And the red kites soaring sentinel

[alexsarll]

I very much doubt I'm going anywhere tonight; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, and I can't remember my last night off. A shame (I've still not seen B Movie at its new home), but definitely for the best.

I think of myself as knowing Oxford better than I do; I may have spent a fair bit of time there, but it was never really one of my cities; this leaves me surprisingly surprised by something new each visit. Many of them are pleasant, such as St Giles House, whose reception room is much the sort of thing I envisage having myself one day, and the peculiar Nuffield spire. Others are less so. I'd always vaguely envied Oxford the whole academic dress business (whilst recognising that my own defective thermostat would have seen me likely lose a grade if Cambridge followed suit), so was a little disappointed yesterday to see the look spoiled on several students by flour or foam. And then increasingly unimpressed as I saw the streets also awash with spaghetti hoops and a bucket of what looked very much like vomit. Even speaking as someone who ended up toppling into the Cam after my last exam - that is no way to celebrate a friend's finals.

Has anyone else read the most recent issue of Buffy yet? Because to be quite honest, I'm a bit confused. The art seemed a little unclear in general compared to prior issues, but what I really don't get is how come we see Warren sticking the knife in Willow, we see blood, we see her in her dreamscape seeing a codified version of what's happening to her brain - but then Buffy comes in and she's undamaged. Was that healing magic? Some effect of her sending Buffy dark so that she got Slayer healing as part of the swap? Anyone? Anyone?
Still, liked the overall thrust of it, and most of the rest of the details. Also good this week: the first (noughth?) issue of Warren Ellis Black Summer, in which the USA's foremost superhero decides that, the President being a criminal, there's only one honourable thing he can do. This idea is barely even controversial anymore, but it's still a great deal of fun to see it acted out.

The main problem with 'United 300' is that it deviates from its material to no benefit by having the hijackers being German, when both of its sources saw Westerners seeing off threats to liberty from the Middle East.

Comments

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

I just woke up. I am still really ill and my kidneys still hurt. I demand you bring me some food. Or send your monkey bulter.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Don't bult monkeys! I'm not even sure what bulting is, but I don't think they would like it.

I hope you feel better for the weekend!

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

I think I might need more antibiotics. I am gonna order a pizza because "I'm worth it!" (NB too lazy and ill to cook) I suppose I should dress really or else give the little pizza man a fright.

I won't bult a monkey. I will take it as a pet and use it to retreve cats from odd places.

Thank you for being nice to me about being ill.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

That's OK! I hope you enjoy your pizza and cats do not sit in it.

[mylifebythesea.livejournal.com]

I too am ordering pizza. It shall be good.

[kiss-me-quick.livejournal.com]

We saw you at Tesco! You came in and then went straight out again.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I only wanted some pesto! Came in, saw the queues and thought, sod this, soup will do. Where were you, then? And with whom?

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

Pesto???? Isn't that almost like cooking sarll?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I even have sauce that needs heating up too! Tho frankly that's a bit much for me.

[billywhizz.livejournal.com]

Can Alex not cook? I always imagined him being a dab hand in the kitchen for some reason; fine line between Sarll and Pierre-White in my brain.

(Sorry Alex, cat's mother &c)

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Oh no, no objections to that, just puzzled that anyone should be unaware of my all-round kitchen hopelessness.

Although I do make damn fine toast.

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

hahahaha! I once got alex to chop up potatoes. He was VERY confused.

[kiss-me-quick.livejournal.com]

I was in the queue with my sister.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.

Re: your icon - is the Glenister who plays Gene related to the one in Hustle? Because I know both shows share creators, and both actors have fairly similar looks.

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

They are brothers iirc. Um also I am impressed with your almost cooking. *pats head*

[missfrost.livejournal.com]

Man, I had a couple of hours sleep this afternoon and I have just forced contact lenses back in to go to Stef's birthday! Don't be so gay - come out!

[kiss-me-quick.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Possibly later; whatever I'm doing, I need a shower and more tea, so let's see how I feel after that, eh?

[baphomette.livejournal.com]

Gah, not read any of Buffy since issue 1, so I won't read any of the spoilers/comments, but happy to natter about it once I've got my hands on the ones I've missed...

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Well, so far nobody's been any bloody use so you're in the clear...

[mylifebythesea.livejournal.com]

Had a quick look at the "season eight" Buffy. I seem to have lost a fair bit of interest in the Buffyverse now Wesley is dead. Saying that, isn't Ethan back?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Before I answer that - how do you feel about spoilers?

[mylifebythesea.livejournal.com]

Spoil away!

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Comes back, is Ethanesque for a bit, gets shot in head. Which is rather a shame.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

I have just finished reading it properly (after going "ew ew ew ew ewwwwwww" and having to put it down for a bit) and I DO NOT GET IT EITHER. Tho she does say "I don't have much healing left" when Buffy tells her to look after the fallen soldiers, so perhaps that implies that she used it all up on herself?

The bit where Buffy's eyes went black was AWESOME tho!

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

The 'healing' line does seem like the best explanation but...how can you heal yourself from brain damage? Why didn't Tara?

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Good point... perhaps the astral-projection Willow did it? There was a part of her that was detatched from the entire physical side of whatever was going on - and it was obviously the side that KNEW what was going on, as the Slayer-witch type people asked it if she had a plan... maybe she put a bit of magic aside somewhere? Maybe she healed when Buffy broke the magical bonds holding her, as Warren said that they were made out of her own power? Oh I'll have to read it again. It's so icky though!

I don't think Tara would have been powerful enough to do something like that tbh....


(also... cinnamon lip gloss! CINNAMON BUNS! And the ending was SO totally X-Men.)

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose Willow is way stronger...

I don't know, I suppose it makes sense, it just doesn't feel *satisfactory*, you know?

I'd have to say that the ending was unlike X-Men in so far as Joss Whedon managed to write us there in less than 18 months. ;)