Randomness and a new icon

It's a Tarantino icon, with lots of thanks to twistingflame for the picture.

Well last night I could have either been going out getting drunk or I could have stayed at home overanalysing a fictional character. Guess which I did.

I'd done my bit being sociable anyway, I went to see the fencing competition, Warwick beat us, I think (sorry, I got a little lost with the rules) and then I went to the Amnesty meeting.

I went out Tuesday night anyway, to the same bloody nightclub they always go out to. I came home early, partly because the smoke machine was making me choke and partly because everyone else was drunk and I was sober, and there's this one particular girl who is a nutcase when she drinks and I didn't want to be around for that.

Anyway, so guess who had hangovers. And guess who was the least sympathetic person ever. Sorry, it's beyond me to be overly sympathetic to people who bring it on themselves. Because yeah, I drink, but I know when to stop. People are idiots.

Discussing drinking and idiots - dear Jindrak, I would like to see your shiny ass on TV once a week so do you mind not getting into fights with Randy Orton. Because it's not good for you.

Yeah the fictional character I was overanalysing was Snape. Actually, I finally figured out who I see as Snape - Paul Darrow who played Avon in Blake's 7. Truth be told I see Avon as Snape but since he was the actor in question, I thought I'd better put him. Because Avon is sooooooo like Snape.

I heartily recommend Blake's 7 for anybody who likes good television and or sci-fi, because if you ignore the abysmal standard of the sets and the SFX (they were made for even less than Dr. Who) the characters were fantastic.

First you have Blake, the titular hero, except he isn't. He's all brave and derrerdoing and all that but the programme does make it plainly obvious that he's a nutty fanatic who cares more about the cause than about people.

His chief foil is Avon. Who is the least pleasent person ever to grace the television screen, but like a certain S. Snape is actually a good guy in deep disguise. Except that if it came down to you, him and survival, he'd kill you.

Then there's Jenna, who is a better pilot than any of the boys and is in fact pretty kick ass. She tends to take Blake's side in any argument.

After her there's Vila who is the stereotypical friendly crook and coward. Which is all he does but he does it with such style. His other main job is to be the butt of Avon's jokes and general helpmate. He's the Neville of the crew, except he's a fantastic crook.

And then there's Gan, Cally and a couple of others. And the best part is how they interact. Because Blake and Avon have this whole hate/hate, respect, anger, ideological problem. As in they can last two sentances without an argument.

And as for Snape ( OOTP spoilers within )

One friend thinks that Snape will actually turn out to be a bad guy, and be conducting the world's greatest triple cross. Either that or that will be part of the world's craziest quadruple cross.

And from what Mynx said, I really, really must see the POA trailer. Actually thinking of going to the cinema anyway but this'll just be extra reason. What I've decided to convert to being a 5 year old and get excited about everything.