TeamTaubira
Feb. 7th, 2013 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castalieI guess it had to happen, I'm already behind WhiCo (one episode only) and Spartacus (the two episodes that have aired so far). I've only managed to keep up with my favourite RomCom of the moment, namely Arrow - incidentally, latest episode has been downloaded before I left for work this morning, go me \o/
I blame the National Assembly, it is totally their fault for pulling me in for a couple of hours every night! Imagine being a fan of a show that airs every single day of the week and basically lasts all day, including well into the night (I went to sleep past 2.00AM a couple of times because they were still on and I didn't want to miss anything). I'm not the only one, btw, they've even written an article about us addicts/fans of the debate (it's in French, sorry). Just realised that on that same website is another article that likens Mariton to a troll. Spoilers, he truly is. Well, basically the opposition, as a whole, is a troll, so.
I've been getting a bit frustrated recently, though - apart from the fact that the arguments from the opposition are getting more and more annoying to listen to - because I've missed, like, three twists, meaning I've missed three big fights between the two groups. Speaking of, something funny happened yesterday as M. Bartolone had to adjourn the sitting for a couple of minutes so that everyone could calm down after someone from the opposition earned himself some Godwin points (again); they forgot to cut off the mics, meaning we had some behind the scenes! Twas even better than those sneak peeks we get from tv shows now and then ;-)
Oh, and a new character was introduced yesterday (new as in, we'd never seen him in any of the episodes before, but we all know of him) namely Jean Lasalle. From the look of it, he got the comic relief part when they picked the cast. He seemed to be there totally by accident; he made everyone laugh, though, which relaxed the atmosphere so that was a win. Well done, M. Lasalle!
There's even a sort of fourth wall/meta thing going on because, obviously, deputies are aware that People Out There watch them and so they go on-line afterwards (or even during) the session to have a look at what has been written/tweeted about them. Then, just like in SPN, they use that knowledge during the show and go as far as quote articles/tweets to rant and point out how much they're oppressed (again, the opposition).
Oh, and we now have a Députés bingo card! As well as TeamTaubira shirts. Speaking of her, a campaign was organised to raise money to send her a big bouquet of roses for Valentine's Day - the rest of the money will be sent to an LGBT association that fights against homophobia. How awesome is that fandom, right? ;-)
What's missing, imho, is a "Previously On" before each new session. I mean, we can't follow the whole thing all day and when we go back to it, we don't always understand why Sergio Coronado seems so angry or why Mariton looks so much more constipated than usual etc. etc.
Internet hasn't let us down so far, mind you, and we do get Best Of - or Worst Of, as the case may be - fanvids or, you know, professional articles to sum up the last disrespectful commentaries that were shared in the hémicycle.
Oh, and did you see, the UK is on verge of gay marriage, as well! It's like there's an English version of our show airing at the same time ;) Fingers crossed that everything works out for you, mates! #FingersCrossed
I blame the National Assembly, it is totally their fault for pulling me in for a couple of hours every night! Imagine being a fan of a show that airs every single day of the week and basically lasts all day, including well into the night (I went to sleep past 2.00AM a couple of times because they were still on and I didn't want to miss anything). I'm not the only one, btw, they've even written an article about us addicts/fans of the debate (it's in French, sorry). Just realised that on that same website is another article that likens Mariton to a troll. Spoilers, he truly is. Well, basically the opposition, as a whole, is a troll, so.
I've been getting a bit frustrated recently, though - apart from the fact that the arguments from the opposition are getting more and more annoying to listen to - because I've missed, like, three twists, meaning I've missed three big fights between the two groups. Speaking of, something funny happened yesterday as M. Bartolone had to adjourn the sitting for a couple of minutes so that everyone could calm down after someone from the opposition earned himself some Godwin points (again); they forgot to cut off the mics, meaning we had some behind the scenes! Twas even better than those sneak peeks we get from tv shows now and then ;-)
Oh, and a new character was introduced yesterday (new as in, we'd never seen him in any of the episodes before, but we all know of him) namely Jean Lasalle. From the look of it, he got the comic relief part when they picked the cast. He seemed to be there totally by accident; he made everyone laugh, though, which relaxed the atmosphere so that was a win. Well done, M. Lasalle!
There's even a sort of fourth wall/meta thing going on because, obviously, deputies are aware that People Out There watch them and so they go on-line afterwards (or even during) the session to have a look at what has been written/tweeted about them. Then, just like in SPN, they use that knowledge during the show and go as far as quote articles/tweets to rant and point out how much they're oppressed (again, the opposition).
Oh, and we now have a Députés bingo card! As well as TeamTaubira shirts. Speaking of her, a campaign was organised to raise money to send her a big bouquet of roses for Valentine's Day - the rest of the money will be sent to an LGBT association that fights against homophobia. How awesome is that fandom, right? ;-)
What's missing, imho, is a "Previously On" before each new session. I mean, we can't follow the whole thing all day and when we go back to it, we don't always understand why Sergio Coronado seems so angry or why Mariton looks so much more constipated than usual etc. etc.
Internet hasn't let us down so far, mind you, and we do get Best Of - or Worst Of, as the case may be - fanvids or, you know, professional articles to sum up the last disrespectful commentaries that were shared in the hémicycle.
Oh, and did you see, the UK is on verge of gay marriage, as well! It's like there's an English version of our show airing at the same time ;) Fingers crossed that everything works out for you, mates! #FingersCrossed
