In the midst of eye pressure hell, where posting is the worst thing I can do, here I am jumping on the Watching Project, just in time for my favorite storyline to end. I'm placing a lot of faith in four feeble aspirins. I'm only partway through, so on the start of it:
Transition to 1796/7: This is one of those feelings that we throw into the vague grab-bag classification of being "surreal", because there aren't enough different adjectives in the language for these odd feelings. There's a sense that BC ends up back then simply because that time is so meaningful or significant to him. I miss feeling as if my own existence or history were that important.
Ben: "... vampire!" (pause) "I had to say the word." I then pictured Groucho appearing from offscreen with a bat hanging over his head with a "vampire" sign on it....
BC to Ben: "You've served me so well... you must do it again." I think many people must think this way. You usually help me, why not just maintain the status quo... people say that sort of thing, almost, sometimes. I'm thinking of no-good former boyfriend types, the guys who wear tank tops all the time... (That's the image that pops into my head.) People get used to others helping them, and start taking it for granted. No wonder people are reluctant to do people favors...
Icy music at end of short scene where Ben tries to talk to Josette in her room... always makes me think of waves crashing. Very powerful bit of music, don't know why. It jolts me back into feeling that whatever's going on is .... important, but I want a better word. Very strange mood to it.
How did Barnabas "summon" Ang? How come she's walking, not floating? I know this version has no connection to post-1968 Cassandra yet. It's too early.
