Demona in Paris

[conuly]

"You lost my love and now you're jealous!"

You've tried to kill his sorta-girlfriend, what, three times already? Four? Whereas Goliath has not tried to kill either you or Thailog on sight. I think the word here is "projection". (Also, dating your ex's clone is... well... it doesn't exactly scream "I'm over him", does it? You're not fooling anybody.)

"Jealous and paranoid!"

Demona, you turned NYC to stone and then tried to smash the entire population of the greater metropolitan area! Including a special trip to turn Elisa specifically into gravel! Don't think Goliath didn't notice that just because nobody wants to say aloud why she is at the very top of your kill list, even above the anti-gargoyle genocide club. I wouldn't turn my back on you either!

Oftentimes when I watch TV I think that various characters could really benefit from mental health care, and can't fathom why they don't so much as consider it other than that the writers need them to screw things up. In Demona's case, I can see why she wouldn't seek out or benefit from any form of help - I'm not sure if the more obvious reason is "because she hates humans and non-human shrinks are hard to find" or "because first she'd have to acknowledge that her actions and ongoing hatred of humans are the root cause of her miserable existence and that's simply never going to happen", but surely both apply in spades - and I wouldn't have her any other way. Miserable, utterly fucked up, and irredeemably evil. That's just the way I like my villains.

Also, side-note, the fact that Elisa only refers to Paris as "the most romantic city in the world" when Goliath is stone did not escape me.

Also also, honestly, Demona, you are over a thousand years old. Have some patience! Declaring your new hubby missing on your very wedding night is just not going to end well for you. (Even without your "true love" slipping him a weapon behind your back.)

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Comments

[marahmarie]

I never ever ever defend L'Orange, but he meant that line as a joke, and I know he did because I watched the video: his eyes started to crinkle and he started to smile a few moments *before* the audience ever erupted in laughter. While I might need to turn the sound up more to make sure, it seems the audience was not even tittering mildly by that point, but if you watch his face, he already almost was.

So it's like: people who can't read open body language and clear facial expressions and are just looking to pick a *really* misplaced fight should definitely just get off his ass. Save all the acrimony for when he really f*cks things up! Which is like, every single day!

(The tell is a few seconds before he finishes the sentence that comes before "America, so true" starting with "In just two years", which was when he just lost it. I'd be more outraged over his speech in its entirety than him getting a laugh over that one line because every word of it's a lie, and a highly polished turd of one at that, so it's his good luck the entire assembly wasn't throwing eggs at him from the get-go instead of listening on as politely as they did. But yeah, I'd probably pay good money just to watch that assembly throw eggs. At anyone.

I'd also adjust my argument to say (having just gotten done watching the video for the umpteenth time) if he didn't mean it as a joke (though he fights a smile off three separate times in the run-up to "America, so true") he didn't mind if it was treated like one, probably because he went, "Oh, laughter - the best icebreaker" in his head. This is giving him more credit for knowing how to grease the wheels than most people ought to, but body language/ease of his smile after everyone cracks up tells me he didn't mind the reaction all that much).

[conuly]

Didn't see the video, so I'll take your word for it.

[marahmarie]

He squints a lot, too. Like, he turns left to face that side of the audience and squints (I think he thinks it makes him look more serious or fearsome than he is; I also think he's trying to imitate Bill Clinton's facial expressions while giving a speech, but Clinton does a better job of being Clinton, by far). Turns right and squints again. Over and over and over and...

I've not been able to watch him in anything but his first address to the joint chambers of Congress because watching/listening to him is usually just that unbearable - overall he's the least camera ready president we've had in recent memory, reality TV star or not. So yeah, I took one for the team (though by all appearances it would not be clear which one!) the other night, and I can only hope I never have to again.