strange little puzzle box

Every time I update a fic, I'm reminded of the others I have left unfinished for one reason or another. Okay, let's be honest. The main reason is exhaustion. Despite having what seems like all the time in the world, I'm so often exhausted that I don't really feel like doing much. And that goes mentally and physically. Actually, the mental exhaustion is worse. That said, if I have a fic going you want to see finished? Poke me. Hold me accountable. I have only so much energy, so don't let me be distracted by the new shinies.

My shoulder is terribly sore lately. I think I pulled it sometime last week and then re-pulled it when babysitting my sister's wee ones. M tried to work it out a bit during Tai Chi yesterday, but I kept tightening up when she touched me. (Which is why massages don't work on me. I freak and get all tense.)







( day 8 )

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

Oh man, I'm going to have to talk about Lexx here, I think. For the 99% of y'all who've never heard of it, Lexx is a 90s sci-fi show that was co-produced in Canada and Germany and is completely and utterly ridiculous.

The basis of the show is two prisoners: a woman who was transformed into a love slave followed by the head of the robot who got her brainwashing, and an intelligence prisoner turned incompetent security guard accidentally steal an advanced living ship (shaped like a dragonfly and very dumb) with a living symbiote key. The reanimated assassin sent to get them accidentally regains his memory joins their side. And suddenly they have to save the universe.

Amazing, right? It's definitely a dark comedy, so lots of hilarious deaths. And it's definitely not pg.

One of the catch phrases in the show is "The dead do not..." And it's pretty funny what they finish it off with.

Each character is surprisingly well rounded for a mostly comedy, and there's some very deep and touching moments. "What does it mean to be human" is a theme that comes up a lot, and a longtime favourite theme of mine. The theme of evil vs incompetence also comes up frequently, and though they make it funny there is definitely something to think about.

Oh, and there's an amazing musical episode.

At the end of the day, though, it's all character driven. The bright and unique characters is what drives the plot and what makes the show what it is. Stan, the pilot, former security guard and maybe traitor? Zev turned Xev, the lonely love slave. Kai, the dead assassin. 7-90, psychotic robot head in love. And Lexx, the giant space bug.