Farscape is awesome

[minxy]

Shunda was asking, the other day, about techniques for getting back into the fannish swing. As I was talking about recs lists and Arc of Truth posts and things, she asked how the Farscape viewing was going and I though, "Ye gads! It's been aaaaaages!"

I didn't even remember where I'd left off (turns out, right after Kansas of all episodes.) Reading back over the reactions and the comments, though, it's clear why: it was right before the family emergency started snowballing. It would have taken something that extreme to drag me away.

Anyway, I give you

Farscape, season 4. Terra Firma

Previouslies: John is addicted to 'forget Aeryn' drugs, wormholes in John's hands could create even more destruction, Grayza was scorned.

Trout or Bass? And the delegation from Earth is sporting the worst of toupee style.

Apparently Sikozu has contacted them (too smart, learns languages too fast.) There's been enough time to launch a shuttle? Oh, 42 days, wow. Snag with the wormhole travel, and John's more worried about causing trouble than the danger the Earth delegation presents. Scorpius is got some froonium powered signal so that there won't be a problem getting back.

I like that John's father's awe at Sikozu's English was what tipped the cards for John from 'impostors' to 'possible victims'.

Okay, so they're really on Earth, and the right time and place. Is John writing in English? I should go back and look.

Chiana must've had fourteen bazillion extra hours in make-up just to make it into the bikini. Fun moments with the cousin, great little reactions.

Aeryn and John's sister are so cute. At Christmas too, with Aeryn learning words, and the girlfriend who reminds me of Rachel Luttrell showing up.

I love John hugging a pillow. It looks so vulnerable and real. I wonder what the significance of him eating microwave popcorn when Grandma and Rigel were chugging the old school kernels.

Grayza's assassin is on board. John is calling his father by his first name. Aeryn and D'Argo had a nice moment about making sure the scientists don't break their ships.

And another incredible conversation/not-conversation between John and Aeryn over the prowler.

And a fascinating conversation with Jack, very normal Dad-Knows-Best voice.

The Moyans are getting a little wacky cooped up. John and his father are still at odds.

So I'm wondering what John is leading them towards. I would love it to be some kind of basic science, like twelve new elements or something, that is meant to give some sense of how out of their depth they are. Only that would really only convince the scientists, not the politicians; the scientists are already pretty convinced that they don't know everything.

Olivia is cool, with her down to Earth kind of caring.

And hey the Rachel Luttrell woman is being really fair and sweet to Aeryn, and I'm really glad that didn't disintegrate into a catfight.

Oh, hey Scorpy! I thought the froonium handwaving for Scorpius' absence was an excuse for why he wasn't there, it's nice to actually see him. The Scorpius and Sikozu dynamic remains really, really kinky.

Uh, oh. John's friends are dead and The assassin is there. And it's really bothering me that JOHN'S SISTER WENT DOWN. SHE IS AWESOME.

Oh shit, everyone is down. John and Aeryn are fighting together really well, but now *Aeryn's* down.

Oh, thank heaven for D'Argo. 'Merry frelling Christmas'? I've seen that on icons and things.

Oh good, everyone's okay.

And Aeryn's sorted out that John's reactions are drug influenced.

Olivia continues to be really awesome. Jack seems to be pretty fantastic too. Oh MAN, okay, Jack is GREAT. This is such a great real, relationship. All kinds of flaws and changes.

Oooh, that was neat. I hope that really was Earth and not an illusion or flashback this time. It would be neat to see that payed off. Did they let Earth keep the dead alien? Oh wait, the chandelier didn't kill the alien, D'Argo's ship blasted it into nothingness (that's convenient.)


Twice Shy.

Previouslies: Scorpius on board, Aeryn pregnant and it's coming between her and John, drugs.

Noranti is doing the negotiation? Okay. Oh, they have a woman to sell. And Chiana knows... oh. Chiana knows what this is about, will kill her before she fails to free her. Wow. I hope this Talika girl is only broken and hasn't glued herself back together in a twisted way.

And Aeryn doesn't want to talk, she's done catering to a drug addict apparently.

John is throwing around a lot of love words and confidence for a guy who has been drugging himself to the gills to avoid even thoughts of love.

And Chiana and Talika are having an escalating moment which is kind of extreme. Aeryn thinks so too, but she's still less rational when John is mentioned.

Huh, Talika is telepathic? empathic? Able to look in a creature's eyes and see their soul? D'Argo and Rigel are going at it. Talika is reacting to each in individual ways. Noranti is the one to call a committee meeting on this? Scorpius is implementing.

Aeryn really has a lot of hair this season. WOW, IS THAT TALIKA? Geebus.

Aeryn looks like she's been hit but John looks like something's been implanted in his temple. Oops, the others are down.

Wow, Scorpius is *furious*, Noranti has a good amount of presence of mind.

Oh, everyone has just switched positions from their earlier over-emotion. Hey, see? Chiana agrees with me. And she's lost her sex drive, but the boys sure haven't, man. Heh. She's never sought out Pilot, has she?

Well, the Trader doesn't look so good. Makes me a little concerned that the growths on the side of his head are Talika-related.

Oh, the Scorpius is extreme in his reaction to Sikozu being down. Sexy, goodness. Sikozu is immune?

Talika is taking the Trader's ship? It's interesting that what Chiana calls their strongest traits are also their defense mechanisms. They're all stripped.

Huh, Norati is immune too? Talika's voice is getting more and more interesting.

Sikozu is injured and climbing the walls yet. John is depressed as hell and barely standing. And his plans do indeed suck, it's interesting that Sikozu is relying on John's ability to talk while she lifts the glowy green light bulbs.

Except he's maybe a little too far gone? Ooooooh, firefight! The muzzle down the throat trick.

Yadda, their okay. Conversation with Aeryn and oh. It's a Scorpius thing? It's, wow, he's there because Aeryn brought him on board.

Aw, they've finally come to the understanding that they cannot say what they mean, but they can say the opposite. It's sweet that they got on the same page. Oh, wow, apparently they're really on the same page finally YAY! YAYAYAYAY.

Damn, I'm such a shipper. When did this happen, I ask you?

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yay, Farscape! Um, I don't have anything else to add to that. Just: yay, Farscape! :)

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

I do love it when you watch Farscape. And yes indeedy, Merry Frelling Christmas.

Seriously, that line and the way Aeryn says it captures so much. They have a way of packing a lot into just a few simple words.

As for John and Aeryn, well yes. *bg*

[cofax7]

Ricky Manning wrote "Terra Firma"; you can tell because it makes sense emotionally. Whereas from my pov "Twice Shy" makes no sense at all. John's not so stupid as to believe Scorpius didn't know all along what he felt for Aeryn, right? I have issues with the tag at the end of TS, great big honking issues. I don't think they earned that resolution, and it makes me grind my teeth.

Ah, well. I love TF, and I wrote a tag for it, and the image of John walking away with his sunglasses on just really gets me. Which is another reason TS makes me crazy: John says in TF, "I have a job to do," and then... they're back just flailing around the galaxy, going nowhere in particular and doing nothing specific. What job, exactly, was that, Commander Crichton?

Argh. I shall stop being critical in your LJ. This is why I haven't rewatched Season 4, and it's been five years!

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

TF - I like Caroline, and I don't think that's a secret. It was quite refreshing that she was rarely bashed in the fandom. Or I should say, not in my corner of fandom. And I love this episode so much.

TS - It's funny you should mention that you're a shipper with the end tag of this episode in mind because I was the same way. And then it started to piss me off because of the inconsistencies, etc. So, fanfic was clearly the answer. *g*

And thanks for answering!

[dustandroses.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to say about Farscape, having never seen an episode, but I have been working on getting back into the Fannish swing of things myself for the last week or so. I've been MIA for a very, very long time, now.

Since I haven't touched my friend's list for probably six months now, I started there - picking up some stories to read along the way. But I was hesitant as to where to go next. I think re-watching some episodes sounds like a good next step. Too bad I only have Season One of SG-1; however - it's a really good place to start, to get my SG-1 mojo working again.

[fbf.livejournal.com]

I have been waiting for you to get through and an all possible spoilers before I linked this. My entry for an Aeryn fic-a-thon from almost four years ago. It deals with what Aeryn did on her summer vacation. You can find it here (http://fbf.livejournal.com/104655.html). My only warning is that it's in TV script format.

And one more rec, it's one of my favorites Posing with a Plastic Smile (http://www.shriftweb.org/leviathan/archive/5/posingwith.html). John during Terra Firma, in all his messed up glory trying to sleep. and then my companion fic from Jack's POV The Man behind the Curtain (http://fbf.livejournal.com/38090.html#cutid1).

*does a little twirling dance for your farscape watching*

[50mm.livejournal.com]

TF is one of my top 5 or so episodes. I love love love Olivia and her and John's relationship, and also how awesome she is with Aeryn. When my sister first starting watching FS, right off she asked me if John ever gets to go home. I didn't say, but the answer is both yes and no. It breaks my heart.

I try not to think too much about the TS tag; I figure John's in denial, not fooling anyone.

Actor meta for TF: I was sitting in a hotel room in Brussels in 2005, watching TV while getting ready to head out for a day of touristing, and Australia's Next Top Model was on. The women who was the host/Tyra Banks role looked so familiar but I couldn't place her. Finally later on in the day, I realized it was the actress who played Caroline, except she had an Australian accent, so I didn't recognize the voice.