“I do not think you will count, Harry: You are underage and unqualified. Voldemort would never have expected a sixteen-year-old to reach this place: I think it unlikely that your powers will register compared to mine.”
These words did nothing to raise Harry’s morale; perhaps Dumbledore knew it, for he added, “Voldemort’s mistake, Harry, Voldemort’s mistake . . . Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
Giles: The vampires?
Cordelia: Gone.
Angel: The Master?
Giles: Dead. The Hellmouth is closed. Buffy… Buffy?
Buffy: Oh, sorry. It’s just been a really weird day.
Xander: Yeah! Buffy died, and everything!
Willow: Wow! Harsh.
Giles: I should have known that wouldn’t stop you.
Jenny Calendar: Well, what do we do now?
Giles: I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d like to get out of this place. I don’t like the library very much anymore.
Xander: Hey! I hear there’s a dance at the Bronze tonight. Could be fun.
Cordelia: Yeah!
Willow: Buffy?
Buffy: Sure! We saved the world. I say we party! I mean, I got all pretty.
Jenny Calendar: And what about him?
Buffy: He’s not going anywhere. Loser.
Giles: I’m not dancing, though.
Jenny Calendar: We’ll see.
Willow: You can come with us, Angel.
Buffy: I’m hungry.
Xander: So what’s the story with the car?
Cordelia: Oh, that was me, saving the day!
Willow: (to Angel) Get something to drink.
Buffy: Is anybody else hungry?
Willow: (to Angel) Well, no, don’t do that. Just hang.
Buffy: I’m really, really hungry.
Angel: By the way, I really like your dress.
Buffy: Yeah, yeah. Big hit with everyone.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
We’re just one week away from the season 2 premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and I can’t wait to see what this season has in store. SHIELD quickly became my favorite show on TV last year, and despite some early struggles the final stretch of episodes were fantastic. I had fully intended to write an in-depth recap of the first season, going through the major plot points and character progressions, looking at where the show succeeded and where it could use some work, but some unexpected illnesses and a fair amount of travel kept me from doing that. (I also wanted to rewatch the first season before this one started, but the DVDs were released too late for me to fit it into my schedule.) But I still wanted to post something before the next season starts, so here’s what you’ll find below: links to all of my recaps of season one, my top moments from the first season, some general thoughts on what I liked about season one and what I’d like to see from season two, and, most importantly, a request for feedback on what you’d like to see from my weekly episode recaps this season.
When my workday is over, and I have closed my notebook, hidden my pen, and sawed holes in my rented canoe so that it cannot be found, I often like to spend the evening in conversation with my few surviving friends. Sometimes we discuss literature. Sometimes we discuss the people who are trying to destroy us, and if there is any hope of escaping from them. And sometimes we discuss frightening and troublesome animals that might be nearby, and this topic always leads to much disagreement over which part of a frightening and troublesome beast is the most frightening and troublesome. Some say the teeth of the beast, because teeth are used for eating children, and often their parents, and gnawing their bones. Some say the claws of the beast, because claws are used for ripping things to shreds. And some say the hair of the beast, because hair can make allergic people sneeze.
But I always insist that the most frightening part of any beast is its belly, for the simple reason that if you are seeing the belly of the beast it means you have already seen the teeth of the beast and the claws of the beast and even the hair of the beast, and now you are trapped and there is probably no hope for you. For this reason, the phrase “in the belly of the beast” has become an expression which means “inside some terrible place with little chance of escaping safely,” and it is not an expression one should look forward to using.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival – Lemony Snicket
Odo: Are you sure you’ve returned to your normal size?
Miles O’Brien: Of course.
Julian Bashir: Why?
Odo: Well, you both appear to be a couple of centimeters shorter than you were the last time I saw you. A Changeling notices that sort of thing.
Quark: I didn’t want to say anything, but… you do look a little on the petite side.
Julian Bashir: Infirmary!
[they hurry out]
Quark: And they say you don’t have a sense of humor.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 14 – “One Little Ship”
“Do you wish to come with me tonight?”
“Yes,” said Harry at once.
“Very well, then: Listen.” Dumbledore drew himself up to his full height. “I take you with me on one condition: that you obey any command I might give you at once, and without question.”
“Of course.”
“Be sure to understand me, Harry. I mean you must follow even such orders as ‘run,’ ‘hide,’ or ‘go back.’ Do I have your word?”
“I — yes, of course.”“If I tell you to hide, you will do so?”
“Yes.”
“If I tell you to flee, you will obey?”
“Yes.”
“If I tell you to leave me and save yourself, you will do as I tell you?”
“I —”
“Harry?”
They looked at each other for a moment.“Yes, sir.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
The Master: You’re dead!
Buffy: I may be dead, but I’m still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you.
The Master: You were destined to die! It was written!
Buffy: What can I say? I flunked the written.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
There are many things in this world I do not know. I do not know how butterflies get out of their cocoons without damaging their wings. I do not know why anyone would boil vegetables when roasting them is tastier. I do not know how to make olive oil, and I do not know why dogs bark before an earthquake, and I do not know why some people voluntarily choose to climb mountains where it is freezing and difficult to breathe, or live in the suburbs, where the coffee is watery and all of the houses look alike.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
The Love Pirate 