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Oof + Escapism
Apr. 30th, 2025 12:28 amNot feeling the best physically tonight. Ankle is acting up something fierce. It just seems to happen randomly. Add that to the other physical ills (constant hip pain, nausea and cramps from menstruation), and it's hard to get much done. I'm in a gaming lull, so I'd like to reflect on what I've been watching.
Anime
Ergo Proxy
Slowly making my way through this anime, which was such a thinky-thought series for the first 12 episodes. It took some mental effort to understand the word and society, and just who was in charge of the whole thing. So--you know--just my thing. :) However, it's a little less that now. There's a romantic subplot which is just boring. It does have a narrative purpose, but the execution is a snoozefest. Dude is in love with a girl who hates him. Ignoring that, I still enjoy the slowly unfolding mystery. I'm just not as eager to watch the next episode, so I go a few days in between them.
Kimi ni Todoke
Watching this one on Sundays with an online friend. We both enjoyed it separately when it first came out. She especially likes it because the main character has some autistic traits. I like it for the slow burn and just how gentle the two leads are with each other. Bonus are the rich friendships among the five mains. They are incredibly layered and empathetic.
TV
Law and Order
Definitely my comfort show at the end of the work day or after i've had to focus on one thing for too long. It's season 11, and I finally like Lennie. I miss Curtis, but Greene is a fine replacement. They had him coming in hot in his first season, but he's calmed down. Turns the manipulation on when he needs to. There's a logic to his actions that didn't exist before.
Are You Being Served
While L&O is an after work comfort, this one is a bedtime comfort. I'm in the mid-seasons now (4th or 5th rewatch). I love Mrs. Slocombe to pieces. I have a personal headcanon that Lucas really cares for her, and they definitely have a thing going outside of work. He just pays so much attention to her! And anyone who's familiar with the series knows that she leaps at any flirtatious attention, so how could they not? Also, during dance productions, Lucas is usually paired up with Mrs. Slocombe (unless he's with Mr. Humphries, which I also enjoy). And Mrs. Slocombe has game, for all the strays she catches. Both the union leaders flirt with her, so does Peacock, and her Greek fiancee.
Last of the Summer Wine
I have tried for years to watch this show. My biggest hurdle the first few times were the accents. Finally found them with subtitles. And then the misogyny and goofiness, I could not stand. I'm more open-minded now, as well as on the other side of 40, so I gave it another go. Somehow, it clicked. I'm in the second season, and i can really understand the humorous malaise, the implicit "What now" that the characters are facing. Meanwhile, there's Compo, for whom the passage of time is unremarkable. I also read that two of the actors were buried side by side, so deep was their friendship. Also, this series has almost all chubby or fat women. One the object of incessant affection. None of the women are written favorably, but that is just the show in general.
Anime
Ergo Proxy
Slowly making my way through this anime, which was such a thinky-thought series for the first 12 episodes. It took some mental effort to understand the word and society, and just who was in charge of the whole thing. So--you know--just my thing. :) However, it's a little less that now. There's a romantic subplot which is just boring. It does have a narrative purpose, but the execution is a snoozefest. Dude is in love with a girl who hates him. Ignoring that, I still enjoy the slowly unfolding mystery. I'm just not as eager to watch the next episode, so I go a few days in between them.
Kimi ni Todoke
Watching this one on Sundays with an online friend. We both enjoyed it separately when it first came out. She especially likes it because the main character has some autistic traits. I like it for the slow burn and just how gentle the two leads are with each other. Bonus are the rich friendships among the five mains. They are incredibly layered and empathetic.
TV
Law and Order
Definitely my comfort show at the end of the work day or after i've had to focus on one thing for too long. It's season 11, and I finally like Lennie. I miss Curtis, but Greene is a fine replacement. They had him coming in hot in his first season, but he's calmed down. Turns the manipulation on when he needs to. There's a logic to his actions that didn't exist before.
Are You Being Served
While L&O is an after work comfort, this one is a bedtime comfort. I'm in the mid-seasons now (4th or 5th rewatch). I love Mrs. Slocombe to pieces. I have a personal headcanon that Lucas really cares for her, and they definitely have a thing going outside of work. He just pays so much attention to her! And anyone who's familiar with the series knows that she leaps at any flirtatious attention, so how could they not? Also, during dance productions, Lucas is usually paired up with Mrs. Slocombe (unless he's with Mr. Humphries, which I also enjoy). And Mrs. Slocombe has game, for all the strays she catches. Both the union leaders flirt with her, so does Peacock, and her Greek fiancee.
Last of the Summer Wine
I have tried for years to watch this show. My biggest hurdle the first few times were the accents. Finally found them with subtitles. And then the misogyny and goofiness, I could not stand. I'm more open-minded now, as well as on the other side of 40, so I gave it another go. Somehow, it clicked. I'm in the second season, and i can really understand the humorous malaise, the implicit "What now" that the characters are facing. Meanwhile, there's Compo, for whom the passage of time is unremarkable. I also read that two of the actors were buried side by side, so deep was their friendship. Also, this series has almost all chubby or fat women. One the object of incessant affection. None of the women are written favorably, but that is just the show in general.
