Nov. 20th, 2018

float_on_alright: (ready for a ride)
 
Fair warning, I use the “f” word a lot in this.

What I need to be doing right now is thinking about what I want to do for my November story that is due in about a week (where THE FUCK did November go??). What am I doing right now? Mostly thinking about John Constantine and Mick Rory and FUCK ME if I’m not currently an emotional wreck about tonight’s episode of Legends of Tomorrow. Good. God. Almighty.


I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone because well that’s not nice. But Good Lord, if there was anything that could get my mind of the 8,039,233,846,208,655 things I have going on at work and in my head right now as well as Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (which you will absolutely understand if you’ve seen it, but I’m not explaining in case you haven’t), it’s this episode of Legends of Tomorrow.


Look, I know these plots are freaking ridiculous, but HONESTLY, this episode. There were so many things going on with it.


In my opinion, most shows struggle with having a cast of major characters as large as what Legends has. NCIS LA does pretty well and there are a few others that can tell that many stories in one show, but in my mind that’s pretty rare. And to have unique, well written characters with depth and growth who can interact with each other in different ways and with nuance, in my opinion, just doesn’t happen very often. For all that I joke about Legends being a garbage show, I really do think they tell some great emotional stories.


This episode tore me up, and we haven’t even gotten to the point where Nate finds out about Charlie/Not-Amaya joining the team. And she has decided to join the team BECAUSE OF MICK. Like. Mick Rory growing. Mick Rory is such a great character. He’s smart in a savvy way, and he actually does often times “get” people. He may not be interested in them, but he does “get” them.


I loved the friendship between him and Amaya, and I loved how it developed and what’s so interesting to me right now is that he’s almost being what Amaya was to him to Charlie—who looks just like Amaya. It’s this wonderful turnaround storytelling wise, in my opinion.


But his BOOK. GUYS, HIS BOOK. That he is this artistic soul deep underneath the “I will light you on fire while I drink my beer” attitude. MY HEART. Guuuuuuyyyssss. The last line of his book! I’m going to cry about that forever. Forever.


And John Constantine.


John Constantine was awake for approximately two minutes of this past episode and he still managed to totally wreck me, deep down into my soul. As if everything else about this episode wasn’t enough. As if him, in mortal peril, after using his own fucking life force at the end of the last episode to save a kid’s life didn’t leave me fucked up enough, he had to go and have these moments with Nora Darhk.


And Nora Darhk. And Ray. And fuck me sideways.


I can’t count all the ways this episode messed with me.


That doesn’t even touch the Nate and his dad (I can’t y’all, I can’t) or Gary and the food girl or Charlie and Sarah, or Zari and Mick or the Hiroshima discussion, or…


I think you get the picture.


I can’t wait to rewatch that episode, I really can’t because there’s a gold mine there and it is—in my opinion—one of the absolute best ones they’ve ever done. They managed to blend sadness, angst, dealing with fear, growth, family drama, humor, grief and tragedy, faith and optimism, issues of identity, questions about good and evil and humanity, deceit and truth with monsters, magic, time travel, and their signature brand of madcap plans and plots. The episode doesn’t make a lot of sense outside of the context of the last season and a half (maybe two) of the show, but good gracious, it’s such a good episode. In some ways I wish people didn’t need the context to watch the episode, but they wouldn’t have been able to create that episode without having the context they do.


GIANT SIGH. It’s easily my favorite show of the moment and it’s contending for my all time faves. I think it might even be currently beating out Wynonna Earp right now, which is saying a lot. I wish more people watched it with me.

float_on_alright: (jen it crowd get out of the lift)

I’m worn out tonight. We had the teen “retreat” today which meant that I was basically in a 7 hour meeting today. I was stressed very nearly the whole day. I did take a break at lunch just to walk around a little outside which was hugely helpful. It was a gorgeous day, low sixties, but bright sunshine, clear skies, and mostly still air so you didn’t feel cold or anything. The “retreat” took place at one of the local parks so we were down close to a lake/pond. Autumn is in the riot of color right before all the leaves fall off the trees, but a bunch of leaves have fallen so everything is just color all over the place. Soon everything will start to turn more gray and brown, but for now everything is orange and gold and it’s really something to see. And there was just enough of that tiny movement of air to get the leaves to make that soothing shushing white noise sound I love. It went a long way towards soothing my nerves. I’m still super tense.


My shoulder has been killing me again. It was a lot better for a while when I was working out regularly and doing strength exercises, but since I’ve been too tired, busy, and injured to exercise, the pain and tension has flared up again. It’s been pretty intense pain/discomfort wise the last few days. It’s kind of sucked if I’m honest. I know sleeping on that side makes it worse too so I’ve been conscious not to sleep on the shoulder that’s the issue. Still though. It’s almost as bad as when I first did it right now. I probably need to have my annual soon so maybe I’ll check with the doc then and see if I can get something temporary for the pain. It think the tension and that muscle strain contributed to my headache as well, because I can feel that muscle pulling and knotted all through my shoulder, toward the rest of my back and down my side, as well as up my neck to my scalp behind my ear. It’s pretty extensive discomfort wise. The worst is in the meat of the shoulder and my neck below/behind my ear, but it just radiates so much.


I have so much to get done in the next few days, weeks… etcetera. And then, assuming I can navigate all the things, I start school in barely more than a month.


Looking over my goals for the month, I need to average something like 800 - 900 words a day through the end of the month, but I’m not feeling that tonight. I’m tired and feeling sore and beat up. I feel lucky to have gotten this far. Good night everyone.

 

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