ebonlock: (Bob-slytherin)
Goddamn this is both funny and fantastic, dude they worked in a Forever Knight joke!!! And Terrence singing makes my toes go all curly. Ye gods let the writers work in an excuse to let him sing on the series...please...

ebonlock: (Bob-bitch)
So I'm back from the dentist after a one hour procedure turned into two. Yeah my teeth are incredibly screwed up and this was my not so welcome reminder. It's really nice to no longer have a sharp edge occasionally cutting into my tongue for the first time in ages.

Anyhoo I didn't have to get up quite so early today 'cause of the whole dental epic so I stayed up and watched the latest episode of Dresden Files and it was surprisingly, refreshingly good. Of course I knew precisely what was going to happen from start to finish which caused me to mutter at the tv throughout most of it, "God Harry stop being so damn stupid and open your goddamn eyes!" But aside from that I liked the story and I loved the little character stuff, particularly between Harry and Bob. I have to say the tv show and the changes they've made have actually made Harry a great deal more likeable than the book version.

The story behind the great family tragedy is shaping up nicely, the relationship between Bob and Harry is a delight. I love that the one person Harry's actually close to in this world is a ghost. And Rothbert of Bainbridge's backstory is getting more fascinating by the episode, indeed he's the reason I keep tuning in from week to week. I'm dying to know more about Winnifred, the powerful sorceress who kept him close to her in life and for whom he risked everything, including eternal damnation.

And...ok, so maybe I'm considering writing a HP/DF crossover wherein Voldemort attempts to make a deal with Justin Morningway and Bob was mixed up in the middle of it.

So, in summary I'm actually falling for a show whose book series I can't even finish reading and that probably won't even get renewed for next season. On the plus side my favorite character is already dead so he's safe enough.
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You know it's really not fair that The Dresden Files just got interesting like midway through the season 'cause now I'm almost feeling reinvested in it. Yeah it's still ridiculously obvious how each episode is going to turn out about five minutes into it, but at least they're starting to get a little more coherent with the world, the characters in it and the rules of magic.

The problem is that it's so far off book that when the episode leaves huge holes that a little more fleshing out would have filled neatly I can't turn to the novels to fill them. What I need is some well written fanfic to round out each episode and give me the development I need to actually enjoy the show fully. I'd also like them to be a little less clumsy with the characters, in last night's ep you go from 12 year old Harry to 35 year old Harry in the span of a couple of flashback cuts and the audience isn't supposed to even blink. It was utterly jarring. And they had a beautiful opportunity to really flesh out the Bob character and they just chose not to. I can see why, I mean you've only got an hour and the main character is Harry. Fair enough, but there are deft ways to weave in a secondary character's development without taking away from the lead's face time. Sadly, "deft" doesn't seem like something this bunch of writers excells at.

I think I keep watching it (when I remember to) because I want it to succeed...because there is potential there. And because dammit I love Terrance Mann, and dude they hired the guy who used to play Jeffrey Spender on last week's ep and that just made me profoundly happy.

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