OMG, Paul is Dead...
Feb. 26th, 2004 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castaliaOh, wow. Just watched the last ep of Miracles - "Paul is Dead" - and...oh my *god*. It was so freaking awesome, I don't even know where to begin.
For starters, I'll begin
Evie, even though this was semi-dramatic stuff for her, was kind of boring, except when she was flinging accusations at Paul - when I was thinking "Way to go. Throw more guilt at the biggest martyr of the century. Like he needs any more reasons to go out and do stupid things in the name of guilt."
Speaking of our favorite martyr, he was very predictable in this ep. I immediately saw what was going to happen when he picked up that box-cutter, but even the predictability didn't diminish my enjoyment of that scene. Alva is so cute when he fusses! And he got to fuss a lot in this one.
Oh, Alva. You are so playing John the Beloved to Paul's Jesus.
I want to know what makes Paul's brain work the way it does. I mean, it's a big leap from "How do I talk to Tommy?" to "Oh, I know! I have to be dead! I'll just kill myself temporarily!". I loved how Alva was totally against the idea from the start, and only reluctantly gave in b/c he sure as hell didn't want Paul doing it without him. Still, you'd think they could've tried another way. Wouldn't a seance or somesuch let them talk to the dead?
God, that entire section in the bathroom. Naked Paul, blue Paul, worried Alva, dead blue Paul, freaking out Alva, miles past panicking Alva...I was bouncing the entire time. *Loved* Alva's reaction when Paul spasmed, and then when they couldn't wake him up. He was shouting to wake the dead! (hee, small pun, sorry). And then lots of touching when Paul does wake up, rubbing his shoulders, etc. I've noticed that Alva, for all his social shortcomings, is quite a touchy-feely kind of guy. He can't seem to keep his hands off Paul (not that I'm complaining, of course). God, what a slash-fest this show is.
The ending killed me. Really, it did. I want to know why Paul's blood spelled out "God is nowhere" this time, and what it could mean. I want to know where the show would have gone, how the mytharc would've been explained, about Alva's past, who Paul's father really is, whether or not Paul and Alva will ever stop dancing around one another and finally snog...and I'm not gonna get to know. Not unless another network renews the series, or the writers decide to let us in on the secret. I feel so...unfullfilled. 13 episodes (and how symbolic is *that* number) just aren't enough, damn it!
It would be easier if there were a ton of fanfiction stories out there, stories that explored all the possibilities of the hemography and the miracles and Paul's destiny and the characters' backgrounds. Good slash stories that explore the friendship between Paul and Alva, deepen it, and finally lead to snogging and smut. But there aren't. There are only a handful of fics, and none that really get deep into those layers of meaning.
I think of the possibilities and how ABC just tossed them out like so much detritus. Such potential, and it's likely I'll never get to see it. Sad doesn't even begin to cover it.
Mingled with all the sadness and anger, though, is a profound love for Miracles and its characters. I haven't felt this spark for a new show in a long time (and a dead show, too...lovely), and Alva has established himself near the top of my list of best-loved characters. Awesome feat, considering we know so little about the man :)
Will have to rewatch these 13 episodes many times, as I'm sure there were layers and bits of symbolism I missed the first time round. Am definitely hungry for any discussion, so please feel free to offer opinions, theories, etc. Please! */desperate pleading*
In other, unrelated news, I've decided to give up coffee for Lent. Just to see if I can do it. Is it cheating if I'm still allowed to drink tea? *ponders*
For starters, I'll begin
Evie, even though this was semi-dramatic stuff for her, was kind of boring, except when she was flinging accusations at Paul - when I was thinking "Way to go. Throw more guilt at the biggest martyr of the century. Like he needs any more reasons to go out and do stupid things in the name of guilt."
Speaking of our favorite martyr, he was very predictable in this ep. I immediately saw what was going to happen when he picked up that box-cutter, but even the predictability didn't diminish my enjoyment of that scene. Alva is so cute when he fusses! And he got to fuss a lot in this one.
Oh, Alva. You are so playing John the Beloved to Paul's Jesus.
I want to know what makes Paul's brain work the way it does. I mean, it's a big leap from "How do I talk to Tommy?" to "Oh, I know! I have to be dead! I'll just kill myself temporarily!". I loved how Alva was totally against the idea from the start, and only reluctantly gave in b/c he sure as hell didn't want Paul doing it without him. Still, you'd think they could've tried another way. Wouldn't a seance or somesuch let them talk to the dead?
God, that entire section in the bathroom. Naked Paul, blue Paul, worried Alva, dead blue Paul, freaking out Alva, miles past panicking Alva...I was bouncing the entire time. *Loved* Alva's reaction when Paul spasmed, and then when they couldn't wake him up. He was shouting to wake the dead! (hee, small pun, sorry). And then lots of touching when Paul does wake up, rubbing his shoulders, etc. I've noticed that Alva, for all his social shortcomings, is quite a touchy-feely kind of guy. He can't seem to keep his hands off Paul (not that I'm complaining, of course). God, what a slash-fest this show is.
The ending killed me. Really, it did. I want to know why Paul's blood spelled out "God is nowhere" this time, and what it could mean. I want to know where the show would have gone, how the mytharc would've been explained, about Alva's past, who Paul's father really is, whether or not Paul and Alva will ever stop dancing around one another and finally snog...and I'm not gonna get to know. Not unless another network renews the series, or the writers decide to let us in on the secret. I feel so...unfullfilled. 13 episodes (and how symbolic is *that* number) just aren't enough, damn it!
It would be easier if there were a ton of fanfiction stories out there, stories that explored all the possibilities of the hemography and the miracles and Paul's destiny and the characters' backgrounds. Good slash stories that explore the friendship between Paul and Alva, deepen it, and finally lead to snogging and smut. But there aren't. There are only a handful of fics, and none that really get deep into those layers of meaning.
I think of the possibilities and how ABC just tossed them out like so much detritus. Such potential, and it's likely I'll never get to see it. Sad doesn't even begin to cover it.
Mingled with all the sadness and anger, though, is a profound love for Miracles and its characters. I haven't felt this spark for a new show in a long time (and a dead show, too...lovely), and Alva has established himself near the top of my list of best-loved characters. Awesome feat, considering we know so little about the man :)
Will have to rewatch these 13 episodes many times, as I'm sure there were layers and bits of symbolism I missed the first time round. Am definitely hungry for any discussion, so please feel free to offer opinions, theories, etc. Please! */desperate pleading*
In other, unrelated news, I've decided to give up coffee for Lent. Just to see if I can do it. Is it cheating if I'm still allowed to drink tea? *ponders*
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Re: Give up coffee? That would take a miracle!
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