He just walked away because that was the point of that piece of performance art, right? I thought it was very affecting as well -- that he would show up to see her again, and that he would make it a part of the show she was creating. I mean, it's not the way I'd want things to go in my own life, but he clearly understood what she was going for with her performance, and wanted to play into that.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kate P. - Mar 04, 2013 11:32:07 am PST #13611 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2013 11:36:54 am PST #13612 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
He just walked away because that was the point of that piece of performance art, right? I thought it was very affecting as well -- that he would show up to see her again, and that he would make it a part of the show she was creating. I mean, it's not the way I'd want things to go in my own life, but he clearly understood what she was going for with her performance, and wanted to play into that.
I guess I'm with ita (unless I misunderstood her post): I don't get people whose lives are a performance. I don't mean people who are performers for a living; even Alan Rickman gets a private life, you know? But people who choose to make their private life a public performance is just beyond my comprehension. And it also doesn't feel like it's real. Not if it's all a performance.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2013 11:37:03 am PST #13613 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm sorry Amy.
Amy - Mar 04, 2013 11:39:33 am PST #13614 of 30001
Because books.
That dress is just awful all around.
-t - Mar 04, 2013 11:52:41 am PST #13615 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I kind of get the performance and life intertwining thing - if your performance is authentic and genuine, and you make your actual life part of the performance, I don't know, that makes sense. Just that particular piece didn't resonate with me at all. Which could be a matter of my spleen lacing magic, I'm always willing to consider that option. I have a pretty darn non-miraculous spleen.
Kate P. - Mar 04, 2013 12:01:09 pm PST #13616 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I guess I'm with ita (unless I misunderstood her post): I don't get people whose lives are a performance. I don't mean people who are performers for a living; even Alan Rickman gets a private life, you know? But people who choose to make their private life a public performance is just beyond my comprehension. And it also doesn't feel like it's real. Not if it's all a performance.
No, I get that; like I said, it's certainly not how I'd want to live my life, and there is a certain amount of artifice in any performance. But that seemed like a genuine and very affecting moment for both of them. She didn't know he was going to show up, right? So that moment felt very real to me.
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2013 12:06:24 pm PST #13617 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sheryl - Mar 04, 2013 12:07:21 pm PST #13618 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Amy.
le nubian - Mar 04, 2013 12:58:29 pm PST #13619 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Gah, I just found out that my Health Savings account from my previous job (that I left end of June), in order to use it, I needed to have incurred expenses before my termination date.
Damn. How was I to know that? Also, due to circumstances that ended up with me leaving, I missed last year's deadline for 2011 expenses. So I'm out hundreds of $$. Bah.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2013 1:06:56 pm PST #13620 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She didn't know he was going to show up, right? So that moment felt very real to me.
That moment was real, but if I was reuniting with a lover after decades and I had a choice between the moment lasting a minute and perhaps not doing it onstage with a stopclock going--I know what I'd choose. That's the artifice--his choice to make it a performance piece, instead of whatever normal people do in that circumstance.
(Which is to say, I think Steph and I are on the same page, and probably -t)