Still Need To Watch The Fourth Series, Actually.

[rionaleonhart]

My brothers have been having a Prison Break marathon recently, and I've been wandering in to watch an episode or two here and there. I'd forgotten how incredibly compelling it is. And how distressing.

I had also forgotten how absolutely crazy the sexual tension is between Scofield and Mahone in the third series. It is nuts. Mahone always looks about half a second away from making out with whoever he's talking to anyway, but particularly so when it's Scofield.

I've been trying to find a clip with which to illustrate this crazy sexual tension for you, but alas I am having difficulty doing so. What I have found, however, is a pretty great Mahone/Scofield fanvid (by sdwolfpup). If you haven't watched Prison Break, you may think 'oh, well, clearly it's manipulative editing making it look as if Mahone has some sort of weird desperate obsession with Scofield'; let me assure you that no manipulative editing is necessary. THEY WERE KISMESES BEFORE HOMESTUCK MADE IT COOL.

The entire fanvid is worth watching - it does a fantastic job of portraying the progression of their dynamic - but if you're short on time and primarily interested in the aforementioned crazy-sexual-tension-filled series three, when Mahone is shaking and sweating and barely holding onto his last threads of sanity and occasionally slams a shank into the wall next to Scofield's head and breathes threats into his neck, you can skip to the three-minute mark. The first half, meanwhile, will appeal to those of you who like to watch besuited secret agents obsessively trying to track down their prey. Something for everyone! (Disclaimer: this may not cover the tastes of literally everyone.)

I should explain that homoeroticism is not the sole or even the primary reason to watch Prison Break. As I've mentioned, the storyline is incredibly compelling. What happens next? You have to know! And it centres on a do-anything-to-save-you brotherly relationship (come on, Supernatural fans, take the bait), and it has fantastic characters (I love Scofield and Sara and Sucre and Westmoreland and Tweener and C-Note and Mahone and the Pope; I can't say I love T-Bag, exactly, but I'm fascinated by him), and when they're in danger you care, because... well, are you tired of seeing main characters in seemingly life-threatening situations and knowing there's no real suspense because there's no chance that they'll actually be written off? It happens frequently in Merlin. Well, Prison Break kills off its main cast like nothing I've ever watched. When things go wrong, you're not thinking 'how do they get out of this one?'; you're thinking 'oh God oh God I really hope they get out of this one.'

(I would just like to reiterate how much I love Sucre. You know why he's in prison? He didn't have the money to take his girlfriend to a nice restaurant, so he held up a liquor store with a gun. The owner offered him the contents of the till. Sucre looked a bit embarrassed, took a single hundred-dollar bill and said, 'Actually, this is all I need. ...sorry.' He is the most adorable armed robber ever.)

And it will make you sympathise with everyone. You will be appalled by a character's actions, and a season later you will desperately want them to succeed. You will alternate between cheering T-Bag on and hating yourself for it because T-Bag is the worst person in the entire universe.

But also there's the homoeroticism. I'm not above tempting you to watch things by pointing to the homoeroticism. Have you watched that fanvid yet? Perhaps you should.

Comments

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

What I have found, however, is a pretty great Mahone/Scofield fanvid.

That one dude really looks like he desperately wants to lunge forward and kiss someone in the face. I'm glad the other dude was in the video, because it's kind of "Please don't try to kiss me in the face, creepy dude!" and then he has someone else to obsess and sensually caress walls over. (And now my brain is threatening to ship Mahone/wall, based on nothing more than that video. WTF, brain?)

The entire fanvid is worth watching, but if you're primarily interested in the aforementioned crazy-sexual-tension-filled series three, when Mahone is shaking and sweating and barely holding onto his last threads of sanity and occasionally slams a shank into the wall next to Scofield's head and breathes threats into his neck, you can skip to the three-minute mark. The first half, meanwhile, will appeal to those of you who like to watch besuited secret agents obsessively trying to track down their prey. Something for everyone! (Disclaimer: this may not cover the tastes of literally everyone.)

That sounds like you've covered everyone to me.

I can't say I love T-Bag, exactly, but I'm fascinated by him

I know what you mean. I'm fascinated by him, and I haven't even seen the show. (You probably don't want me getting into it. All that would result would be bad rapefic.)

I would just like to reiterate how much I love Sucre. You know why he's in prison? He didn't have the money to take his girlfriend to a nice restaurant, so he held up a liquor store with a gun. The owner offered him the contents of the till. Sucre looked a bit embarrassed, took a single hundred-dollar bill and said, 'Actually, this is all I need. ...sorry.' He is the most adorable armed robber ever.

Aw! Is he the one with the kitten?

[rionaleonhart]

I'm not exaggerating when I say that Mahone always looks as if he's about to kiss whoever he's talking to. He has a tendency to put his face very, very close to yours and be very, very intense. (Mahone/wall is obviously true love for ever.)

I have no doubt that you would write incredibly twisted fanfiction if you ever got into Prison Break. T-Bag is a terrifying creation, and I simultaneously sort of want to see what you might write about him and find the prospect deeply frightening.

Sucre is not Man With Cat - that's Charles Westmoreland - but both of them (and the cat!) are lovely.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

And that scene with the knife at the end, I get the sense that part of him wants to just grab Scofield and kiss him and keep kissing and fondling and see how far it can go without Scofield stopping him, but part of him doesn't want to be the guy who corners another man in prison, sticks a knife in the wall threateningly, and has his way with the guy, because he knows what that means. And part of him probably wants to accomplish something plot-related.

(I would end up writing fic about him and the wall and it would be a terrible idea!)

T-Bag...he's almost too easy to use in that fic. I have a horrible trashy fondness for rapefic (strictly the fic, as some people apparently need to have explained - I also like many stories about vampires and firmly oppose murdering people to drain their blood). And there's an interesting, weirdly charismatic evil character who canonically actually and unambiguously does that sort of thing. It would all come out either sadly trashy or hideously dark.

I'm not in a good position to actually get the show right now (I've kind of used up nearly all of my DVD-buying budget, soon I'll have to stop mail-ordering things in preparation for moving, and I'm not in the US so I can't watch it on Hulu), but all of that dark obsessive twistedness, an adorable armed robber and a kitten? Tempting.

[rionaleonhart]

The person who created the video has actually uploaded the scene with the knife, if you're interested in watching it! It is in this entry over here: the 'Hellooooo, wall scene' link under 3x04. Possibly the most sexually-charged scene I have ever watched. Actual sex scenes aren't this sexual.

(Quick backstory: Scofield and Mahone are in a Panamanian prison together. Mahone is counting on Scofield to break him out; Scofield isn't particularly keen on this, in part because more people will complicate the escape but also because Mahone, y'know, tried to kill him repeatedly, ruined his getaway plans after he broke out of his previous prison, did kill someone who mattered to him etc. Scofield has asked Mahone to get him a black felt-tip pen, ostensibly for the escape; in fact he's just trying to make Mahone feel he has a role in the escape so he won't suspect that Scofield is planning to leave him behind.

And, if you're wondering why Mahone is acting as if he's on drugs, it's because he's on drugs.)

I would love to see what you think if you ever do watch Prison Break. I think it would appeal to your rather dark tastes.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Did he just threaten to stick something in Scofield's 'personal space'? That may have been the most weirdly porny threat to stab someone I have ever seen.

And I loved how he was all stoned, mellow, and not actually unhappy thing while going "I'll kill you if you don't do what I say." Mahone may be the most fascinating person in the world.