You Screwed Up, But You Know What? It's Okay.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm up to episode 2.02 of Lucifer, after which I immediately went looking for fanfiction in which Lucifer and his mother bang. Disappointingly, there doesn't seem to be any. Is this a real fandom at all?

Lucifer continues to be a delight. The writers, the actors, whoever's responsible for the hilariously on-the-nose musical choices: everyone involved with that show seems to be having a whale of a time. It's absolutely ridiculous and I love it. Lucifer himself is an extremely fun character: so self-absorbed, so weirdly innocent.

Also, for some reason I can't get enough of this stupid plotline:

Decker: Hmm, there's something strange about my partner.
Lucifer: I have been one hundred percent open with you about the fact that I am literally Satan.
Decker: What could it beeeeee?

'Extremely poorly-kept secrets being dragged on and on and on' can start to wear thin after a while (see Merlin), but it works better when the situation is 'it's not even a secret; it's just so stupid that nobody believes the truth, thus creating a mystery'.

Lucifer has intriguing potential for one of my favourite relationship dynamics: a man and a woman, he's helplessly in love with her, she likes him but doesn't need him nearly as much as he needs her. (I am, to clarify, talking about Lucifer and Decker, rather than Lucifer and his mother.)

Lucifer/Father Frank (from the episode 'A Priest Walks Into a Bar') is also extremely good. I don't often get invested in pairings involving a single-episode character, but Father Frank managed it!


Unrelatedly: haven't had a Man-Spider comic in a while.



He tries so hard.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Lucifer has a mom? ...like I’m less surprised that he would have sexual tension with his mom than that he would have one.

It’s definitely funnier that, instead of awkwardly lying, he’s simply being incredibly obvious and upfront, and everyone else is all, “Ha-ha, you’re the devil, very funny, TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!”

Man-Spider! I love him!

[rionaleonhart]

Lucifer does have a mum, apparently! If you're interested in his weird sexual tension with her, here are a couple of clips: one, two.

[wolfy_writing]

Oh damn! That is...a distinctive mother/son relationship, and no mistake!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh no! Man-Spider needs a lighter ball. :D

[rionaleonhart]

But then it'll get stuck in the net! Trying to play tennis when you're a spider is a nightmare.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

True D:

[trepkos]

Poor Man-Spider - I love him!

[rionaleonhart]

Man-Spider appreciates your support!

[singedsun]

One of my favorite things about the Lucifer tv show is just how often he very clearly admits who he is and people just shrug it off.

[rionaleonhart]

I love how many of his interactions quickly progress from 'oh, ha ha, Lucifer Morningstar, devil branding, that's cute' to '...wait, you... actually, literally believe you're the devil?'

[corvidology]

I really love that Lucifer never lies. Well, that and that he's played as such a theatre lovey.

[rionaleonhart]

He's such a fun, interesting character! And, yes, his refusal to lie is great. Particularly as we do see Amenadiel lying, so we know it's not a quality of angels in general; it's a decision on Lucifer's part.

[lokifan]

On Man-Spider... </3

[rionaleonhart]

Maybe I should let something nice happen for Man-Spider, for once. This poor guy(-spider) can never catch a break.

[pict]

So I started watching Lucifer on a lark this morning and remembered you making an entry about it last, uh, year and wanted to see what you had written. It's not weird; my memory is just very robust. I actually wasn't going to comment, because that would have skirted the line between weird and not weird... buuuut I had to tell you how hard I laughed at this:

Decker: Hmm, there's something strange about my partner.
Lucifer: I have been one hundred percent open with you about the fact that I am literally Satan.
Decker: What could it beeeeee?

'Extremely poorly-kept secrets being dragged on and on and on' can start to wear thin after a while (see Merlin), but it works better when the situation is 'it's not even a secret; it's just so stupid that nobody believes the truth, thus creating a mystery'.

Because it's so true, and also hilarious.

[rionaleonhart]

Comments on old entries are very welcome! To be honest, I am also in the habit of getting into something new and going 'hey, I remember a friend posting about this ages ago' and rooting through their tags.

I hope you're enjoying Lucifer! It's delightfully ridiculous.

[pict]

It's delightful! I'm at 1x04 right now. Lucifer is so annoying, I don't know how Decker doesn't punch him on the daily.