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darth_stitchSo again, God bless the Internets. Also this is a very good way to keep warm while Tropical Storm Pedring is raging over in my country.
1. The Bro-Marriage
Evidently, the Producers and Writers are paying attention because, yeah, this has gone WAY past bromance and right into bro-marriage territory.
The Squee:
a. Steve in a Suit - We've seen those hotass pics of Steve wearing something that is most definitely not a t-shirt and cargoes and HOT DAMN HE IS ONE SEXY, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS SONUVAGUN. OKAY?
Danny: "Whoa, you clean up nice, babe." - this is actual dialogue. Okay? And he just can't stop touching Steve. This is not an accident. There is no reason under God's green earth why he needs to touch Steve over and over again, with Steve in the suit. And in front of Lori yet. Never mind that Danny is desperately trying to re-establish his hetero-credentials by lingering a little bit too long in his handshake with Lori. Yes, Danny, you ARE free to look - we just all know you want Steve to figure out that HE can look too but he should know who his delectable ass belongs to. Y/Y?
b. THIS exchange while Lori and Steve are doing a stakeout on the kidnapping case they're working on, with Danny and Chin as back up. I ganked this out oflamardeuse 's most excellent H50 Recaps
Danny: How's your date going?
Steve: ... Chin?
Chin: You didn't answer Danny's question.
At this point, I ended up adding this bit of dialogue in reaction:
Steve: FUCK, CHIN, I AM NOT CHEATING ON THE MISSUS. DON'T TRIP ME UP HERE, MATE!
Danny: Since WHEN was I the Little Missus?
Steve: You said LITTLE, not me!
Chin: I see a couch in your future, Steve....
Yeah. The Slash Fan Fiction on this show - it writes itself.
c. STEVE READING THE WOMAN'S MAGAZINE - THE LOOK OF CONCENTRATION ON THIS ADORKABLE MAN'S FACE. Okay, is it just me, or is he looking for tips on how to better please his Badass Adorable Jersey boy in and out of bed?
d. OH GOD THAT HORSEBACK SCENE. Evidently, LORI WESTON IS A FUCKING SLASH FAN AND SHE FINDS THE BOYS JUST AS ADORABLE AS WE ALL DO BECAUSE -
LORI: How long have you two been married?
Steve & Danny: ...
2. Lori Weston - OKAY I LIKE HER. SHE CAN STAY.
I am glad to be proven wrong. She is not the Governor's snitch, though he wants her to be. It dovetails nicely with the fact that she is a profiler and thus should be very aware of the people and situations she's getting into. The position she is now in makes her very uncomfortable and the way she calls Steve out on his bullshit is nicely done, without me having to grit my teeth. She doesn't get in his face, she's not challenging his masculinity, she's not using "feminine wiles" to undermine him in some obscure battle of the sexes. She's trying to do her job and Steve ends up respecting her for it. Nicely done, show.
That being said, I hope the show writers keep this up and I hope to God I will never see the words "love interest" and Lori in the same sentence ever again. Look, I totally understand that the slash in this show will be subtext forever and that canon will still wave the "HEY OUR GUYS ARE STRAIGHT" flag. But Kono Kalakaua has stood out as a character on her own two feet without having to be the love interest of any of the 3 incredibly good-looking male leads. Lori Weston deserves the same shot.
That being said, I foresee a whole lot of fics where if Kono is the one Danny ends up running to for the care and handling of recalcitrant SEALs (or Kono's the one evilly pulling the strings and making the boys pull their heads out of their asses), then Lori will be the one Steve ends up talking to. Between Lori and Kono, we may yet have successful WORLD DOMINATION yet.
3. CHIN IN HOTASS LEATHER JACKET AND DENIM. OMG. THAT IS ALL.
4. OKAY, SO JENNA IS DOING A VESPER LYNN. Her fiance, now identified as male, may be alive. And she's now out of the story for the moment. Very interesting, Jenna. Thus, much is explained about the whole Wo Fat thing.
5. UGH. TOM SIZEMORE. - Much has been said about how much of a douchebag this guy is in Real Life. Evidently, he will a fictional douchebag as well. Every time I see him on screen, my skin crawls. PLEASE, SHOW, GIVE US THE SMACKDOWN THIS GUY DESERVES. PREFERABLY DELIVERED BY KONO KALAKAUA HERSELF.
6. The Kono Kalakaua Drama Arc - Okay, so it looks like this is the beginning of Kono's dramatic arc. I hope it's handled better in succeeding episodes. On some level, I can see why Steve is not yet jumping into this.
a. He's on thin ice with the Governor and it's not just his career that's on the line. Steve may also be thinking of Chin and Danny, both of whom have burned bridges with the HPD. Without Five-0, the other two are screwed as well.
b. The money is accounted for, even if the serial numbers are different. It could be that the issue here is where the original amount went and Tom Sizemore is just the douchebag to pursue what should be left as a dead issue. In which case, the succeeding episodes should show Steve finally jumping in and explaining what the hell is going on.
I'm really interested in seeing how Steve is going to handle this. So far, it's been Chin who's been looking out for Kono and I can understand why Steve is delegating that task to Chin. He might have jumped in but the show is showing us that he's also concerned about Jenna and handling the delicate situation they're all in with the new girl Lori. So it makes sense that Steve is deferring to Chin as they're family. But we really need to see Steve get into this because Steve McGarrett is not going to sit there and let Kono take the fall for a decision he called and where she was following his orders. This episode seems to have taken some pains to show us "Steve the Commander/Leader" as opposed to just the typical cowboy hero saving the day so it's going to be a letdown if the next few episodes don't give us a better resolution for Kono.
DAMN IT - WE WANT KONO BACK IN FIVE-0, OKAY?!
1. The Bro-Marriage
Evidently, the Producers and Writers are paying attention because, yeah, this has gone WAY past bromance and right into bro-marriage territory.
The Squee:
a. Steve in a Suit - We've seen those hotass pics of Steve wearing something that is most definitely not a t-shirt and cargoes and HOT DAMN HE IS ONE SEXY, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS SONUVAGUN. OKAY?
Danny: "Whoa, you clean up nice, babe." - this is actual dialogue. Okay? And he just can't stop touching Steve. This is not an accident. There is no reason under God's green earth why he needs to touch Steve over and over again, with Steve in the suit. And in front of Lori yet. Never mind that Danny is desperately trying to re-establish his hetero-credentials by lingering a little bit too long in his handshake with Lori. Yes, Danny, you ARE free to look - we just all know you want Steve to figure out that HE can look too but he should know who his delectable ass belongs to. Y/Y?
b. THIS exchange while Lori and Steve are doing a stakeout on the kidnapping case they're working on, with Danny and Chin as back up. I ganked this out of
lamardeuse 's most excellent H50 RecapsDanny: How's your date going?
Steve: ... Chin?
Chin: You didn't answer Danny's question.
At this point, I ended up adding this bit of dialogue in reaction:
Steve: FUCK, CHIN, I AM NOT CHEATING ON THE MISSUS. DON'T TRIP ME UP HERE, MATE!
Danny: Since WHEN was I the Little Missus?
Steve: You said LITTLE, not me!
Chin: I see a couch in your future, Steve....
Yeah. The Slash Fan Fiction on this show - it writes itself.
c. STEVE READING THE WOMAN'S MAGAZINE - THE LOOK OF CONCENTRATION ON THIS ADORKABLE MAN'S FACE. Okay, is it just me, or is he looking for tips on how to better please his Badass Adorable Jersey boy in and out of bed?
d. OH GOD THAT HORSEBACK SCENE. Evidently, LORI WESTON IS A FUCKING SLASH FAN AND SHE FINDS THE BOYS JUST AS ADORABLE AS WE ALL DO BECAUSE -
LORI: How long have you two been married?
Steve & Danny: ...
2. Lori Weston - OKAY I LIKE HER. SHE CAN STAY.
I am glad to be proven wrong. She is not the Governor's snitch, though he wants her to be. It dovetails nicely with the fact that she is a profiler and thus should be very aware of the people and situations she's getting into. The position she is now in makes her very uncomfortable and the way she calls Steve out on his bullshit is nicely done, without me having to grit my teeth. She doesn't get in his face, she's not challenging his masculinity, she's not using "feminine wiles" to undermine him in some obscure battle of the sexes. She's trying to do her job and Steve ends up respecting her for it. Nicely done, show.
That being said, I hope the show writers keep this up and I hope to God I will never see the words "love interest" and Lori in the same sentence ever again. Look, I totally understand that the slash in this show will be subtext forever and that canon will still wave the "HEY OUR GUYS ARE STRAIGHT" flag. But Kono Kalakaua has stood out as a character on her own two feet without having to be the love interest of any of the 3 incredibly good-looking male leads. Lori Weston deserves the same shot.
That being said, I foresee a whole lot of fics where if Kono is the one Danny ends up running to for the care and handling of recalcitrant SEALs (or Kono's the one evilly pulling the strings and making the boys pull their heads out of their asses), then Lori will be the one Steve ends up talking to. Between Lori and Kono, we may yet have successful WORLD DOMINATION yet.
3. CHIN IN HOTASS LEATHER JACKET AND DENIM. OMG. THAT IS ALL.
4. OKAY, SO JENNA IS DOING A VESPER LYNN. Her fiance, now identified as male, may be alive. And she's now out of the story for the moment. Very interesting, Jenna. Thus, much is explained about the whole Wo Fat thing.
5. UGH. TOM SIZEMORE. - Much has been said about how much of a douchebag this guy is in Real Life. Evidently, he will a fictional douchebag as well. Every time I see him on screen, my skin crawls. PLEASE, SHOW, GIVE US THE SMACKDOWN THIS GUY DESERVES. PREFERABLY DELIVERED BY KONO KALAKAUA HERSELF.
6. The Kono Kalakaua Drama Arc - Okay, so it looks like this is the beginning of Kono's dramatic arc. I hope it's handled better in succeeding episodes. On some level, I can see why Steve is not yet jumping into this.
a. He's on thin ice with the Governor and it's not just his career that's on the line. Steve may also be thinking of Chin and Danny, both of whom have burned bridges with the HPD. Without Five-0, the other two are screwed as well.
b. The money is accounted for, even if the serial numbers are different. It could be that the issue here is where the original amount went and Tom Sizemore is just the douchebag to pursue what should be left as a dead issue. In which case, the succeeding episodes should show Steve finally jumping in and explaining what the hell is going on.
I'm really interested in seeing how Steve is going to handle this. So far, it's been Chin who's been looking out for Kono and I can understand why Steve is delegating that task to Chin. He might have jumped in but the show is showing us that he's also concerned about Jenna and handling the delicate situation they're all in with the new girl Lori. So it makes sense that Steve is deferring to Chin as they're family. But we really need to see Steve get into this because Steve McGarrett is not going to sit there and let Kono take the fall for a decision he called and where she was following his orders. This episode seems to have taken some pains to show us "Steve the Commander/Leader" as opposed to just the typical cowboy hero saving the day so it's going to be a letdown if the next few episodes don't give us a better resolution for Kono.
DAMN IT - WE WANT KONO BACK IN FIVE-0, OKAY?!
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Date: 2011-09-27 11:53 pm (UTC)I would like to subscribe to your magazine.
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Date: 2011-09-28 01:04 am (UTC)I suddenly had this vision of Lori and/or Kono checking out the slash websites and then snickering over the fact that Steve and Danny have RPS fans and there's a MAGAZINE dedicated to their "wuv."
OH DEAR. HERE WE GO, PLOT BUNNIEZ.
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Date: 2011-09-28 01:16 am (UTC)