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rionaleonhart) wrote2012-04-19 09:50 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2012-04-19 09:50 am
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Don't Be So Hard On Yourself.
Second episode in a row with no Josh? This is not acceptable, Waterloo Road; pull your socks up. He's in the preview, though, so I am looking forward enthusiastically to next week's episode. (I - I think? Because my thoughts on the preview, apart from 'Josh!!', were 'THIS ALL LOOKS INCREDIBLY DISTRESSING'.)
I didn't think 7.29 was a great episode - it felt a bit fillerish, which is a shame for the penultimate episode of what has generally been an excellent term - but I still enjoyed it, because every time I watch it Waterloo Road sneaks into my brain and snips all the connections to my critical faculties.
Actual thoughts on the episode: WAIT, WHAT, A PUPIL LEFT WATERLOO ROAD AND YET IS STILL IN THE PROGRAMME? This is unheard of! With the exception of Janeece, and that's because she later got a job there. Apparently Waterloo Road doesn't actually exist in some weird dimension where people cease to exist the moment they're no longer a part of the school.
It's almost a shame; I was sort of counting on Kyle ceasing to exist the moment he walked out of the school gates, because he's such a bad influence on Tariq. I was hoping that Tariq would be able to unleash his inner good guy with him gone. But, alas, the writers of Waterloo Road have suddenly remembered that people who leave Waterloo Road are still people; they're just people on the other side of the school gates. In any other programme, I would have gone 'yes, of course Kyle is still a part of Tariq's life, that makes sense'; in Waterloo Road, I go 'what? What? But - but he's not at the school any more. I don't understand. People who've been expelled don't just carry on existing.'
I crowed with laughter when Janeece's password turned out to be 'janeece'. Of course. I was also quite amused (whilst cringing) by the deeply, deeply uncomfortable erectile-dysfunction conversation between Grantly and Tom, particularly when Grantly asked if he could be honest and Tom, his expression quite plainly saying I would rather eat my own leg, barely managed a '...'course.' And, although I probably wasn't supposed to be, I was amused by all of Michael's talk about turning the school around. They were trying to turn the school around all the way back when Jack Rimmer was headmaster! Are you telling me that not one headteacher has managed to turn the school around in the seven series since then? Have they perhaps started to turn it around? Maybe it's now at a ninety-degree angle from its starting position? Or has the school been turned a full three hundred and sixty degrees, therefore finding itself in need of being turned around again? What exactly is Waterloo Road's rate of rotation?
Serious matters: Scout broke my heart a bit. And FINN, YOU IDIOT. YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT. I'm fond of Finn, and bless him for his behaviour after he realised what an idiot he had been, but when Tariq beat him up I could almost have applauded.
(Tariiiiiq please be a good person I love you. Maybe I should attempt fanfiction in which Tariq keeps an eye on Josh after Josh gets back from hospital, and Finn - of course - assumes that their developing friendship is just an attempt on Tariq's part to piss him off. Mastering Tariq's voice might be tricky, though; his speech is peppered with slang that doesn't come naturally to me. Writing Waterloo Road fanfiction is a continuous struggle against dialects I don't quite know the rules of.)
I sort of love that the point at which I immediately started posting far too much about Waterloo Road was the point at which Tom and Josh hugged. I don't think I've ever had such a specific, pinpointable trigger for MASSIVE EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT before. A fictional father and son hug once, and over the subsequent month I write fourteen entries and fifteen thousand words of fanfiction. It - it was a really good hug.
I didn't think 7.29 was a great episode - it felt a bit fillerish, which is a shame for the penultimate episode of what has generally been an excellent term - but I still enjoyed it, because every time I watch it Waterloo Road sneaks into my brain and snips all the connections to my critical faculties.
Actual thoughts on the episode: WAIT, WHAT, A PUPIL LEFT WATERLOO ROAD AND YET IS STILL IN THE PROGRAMME? This is unheard of! With the exception of Janeece, and that's because she later got a job there. Apparently Waterloo Road doesn't actually exist in some weird dimension where people cease to exist the moment they're no longer a part of the school.
It's almost a shame; I was sort of counting on Kyle ceasing to exist the moment he walked out of the school gates, because he's such a bad influence on Tariq. I was hoping that Tariq would be able to unleash his inner good guy with him gone. But, alas, the writers of Waterloo Road have suddenly remembered that people who leave Waterloo Road are still people; they're just people on the other side of the school gates. In any other programme, I would have gone 'yes, of course Kyle is still a part of Tariq's life, that makes sense'; in Waterloo Road, I go 'what? What? But - but he's not at the school any more. I don't understand. People who've been expelled don't just carry on existing.'
I crowed with laughter when Janeece's password turned out to be 'janeece'. Of course. I was also quite amused (whilst cringing) by the deeply, deeply uncomfortable erectile-dysfunction conversation between Grantly and Tom, particularly when Grantly asked if he could be honest and Tom, his expression quite plainly saying I would rather eat my own leg, barely managed a '...'course.' And, although I probably wasn't supposed to be, I was amused by all of Michael's talk about turning the school around. They were trying to turn the school around all the way back when Jack Rimmer was headmaster! Are you telling me that not one headteacher has managed to turn the school around in the seven series since then? Have they perhaps started to turn it around? Maybe it's now at a ninety-degree angle from its starting position? Or has the school been turned a full three hundred and sixty degrees, therefore finding itself in need of being turned around again? What exactly is Waterloo Road's rate of rotation?
Serious matters: Scout broke my heart a bit. And FINN, YOU IDIOT. YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT. I'm fond of Finn, and bless him for his behaviour after he realised what an idiot he had been, but when Tariq beat him up I could almost have applauded.
(Tariiiiiq please be a good person I love you. Maybe I should attempt fanfiction in which Tariq keeps an eye on Josh after Josh gets back from hospital, and Finn - of course - assumes that their developing friendship is just an attempt on Tariq's part to piss him off. Mastering Tariq's voice might be tricky, though; his speech is peppered with slang that doesn't come naturally to me. Writing Waterloo Road fanfiction is a continuous struggle against dialects I don't quite know the rules of.)
I sort of love that the point at which I immediately started posting far too much about Waterloo Road was the point at which Tom and Josh hugged. I don't think I've ever had such a specific, pinpointable trigger for MASSIVE EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT before. A fictional father and son hug once, and over the subsequent month I write fourteen entries and fifteen thousand words of fanfiction. It - it was a really good hug.
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You are adorable!
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(I would advise against starting at the very beginning; the first couple of series are just too bleak, in my opinion.)
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Scout! Oh my word, Scout~! ;~~~; I feel so sorry for her because she has such a terrible mother, but she still cares about her mum SO. MUCH. I mean, whose mother would honestly do that!?
well, Scout's mum, of courseI'm glad the mum went to prison, but... the amount of emotional trauma that girl will go through because of that!And Finn!! What are you doing, Finn!? Just stop it now! Josh is obviously a great influence on you because, when he was here, you didn't do stupid stuff like nearly burn someone to death! ;~~~;
Also, does this mean that Waterloo Road, the show, is ending next week? I'm not sure I could cope
unless the show ended with a Josh and Tom hug, in which case, it would just be bittersweetWhat exactly is Waterloo Road's rate of rotation?
I think it probably went the whole 360 degrees, which is why people can't see that the headmasters are trying to turn the school around - because, technically they have turned it around, but the school just seems to like returning back to its original point
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Josh is obviously a great influence on you because, when he was here, you didn't do stupid stuff like nearly burn someone to death!
That's a good point, actually; did the writers take Josh out of action for a couple of weeks because Finn would never have gone so far off the rails with Josh around?
WATERLOO ROAD CANNOT END; IT'S NOT ALLOWED. I FORBID IT. Unless it does end with a Josh and Tom hug, but in that case it would have to be a really, really good hug. Fifty minutes of buildup to the hug and then ten minutes of hugging. Then it would have to end, because it would never be able to top that episode.
Congratulations on escaping Silent Hill!
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That Tom and Josh hug scenario would be the only way I would ever allow Waterloo Road to end.
Thank you, I feel so proud of myself, but Pyramid Head still creeps me out ;~~; However, I have to go back there again now - a teenager called Heather has decided to go for a wander over there, and I'm the one they all expect to bring her back (I.E: I bought Silent Hill 3 because I clearly have trouble learning about these things :/)