good fic out there? If so, where do I find it? Any good communities/newsletters/websites? I'll probably go a-lookin' tomorrow, but in the meantime, I'm lazy.
Erm. Well.
I care about Dillon. I care about the Panthers. I want an Aztec burger. I want to be able to say "Clear eyes, full hearts," and have someone respond "Can't lose" because it's so deeply ingrained into them that it's automatic.
I love Jason. I was resistant to him at first, because his social position is one I object to on principle: he's a jock, the guy dating the head cheerleader. He's that one. But for some reason, I love him anyway, because he's a good boy with an edge, can be and is dangerous if pushed, is the heart and soul of the town and no one knows it, no one except Tim and maybe Tyra.
Speaking of Tim and Tyra. Love them as well. Tyra took me a while to warm up to, because of that first scene where she's a bitch about Lyla and not in a terribly creative way. But that lovely episode in which she goes out with the guy from California (can't remember his name) gave her so many layers and such potential that I decided to give her another chance. Love her relationship (or lack thereof) with Tim. That she's so hurt that Tim cheated on her with Lyla. That she understands people--she brings Jason the booze in the rehab center, knows that Tim loves Lyla before he does, and knows how many kegs to buy for a successful party. She's deeply empathetic, which is one of her largest character flaws as well, because she can't always manage that empathy in constructive ways.
Tim. Oh. Honey. I want to (a) make him wash his hair, (b) hug him, and (c) smack him around a little. Huge idealistic love for father despite the fact that the man abandoned him with his well-meaning-but-shiftless brother. Huge idealistic love for Lyla. Huge idealistic love for Jason. (Huge love for his brother, too, even though they bicker and fight.)
I'm not sure whether Tim loves Jason or Lyla more. All his plans include them as a group of three, as a group of Tim and JasonandLyla. I am seriously interested in a three-way relationship between them, not just because it would be hot as hell, but also because I would totally buy it. It would have very complex power dynamics, because Lyla is domineering in a lot of ways, wouldn't always be as accepting of Tim as of Jason, even though she finds them both physically attractive. She'll never love Tim the same way she loves Jason. Similarly, Jason will never love Tim in quite the same way he loves Lyla. I think, though, that both Jason and Lyla love Tim from unstable positions of combined respect and disdain. And Tim and Jason will never quite forgive each other for Lyla.
This most recent episode, Nevermind, was amazing in terms of Matt characterization. I sort of liked him before, but it was an ambivalent like, the kind of like that promises to stay in touch when it signs your yearbook but intends no such thing. And then his dad is an asshole who believes in the Iraq war (and wasn't that a ballsy move for a TV show? I really liked that) and suddenly Matt is a person. I'm waiting to see how he develops.
Hmm. Others. Smash, I'm mostly annoyed by, though he has his moments. He's very real, though, can be very vulnerable, and I think it's a mark of good characterization that I keep wanting him to do the right thing even when I'm pretty sure he's not going to. Little moments like his putting the cash back in the drawer give me hope for him.
Coach Taylor. Oh. What an amazing man, what an amazing heart. What an utterly fantastic relationship with his wife. I love those little unintelligible fights they have, where they just talk at each other for a while. And how she always wins, and how he knows she's always right. How the fact that she's always right isn't played ironically, but respectfully.
I have more to say--this is just skimming the surface--but I have to work in nine hours, so I should get some sleep in.
Mostly directed at
bm1893, as she's the only one who's indicated interest in the show: is there any good fic out there? If so, where do I find it? Any good communities/newsletters/websites? I'll probably go a-lookin' tomorrow, but in the meantime, I'm lazy.
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I have to work now but I plan on flailing at you in length about pretty much everything you've said re: the characters.