Guess who saw her first, and likely only, episode of Intelligence last night

Intelligence seems to be a remake of Chuck except that Intelligence isn't funny and its main character is an arrogant asshole. Also the female agent assigned to protect the guy? In Chuck she's actually competent and doesn't allow herself to be steamrolled over by the guy she's trying to protect. Plus Zachary Levi is much cuter than the guy - whatever his name is - who plays the lead in Intelligence. Finally, Chuck had Adam Baldwin; even if he's not playing Jayne here, it's still awesome to see him!

Oh yeah, and the whole this is our only guy who can do this. Let's send him someplace where he will almost certainly catch the plague and die. No. Way. In. Hell. That call would never have been made.

Lord of the Flies

I've never read the book. I just saw Peter Brook's film adaptation.

Damn!

There are scenes where the physical violence is implied rather than shown. For example, when one boy is being stabbed and beaten to death by the others, he is never in frame with them. You see his shock as he realizes they are attacking. You see him with his arms up to protect himself. The next time you see him, his corpse is floating in the ocean. No violence actually shown, but it's one of the most brutal things I've seen.

Fic: Fashion

Title: Fashion
Fandom: BtVS
Summary: Cordelia rejecting a new outfit.
Rating: G
Character: Cordelia, Harmony
Note: Written for a prompt at Open on Sunday – cut – but not posted there because it's longer than 100 words.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, not yet, but they will be … once I've taken over the world. Bwah-ha-ha!

 

One, the skirts were last month's length. Two, who put a baby blue top on that dress dummy? That color was so last week. Three, sparkles? What idiot thought they were in?Ever? “Well,” Cordelia said, “It's not Alexander McQueen but it is the best Sunnydale has to offer.”

 

“Right, that Queen guy.”

 

“Oh. My. God, Harmony. It was a joke. Alexander McQueen may be considered trendy – by some – but the man puts skulls on, like, everything. Honestly, he seriously needs to get over his death fetish.” Cordelia looked through the window. It had been a week since she'd gone in. Even if they'd barely touched the display, they might have gotten some new stock.“Come on, lets see if they have anything remotely close to acceptable.”

 

Cordelia skimmed through a dozen tops before pulling one out. She felt the fabric between her finger and thumb, held out the top to take in the overall effect, and brought it to her body as she checked herself in the mirror. “This might do.”

 

“It's nice.”

 

“Now, if the attendant isn't on a two-hour lunch break I might be able to …” Cordelia stopped, staring at the tag. Her left hand slowly reached down. She felt as if she were in a horror movie and the audience was shouting at her, telling her to stop, telling her to run. She picked up the tag,glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, and practically threw the top back onto the rack. “Oh my God, I don't believe it. The price was cut.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“The top. It's on sale.”

 

“Oh.” Harmony shrugged and with a half-wince said, “Too bad because it was real cute.”

 

“First rule of fashion: if no one else wants it, it's not worth buying, no matter how cute it is.”

Fic: Fashion

Title: Fashion
Fandom: BtVS
Summary: Cordelia rejecting a new outfit.
Rating: G
Character: Cordelia, Harmony
Note: Written for a prompt at Open on Sunday – cut – but not posted there because it's longer than 100 words.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, not yet, but they will be … once I've taken over the world. Bwah-ha-ha!

( The rest of the story is at the botique checking out the sparkly skirt ... )