Lassitude; Illyria

[indri]

Tired tonight and apathetic. I watched the AtS finale on Friday night and then had a very busy weekend so I've had no time in which to recharge my batteries or get my head in order. I'm too lazy to give links, even.

One thing that's not helping is that I can't get "If I Ruled the World" out of my head. At one point I was so driven to distraction that I contemplated doing an incredibly sappy screencap review of the Jossverse to its lyrics as a way of banishment. Then sanity prevailed.

Where's a copy of "Walk Like an Egyptian" when you need one?

One comment on the finale though -- Lorne. Lorne. He came close to stealing the show for me. I just never expected that. How noir, how sad. His expression haunts me.

I have been ask to write about Spike and Illyria, which does have much appeal. I have an idea for it, but it would be a lengthy post-AtS-S5 fic, and on the bleak side. If I can come up with something shorter set in S5 or AU, then I might have a chance of posting the story before August. Then I'd write the Gilesfic and then I'd retire from the field. Yeah, right. I originally promised myself that Descent would be the last.

Maybe I should just go to bed and watch all the Illyria eps. That would even count as research.

Comments

[shapinglight]

I agree about Lorne. I just finished watching the finale about five minutes ago, and he just tore me up. Also, I wept buckets over Wesley, and thought how much more appropriate was the reaction of Spike, Angel and Wes to the news of his death, than the horrible mall-talk scene from Chosen.

I have some nitpicks, but generally I thought it was terrific. I watched 21 and then 22 immediately afterwards, and it worked very well indeed.

And Spike, Angel, Gunn and Illyria are not dead.

[sangpassionne.livejournal.com]

Lorne was the killer for me. I found myself strangely unmoved by Wes' death. It was time for him. And the boys went out (or not) fighting, as they should. But Lorne broke my heart. It was tragic, in the classic sense.

[shapinglight]

I agree that it was Wes's time, and I knew it was up from Lineage onwards really - but his deaht still tore me up. And JM was so brilliant in that poetry slam scene!

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

Lorne broke me, and tomorrow when I finish my Angel ficathon story I shall start the mother of all Lorne fics in an attempt to fix myself.

WHeeee.