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Being Human Series 1: the spoiler!squee post (part two)
Back for more entirely haphazard spoilers and squee! Now I'm jumping forward to Episode 6.
Well, and the last minute or so of episode 5. Because ... seriously. EPISODE 5 OMG. The entire scene where George and Annie rescue Mitchell is made of awesome in every conceivable way, from the switchover to Mitchell being the one that needs rescuing, to the Worst Vampire Hunters Ever. I seriously want to screencap the whole damn show. XD But, for the moment, I had to draw the line somewhere. Annie has her door, and her moment of reckoning. Well, one of her moments of reckoning. (One of the reasons why I like Annie's arc so much is because she has so many moments like that. They all do, but Annie maybe more than anyone else, and you can trace her character development through her reactions to each of the points where she's tested.)
What really made this part of the show extra-awesome for me is that I didn't have any idea if they'd go ahead and kill someone (and the only problem with the second series is that I'm now so in love with the characters that I can't stand the idea that they might die; the first series was a total nail-biter because of that, but the tension in the second series just might kill ME -- please, though, no spoilers, if you know anything about it; I don't want to know!). Because British TV, much more so than American TV, really doesn't shy away from those hard decisions. I was watching this part with my hand clapped over my mouth, thinking "NO! ANNIE! NO!" and then the OMG MITCHELL part happened and ... AAAAAAA!
Annie and her boys ...! *sobs* (And she's worried about how they'll get by after she's gone -- as well she might be! The overlapping "I'll look after him" ... you know, I could just sit here and go "awwwwwwwww" forever, but I wouldn't get anywhere with this review. XD)
"Most people don't get a chance to say goodbye."
*sobs more*
"Oh ... FUCKING HELL!"
"You might want to have different last words ..."
(Also, the two of them protecting George from seeing whatever comes after death, here and in the scene with Owen ... awwwwww!)
And then all hell breaks loose. So to speak.
It's hard to look good when you have a stake through your chest.
Moving along to episode 6, it is perhaps needless to say that I really, really enjoyed this part of the show.
Worry! Hurt and comfort!
Random side note:
I love Annie's snarkastic little asides -- "Guess I missed my flight!" One of the things that really makes me adore Annie is that she's just as silly and snarky as the boys.
Okay, back to the h/c.
Petting!
I thought for a second here that Mitchell was attacking George. Quite possibly, so did George. But ... I love how in-control Mitchell is throughout all of this part -- he's sick, wounded, basically dying for lack of blood, but he doesn't give in to the vampiric side of him.
And then George goes and drives off an -- admittedly tiny -- vampire horde (do two vampires constitute a horde?) with his Star of David and his determination to protect Mitchell. ♥
Josie, as the solution to Mitchell's blood problem, was ... well, at first it bothered me because it was a bit too convenient (hey, we just happen to have a terminally ill friend lying around, how about that!) -- but in the end I decided that it did work for me, because it was her choice, and her sacrifice, and ties into the general theme of both a) people dying around Mitchell, and b) Mitchell inspiring the kind of loyalty that causes people to sacrifice themselves for him. I love that about him -- that he so clearly does not see himself as a person worthy of devotion and love, doesn't see himself as human, but the unconscious devotion and loyalty that he shows towards others makes them reciprocate with the same kind of loyalty towards him ... and he doesn't know how to deal with it. d'awwwwww, Mitchell!
And now, more comfort!
Their own special kind of snarky comfort, admittedly.
And then, their individual moments of truth. I loved this part, completely and utterly -- the scene in the kitchen, George's soul-searching (though with a slight WTF? for a Jewish character seeking spiritual guidance from a Catholic priest; I mean, it does kinda make sense in context of the show, but still, um, show...), the goodbyes ("But there's this ... You thought there'd be nothing, but there was this."), and then ... the montage, the music ... ♥ ♥ ♥
One of the things I love most about this show is that, as in The Wizard of Oz, they are on a quest to gain something they had all along. None of them have the slightest idea how utterly, wonderfully human they are.
Mitchell offers himself up to save his friends.
George takes on that burden of sacrifice himself instead ("Besides, I owe you ...") -- with the extra burden that no one knows what he's doing; they think he's running away. (d'awwwwww, George! -- and really, could these people be any more messed up?!)
Annie, who has always defined herself through other people, loses it all -- first Owen, then her friends -- and finds the strength to stand up and do battle, alone.
But then, at the end ...
They stand together.
"Haven't you worked it out yet? Humanity is about love..."
"... and sacrifice..."
"This doesn't rob me of my humanity. It proves it."
"You thought there'd be nothing, but there was this." And they still have this, after it all.
One of my big fiction kinks is sort of hard to describe; I guess you could call it "seizing moments of happiness from despair". I love the general theme of characters in a wide, dark, lonely world, seizing happiness and holding onto it, not knowing what tomorrow will bring.
This show delivers that. And how.
Okay. Annie's arc deserves a post of its own, but I'm not sure if my wrists are up to doing it tonight!
Well, and the last minute or so of episode 5. Because ... seriously. EPISODE 5 OMG. The entire scene where George and Annie rescue Mitchell is made of awesome in every conceivable way, from the switchover to Mitchell being the one that needs rescuing, to the Worst Vampire Hunters Ever. I seriously want to screencap the whole damn show. XD But, for the moment, I had to draw the line somewhere. Annie has her door, and her moment of reckoning. Well, one of her moments of reckoning. (One of the reasons why I like Annie's arc so much is because she has so many moments like that. They all do, but Annie maybe more than anyone else, and you can trace her character development through her reactions to each of the points where she's tested.)
What really made this part of the show extra-awesome for me is that I didn't have any idea if they'd go ahead and kill someone (and the only problem with the second series is that I'm now so in love with the characters that I can't stand the idea that they might die; the first series was a total nail-biter because of that, but the tension in the second series just might kill ME -- please, though, no spoilers, if you know anything about it; I don't want to know!). Because British TV, much more so than American TV, really doesn't shy away from those hard decisions. I was watching this part with my hand clapped over my mouth, thinking "NO! ANNIE! NO!" and then the OMG MITCHELL part happened and ... AAAAAAA!
Annie and her boys ...! *sobs* (And she's worried about how they'll get by after she's gone -- as well she might be! The overlapping "I'll look after him" ... you know, I could just sit here and go "awwwwwwwww" forever, but I wouldn't get anywhere with this review. XD)
"Most people don't get a chance to say goodbye."
*sobs more*
"Oh ... FUCKING HELL!"
"You might want to have different last words ..."
(Also, the two of them protecting George from seeing whatever comes after death, here and in the scene with Owen ... awwwwww!)
And then all hell breaks loose. So to speak.
It's hard to look good when you have a stake through your chest.
Moving along to episode 6, it is perhaps needless to say that I really, really enjoyed this part of the show.
Worry! Hurt and comfort!
Random side note:
I love Annie's snarkastic little asides -- "Guess I missed my flight!" One of the things that really makes me adore Annie is that she's just as silly and snarky as the boys.
Okay, back to the h/c.
Petting!
I thought for a second here that Mitchell was attacking George. Quite possibly, so did George. But ... I love how in-control Mitchell is throughout all of this part -- he's sick, wounded, basically dying for lack of blood, but he doesn't give in to the vampiric side of him.
And then George goes and drives off an -- admittedly tiny -- vampire horde (do two vampires constitute a horde?) with his Star of David and his determination to protect Mitchell. ♥
Josie, as the solution to Mitchell's blood problem, was ... well, at first it bothered me because it was a bit too convenient (hey, we just happen to have a terminally ill friend lying around, how about that!) -- but in the end I decided that it did work for me, because it was her choice, and her sacrifice, and ties into the general theme of both a) people dying around Mitchell, and b) Mitchell inspiring the kind of loyalty that causes people to sacrifice themselves for him. I love that about him -- that he so clearly does not see himself as a person worthy of devotion and love, doesn't see himself as human, but the unconscious devotion and loyalty that he shows towards others makes them reciprocate with the same kind of loyalty towards him ... and he doesn't know how to deal with it. d'awwwwww, Mitchell!
And now, more comfort!
Their own special kind of snarky comfort, admittedly.
And then, their individual moments of truth. I loved this part, completely and utterly -- the scene in the kitchen, George's soul-searching (though with a slight WTF? for a Jewish character seeking spiritual guidance from a Catholic priest; I mean, it does kinda make sense in context of the show, but still, um, show...), the goodbyes ("But there's this ... You thought there'd be nothing, but there was this."), and then ... the montage, the music ... ♥ ♥ ♥
One of the things I love most about this show is that, as in The Wizard of Oz, they are on a quest to gain something they had all along. None of them have the slightest idea how utterly, wonderfully human they are.
Mitchell offers himself up to save his friends.
George takes on that burden of sacrifice himself instead ("Besides, I owe you ...") -- with the extra burden that no one knows what he's doing; they think he's running away. (d'awwwwww, George! -- and really, could these people be any more messed up?!)
Annie, who has always defined herself through other people, loses it all -- first Owen, then her friends -- and finds the strength to stand up and do battle, alone.
But then, at the end ...
They stand together.
"Haven't you worked it out yet? Humanity is about love..."
"... and sacrifice..."
"This doesn't rob me of my humanity. It proves it."
"You thought there'd be nothing, but there was this." And they still have this, after it all.
One of my big fiction kinks is sort of hard to describe; I guess you could call it "seizing moments of happiness from despair". I love the general theme of characters in a wide, dark, lonely world, seizing happiness and holding onto it, not knowing what tomorrow will bring.
This show delivers that. And how.
Okay. Annie's arc deserves a post of its own, but I'm not sure if my wrists are up to doing it tonight!
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After reading your first post about this show, I just *had* to look for it and now I watched the first two eps and I'm hooked and totally in love with these characters. :)
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I know what you mean -- I've been introduced to so many new things via my flist!
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No new episodes 'till 2010, waahhh! But at least there are new episodes coming; it'll be something to look forward to! (And I'm so terribly afraid that they're going to kill someone or break up the group. *clings to them* I don't know if I could handle that!)
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Its early and I'm not terribly coherent I'm afraid but I just wanted to say that this show makes me happy and so keep up the good work of spreading the word. :)
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Are you thinking about writing fic? Because some friendshippy fic or h/c in this fandom would be lovely ...
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Me, writing Being Human fic? Gosh no. I've pretty much given up on writing these days, I don't have the talent for it. And SGA is the only fandom I've ever had the courage to write for and that was mostly because there was so much untapped potential there to work from. I'm not sure I would know where to start with a show like Being Human. I know there is a steady flow of het/slash fic beginning to pop up but I agree it would be nice to have some gen fic.
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I JUST finished ep 6 ... oh George! oh Mitchell! oh Annie!
I love them!
I gave the pilot to my sister to see:
Me: So did you like it?
sister: no. I loved it.
*grin*
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♥
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Of course, then it ends VERY OMINOUSLY and we were all clinging to each other going NO DON'T DIE~ because it really looks as if Nina is contemplating something very drastic, and it would. Kind of break George - might still break George because oh shit no. I know what he said he was most afraid of was killing someone, but - seriously, turning the woman you love? ALSO NOT GOOD.
I want more of this show so bad, but if they end up killing any of the main three I will cry and cry, because they are such the perfect little family...!
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I want more of this show so bad, but if they end up killing any of the main three I will cry and cry, because they are such the perfect little family...!
I know ...! As much as I'm looking forward to the new episodes (in 2010...!) I'm also kind of glad that it's almost a year before we'll find out what they're planning next, because killing any of them might make me curl up into a little ball of MISERY, and the BBC really might do that!
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