"ba ba booey."
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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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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?
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?
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Date: 2011-05-14 09:25 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2011-05-15 11:41 am (UTC)- 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.
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Date: 2011-05-15 04:45 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2011-05-15 04:47 pm (UTC)