Spike is the greatest
Friday, December 23rd, 2005 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seraiShe came over last night with a nice baggy of very lovely weed, and a present wrapped in shiny paper - a complete set of the little bitty Fellowship figures! And they all have little pieces to stand on, and weapons they can hold, and Gandy has a staff and a pointy hat and everything!
I squeed a lot, and we got high and had great fun taking them all out and setting them up. We got into an argument over what order they marched in, so of course we had to get out FOTR and look up the Hero Shot. That led to watching the rest of the film. Neither of us had watched it in quite a while, so we squeed over the Balrog and discussed things like the color of Elvish hair (which we decided was a color that doesn't occur naturally in humans), and how Sean Bean actually managed to make a likeable guy out of grumpy, pompous, xenophobic, priggish Boromir (quite the most amazing character feat in the whole film, in my opinion).
Spike also regaled me with a fascinating concept that she'd had lately on the Elves. To wit: When the Elves first awoke on Middle Earth, there was no sun or moon. There was only the starlight, and that's all they had for a long time. Some of the Elves went off to Valinor, but the ones that stayed lived for long ages with only the stars to illuminate the world. Consequently, their eyes would have been devised in such a way that they would see best in that dim light. So their eyes must have been nocturnal, with all the same structures as those of any nocturnal animal. Spike believes that the idea of elves having "shining eyes" or "glittering eyes" can be attributed to their doubtless having a tapetum at the back of their eyes. That's the specialized membrane that animals like cats have, that intensify the effect of light in the eye and is responsible for that flash of light you see in cat's eyes when light hits them a certain way.
We also speculated that when the Sun rose for the first time, it would have driven the Elves into hiding, where they would have stayed during the days for a long time, at least. They would have eventually become used to the light, but would still have preferred to move about and function openly at night. Imagine living for thousands of years in the starlight and then suddenly the world goes crazy on you like that! I think that whole concept of Tolkien's was an excellent justification for the mysterious, nocturnal glamour of the Elves in legend.
So anyway, we had a great time playing with the figures and speculating on Tolkien minutiae, as we love to do. Then we hauled out my copy of A Woman's Guide to Adultery and fast-forwarded through all the Lifetime tripe to the bits where we could see Beanie's manflesh. (I do love a man who isn't shy about dropping trou!) I made the observation to Spike that all actors have their idiosyncracies, and Beanie's is that he breathes really HARD. Have you ever noticed that? He unfailingly huffs and puffs and blows into the mic, far more than any other actor I've seen, even when he's not all emotional. Spike claims it's his way of registering seriousness! and passion! We giggled a lot.
It was a nice evening, and went a great way toward making me feel a lot better.
TO all of you who replied to my post yesterday, thank you so much. I'm feeling better and just putting it behind me. It sucked, but hey, shit happens. At least I've got my frinds. :)
I squeed a lot, and we got high and had great fun taking them all out and setting them up. We got into an argument over what order they marched in, so of course we had to get out FOTR and look up the Hero Shot. That led to watching the rest of the film. Neither of us had watched it in quite a while, so we squeed over the Balrog and discussed things like the color of Elvish hair (which we decided was a color that doesn't occur naturally in humans), and how Sean Bean actually managed to make a likeable guy out of grumpy, pompous, xenophobic, priggish Boromir (quite the most amazing character feat in the whole film, in my opinion).
Spike also regaled me with a fascinating concept that she'd had lately on the Elves. To wit: When the Elves first awoke on Middle Earth, there was no sun or moon. There was only the starlight, and that's all they had for a long time. Some of the Elves went off to Valinor, but the ones that stayed lived for long ages with only the stars to illuminate the world. Consequently, their eyes would have been devised in such a way that they would see best in that dim light. So their eyes must have been nocturnal, with all the same structures as those of any nocturnal animal. Spike believes that the idea of elves having "shining eyes" or "glittering eyes" can be attributed to their doubtless having a tapetum at the back of their eyes. That's the specialized membrane that animals like cats have, that intensify the effect of light in the eye and is responsible for that flash of light you see in cat's eyes when light hits them a certain way.
We also speculated that when the Sun rose for the first time, it would have driven the Elves into hiding, where they would have stayed during the days for a long time, at least. They would have eventually become used to the light, but would still have preferred to move about and function openly at night. Imagine living for thousands of years in the starlight and then suddenly the world goes crazy on you like that! I think that whole concept of Tolkien's was an excellent justification for the mysterious, nocturnal glamour of the Elves in legend.
So anyway, we had a great time playing with the figures and speculating on Tolkien minutiae, as we love to do. Then we hauled out my copy of A Woman's Guide to Adultery and fast-forwarded through all the Lifetime tripe to the bits where we could see Beanie's manflesh. (I do love a man who isn't shy about dropping trou!) I made the observation to Spike that all actors have their idiosyncracies, and Beanie's is that he breathes really HARD. Have you ever noticed that? He unfailingly huffs and puffs and blows into the mic, far more than any other actor I've seen, even when he's not all emotional. Spike claims it's his way of registering seriousness! and passion! We giggled a lot.
It was a nice evening, and went a great way toward making me feel a lot better.
TO all of you who replied to my post yesterday, thank you so much. I'm feeling better and just putting it behind me. It sucked, but hey, shit happens. At least I've got my frinds. :)
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Date: Saturday, December 24th, 2005 02:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 2005 06:41 am (UTC)Good times, good times.
Yes, and Bean did actually make a rather annoying character actually sympathetic (not to mention undeniably hawt). An awesome feat indeed.
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Date: Saturday, December 24th, 2005 04:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, December 26th, 2005 04:43 pm (UTC)... *hugs a bit more!*
Anyhow, this was a great post to read. I'm glad Spike was there for you, I really was. One day, somehow, I will visit! That's a promise.