Hee, thank you so much for all the wonderful thinky thoughts!
Fraser is watching Ray flow upward onto a desk, as though the law of gravity is second-rate by comparison
Beautiful and so vivid.
Thanks! That slaughter scene at the warehouse is, weirdly, one of my favorite scenes in the movie. They've previously given us a handful of intriguing hints that Mamet is more than he seems, but nothing we can pin down, and then bam! he turns on in that warehouse, like James Bond, and I was dying to know who the heck this guy really was, but then he offs himself - which left me wondering even more. So I guess this whole scene was the impetus for writing the crossover in the first place.
!!! Blackest of black humor. Delicious.
*cackle* Must be the Scottish in the blood. That's my excuse. ;)
"I shouldn't have run. I shoulda had the guts to stick around, but I ran. I am so sorry I put you through this, Ben!"
He shouldn't have. They both fucked up, and were so lucky they were both strong enough to pull it out in the end.
Exactly - as messed up as Fraser is, I didn't want this to be a "blame Fraser" sort of thing. They both made a terrible mistake, but now all that matters is bringing each other home again.
Love Fraser throwing Ray over his shoulder and hauling him away. Such a primitive and necessary image.
Y'know, I've always liked that image, myself. Fraser just kind of did that, as though it was the most natural thing for that moment, and it is a primitive action, isn't it. Fraser got pretty far down to his own metal in this, more than I'd expected. I have to admit, it was interesting, breaking Fraser down, peeling away the niceties that he usually depends on to negotiate his way through the world, and forcing him to acknowledge and rely on his darker, baser self. That was unexpected, and rather oddly fun. In a twisted sort of way. ;D
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Date: 2007-12-28 09:39 pm (UTC)Fraser is watching Ray flow upward onto a desk, as though the law of gravity is second-rate by comparison
Beautiful and so vivid.
Thanks! That slaughter scene at the warehouse is, weirdly, one of my favorite scenes in the movie. They've previously given us a handful of intriguing hints that Mamet is more than he seems, but nothing we can pin down, and then bam! he turns on in that warehouse, like James Bond, and I was dying to know who the heck this guy really was, but then he offs himself - which left me wondering even more. So I guess this whole scene was the impetus for writing the crossover in the first place.
!!! Blackest of black humor. Delicious.
*cackle* Must be the Scottish in the blood. That's my excuse. ;)
"I shouldn't have run. I shoulda had the guts to stick around, but I ran. I am so sorry I put you through this, Ben!"
He shouldn't have. They both fucked up, and were so lucky they were both strong enough to pull it out in the end.
Exactly - as messed up as Fraser is, I didn't want this to be a "blame Fraser" sort of thing. They both made a terrible mistake, but now all that matters is bringing each other home again.
Love Fraser throwing Ray over his shoulder and hauling him away. Such a primitive and necessary image.
Y'know, I've always liked that image, myself. Fraser just kind of did that, as though it was the most natural thing for that moment, and it is a primitive action, isn't it. Fraser got pretty far down to his own metal in this, more than I'd expected. I have to admit, it was interesting, breaking Fraser down, peeling away the niceties that he usually depends on to negotiate his way through the world, and forcing him to acknowledge and rely on his darker, baser self. That was unexpected, and rather oddly fun. In a twisted sort of way. ;D