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[froodle]

I'm back!

Urgh, twelve days without the internet. Twelve. Sodding. Days.

Have spent most of it lying on the sofa in my kick-ass new apartment, watching Buffy and Angel for hours on end. Such goodness.

Had a good cry over Giles and Buffy's breakdown at the end of 'Passions' (as well as a good laugh over Giles taking a flaming baseball bat to Angelus's head). Nearly choked to death laughing at Angelus's 'facial hair thoughout the ages' flashbacks in 'Amends', not to mention the drunken irishness that is Liam. Had forgotten what it felt like to actually care about most of the characters in anything but a strictly 'God, I hope you die' sense. Also am amazed at the cuteness of Xander and how incredibly boring Angel was. No wonder I used to think he was such a prick.

Quotable quotes include:

Xander: I'm still key guy, right? Good. Then Angel, in his non-key-guy capacity, can work with me.
Angel: What fun.
Xander: Key guy's still talking!

Xander: I gotta say, I'm with Deadboy on this one.
Angel: Could you not call me that?

Pretty much the entire scene with Angelus, Darla and the Master in 'Darla'.

Angel: Stop calling me pastries.

Faith: [wombles on to Wesley about Angel not being mean and nasty enough for her liking] What if I killed you? Do you think that would work, or would it just be really funny?

Also, David Boreanaz haas huge hands. I mean really huge. My brother has pretty big hands, but his are nowhere near as big as Angel's sexy sexy hands.

I miss his hands. And the blipverts. And mocking Lindsey.

And how attractive Angel is when he's just been horribly beaten up, like in 'The Ring'.

And how every now and then, David Boreanaz will impress me with something other than the fact that he's a very pretty chunk of manflesh. My heart broke for him in those last few minutes of 'Hero', when he was screaming Doyle's name.

On a lighter note, the fuzzy felt Moomin dvds arrived today. Huzzah! Didn't get a chance to watch them, as Alan and Jess came over, bringing with them an Angel duvet and pillow set, which is possibly the best housewarming present EVER.

Comments

[clay-mans-maker.livejournal.com]

mmmmm horribly beaten up.

think we should remake "hero" as some sort of fangirlcentric type episode.
i.e. PORN!


insert appropriate word: "our rates/rats/pants/trousers/morals/standards are low."

youngxander is cute though. .. you know how nic brendon is a twin? do you think his twin got as wide as him?

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Since his twin isn't an actor and therefore doesn't really have an incentive to keep himself looking good, he's probably even fatter.

[clay-mans-maker.livejournal.com]

curse those americans.

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Verily.

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

Welcome back :) Now you've gotten me wanting to watch S1 of Angel again. Not had that pleasure for a while. Poor Angel breaking down when Doyle dies! :( I so have to start screencapping it - expect plenty of "ooh, Boreanaz in a vest" pics in my lj soon.

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How long has he had that vest? I swear, he was wearing it back in 1952 during "Are you now, or have you ever been?". Obviously too lazy to do his own clothes shopping.

Also explain why he has those horrible loud shirts and silly hats - a throwback from his 'Miami Vice' days.

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

I can imagine Cordelia attempting to drag him around the mall. I wouldn't envy her the task. I love that scene (first season?) when he's wearing his customary black ensemble and guiltily decides to change into the same style sweater but white.

He so had a "Miami Vice" period in his wardrobe. That's the only reason I can think as to why he has those horrendous shirts and hats so readily to hand - that man has no embarrassment factor. Saying that his outfits from s1 of Buffy were pretty bad too - how 70s were the collars on those white shirts he used to wear?

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And yet, he doesn't seem to mind shopping for women's clothes, since he buys Cordy all that stuff post-Epiphany. ("You have, like, a gay man's taste!") Always amuses me that Cordy gets clothes as a "Sorry I've been a total jackass" gift, while Buffy gets stupid Irish ring/book of poetry for her birthday and no "Sorry I tried to suck the world into hell" type presents.

Ha, I remember the white sweater! It's with the crazy doctor that comes apart and stuff, right? I want an Angel plushie, and when I get one, I want him to come with an interchangable non-intimidating white sweater.

Aww, he does have some embarrasment factor - he got pretty uptight when Wesley made him wear that pink motorcycle helmet after Cordy let the Angelmobile get stolen. Angelus, on the other hand, is without shame. You have to be evil to wear leather pants, just to scare people into not laughing at you.

Actually, I kinda liked his 70's shirts. Then again, i liked how Mark Own dressed post-Take That. His non-tucked-in shirts and overly long-sleeved suit jackets from season 5 annoyed me - you could never see his short cuffs. I kept waiting for Harmony or someone to say something about it, and they nevber did. Damn it, even Gunn could master a suit, so Angel has no excuse!

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

I'd never thought of that. Maybe he should have gotten Carson's job on "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy". Eugh - all that "symbol of my undying affection..." yadda, yadda. And see what happened after that present exchange!! I always thought Spike's gift-giving skills were always far superior. What do you get for the slightly deranged vampire girlfriend who has everything? Why, bits of a big blue Judge in boxes.

He should come in nice!Angel mode with the white sweater and one of his wonderful attempts at smiling (like his face is about to crack) and grumpy!Angel with a matching black sweater and a scowl. Yep, it's the crazy doctor ep I think. Had vague memories of Thing from the "Addams Family" first time I watched it.

It's all intimidation with Angelus - though those outfits he wore back the bad old days with Darla were pretty bad. The hair! Oh no, the hair! :) I can just imagine Spike reminding him of some of Angelus fashion disasters and revelling in the fact that since the 70s he's managed to look cooler than his grandsire.

I wondered what happened to the clothes in Season 5. It's like when Cordelia's hair kept changing every couple of shows. It's shorter! It's blond! etc. etc. Ooh, Mark Owen :) Now that's bringing back memories - mainly of him in that teeny t-shirt in one of the Take That videos.

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*shudder* Angel on QEFTSG? That's like, a million times more evil than working at Wolfram and Hart. Bad Angel! No cookie!

Nah, I think Xander wins Gift of the Year with Buffy's rocket launcher. Though a flamethrower would be cool too.

Hah, Angelus's Irishburns and fluffy hair extensions! I thought those were pretty. I'm a fan of the whole fluffy ponytail/frockcoat look. It was the facial hair that got me - 'Amends' is supposed to be Angel's big, touching Christmas miracle story, and all I can do is laugh at his moustache of stupidity. I don't think Spike can really revel in his achievement, since during the 70's Angel was practising his 'crazy homeless man' look. Besides, William the Bloody had that floppy fringe thing, so might be a case of stones and glass houses.

Heehee, love Amnesia!Cordy's reaction when she's looking through the old photos of herself and decides that all the different hairstyles can mean only one thing - she's a spy!

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

Exactly! At least with Wolfram and Hart - however diabolical - you know where you stand.

Pretty good gift-giving I admit. I'd have gone the whole hog and gone for the flamethrower.

Oirish!Angel's get-up was quite good - I'm fond of the frockcoat look too. David Boreanaz + facial hair? Just makes my skin crawl. William the Bloody did have the floppiest hair I've ever seen - was he the model for Hugh Grant or something? I think if Spike and Angel started with the fashion insults it could get nasty.

Of course! What other rational explanation could there be? :)