first youtube. now attention-whore memes!

[quigonejinn]

But what can I say? I found this after looking at a related thing from ataniell93, and not only is it a Golden Compass tie-in -- AND A WEBSITE WITH DANIEL CRAIG, OKAY, EXPLAINING THINGS -- but my favorite part of the Golden Compass aside from the gay angels.

OMG, GUYZ, WHAT FORM DOES MY TOTEM ANIMAL HAVE???

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On a only slightly less plebey note,

John Barrowman's new and improved American accent is Torchwood's #1 present to me this season. I swear. It's pretty fucking good, man. He doesn't have all of the enunciation -- you know, the way his voice goes up and down within a sentence? -- completely right, but it's pretty darn close. It's the best American accent I've heard on British TV in a long time.

Present #2 has to be the new and improved plots that don't become immediately clear within about 35 seconds. Alas, though, after the total awesomepants fanservice of the first episode, I suspect that I'm going to spend most of every episode from now on being like I CAN HAZ IANTO NOW? HOW ABOUT NOW? HOW ABOUT NOW? I mean, I'm a little disappointed at how everything he's done so far has tended toward either the gay or the humor, but at this point, I don't even mind this whole Regis Philbin Casual Coordinates shit he's got going on.

Also: could that intro scene have been more profoundly YOU ARE NOT WATCHING AMERICAN TV? Interracial couple in bed! Cricket bat under bed! Burglars without guns! And then the endless Abu Ghirab/torture airline reference with the non-white prisoner sitting in the interrogation with indefinite detention and Gappy's references to "We're just doing our jobs!" The torture chairs! The determined American interrogator!

And then they wussed out and made the girl all heroic and self-sacrificing and believing them. Excuse me while I roll around on the floor in laughter.

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ACTUALLY, I THINK OF QUI-GON AS AS A NAKED MOLE RAT :D :D :D

OK, no seriously. Granting the idea that Jedi would have Earth-type animal forms, Qui-Gon is a hard one for me because I think of him as a big ol' crankypants, and I have difficulty thinking of animals as being that way. A badger? An orangutan? The crankiest-looking animal I've ever seen was this female kangaroo at the local zoo, which, OK, what with the GIANT NOSE, there's actually some kind of physical resemblance there. And Qui-Gon's daemon could keep her lightsaber in her pouch!

If we're going with the Pullman rules of opposite-sex daemons, I guess Obi-Wan would have a doe? Which seems less fearsome, but then again, I've been eye-fucked by many a doe taking her fawns across the road. The stag seems to fit better, though, what with the dignity that Obi-Wan grows into.

Anakin as a wolf makes a lot of sense. See, I'd never have been able to figure out what the important elements of his characterization are, but you do it so nicely. XD I think I'd disagree with him being a wolf, though -- they always strike me as being really, really smart and socialized, though, which doesn't exactly describe our darling, so I'm inclined towards eagle or falcon. Same striking good looks there, but with a greater hint of cruelty. And solitary for the most part, and you can only really handle them with thick gloves and you can't ever really train them. You just, uh. Bribe them to give you the mangled rabbit by distracting them with a bit of bloody liver.

Also, dumb as fuck, from what I'm told. XD

There's a really intersting fic to be told about, say, how Anakin becomes Darth Vader and loses his daemon or his daemon changes form. And Obi-Wan's daemon finally freezing into a single shape at the same moment that Qui-Gon dies. And ahaha, Yoda's daemon actually being another Yoda-type-species thing.

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Ah, good point. Lions hold a sort of majesty that I don't think Qui-Gon demonstrates, regardless of how arrogant he can be. What about a cranky old mama bear? I could totally see him having one of those. The badgers and naked mole rats could work, but he has such a large presence... I could actually see the kangaroo, humorously enough. An odd animal, not normally seen, maternal appearing, grumpy and powerful.

I'd forgotten about Pullman's opposite gender daemons. I fail at Pullman, but I plead ignorance based on only having seen the movie once and read the books never. So I guess the stag is out and does make me envision Bambi's mother, so let me think. Obi-Wan might work better with a vixen. It has the same elegance with it, but also a certain amount of charm and wiliness. Plus, back a fox in a hole, and they'll tear the shit out of you. (Also, foxes love to hide when the going gets rough--run away to the Dune Sea much?) Different evocation, but I can't think of anything else.

Hmm, I was thinking that Anakin would be more of the lone wolf type, or the wolf that people try to make into a pet, which are different from the pack animals, but I see your point. I can also totally see the eagle thing. And birds are pretty dumb in general. ;)

There's a really intersting fic to be told about, say, how Anakin becomes Darth Vader and loses his daemon or his daemon changes form. And Obi-Wan's daemon finally freezing into a single shape at the same moment that Qui-Gon dies. And ahaha, Yoda's daemon actually being another Yoda-type-species thing.

*dies* This would be fascinating. I vote for you to write it. :D :D :D

MY BRAIN, IT IS GONE. EXCUSE THE TYPOS.

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

XD There are all kinds of interesting things to spin out from the central idea of daemons in the Jedi universe -- I mean, it's kinda cool to think of daemons as being generated by the midichlorians, and in the beginning, it's just this kind of vague glowy thing about the body, like an aura. And an important of becoming a Jedi is getting control of that glow/being able to make it into a separate thing in much the same way as controlling the Force in general is an important part of being a Jedi. And yeah. THe idea that Anakin, as a kid, had this daemon that changed shape so rapidly that it was a blur. It's a cool visual effect, you know? Much like the idea of having TWO YODAS FROWNING AT YOU.

The problem, to me, though, appears to be how the author would address what animals the daemons were. You'd want familiar Earth animals because that's what we know, but on the other hand, why would a Jedi of a GFFA have the same set of animals to work with? It's the same reason why I have qualms about using things like Earth units of measurement or time in SW fic.

Wikipedia tells me that badgers have really awesome jaws that give them Qui-Gon-esque tenacity. On the other hand, oh my God, Jax, I somehow forgot that badgers were so cute.

And. I like the ideaof Obi-Wan having a vixen. I bet it would distress him, in a way, to have such a disreputable daemon, but he'd get used to it. And she'd stop being quite so squrrely. Alternatively, I probably have a totally warped view of things, but I could see Obi-Wan as a skunk. YEAH, I KNOW, STINKY, but they're cute as all hell and not usually aggressive. Plus, I hear that for wild animals, they make surprisingly sweet-tempered house-pets -- fond of people if handled from the start and easily housebroken. At the same time, though, they've got that "back a fox in a hole, and they'll tear the shit out of you," as you put it, quality.

God, remember the bit in RotS when Obi-Wan is going to Mustafar?

Plus, Wikipedia tells me that skunks are normally solitary creatures, but will sometimes form collectives for warmth. Clearly, this is a metaphor for him cuddling up with Anakin. XD