The Tyranny of Socks

The Yuletide names are up, and it's time for the reveal. Here's mine.

Title: My hands remember hers
Author: Vanzetti
Recipient: random_flores, for Yuletide 2006
Fandom: Deadwood
Pairing: Joanie Stubbs/Calamity Jane
R for language, set post S3, but with no real spoilers
Many thanks to rez_lo for beta-reading in the face of my many insecurities. The errors of course are all mine.
Summary: Snow in Deadwood, December 23rd: a house turns inside-out, Joanie decorates and Jane goes for a walk.

( There's some kind of crud in Jane's eyes, sticking them closed... )

On a final yuletide-related note, I want everyone to know how much I love elishavah, because she is awesome beyond the telling of it.

( brief and spoilery notes )

That's it for now -- not because I don't have more to say, but because this isn't brief any more.

In which Deadwood raises the bar yet once more. ( this show needs a whole new class of warning )

Such a good show. Such a good show.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who could not understand large chunks of the dialogue. Too much muttering! ( cut for specific spoilers )

I watched Carnivale afterward. Sadly, I just don't feel the love for that show.

I did have a restful weekend, thank you, but I miss my lost hour. Getting out of bed this morning was rather painful.

Even without Alias, Sunday is the night of too much television--is anyone else watching Deadwood on HBO? I must admit that it's growing on me. Of course, every time I think "Wow, this is really good," I also think, "Yeah, but remember Carnivale, which also looked good three episodes in." Not--to clarify--that Carnivale was bad, but that it was needlessly confusing. I'm not a stupid person: if I don't understand a TV show, the problem isn't with me. At the moment, however, I feel hopeful: Deadwood has every indication of being a story, whereas even from the beginning Carnivale was at heart a Gnostic text.

But yes, now that I'm used to the profanity, I like Deadwood very much. The performances are stellar and the plotting (if predictable at times) is smooth. ( spoilers )

But the best thing last night was the Simpson's history of Henry the 8th. It's funny because it's true.