Cranky musing

It's stuffy in the office today, put on the fan. Helped a bit. And the air finally came on, but am regretting wearing my work sweater (with zip underneath). Love them, but they are problematic when one gets hot. Can't exactly take the damn things off, you know.
( fandom rant about shippers )

Vampire Diaries Rocked like an undead thing tonight...hee

Not that undead things rock, but you get my drift.

First...one of the things I love most about the Vampire Diaries is that I know there is no way in hell that there will be any academic conferences, presentations, books, or scholarly papers on this show. Or metas for that matter. We're not going to get long discourses on how this is all about power, or deep thoughts, or feminism, or ethical matters. In short, folks, it's just plain clean, okay dirty, fun! (Although, it is more than possible that someone will prove me wrong about this - seriously, people can find deep meaning in anything, including Three's Company.)

And the pacing of this thing...I've never seen a tv show pack more action, plot-twists, and cool fun character moments plus exposition in 43 minute episodes in my life. This show doesn't have filler episodes. I think the slowest episode was probably the one in which Mason was introduced.

Plus, all the main characters are more or less likable. Even Elena is beginning to grow on me.
And well, it was what the doctor ordered tonight - something fun, fast paced, with cool banter, nice character moments, and a positive or pseudo-positive outcome.

( let's not do the road-trip bonding bit, the cliche alone makes me itch - spoilers of course and no fear of snark, promise... )