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Today was that day -- the first true show of spring, when all anyone can seem to talk or think about is how nice it is outside, with an awkward reverence that comes from knowing more ice is just as possible as a string of these days. Somehow we have grass now! That does not even seem possible, and yet. And yet! My French lit class is on the third floor and it has this magnificent view of the flatirons, which is so nice in winter, because you watch the flurries pass the mountain backdrop and thank everything you don't have to go back out there for another thirty minutes. But today we were much too close to the sunshine not to feel jealous of it, and good lord was it every difficult to tear our minds from the windows, back to Flaubert and his métaphores figées.

There was this weird attitude in the FMM comments about Brennan, this idea that she is somehow "less" of a character and Bones is somehow "less" of a show now than it was in seasons one and two. This is not the first time I have seen this said, and I have to say it completely and totally mystifies me. I get that Bones has since season three has devolved into a certain kind of silliness that is only going to appeal to certain people, what I cannot wrap my head around is this idea that Bones was some magnificent show back when it was not this ridiculous. Most of season one of Bones feels to me like the blandest, most mediocre procedural possible, peppered with these incredibly awkward, trying-too-hard character moments that are endearing only if you are looking back on them with season three/four/five eyes. Not completely-- there are a handful of standout moments and a couple of standout episodes, but even the memorable parts are the ones that are more in keeping with the tone of the later seasons. Season two is harder to comment on because I've only watched it the once, the first time, two years ago during the strike, but I will tell you that pretty much what I remember is a) Aliens in a Spaceship (good television), b) the one where they go to Vegas and go undercover as an engaged couple (delightful silly television), c) some stuff with what I think of as Bones' mytharc, which is not actually a mytharc at all I guess but just the ongoing story with Bones' parents, which I actually always liked, and d) the second half of the season was really boring and I just wanted it to end. ANYWAY, outside of the "Aliens in a Spaceship" argument... where the hell are these people coming from? SERIOUSLY I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AT ALL, WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER PASSIONATELY MISS SEASON ONE/TWO OF BONES? Where is the greatness? The realism? THERE WAS A HOLOGRAPHIC COMPUTER. Ugh I realize I am being derisive but it genuinely eludes me, it really seems like after two seasons they realized their best moments were the moments when they were taking a page out of the books of ff.net authors everywhere, and then let that formulate how they would continue with the show. I can't even dig into the Brennan idea, I can't tell if it stems from the perception that her social obliviousness got better and that got worse again (which I can't comment on, I guess I haven't paid enough attention) or the idea that she's less ~ass-kicking~, because to be honest I am so okay with that being a backburner part of her character, that moment in the pilot where she kung fus out airport security is so awkwardly written and conceived I sometimes wonder how any of us ended up as fans of this show.

This dress in red was Annie Edison (of Community)'s valentine's day dress, and then two weeks ago Kristin Kreuk wore it on Chuck. I've had it since December in blue and I wear it so much, finally decided the universe was telling me (via television, naturally) to get it in red too. I'M HOLDING IT IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW, best decision ever.

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I know, right?? I mean, when I first read this post, my kneejerk reaction was "lol but it was better in the first couple seasons, because let's face it, fanfic-on-my-tv is not exactly quality telivision." Except the more I thought about it (IE, FOR A HANDFUL OF MINUTES AFTER THAT INITIAL HALF SECOND OF SCORN), the more I realized how right you are. I mean, the first couple seasons are nothing remarkable. At all. The only thing that differentiates them from every other quirky procedural ever is that... they weren't as good. But now...

I mean, it's gone from something that was watchable, but nothing all that special, to where I'm going "*_______* OH GOSH OH GOSH IT'S BONES O'CLOCK :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD" and "*____________* BEST SHOW EVER OH MY GOD" and just grinning like a complete doof for a couple hours after I watch it because it makes me so happy. Because, yeah, it's fanfic for TV. And there's a reason why fanfic is pretty much the same set of cliches/situations/etc. written over and over again.

I mean, it's still not good TV, because hey, fanfic tropes don't make good TV because they're so ridiculous. But if you're judging "good TV" by "how happy does this show make me" then it's great TV.

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Right, if you're say, a TV critic in it for the Mad Mens, Bones has gone from low-mediocre to absolute terribleness-- downgrade! But if you're in it for the ~quality~, I guess what I don't understand is why you were even watching Bones in the first place. Fanfictioning it up was actually a really smart move on the part of the powers that be, because by making it more ridiculous, they actually gave it some degree of uniqueness in a field that is absolutely overflowing with moderately watchable procedurals.

BUT WHATEVER, I GUESS I DON'T WANT THOSE PEOPLE IN MY BONES FANDOM ANYWAY, the party poopers.