fandom_radio | Fandom Radio, Monday, May 17th 2010

Faith: Well hello Fandom, Faith here. I figured there was more stuff to do besides teaching. Not that I don't like you girls-- and two, three dudes? You rock.

*approving chittering*

Faith: I'm loving this little buddies; first time I see a rodent drinking like that; hey you, watch your pal before he gets stuck on the bottle. But anyway, let's get going. There is an insanely large amounts of notes here.

School

Gabrielle was humming. On the library. Damn, that takes me back. But unlike those good old times, she didn't get stared down and frowned upon the librarian, who was busy with paperwork. Lucky girl.

Faith: Birth of TV Comedy had Mitchell giving a class of sitcoms, and has the class watch very early British and American sitcoms, which makes sense considering the name of the course. The lecture went quietly, with a sparse Bod and a...crazy Delirum. Pun absolutely intended, sue me. The first sitcom was a British one about WWII. Bod identified where could be humor, and saw the sitcom as a way to lighten up the charge of those times. Robin Goodfellow qualified it as a mix of comedy types, dark humors and jokes of that era. Delirium considered they should watch the real war, since that one was funny...and something involving bombs and hats. The second was an American one about a housewife who gets into hijinks.Bod did consider this one funny, and simple, since anyone could get the joke. Chloe found amusing the situations the protagonist tended to get into, albeit with the best intentions. I know how that feels. Robin considers the protagonist loud and annoying, and yet the situations were pretty funny; gave him ideas, apparently. Delirium found their grayness factor pretty amusing, but not so much the fact the protagonist was supposed to be "silly". Then Mitchell have them discuss the differences between those shows, and what a sitcom about their lives might look like. Hoo boy~ Bod finds obvious the difference on the setting, and how they derive humor from different places; he also comments a sitcom about him would change its setting on every episode as he travels. Hey, I like that idea. Kate Gregson wasn't really in the mood, as she found both sitcoms unfunny and loud. I sort of like those sitcoms, actually. Her sitcom would be set in an insane asylum masquerading as a school. Or a home. A home? Robin considered the second aimed for "the funny" through silly situations, maybe a little too silly, while the first one had to do more with times, so it was probably funnier back in the day. His sitcom would happen in Athens, he being the viewer, and like the Three Stoges. Yeah, color me lost there.

The TAs were there, having their own nice little chat. Both Jack Priest and Kate Gregson were tired. So Jack asks Kate what's wrong with her, but she ain't no telling a thing, huh. That's attitude for you. Somehow they end up talking about her cleaning Mitchell's laptop if they have a class in the beach. Kate let Mitchell know that Bobby Drake had to go home to deal with some stuff; there was glaring involved, and she reassured the teacher she was fine. As in Fine. Jack told Mitchell about the class-on-the-beach idea, and cleaning his laptop, and there was talk about Kate...dominating men, and Jack being grateful about Mitchell's feelings. Really now, this is a school, dudes. But Jack did want to have a class out, and it's a pain to be surrounded by walls. Hold in there guys.

Algren & Ghanima talk to Survive & Thrive class about parallel realities, and then they introduce gremlin and zombie danger shop tag...which sounds both incredibly awesome and dangerous, and thus doubly awesome. There is of course a lecture, with everyone interested, and yet apparently not quiet getting the finest idea of what the teachers were talking about. Hey, it's not hard to get the idea of parallel realities...even when they are headache inducing. And then they played tag with the Frank the gremlin, who turns people into zombies. Uh huh. Christian and Bertha Mirilla--or Rilla, as I've heard they call her were both sort of scaredy, but when Frank draws closer...he sings. And then the gremlin sings, and Rilla sings...until Frank tries to grab Rilla's hand, and it all goes to hell. Poor Christian got zombified, but he got the girl huh? Raven and Cassidy were also avoiding the gremling, but they had magic to keep the little pest away. So they used the time to get to know each other, talk about the reserve, Karla, and healing the land. And Raven got all 'you should meet Professor Skywalker~!' on Cassidy. Way to go Anakin, I didn't know you were so famous with the ladies; dude, they are totally ambushing you tomorrow.

*chittering*

Faith: I am not missing the point here. Uhura and Diana talked about how neither of them has ever played tag with a gremlin before, and Uhura went for it and got zombified on purpose. That's gotta be a first for that sort of thing. Annja was there to TA, and was amused, maybe more than advisable when people are running away from a gremlin. Not that I would be any less amused myself though. Ghanima and Algren are around after class, and Uhura comes by to ask about an antidote for gremling venom, but apparently there isn't. That doesn't stop her from asking about the funny stories of those that got bitten, but vague answers are vague, dancing and singing doesn't sound too embarrasing, but what do I know.

Bond reviewed snorkelling with Maritime Safety. A lecture ensued about snorkeling; funny word, snorkel. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, and woah, name, didn't look too sure about the whole deal, and Kyle Reese...wasn't really present in mind. Slow Monday for more than one, it seems. Then there was snorkeling, obviously; Hiccup seemed to be having fun. and he even was swimming with a dragon next to him, Kyle didn't do much of anything, and...well, looks like a frog went snorkeling; Robin the frog, actually. I think I need to stop sharing the rum with the squirrels. Kyle checked in with Bond after class, wondering if he got his message, and so did Bond, who only requires from Kyle to do his job, since Rose, the other TA, is a cat, at leas for now. And of course, Kyle was there to TA, although he did more watching than anything.

Phys Ed class played football, with Jaime Reyes assigned to ref. Green team had Roy harper, Tim Drake, Robin Goodfellow and...another Tim Drake. Anyway. They tried to get a strategy that didn't involve cheating; good luck with that. Yellow team had Kenney, Gunn? Charles Gunn?…and also Vance Astrovik and Zack Fair; they wanted to know who was fast, strong, and knew about the game. And so they played, and Jaime was the referee…he wasn’t particularly pleased, apparently. Actually, Jaime went and told Guy he hates him…and then they started talking about Robin. Hm…interesting.

Aquaman, because that’s his name, really, introduces Home Economics to the wonder of sewing and mending, but also making superhero costumes, which is oddly disturbing. And lecture, which let people confident, and confused…or maybe both; the girls were confident, or most of them. Aquaman then throws ugly clothes at them, and the poor students struggle to get them repaired, with varying degrees of success. And then they got to work on their own superhero costumes. Some were cool, some were horrible, some were…green. And all the while Aquaman was there. At least get a last name, dude.

Walter has Unblinded Science class break into groups, then play a version of hide and seek with mock-microtags taped to some of the students. And I don’t have the finest idea of what that means, honest. Lindsay, Tim and Bruce got into the game pretty fast, while Claudia was not sure of what role to take and Scully was too busy facepalming. Girl, you need to have fun.

Peter asked his father, who is Walter about the chips, and finds out Walter already has one. Peter is also there to TA, and Scully asks him what exactly his father is drinking; talk about being rude. The man was having a milkshake, figures.

Dorms:

Faith: Bod was trying to read but isn’t getting very far, and Kate comes by for some talk about honesty, followed by awkward silence. She then tells him that she freaked out at him the other day and explains why the triage class in First Aid got her so frazzled. Take it easy Kate. Tim Drake goes to his room after class to listen to music and read cryptology, whatever that is. Chuck Bass seems to be in a better mood today, although I have little to no idea of who he is, but he’s playing video games. Hannibal is glad someone’s around to keep him unbored, and there’s talk about Hannibal’s first day at Caritas, and what Chuck’s done to make Robin and Jaina made in the past; they also talked about gay hair, and some other funny stuff.

Squall is in the fourth floor common this afternoon, hoping to find something to watch on television. His conclusion? Everything sucks; well you too suck mister, so deal with it. He is also not impressed with Jenny Sparks’ offer of tea, being an ungrateful non-British person; that was like two totally different languages going on. Raven was watching the Rumor Gal finale in the fifth floor common room…which is about, what? On second thought, I don’t wanna know. Tim Drake, yes, one of those with the same name, or last name, or whatever, comes and tries to change the channel. Raven tells him that he can’t as Rumor Gal has taught her all about emotions! Tim is dubious. Timmy? So I am, but I’ve heard some pretty hardcore stuff on that Raven chick, so watch out. Okay, not really, but anyone that goes by Raven...ugh, says the one that goes by Faith. Alright, shut up. Dan wanders in and meets Tim, and greetings ensue, place of origin included. Not that Dan has ever heard of Gotham, since they are from different universes. Dan then assures Raven that he won’t change the channel, even though Rumor Gal is a lot like the school he came from; that must be one hell of a shallow life, Danny boy.

Faith: Sookie was also around, and admits that Rumor Gal is a little like candy for the brain, but she sticks to her own vices, and Dan makes some horrible declarations. And Hoshi is also around as well, and admits that she missed last week’s episode because she was too busy trying to get in touch with Hurley, who seems to have dropped out of contact. The number of people I don’t know disappearing is amazing. Hayley says that one of the many reasons she doesn’t want to go back to Gotham is that she won’t know what happens next season on Rumor Gal, and I’m starting to think this Rumor Gal must be some masterpiece of sorts. Tim Drake gets in the conversation to say hi to Hayley and asks her what year it is in her Gotham. She says 1962 or 1963. She’s kind of lost track, but I guess those weren’t really interesting years after all. But yeah Hayley, the King left the building. Sookie gets caught up on the episodes she’s missed by Raven, and they speculate on whether anyone will die in the finale tonight. They both agree that the emotional manipulation is why people keep tuning in…and it’s sort of working on me now, but I wonder if common rooms have some sort of gravitational pull of their own. Tim and Sookie then exchange hellos and she checks to see how he’s settling in; there is mind reading involved.

Jason wants to know if they're really watching the show or mocking it. Tim tells him if he wants to mock, he can sit next to him; there is even more talk about timelines. Raven butts in to clarify that Rumor Gal is her favorite show, and Jason comments about the people being too pretty to be real. Hey, I’m pretty and real, so there. Timelines and realities are a big conversation topic, and Raven doesn’t have microwaves back at home. You poor girl, I don’t want to know how have you survived all this time. Sookie checks in to see how Jason's adjusting, too; everyone is so full of love.

Squirrels, pass me the rum; I’m really getting thirsty here.

*Chitterling and the sound of rum being drank freely*

Alright, hit me up with the rest of it.

The Town:

Faith: Lacey let the cooks decide what to make at Luke's Diner today, and they tried to recreate food from Facebook games. That can’t result in anything edible, I’m sure. Ender put a "Help Wanted" sign up at Stark Industries. Help for what? Anyway, Hiccup stopped by to visit Ender, and got a tour of the place, which turned into Hiccup being completely amazed about technology. And Ben came by with coffee for Ender, and got to hear all about Hiccup and his Vikingness; that’s quite an experience to tell the friends.

Kyle arrived back on the island…naked. Way to go squirrels. Remind me not to do that myself. Dani spotted him lurking about - after he found clothes, fortnately for him - and told him the date, which threw Kyle because seven months for him had only been a few days here; oh, time travelling; now it all makes sense. Makita had a sale for the new kids going at Pixie Dust. Alex Russo was surprised to see the garden gnomes at the Magic Box, and went around looking for other weird things in the store. Gunn was taking a nap at Cabot and Associates. Gunn, stop napping, we need to talk.

Claudia was reading a seriously ancient and boring book at Book Haven. No, seriously boring, like something Willow would read. Karla had to deal with a shipment of sex ed film reels that got delivered forty years too late to Dite's Decadent Delights…what?! Dani was in an awesome mood at the Gig, and was staying inside safe from the rain. Rain and awesome moods don’t go along, really.

Now if she had some of the sex ed books...

Faith: Sophie was setting up a gemstone exhibit at Fourth Dimension Arts and Antiques, and Karla came by to ask Sophie how she'd tripped an alarm when she purposely broke into the museum. Now, this is something people might want to keep quiet. Ino was making lists and checking that places in town had necessary supplies at the clinic.

Marcus didn't open the junkyard, but instead he hanged out in the shed with the paper. Kyle Reese is back and says it's been a long few days, and Marcus gives him a drink to help him deal a little. Huh, nice guy.

Adrian was working on getting drunk at Caritas. Way to go Adrian. Dimitri tried to get Adrian to explain why he wanted to get drunk, and Adrian said it was fun and he could get away with it, so there. It sounds like a good enough reason. Elena and Ino stopped by and made a deal with Adrian in exchange for some Money…I’m supposed to be a responsible adult, but fuck it; go girls~! And Reno came in to get drunk before working on his lesson plan for tomorrow.

And that’s it; phew, that really took a while eh, squirrels? *agreeing chitterling* I think we deserve another round of rum now, but before I forget—

This was Faith Lehane, your friendly Slayer, and those were the news. Good night Fandom.