Person of Interest
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neery introduced me to Person of Interest, and while I don't really go for that kind of show, I must admit I really like it.
* I've now watched the first 17 episodes, and still wonder how they manage to be this inconsistent in quality. Some of them rock, and some of them just suck so bad.
* Root Cause was cool, the next one was so bad I kept wondering why they even bother - and it looked like Jim was totally out of character, too. He was smiling the whole time like he was thinking "this ep is just not worth making John look sullen".
* The next one, Blue Code, then was so good again. Especially the exchange between Carter and Reese about it being his lucky day ("getting shot and lit on fire") and her being a girl after his own heart. Aawww. I ship them.
* But then, I ship everything that moves with Reese. Finch, Carter, Zoe, you name it. Maybe not Fusco so much, but I could be convinced of that, too.
+ It's just that Reese is such a perfect character. Broken, knows that he's broken and feels guilty as hell about it, but a responsible and sweet guy at heart. Just that his shell is so hard to crack - which makes him perfect for my fic reading interests.
+ Also, Jim Caviezel is so wonderfully soft spoken. I could listen to him all day (and night ;) ).
+ Carter is awesome. In general, their women aren't as badly written as they could be.
* Although I don't know why Carter is still putting up with Finch and Reese. She always caves, even though she knows they're operating above the law, which should grate on her much more than it apparently does. Not only when they're getting someone close to her killed. *sigh*
* I do have problems with the writing now and then, but to get more Reese screentime, I'm willing to put up with a lot of crap. Like:
- Finch is always too close (and lets them steal the baby! That whole plot was fucked because he was there when he didn't need to be. The baby story was still reeeally well done. I didn't headdesk more than once. ;) )
- Reese is often coming too close to his marks, too. He could have stayed a lot more in the background when Zoe was talking to the senator, for example.
- Finch saying "the machine can't be fooled". Yeah, right. But then that kind of hubris probably comes from developing a huge program like that all by yourself. ;P
- They started out so well with the ear buds, and then suddenly after 8 eps or so, they started making all the characters touch their ear when talking. Waaaah! That's a pet peeve of mine, I admit, it just annoys me so much that they did the right thing at first and then screwed it up. :(
- Oh, and the annoying voice-over exposition that is so obviously inserted after they finished cutting the ep and think they need to make it clearer what one of the characters is doing (like, which apartment they're now breaking into). I have seen little clumsier exposition than theirs. *sigh*
+ I love how the storyline with Elias started. Enrico Colantoni always plays the good guy, and I totally didn't expect this. Very cool.
+ Reese wins at hand-to-hand combat. Always. He doesn't mind a few gunshot wounds. He heals fast. (I'm used to that from all the vampire shows. ;)) I actually like that he's almost invincible like that. Might have to do with my crush on him. ;)
* So, that was just what came to mind quickly. I'm happily addicted, since I still have more than a dozen episodes to watch.
* Oh, and don't worry about spoiling me. I think I have been spoiled by lots of fic already, and I don't think it will take me that long to catch up with current episodes, anyway. I'll get right on that. :D
The fandom isn't all that big, but there are a few good stories around. One of the best (Top 10 Kudos!) was written byneery herself:
Story: Losing Control by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Neery
Pairing: Finch/Reese
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Non-Consensual Drug Use
Summary: "It's got to be some messed-up new designer drug," Carter said.
neery introduced me to Person of Interest, and while I don't really go for that kind of show, I must admit I really like it.Mostly I like John Reese
* I've now watched the first 17 episodes, and still wonder how they manage to be this inconsistent in quality. Some of them rock, and some of them just suck so bad.
* Root Cause was cool, the next one was so bad I kept wondering why they even bother - and it looked like Jim was totally out of character, too. He was smiling the whole time like he was thinking "this ep is just not worth making John look sullen".
* The next one, Blue Code, then was so good again. Especially the exchange between Carter and Reese about it being his lucky day ("getting shot and lit on fire") and her being a girl after his own heart. Aawww. I ship them.
* But then, I ship everything that moves with Reese. Finch, Carter, Zoe, you name it. Maybe not Fusco so much, but I could be convinced of that, too.
+ It's just that Reese is such a perfect character. Broken, knows that he's broken and feels guilty as hell about it, but a responsible and sweet guy at heart. Just that his shell is so hard to crack - which makes him perfect for my fic reading interests.
+ Also, Jim Caviezel is so wonderfully soft spoken. I could listen to him all day (and night ;) ).
+ Carter is awesome. In general, their women aren't as badly written as they could be.
* Although I don't know why Carter is still putting up with Finch and Reese. She always caves, even though she knows they're operating above the law, which should grate on her much more than it apparently does. Not only when they're getting someone close to her killed. *sigh*
* I do have problems with the writing now and then, but to get more Reese screentime, I'm willing to put up with a lot of crap. Like:
- Finch is always too close (and lets them steal the baby! That whole plot was fucked because he was there when he didn't need to be. The baby story was still reeeally well done. I didn't headdesk more than once. ;) )
- Reese is often coming too close to his marks, too. He could have stayed a lot more in the background when Zoe was talking to the senator, for example.
- Finch saying "the machine can't be fooled". Yeah, right. But then that kind of hubris probably comes from developing a huge program like that all by yourself. ;P
- They started out so well with the ear buds, and then suddenly after 8 eps or so, they started making all the characters touch their ear when talking. Waaaah! That's a pet peeve of mine, I admit, it just annoys me so much that they did the right thing at first and then screwed it up. :(
- Oh, and the annoying voice-over exposition that is so obviously inserted after they finished cutting the ep and think they need to make it clearer what one of the characters is doing (like, which apartment they're now breaking into). I have seen little clumsier exposition than theirs. *sigh*
+ I love how the storyline with Elias started. Enrico Colantoni always plays the good guy, and I totally didn't expect this. Very cool.
+ Reese wins at hand-to-hand combat. Always. He doesn't mind a few gunshot wounds. He heals fast. (I'm used to that from all the vampire shows. ;)) I actually like that he's almost invincible like that. Might have to do with my crush on him. ;)
* So, that was just what came to mind quickly. I'm happily addicted, since I still have more than a dozen episodes to watch.
* Oh, and don't worry about spoiling me. I think I have been spoiled by lots of fic already, and I don't think it will take me that long to catch up with current episodes, anyway. I'll get right on that. :D
The fandom isn't all that big, but there are a few good stories around. One of the best (Top 10 Kudos!) was written by
neery herself:Story: Losing Control by
Pairing: Finch/Reese
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Non-Consensual Drug Use
Summary: "It's got to be some messed-up new designer drug," Carter said.
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on 2013-02-03 10:52 am (UTC)You are FAST with the watching. Leave a few for watching together! ;)
But then, I ship everything that moves with Reese. Finch, Carter, Zoe, you name it. Maybe not Fusco so much, but I could be convinced of that, too.
I you want to be convinced of that, I recommend livenudebigfoot's Harmless Observation (http://archiveofourown.org/works/423267). Her Reese is kind of even more fucked up and broken than he is on the show, but then, he does tend to let his craziest side hang out around Fusco in a way he doesn't with Finch.
I'm happily addicted, since I still have more than a dozen episodes to watch.
Lucky you! Having to wait weeks between eps is killing me.
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on 2013-02-03 03:45 pm (UTC)What, no! I mean, how? ;) Honestly, stopping is not really possible right now.
But I am looking forward to showing you the shirt I made (see the icon)!
but then, he does tend to let his craziest side hang out around Fusco in a way he doesn't with Finch.
He does, doesn't he? I pity Fusco lately, because he's trying so hard to be good, and John keeps shooting him down. But then it's just that we're getting used to the characters as we're getting to know them better, and tend to like them all. Fusco did try to kill John in the beginning, after all. John is not sympathetic towards killers, ever.
Thanks for that rec. I'll take recs anytime. I did read the amnesia fic yesterday. Good stuff. ETA: I feel the need to add that I'm talking about the POI amnesia fic, not the DS ones you recced me. Those have to wait a little longer. ETA2: I am only about a quarter through the Fusco rec you gave me but have to tell you how awesome I find it. Men not talking to each other ftw. Thanks!
Lucky you! Having to wait weeks between eps is killing me.
I can imagine. I tend to slow down with the watching when I get close to the last ep available.
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on 2013-02-03 07:56 pm (UTC)You know, when I was whining to Martha about how I'd probably never have anyone to watch POI with, because I didn't think you'd like it, it really didn't occur to me that I'd never have anyone to watch POI with because you like it so much you can't stop.. ;)
He does, doesn't he? I pity Fusco lately, because he's trying so hard to be good, and John keeps shooting him down.
I pity him too, but on a meta level, I think having John be constantly kind of a dick to him is the best thing the writers could do for Fusco's character. Because he did try to kill John, and probably killed other people, and he's not actually a very good person! And if everyone was nice to him, I'd actually have to remember that. But as it is, with John being a dick to him all the time even though he's trying SO HARD to do better, I can really enjoy his redemption arc.
I am only about a quarter through the Fusco rec you gave me but have to tell you how awesome I find it. Men not talking to each other ftw. Thanks!
Yay! I really love all of bigfoot's fic. She does repression and fucked-up lonely broken guys so well. I'm desperately waiting for her to finish her goddamn WIP already.
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on 2013-02-04 08:03 pm (UTC)Well, it doesn't mean that at all, does it? It just means we can choose the actual good ones to rewatch. I'm very much for rewatching.
on a meta level, I think having John be constantly kind of a dick to him is the best thing the writers could do for Fusco's character
You're right. It is painful to watch, but it makes sense. OTOH, Carter is getting on my nerves (by 1x21) because she lets herself get walked all over by Reese (that construction doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean). She is constantly threatening him that she can't let him go vigilante all over town shooting people, but she never follows through. I am angry at the writers about that, because she isn't as toothless as that.
I really love all of bigfoot's fic.
I'll need to check out the rest. I've only read her first one, the one with the collar, and did not like it at all. It was ooc all over the place (and I just don't like collaring at all). But she does do broken guys and non-communication excellently, so I'm not dissuaded yet.
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on 2013-02-04 08:17 pm (UTC)OTOH, Carter is getting on my nerves (by 1x21) because she lets herself get walked all over by Reese
Yeah, they're kind of inconsistent there, because judging by how she acts the rest of the time, she should have nowhere near as much patience for Reese's shit as she does. I love her, but she should be kicking his ass more.
Oh, the fic with the collar is my least favorite, too. Armor is fucking awesome and she needs to finish it already (Whyyyyy did I start reading a WIP, I know better). I liked both the Reese/Finch ones, I think (I can't remember the older one that well). The Carter/Fusco ones is really good, too, and the one where Finch and Fusco have a drink together. And I loooooooove the hookerfic in a totally un-objective crazy way because that one pushes all my buttons.
A few of the others were kind of OOC, though.
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on 2013-02-24 07:23 am (UTC)I really liked the hooker fic (I love hooker fic, who doesn't?).
I liked the threesome fic, too. I'm sure you know the one I mean. The one where "Finch directs and Fusco and Reese act". It was a bit too kinky, maybe, although I'm willing to go pretty far when it comes to breaking Fusco. But I really liked John's jealousy in that one. I like threesome fic where this kind of tension is expressed. It's usually so glossed over, and this fic has just a few sentences where it's clear that John would really want Finch to himself, and that made the whole fic interesting.
p.s.: totally unrelated, but it reminds me of this one not!hooker fic in J2, which is awesome. It's about Jared working as a hooker, and there is no romance and no cinderella and definitely no porn. It's the anti-hooker fic. A little less conversation. I liked that, too.
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on 2013-02-24 07:30 am (UTC)I want the sequel to the hooker fic. A while ago she said she was writing it, and I'm so impatient for that. I felt so badly for Fusco in that fic.
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on 2013-02-24 07:54 am (UTC)(Although in general I have nothing against threesome fics.)
I'LL GET YOU FIGURED OUT YET, JUST YOU WAIT. ;)
LOL. You do that. :D It is probably an impossible feat to figure it out 100%, but to get a better than average chance would already be a good result.