"ba ba booey."

[falulatonks]

!!!!!!!!!

The main office at work mostly mutes sound from outside and from the inside, but at the end of the second episodes of Parks and Recreation I made a noise that made someone walking by outside turn around and glance through the window in concern. Shook a little with joy, I think. Grabbed at my face and maybe sobbed melodramatically. Because that was the first time something like that killed me with flaily, 'shippy joy to the extent that Casino Night did, and the fact that it had been followed by an already ridiculously wonderful scene between Andy and April? Forty minutes of this show at once apparently have the ability to turn me into a mindless teen.

I also cackled a lot and cackled at the same things during even the rewatches (all the rewatches. we shouldn't talk about how many times I've rewatched both episodes.) and cackled again when rewatching the episodes together with zombie_boogie, and. you know. my heart has collapsed a little from all that reason to feel joy. all that reason to love. which is just. Oh, show. This is sappy, but thank you for encouraging love.

Better thoughts in a better post, someday soon (if I can gather the words).

-- rachu

P.S.: On a semi-related note, has indifference stopped being cool yet? Scoffing at enthusiasm genuinely makes me angry and I need that to go away. Our system has been plagued by it long enough. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING THINGS AND TALKING ABOUT THEM.

P.P.S.: More of you should be watching Happy Endings, OK?

Comments

[irishmizzy.livejournal.com]

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING THINGS AND TALKING ABOUT THEM.

PREACH. I'm hoping that now that shows like Happy Endings and Parks and Rec are actively saying that being indifferent is lame/it's good to be excited about things means that society is over it. BECAUSE I SURE AM.

ETA omg Casino Night was my second thought after that episode ended, somehow this felt SO MUCH BETTER. Probably because there was no crying.

[falulatonks]

I AM SO OVER IT. man, the fact that that Happy Endings episode with the hipster jokes ended with a big, loud declaration that caring is not a bad thing, that it's good to be happy and want things and to dance, made me so happy. THANK YOU, SHOW.

Casino Night made me bawl because Jim was leaving and Pam had turned him down and it was a last resort and they had a lot of things against them. Road Trip made me cheer because both of them made it clear they liked each other and no one was really going anywhere and the only real obstacle was Chris and his stupid rules. YAY FOR HAPPY ENDINGS! THE OTHER KIND!

[darling-ashes.livejournal.com]

I freaked out at the end of Parks and Rec. I wasn't expecting it and I loved that! Realistic yet a surprise. Plus, April and Andy continue to be my darlings. I love when things work out and people are happy!

Being indifferent is uncool. People should squee with pride.

[falulatonks]

Yes! And I love that this show constantly allows for that! Hey, characters! You can do anything! You should be happy!

And ugh, yes. I only wish that was a more popular opinion.

[quick-ly.livejournal.com]

Even though we knew something was going to happen, I was still very "is this real life?" when it did! I really can't remember the last time TV affected me this way.

[falulatonks]

YES! I knew something was going to happen, and I knew it would happen eventually, but I did not expect that - and neither did I expect my reaction (or the shrillness/volume of my reaction, heh). Ugh, this show makes me so happy. I can't think of anything else that encourages this level of joy this consistently.

[torigates.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THINGS ALL THE TIME AND TALK ENDLESSLY ABOUT THEM. hahaha, it's probably why we're friends. :D

[falulatonks]

YES. NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING THINGS LOUDLY. HOORAY!

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

I keep having that same reaction with coworkers today while I skim through Tumblr. Yes, I go on Tumblr at work. /o\ But my face actually hurts from all the smiling now :)

[falulatonks]

I go on Tumblr at work, too, hehe. You go girl. And yes, too many feelings!

[mapsounds.livejournal.com]

you are going to make me watch ALL OF THE SHOWS. ALL OF THEM. DAMMIT, RACHNA.

not really i love you

but there is absolutely nothing wrong with loving things and talking about them, ugh. being asked to feel bad about caring about things is actually ridiculous.

[falulatonks]

ASK ME IF I CARE

ASK ME

also, I hope you like Parks and Recreation, because oh my god, the way I ramble about this show, I'm worried that anyone who tries it because of me is in for huge disappointment. :P

YES. ugh. indifference is bad. judging people for not being indifferent is the worst.

[allthingsholy.livejournal.com]

Every time I rewatch these episodes (which has been, yes, a lot) the line that most cracks me up is, "I'm not going to buy cocaine." Amy Poehler, how do you funny? It's amazing.

And yes, I love that these people care about things and that it's not lame or loser-ish or uncool. It's what makes them good at their jobs and their relationships and I just. I can't hardly contain how much joy this show makes me feel, and why it's the happiest show on television and has more heart than pretty much every other show on tv. Combined.

And yes (part two), this is the new "Casino Night." (Though to be fair, nothing will ever quite live up to the way "Casino Night" made me feel inside, which was happy and sad and ecstatic and crushed and hopeful and despondent and awash in the glow of a million angels weeping. Is that melodramatic? Is there praise too high for the wonderment that is that episode of TV? I think not.

[falulatonks]

I just wanted to say - I am terrible at replying to LJ comments, but you are clearly wonderful, and I love that you adore this show and its joy and its heart but also recognise the beauty of Casino Night - which, I believe, even while basking in the afterglow of Road Trip, continues to hit me with emotions that no other show has really been able to do since. but it's not anyone else' fault. Casino Night is emotionally magnificent.

- yes, anyway, you are clearly wonderful, and your comments have made my week, and I am so glad that a) YOU WATCH THIS SHOW!, and b) WE ARE FRIENDS NOW.

Also, yes. Everyone on this show cares about things, and even April, who comes closest to indifferent in the entire main cast, knows how to smile and to love and hey, is also happily married. I can't think of any other show that allows for things like this, and I adore it for that. I adore it for many other reasons, of course, but especially for that.

[allthingsholy.livejournal.com]

Ben/Leslie has actually made me a little nostalgic for Jim/Pam and Fancy New Beesly and I've been having a bit of a mini-marathon of good Jim/Pam moments from season two of The Office (which I consider to be one of the most perfect seasons of any television show ever), and yeah. There are so many feelings. Ben and Leslie are bullshit free and I love that about them, how straightforward everything is and no drama and hearts in their eyes and all of that, but I still can't get over Jim Halpert's parking lot love confession and Pam Beesly's sad eyes, and Ben and Leslie are perfect but Jim and Pam are ~epic. I think I actually love them sort of equally, but Jim and Pam just hit me so much harder.

ANYWAY. Shipping Ben/Leslie has turned into kind of an ordeal for me because I'm coming to this fandom off a very extended stay in Sheldon/Penny land and WHAT IS SHIPPING A CANON COUPLE? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I FORGET. I want to write fic but I'm so bad at having to stay in canon so I'm just spitballing weird AUs where they're camp counselors or ACTUAL PIONEERS because I am apparently a crazy person. Or one where they're all in a band STOP WITH THE BANDFIC ALLISON THIS IS A DISEASE.

tl;dr, I am obviously in no way, shape, or form indifferent about this show. IT IS MY FAVORITE.

[allthingsholy.livejournal.com]

PS: just followed you on twitter. @andthenisay. FYI.

[jessm.livejournal.com]

On a semi-related note, has indifference stopped being cool yet?
Is this in relation to something in particular? I definitely agree with the sentiment, but I don't know to what it's referring!

[falulatonks]

The thought in particular came because of a culmination of random things I've seen and heard around in real life lately, and memories of a few people I used to hang out with in school six or seven years ago - so I guess I even mentioned it here because I think I was contrasting it with Parks and Rec? (I...am not even sure now.)