Post-campy-question-thread-analysis...
Lasse
round it off by quoting a Danish comedian:
"We are still confused, but at a higher level..."
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Lasse
- TJASS ,TWDGTGTPC, Whoosh-Counts, CRS, ICFEAA, funky Xena-moves, FOBT, MOB,
8^), etc, etc... You know the drill...
Gail Futoran
news:YihG4.365$Cu3....@news.worldonline.dk...
> Ok, now that the "Campy Question" thread seems to be over with, let me
just
> round it off by quoting a Danish comedian:
>
> "We are still confused, but at a higher level..."
I nominate that quote as ATX-SM's motto.
Gail
sons...@mindspring.com
OTOH I thought ATXSM's motto was "tighter!"
Fiery Firechild
In article <TEmG4.35500$pK3.7...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Gail Futoran" <fut...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Lasse <ka...@worldonline.dk.spam-away> wrote in message
> news:YihG4.365$Cu3....@news.worldonline.dk...
> > Ok, now that the "Campy Question" thread seems to be over with, let
me
> just
> > round it off by quoting a Danish comedian:
> >
> > "We are still confused, but at a higher level..."
>
> I nominate that quote as ATX-SM's motto.
But then I'd rather opt for "at a lower level". ::Evil grin::
Not speaking of intellectual levels though...
Firechild.
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Stacey Capps
>
> OTOH I thought ATXSM's motto was "tighter!"
That's funny. I thought it was "harder."
Stacey
Stacey Capps
> > "We are still confused, but at a higher level..."
>
> I nominate that quote as ATX-SM's motto.
I third that motion.
And I think at this point that qualifies as an official request to change
the alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc Frequently Asked Questions file. I'd like to
use this as an excuse to revise the document.
We've seen some interesting changes over the past month. And anyway, we
need to review our list of links to related sources every so often. I'll
make sure our links are still up-to-date and make a couple of suggestions
on sites to add and/or remove.
Does anybody have anything else they would like to add or change?
Stacey
Gail Futoran
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> Gail wrote (in response to Lasse):
>
> > > "We are still confused, but at a higher level..."
> >
> > I nominate that quote as ATX-SM's motto.
>
> I third that motion.
Ohhhh, my idea sanctioned by Authority. <g>
> And I think at this point that qualifies as an official request to change
> the alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc Frequently Asked Questions file. I'd like to
> use this as an excuse to revise the document.
It was a semi-serious suggestion, but if you and the group
think having an ATX-SM motto is a Good Idea, let's go
for it! As long as we don't start a trend; I'd hate to think
what an ATX motto might look like. :)
> We've seen some interesting changes over the past month. And anyway, we
> need to review our list of links to related sources every so often. I'll
> make sure our links are still up-to-date and make a couple of suggestions
> on sites to add and/or remove.
>
> Does anybody have anything else they would like to add or change?
Forbid the posting of complex and sadistic contests (I'm
still working on my entry <g>).
Seriously, I can't think of anything right off-hand that needs
changing.
Gail
Stacey Capps
> Ohhhh, my idea sanctioned by Authority. <g>
Watch out. I'll start writing your name with a small "g" on a regular
basis. *wicked grin*
> It was a semi-serious suggestion, but if you and the group
> think having an ATX-SM motto is a Good Idea, let's go
> for it! As long as we don't start a trend; I'd hate to think
> what an ATX motto might look like. :)
I don't think we want to go there. ;-)
> Forbid the posting of complex and sadistic contests (I'm
> still working on my entry <g>).
Well, at least Raoul won't win by default. I meant the contest to be
hard, but one contestant is even more Absurd than I bargained for.
Stacey
Gail Futoran
> Well, at least Raoul won't win by default. I meant the contest to be
> hard, but one contestant is even more Absurd than I bargained for.
You ain't seen mine yet (and I'm not looking at anyone else's
until my entry is posted, in four parts).
gail
<G>
Raoul
>> Forbid the posting of complex and sadistic contests (I'm
>> still working on my entry <g>).
>
>Well, at least Raoul won't win by default. I meant the contest to be
>hard, but one contestant is even more Absurd than I bargained for.
Since I wouldn't want to win a contest that would have me as a
member, I'll at least offer myself a little competition and
let the other bastard win.
I heard that.
Oh yeah...
spoilers: TBS
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The GabDrag.
Recently visited by the tape fairy, I have acquired a new
appreciation for the Drag. Local tv cruelly edits violent
content according to formal guidelines for free-to-air
broadcast. Most XWP eps get little nips and tucks and some
get large, bizzare slashes. The Drag was mysteriously shortened.
Where the cuts applied, I haven't quite detected, however it
has become clear to me that something is going on.
See, for the longest time more or less content with the local
version I nonetheless tried to determine what it was that
Xena shouted as she held poor, dear Gabrielle above her head.
Spoilered-up, I knew it to be "Vengeance" but all I got was
a two syllable WaaWaa type of thing. Y'know, some kind of
imprecation yelled at Mr Binks, perhaps. A surreal, cosmic
complaint against comparisson between XWP and Star Wars.
Mysteriously, in the version I saw recently it's obviously
"Vengean...". Thus I gave closer inspection to the length
and breadth of the Drag. And when it's all there, laid out
in clear, gut wrenching detail, it finally has it's correct
emotional impact. All the clues to read it as a sexual
encounter are now plain to see. (Not least of which is the
crucifixion pose struck by a well grounded Gabrielle.)
Initially there are the intervening friends, Callisto and
Joxer, each trying to tell Gab what a nasty old butch is
Xena. And then there's Ephiny, Gabrielle's "I will defend
your honour" type sister. Joxer of course has an ulterior
motive. Did anyone else notice how he clung to Gabrielle's
robes as she tried to run away? Just a touch of the Benny
Hills. Therefore the scene is set for a diligent reader to
see sex in every gesture.
Xena starts with the feet. Sure she spends a long time with
then, and the body suffers as a result but, really, is there
anyone who does not see this as the poor masculine dears
at XWP brains trust having a shot at "foreplay" while at
the same time allowing that to be true?
Then it's up and over and wake up with a headache.
Quando corpus morietur fac ut animae donetur paradisi gloria.
Amen
"You killed me..."
Need I say any more.
Well, perhaps. After all, it's only Gab who strikes the
characteristic pose. And it all happens hot on the heels of
the butt slapping fun of the purification ritual. I'm
thinking energetic, perhaps a little too involved fantasy
life followed by a bit of private time that turned up on the
Blue Scroll series that Gab thought she had carefully
hidden away.