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rionaleonhart) wrote2009-11-01 04:56 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2009-11-01 04:56 pm
Oh Dear, We've Got A Batch Of Immortal Spiders.
How cute was the ending of that Merlin episode ('Beauty and the Beast, Part Two')? So cute. Let us all watch it again and bask in the cuteness. (People who do not watch Merlin are also invited to watch that clip, because it is only a minute long and really, really cute. IF THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAVE SAID 'CUTE' IN THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOT ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE.)
I have now finished the first season of The Mentalist! It has been a delightful journey from loving Patrick Jane for being an AU Derren Brown to loving him on his own merits, and from 'shipping Jane/Lisbon to 'shipping Jane/everyone in the entire world.
'Miss Red': oh, Jane is so adorably smitten with Con Artist Lady! I have no doubt that he broke her out afterwards. And he's great in 'Blood Brothers': 'I SHALL ESCAPE THIS CONVERSATION BY LEAPING ONTO THIS PASSING VEHICLE SEEYA.' And the rope stunt! Hee!
And then, of course, there is 'Red John's Footsteps', in which Jane stops being adorable and starts being scary. (Which I also love. Adorable Jane is, of course, adorable, but Scary Jane is fascinating.) I particularly enjoyed his sitting on the chair and listening to Bach, just as his nemesis had six months before. And the sacrifice he made at the end: wow.
You know what I want? I want fanfiction in which Red John goes after Jane's team, his surrogate family. And he leaves clues beforehand that this is what he intends to do, because Red John likes to play games. So it's all about Jane and his love for his team and his gradual realisation of exactly how much they mean to him as he tries desperately to protect them, terrified that history is going to repeat itself.
Actually, I want an episode like that. But fanfiction would also be amazing.
(The trouble with the concept is the fact that, from an objective point of view, I can see that it would probably work best if at least one member of the team were actually killed. From a subjective point of view, on the other hand, LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU NOT KILLING ANYONE.)
The combination of fandoms in this entry is making me ponder a Mentalist/Merlin crossover. I am inclined to doubt that Camelot is within the area covered by the California Bureau of Investigation, given that it is in both the wrong place and the wrong time period, but these are clearly minor details that may be handwaved for the sake of having Uther accuse Jane of being a witch and having Jane work out Merlin's secret.
Also, I want Arthur to be completely smitten with Van Pelt, rather to the displeasure of Gwen and Rigsby.
I have now finished the first season of The Mentalist! It has been a delightful journey from loving Patrick Jane for being an AU Derren Brown to loving him on his own merits, and from 'shipping Jane/Lisbon to 'shipping Jane/everyone in the entire world.
'Miss Red': oh, Jane is so adorably smitten with Con Artist Lady! I have no doubt that he broke her out afterwards. And he's great in 'Blood Brothers': 'I SHALL ESCAPE THIS CONVERSATION BY LEAPING ONTO THIS PASSING VEHICLE SEEYA.' And the rope stunt! Hee!
And then, of course, there is 'Red John's Footsteps', in which Jane stops being adorable and starts being scary. (Which I also love. Adorable Jane is, of course, adorable, but Scary Jane is fascinating.) I particularly enjoyed his sitting on the chair and listening to Bach, just as his nemesis had six months before. And the sacrifice he made at the end: wow.
You know what I want? I want fanfiction in which Red John goes after Jane's team, his surrogate family. And he leaves clues beforehand that this is what he intends to do, because Red John likes to play games. So it's all about Jane and his love for his team and his gradual realisation of exactly how much they mean to him as he tries desperately to protect them, terrified that history is going to repeat itself.
Actually, I want an episode like that. But fanfiction would also be amazing.
(The trouble with the concept is the fact that, from an objective point of view, I can see that it would probably work best if at least one member of the team were actually killed. From a subjective point of view, on the other hand, LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU NOT KILLING ANYONE.)
The combination of fandoms in this entry is making me ponder a Mentalist/Merlin crossover. I am inclined to doubt that Camelot is within the area covered by the California Bureau of Investigation, given that it is in both the wrong place and the wrong time period, but these are clearly minor details that may be handwaved for the sake of having Uther accuse Jane of being a witch and having Jane work out Merlin's secret.
Also, I want Arthur to be completely smitten with Van Pelt, rather to the displeasure of Gwen and Rigsby.
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Bradley James is made of all kinds of layers of win. *nods*
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EDIT: ...and now it's back! (Merlin's little disappointed face!)
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(Anonymous) 2009-11-01 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)WHAT IF. What if someone, maybe Cho, gets GRIEVOUSLY INJURED BY RED JOHN and dies ("dies") but it turns out! That! It's one of those things! Where they can't tell anyone he's alive because they need him to be dead for the case to trick the unsub! And they couldn't tell Jane because only Lisbon (and, you know, her higher-ups) knew.
THAT WAY you can get Jane being all, you know, hilariously full of grief and shit, but without anyone actually being dead!!
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...I'm a bad person, yes.
PLEASE SOMEBODY WRITE THIS.
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And then at the end, he'd pretend that he knew ~all along~ and everyone would lol at him because lol no Jane.
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(Seriously though, could not stop snickering!)
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Now I want to start watching The Mentalist for all the wrong reasons. Although I'm going to be in Papua New Guinea soon, with any luck (only for a bit), so I can't get into consistent weekly TV just now.
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AND BRADLEY JAMES IS A CLONE OF DAVID TENNANT. WHO IS A CLONE OF RICHARD HAMMOND. WHO IS A CLONE OF MARK OWEN FROM TAKE THAT. WHO DOESN'T RESEMBLE BRADLEY JAMES VERY MUCH AT ALL, SO THE CLONING PROCESS HAS GONE A BIT WRONG.
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(And also I encourage watching The Mentalist, for the wrong reasons or otherwise. You should watch the Pilot first, but other than that most episodes are fairly self-contained, so you can probably watch an episode here and there if watching it straight through would be unfeasible.)
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(You really want me watching, just so I can go "How do I kill off one of these people in fanfic, so Riona will have maximum trauma?"? Really? Keep in mind, I may just go "Fuck it, zombies kill them all, and Patrick Jane loses his brand new family all over again!")
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Concurred
(Anonymous) 2009-12-08 04:56 am (UTC)(link)Okay. Possibly could have worded that sentance better. Sorry nan.
Going to JAIL now...
anon - who commented on the other post
(Anonymous) 2023-03-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)simon baker does emotions beautifully, the tears when he saw the smiley in rosalind's room - i just -
(and YES, is there fanfic of red john targeting the team to get to jane?)
Re: anon - who commented on the other post
One of my favourite things about The Mentalist is the way Jane absolutely loses it whenever Red John is involved in a case. He's such a fun character with such a dark side, and it's a fascinating combination.
I don't know whether that fic exists, I'm afraid, but let me know if you ever find a good one!