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[redbrunja]

I had a very successful if exhausting shopping trip ...technically yesterday. It involved a lot of driving and very little sleep but I got an awesome new phone and the Apple store managed to fix my computer in under a day AND compted the repair because I had a long wait while at the store to pick it up.

And then I came home to a new episode of Justified!

–I am giddy over the way Boyd/Ava played out. I love how straight Ava is with Boyd. She calls him on his actions and comes across as really adult. 

"You give me a reason to wake up in the morning. For that I'll be eternally grateful."
"Get out."

And then in the end of the episode she calls him Mr Crowder! That just delighted me. And I'll be frank, I expected Boyd to take the lead in this romance more than he did; in the end of the episode he's being very verbally emotionally honest but it's clearly Ava who lays one on him first. And then hugging at the end? To me, that so clearly showed how much they care about each other. (And if/when they have a sex scene, I am going to be VERY curious about how it's filmed. Watching the first season the show clearly showed the difference between Raylan's emotional investment in Ava versus Winona simply by how they filmed the love scenes, and I'm very curious about how they'd handle a Boyd/Ava sex scene. So show, get right on that, plz.) And also, I would ADORE the instrumental music that was playing as they kissed.
A hell of a lot of other stuff happened this episode but I'm tired and it's late so I'm just going to mention how much I loved the Mags and Helen scene. It reminded me of Winter's Bone in the level and respect it showed for the social power women in this society wield and the way in which they use it.

Comments

Re: Waving your guns at somebody new

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I really dislike the reactions of people who respond to her as if she's responsible for Raylan's problems as well as her own. When people claim she made Raylan help her return the money or compromise his values, I wonder if we're watching the same show.

Oh, honey, no. Did they pay any attention to the first season? Where Raylan made bad choices because of his attraction to Ava or was completely emotionally strung out dealing with his father? Or, you know, the very first scene of the show where he shot a man and got transfered?

With the way she's been written, Winona could be someone I'd genuinely like in full on my life is skidding out of control mode (I have dear and intelligent friends who've had years long relationships with men nearly as bad as Gary.), someone I find fascinating to watch on television but wouldn't want anywhere near me in real life, or someone who's a badly written cipher that's an unfortunate exception on Justified.

Agreed. I'm retaining judgment until I see how this season plays out.

In closing, is it Wednesday yet?

PLEASE BE WEDNESDAY RIGHT NOW.