Take me now, Lord

[mme_hardy]

I'm serious. I have suffered enough.

HBO has picked up "an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world."

Among the cast is

Manson is Maladie. Committed by her husband (and genuinely unstable), she’s been warped by a power she can’t understand, and tortured by doctors intent on finding its source. She now lives underground, runs a gang and is on an infamous murder spree. She affects a theatrical parody of a bedlam waif, but mad as she is, she’s a woman with a purpose.

I can cope with the impending heat-death of the planet, the rise of fascism, and Bay Area housing prices, but I can't cope with another Goddamn Whedon take on (A) women and (B) adorably insane women.

Comments

[muccamukk]

Why do people keep giving him money? ARGH.

[mme_hardy]

He is now a successful film director, God help us all. Did you see his rejected script for Wonder Woman? He revamped the whole thing to be about Steve's journey.

[muccamukk]

I saw it at the time. I since blocked most of it. Something, something, violent on screen murder of sex workers?

I saw the thing where he was sleeping with someone on the Buffy cast while he was still married and basically slut shamed the young lady he was cheating on his wife with.

[nestra]

A bedlam waif? You don't say.

[mme_hardy]

You must admit, it's a novel idea never seen on screen before!

[nineveh_uk]

I see the word waif and I reach for my codfish.

[mme_hardy]

Let's pass a low: the only acceptable use of the term is when referring to Éponine or to Sara Crewe.

[movingfinger]

The Little Match Girl is a waif.

[mme_hardy]

Accepted.

[conuly]

I hope he doesn't strain his arm by patting himself on the back too hard, poor dear.

[sabotabby]

We're going to see so much of the bedlam waif's bare feet, aren't we?

(The sad thing is, epic sci fi about a superpowered Victorian girl gang is so much my jam it's not even funny. But not with Whedon at the helm.)

[mme_hardy]

Still I sing bonny girls,
Bonny mad girls,
Bedlam girls are shoeless...

[sovay]

Bedlam girls are shoeless...

Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes for to save her shoes from gravel!

[oracne]

Preach!

[laurashapiro]

When I think about how much I used to love his work, I just want to stab something. Or, I guess, stake something.

[mme_hardy]

Same. I was such a stan of his, so angry that his shows kept getting canceled. Welp.

[cofax7]

Indeed.

[sara]

I will admit, this is another of those criteria I use when reviewing dating profiles to determine who I wouldn't be compatible with: are they still bitching about the cancellation of Firefly? Then no.

[mme_hardy]

THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED?!?!?!?

[sara]

...hon, in the greater Seattle dateshed, this is something that happens multiple times per week.

People ask why I'm not dating and I'm like, it's not that I'm not trying, but when you rule out Whedon stans, guys named Chad, people whose dating profiles are mostly about the Seahawks, people who're holding a fish (or other dead animal), people who live in Renton, people who like books but not by women, vegans (they're not going to want to date me), and people who have no profile pictures that were taken by another human being (and/or are all in the bathroom or their car) there isn't a lot left.

[mme_hardy]

I'm speechless. Wow.

[sara]

People insist that online dating has made it easier to find someone. My experience is that this could not be further from the truth.

ETA: I didn't even get into the thing where everyone seems to think I will care about their Myers-Briggs results and/or believe that's a system that has any objective validity. Seriously, I think the tech companies are making all their staff do it and everyone believes it's soooo meaningful. It's like the Seattle version of telling people your astrological sign.

[mme_hardy]

Barnum statements, man. First took one at work in the eighties..

[sara]

It's become one of my disqualifiers. If you're gullible enough to believe in that kind of corporate psychology, you're not going to be rigorous enough for me to find you interesting.

[sovay]

She affects a theatrical parody of a bedlam waif

Ack.

[cupcake_goth]

She affects a theatrical parody of a bedlam waif

So ... Emilie Autumn? Without the violin, but almost certainly with the drama queen parts?