And Yet More Deadwood
Oct. 13th, 2017 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelseagirlInteresting what I'd forgotten and what I'd remembered. I'm a bit more than halfway done with s. 2 now.
Why is it that I like Dan Dority so much? He kills on command for Al, and yet there's something almost sweet about him? Generally, the group at the Gem, despite surface unpleasantness, seems to have an underlying care for each other -- visually portrayed after Al's surgery when Doc Cochran, Trixie, Dan and Johnny all kind of pile up around Al in their joy at his recovery.
While Al is by far the most compelling character, on first watch I was so smitten by Timothy Olyphant that Seth was my other focus. While he's still very lovely to look at, not to mention interestingly complex, he's a difficult proposition in many ways. I continue my crush on Sol, this time around, and I've just gotten to the point of Ellsworth's proposal, where he becomes the center of all "awwwwwwwww"s.
Charlie Utter is another character I'm paying a lot of attention to, this time around; his friendship with Joanie is, as scripsi has commented elsewhere, complete in itself and separate from anything to do with Al, Seth, Cy -- the depth and richness of this world is something that gives me joy.
Trixie -- although Al wants her hanging out at the hardware store partly as eyes and ears on Seth and Sol, I also get the feeling that he's happy for her learning bookkeeping. Her level of self-loathing is almost as great at Jane's. We just had Jane's first call on Joanie, the beginning of the friendship that leads to the relationship. The way Joanie was sitting in the dark, waiting for Wolcott to come, I expected she was waiting to die (even though I remember she didn't), and was so pleased when she, instead, defended herself and drove him off. So much learned helplessness among the women, and so nice to see them rise up against that.
Why is it that I like Dan Dority so much? He kills on command for Al, and yet there's something almost sweet about him? Generally, the group at the Gem, despite surface unpleasantness, seems to have an underlying care for each other -- visually portrayed after Al's surgery when Doc Cochran, Trixie, Dan and Johnny all kind of pile up around Al in their joy at his recovery.
While Al is by far the most compelling character, on first watch I was so smitten by Timothy Olyphant that Seth was my other focus. While he's still very lovely to look at, not to mention interestingly complex, he's a difficult proposition in many ways. I continue my crush on Sol, this time around, and I've just gotten to the point of Ellsworth's proposal, where he becomes the center of all "awwwwwwwww"s.
Charlie Utter is another character I'm paying a lot of attention to, this time around; his friendship with Joanie is, as scripsi has commented elsewhere, complete in itself and separate from anything to do with Al, Seth, Cy -- the depth and richness of this world is something that gives me joy.
Trixie -- although Al wants her hanging out at the hardware store partly as eyes and ears on Seth and Sol, I also get the feeling that he's happy for her learning bookkeeping. Her level of self-loathing is almost as great at Jane's. We just had Jane's first call on Joanie, the beginning of the friendship that leads to the relationship. The way Joanie was sitting in the dark, waiting for Wolcott to come, I expected she was waiting to die (even though I remember she didn't), and was so pleased when she, instead, defended herself and drove him off. So much learned helplessness among the women, and so nice to see them rise up against that.
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Date: 2017-10-13 11:40 pm (UTC)Dan IS endearing. It's mystifying.
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Date: 2017-10-14 10:52 am (UTC)Isn't it just? Maybe it's the round face, which just looks kind of sweet, or his manner? His body count is pretty high and yet I'm all "awww, Dan . . ."
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Date: 2017-10-14 02:27 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-10-14 01:50 pm (UTC)Sol is a complete darling! As is Ellsworth. I never crushed on Seth, even if he is handsome. I always did crush on Al, which is a bit disturbing, I agree.
Even if Al gets something out of Trixie being at the store, I also get the feeling he is making sure she gets a better life when she doubts it possible. To me it always seemed like he was be a bit jealous when he realises there are real feelings between Sol and Trixie, but he also steps back. He stops sleeping with her, and he actively pushes her to spend time in teh store, and with Sol.
I think Joanie thought she wanted to die. She has been depressed for a long time, and her friend and hopes of a new life has been killed. And then at the last minute she realises she wants to live, after all.
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Date: 2017-10-17 12:24 am (UTC)I did crush on Seth, but that's certainly how I reacted to characters on, say, Mad Men (Don Draper was handsome, but wow, I was not attracted to him because of his character).
I think you're right re. Joanie.
I just thought it was adorable when Trixie said she sometimes made 3 plus 3 equal 9 "for my own amusement."