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rionaleonhart) wrote2010-09-25 09:23 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2010-09-25 09:23 am
At Least You're Not A United Fan.
A good part of my reason for making an entry on language, apart from the fact that I love language, was the hope of posting something that might be interesting to people who have no interest in Waterloo Road, i.e. practically everyone who reads my journal. I fear I'm going to be returning to Waterloo Road now, though, because I have, to my mild embarrassment, reverse-caught up on this programme to the beginning of the sixth series. Thoughts:
- One thing I appreciate about Waterloo Road is the fact that it has actresses who aren't all in their teens and twenties. Ruby's actor is in her forties, Karen's in her fifties. This is a televisual world in which women are permitted to have lines on their faces! How novel!
- I like Chris! I hadn't realised that he hadn't known who Jess was when he slept with her. He is not, as I at first assumed, an irresponsible teacher who thoughtlessly shags his pupils; he is a decent, responsible man who made a horrible, horrible mistake. Also, I 'ship him a bit with Karen.
- I like that Marcus, although he's controlling and a bit snobbish, is also a brave and good man. Waterloo Road does have outright villains, but they seem to be rare in comparison to characters who are flawed but basically mean well. Also, I 'ship him a bit with Karen.
- I am becoming increasingly fond of Tom. He may not quite know how to deal with his son's sexuality, but he tries, bless him. I do not yet 'ship him with Karen but could probably be persuaded.
- Sambuca's friendship with Harry was adorable. More of that, please. I 'ship neither of them with Karen, which is just as well because Harry is her fifteen-year-old son.
- Oh, Karen Fisher. If you were my wife, I'd never cheat on you.
...all right; since typing that, I have, to my intense embarrassment, bought the first half of the fifth series. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I've been sitting in front of the television, shouting 'LINDSAY YOU ARE SUCH A PSYCHO' and 'MAX YOU BASTARD' and 'NOOOOO KIM DON'T FALL FOR IT HE'S SO SLIMY' at the screen, and I am ashamed of myself. Also, I find myself sort of adoring Ruby and Jo and Kim.
(I am fairly certain that I won't go back any further than this, at least (please don't make this warrant the 'this entry is retrospectively hilarious' tag, Future Riona (EDIT: WAY TO FREAKING GO)). Josh doesn't show up before the fifth series; the main reason I purchased it was because I was intrigued by the relationship between him and his father. Tom's hesitant, tentative efforts to develop a relationship with the son he didn't know he had warm and occasionally break my heart.
Unfortunately, I frequently require subtitles in order to understand what Josh is saying. As his storylines are my favourite part of Waterloo Road, this is a bit of a problem. Please speak more clearly, Josh!
Last night, incidentally, I dreamt that Josh and I were attending the same school, and I spent all my time following him around and staring at him in a mildly creepy fashion.
...he's cute.)
WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING THIS
WHY CAN'T I STOP POSTING ABOUT IT
- One thing I appreciate about Waterloo Road is the fact that it has actresses who aren't all in their teens and twenties. Ruby's actor is in her forties, Karen's in her fifties. This is a televisual world in which women are permitted to have lines on their faces! How novel!
- I like Chris! I hadn't realised that he hadn't known who Jess was when he slept with her. He is not, as I at first assumed, an irresponsible teacher who thoughtlessly shags his pupils; he is a decent, responsible man who made a horrible, horrible mistake. Also, I 'ship him a bit with Karen.
- I like that Marcus, although he's controlling and a bit snobbish, is also a brave and good man. Waterloo Road does have outright villains, but they seem to be rare in comparison to characters who are flawed but basically mean well. Also, I 'ship him a bit with Karen.
- I am becoming increasingly fond of Tom. He may not quite know how to deal with his son's sexuality, but he tries, bless him. I do not yet 'ship him with Karen but could probably be persuaded.
- Sambuca's friendship with Harry was adorable. More of that, please. I 'ship neither of them with Karen, which is just as well because Harry is her fifteen-year-old son.
- Oh, Karen Fisher. If you were my wife, I'd never cheat on you.
...all right; since typing that, I have, to my intense embarrassment, bought the first half of the fifth series. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I've been sitting in front of the television, shouting 'LINDSAY YOU ARE SUCH A PSYCHO' and 'MAX YOU BASTARD' and 'NOOOOO KIM DON'T FALL FOR IT HE'S SO SLIMY' at the screen, and I am ashamed of myself. Also, I find myself sort of adoring Ruby and Jo and Kim.
(I am fairly certain that I won't go back any further than this, at least (please don't make this warrant the 'this entry is retrospectively hilarious' tag, Future Riona (EDIT: WAY TO FREAKING GO)). Josh doesn't show up before the fifth series; the main reason I purchased it was because I was intrigued by the relationship between him and his father. Tom's hesitant, tentative efforts to develop a relationship with the son he didn't know he had warm and occasionally break my heart.
Unfortunately, I frequently require subtitles in order to understand what Josh is saying. As his storylines are my favourite part of Waterloo Road, this is a bit of a problem. Please speak more clearly, Josh!
Last night, incidentally, I dreamt that Josh and I were attending the same school, and I spent all my time following him around and staring at him in a mildly creepy fashion.
...he's cute.)
WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING THIS
WHY CAN'T I STOP POSTING ABOUT IT
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do you want to watch Waterloo Road together when you come down
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(Do we know exactly when down-coming is to take place?)
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Maybe it's because I live in that general area where it's supposedly set, but I don't find most of them hard to understand. Although it could be because I have super!hearing...
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Yeah, the accent's followable by me as well. We regularly make attempts to crush all ideas of grammar up here, so we can follow it? S'my excuse!
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I think it may in part be to do with the quality of sound on the television here in Brighton; I didn't have so much trouble with his voice in London. Although the fact that, being a Southerner, I'm not exposed much to the accent probably has something to do with it.
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Grrr, bad Brighton TV! But I do find that even people who only live an hour away from the area where I'm from seem to have difficulty following my accent so I think it might just be something in our general region that's just impossible to follow.
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But especially 'You weren't an accident, Josh; your mother stole my sperm.' This is a verbatim quote.)
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This is the best endorsement for a character I've ever heard. Hee.
And, uh, like others have been saying! I'm enjoying reading about it vicariously, since I am sure that I wouldn't actually like the show very much but am very much enjoying it through your posts. <3
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Thank you for the reassurance! I was a bit worried that everyone was just shouting 'SHUT UP RIONA SHUT UP' at their screens.
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I TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS
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