Where's The Paper?

[rionaleonhart]

Real-Life Conversation Theatre:
Riona: (at university, speaking to sparklenight) I could actually show a clip from Newswipe in one of our Discourse in Public Life seminars; it'd be completely relevant. I'd just have to find one where he isn't...
Coursemate: Hi!
Riona: ...swearing outrageously or pretending to masturbate. Hello!
Coursemate: ...my God, what are you talking about?


Even random YouTube commenters, I have discovered in my browsings, 'ship Charlie Brooker/David Mitchell!

Yes, but [The Big Fat Quiz] was quite amusing. David Mitchell was his partner (now that sounds... quite right).

Aww. David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker would make such a cute couple. There'd be an eternal spiral of self-deprecation and nihilism, so much so that their little cottage would be consumed into a whirlpool of misery. It'd be brilliant.

(An interesting side-note: these may quite possibly be the only coherent comments I have seen on the whole of YouTube. From this sample, I can draw the highly scientific conclusion that Mitchell/Brooker 'shippers are the only YouTube users who know the slightest thing about spelling and punctuation. Therefore, 'shipping Mitchell/Brooker improves intelligence. Solid fact.)

Sorry about all of the Brooker/Mitchell entries, guys! (And sorry for the inconsistent name ordering; I haven't yet settled on which permutation I prefer.) I think I just need an outlet, because I appear to have abruptly fallen in love with the idea of a pairing that literally nobody has written. With Mark/Jeremy, at least I have the subtext of Peep Show itself to console me in the near-absence of fanfiction by people who have picked up on it; Brooker and Mitchell have very little recorded interaction. I really have no excuse for 'shipping them. But 'ship them I do, and it has left me with a craving for which not even the Internet, it seems, can cater. They could hypothetically be so interesting!

The thought of writing either Brooker or Mitchell intimidates me, but it is looking increasingly as if I must at least attempt this. Just so it exists on the Internet somewhere. In fact, the more Screenwipe I watch, the trickier it becomes to keep Brooker's style of speaking from leaking into my journal entries, so I may not need to worry about capturing his voice; I just have to keep watching his programmes until I actually become Charlie Brooker.

Anyway, enough moaning, because I've just worked out which Pokémon Brooker would have on his primary team, and the idea delights me. Please enjoy this visual argument for Voltorb and Onix.




I never thought it was possible for a man to look more like an Onix than Jeremy Clarkson did. I was wrong.

Comments

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is apropos of absolutely nothing (and lacks giant mechanical spiders, oddly enough), but you should watch this clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaHvM9KVpcw

It's got Sherlock Holmes in it. Sort of.

[rionaleonhart]

I SAW THE POSTER FOR THAT AGES AGO AND THOUGHT FOR MONTHS I HAD IMAGINED IT. I can't believe it actually exists.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

It doesn't. I reached into your mind and created it just to confuse you.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Also, when I ran the words Charlie, Brooker, Slaps, and Himself through Google to try to find the clip, your journal was the fifth thing that came up. And the words "Charlie Brooker introduces the first episode of the third series of Screenwipe whilst slapping himself repeatedly in the face. It's unsettlingly erotic" are clearly visible even if you don't click on the link. (And I still didn't find the clip.)

I'd only worry about it if Charlie Brooker seems likely to Google his own name with the words "slaps himself" afterward, though.

[rionaleonhart]

I'll be surprised if you find it erotic, but the slapping is at the beginning of this video, after the opening animation. (The episode also contains an interesting look at UK television regulations.)

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

You're right. I did not find that erotic. Entertaining, though.