30 Days Meme

[clocketpatch]

After being inspired by... the majority of my flist, I'm swiping this from liadtbunny. And I'm doing B7 this time around, though I feel like this is a meme which could get much millage being reused for different shows (and eras of shows?) as it strikes my fancy.

Question 1: Favourite Episode (s)

Gambit, definitely. It is such sheer cracktasticness. My initial reaction to it is HERE and it really hasn't changed. There is, after all, so much to love. There is the epic camp. There's is Servalan's unexpectedly colourful wardrobe choice. There is everyone questioing the sanity of John Leeson's wig!hat. There is the Christmas tinsel. There is Avon and Vila stealing stuff for lulz, and Orac coming along as well so that the three of them are having a ridiculous and dysfunctional boy's night out at the Casino. There's Robert Holmes dialogue. There's Jenna and Cally's fake cat fight. There's scruffy!Travis being all disreputable and rubbish. There's Avon and Vila trying to look innocent at the end. There's the ice cream!

There is, in fact, pretty much nothing I don't like in Gambit. It is the perfect calm before the storm of the series two finale, and I wish there had been time for more moments/episodes like it. It is, probably, the closest to happy Avon ever is in the entire series, and I think he (and all of them) deserved a bit more of that.

In my mind, there was a lot more of it. In my mind, they were getting up to hi-jinks like this ALL THE TIME.

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While Gambit is definitely my favourite episode, Rumours of the Death is a close second place. It's not first place because the sub-plot was super obvious and super confusing at the same time (if you-know-who is helping the rebels... then why does she try to kill Avon? Who is a rebel now?) And because Avon's plan has serious holes in it and really shouldn't have worked as well as it did (and given that it worked... really badly, that's saying something).

But generally I like it, and I've actually re-watched it more times than Gambit because it inspires so many feelings in me (especially the bit where they all say they care about Avon), and it's very important to the on-going plot and how messed up Avon is as the series progresses. I'm also impressed at the writers for carrying a plot across two seasons in a time when arcs, multi-season plot threads, and, most importantly, repeats, DVDs, and internet message boards, weren't things that happened. It feels very ahead of its time.

And I really like Tarrant's stupid bow.



Questions:

1. Favourite episode
2. What you wish happened
3. An unpopular/cracky opinion you hold
4. Your song/fan mix for the show
5. Most Romantic moment?
6. Favourite photo/screenshot
7. Favourite non-romantic OTP
8. Crackiest moment?
9. How would you convert someone to your show?
10. What show related fan works you would like to see?
11. Worst decision
12. Scene that made your heartbreak?
13. Best use of a hoary old trope
14. Most woeful use of SFX
15. Best scene involving eating/drinking
16. Something that made you Think
17. Something that made you Laugh
18. Best series opener
19. Best season finale
20. Which character would you like to go to lunch with?
21. Crime against fashion
22. Favourite quote(s)
23. Favourite costume/clothing/accessory
24. Favourite character moment
25. Biggest BAMF
26. Something from your head fanon
27. Least Favourite episode
28. Which character would you be?
29. All the pairings you ship
30. The coolest thing

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Dirty enabler *cackles*

Ohhh!! *SAVES* I'll have to read after each eppie, then.