Suits: a review

[sevenswells]

Okay so I started watching Suits

Which is basically a show about a borderline-Asperger's pot smoking genius with ~feelings and a yuppie asshole without ~feelings who are in a relationship and who try to make their relationship work

And the show is called Suits because the yuppie asshole buys his Asperger's genius designer suits because he loves him even though he doesn't have ~feelings

And the Asperger's genius gets into all sorts of crappy situations because he ~cares so much and sometimes inadvertently hurts the yuppie asshole's ~feelings which he doesn't have, so the yuppie asshole has to threaten people and get jealous and save his socially awkward boyfriend from the clutches of whatever corporate villain of the week who tried to screw him

And there's Gina Torres who's really fucking sexy in it

And I'm making a lot of ridiculous noises watching it, noises that sound a bit like "meep" and "coo" it's really weird

I guess it's mainly a show about ~feelings you know

Comments

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

oh yeah I watched like two episodes of that

and it was sort of fascinating because it's a show basically made entirely of white male privilege

so it was kind of like anthropology!

...but really it sort of made me wish I was watching White Collar '_'

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Yes, but white male privilege with ~feelings!

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

hahaha no I did find it charming and watchable (although not as charming as White Collar; idk the power of Neal Caffrey???), but not, like, super compelling or anything; like, I wouldn't go out of my way to download it or something probs

it was just so weird trying to figure out the intentions of the creators

like

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to identify with Mike or not???

am I supposed to sympathize or think he's a whiner who needs to man up and pull himself up by his bootstraps?????

sociological media critique has made it possible for me to quietly enjoy anything ever again :(

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

It's okay darling, I don't mean to convince anyone of how good it is either, because I don't really think it's the best series ever, it's just that it's been a very long time since I haven't found a show that's simply entertaining and not too plot-heavy (which I love and crave, of course, but I just felt like a bit of change), especially since The Good Wife is between seasons right now...
Re: the intentions of the creators: I dunno, the way I see it, it's a bit like reading yaoi to me...? I don't really watch it with my brains? I know when you're a grown-up fangirl you're not supposed to still like uke/seme dynamics, but I guess I'll never really outgrow it; even if I haven't read any yaoi for years, it still totally works on me!

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

grown-up fangirls still like uke/seme dynamics I mean isn't that basically the entire point of omegaverse??? which I guess I don't really like so that probably explains something about me and it is that I AM A HUMORLESS BITCH :|

that said hahaha I mean as long as you enjoy it. I certainly enjoy things that are not very good, objectively speaking, like...Hugh Grant romantic comedies. YES, I KNOW THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. THAT IS THE POINT. lolololol

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

also if you get on Gchat or something right now i am online I haven't talked to you in foreeeveerrr

[falling-voices.livejournal.com]

TBH I couldn't watch more than five episodes of the first season 'cause I didn't give much of a shit for either Harvey or Mike or their ego trips. I just really liked Donna and Rachel and Jessica! I'd watch the show if it was all about them!

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

I'm three episodes in and I'm still loving it! It's not the best show ever, but I find it entertaining enough, and I also find Mike and Harvey adorable. Yes it's all egos and white male privileges and blah blah blah, but it's all kind of weirdly cute to me? Like Harvey with his tsundere attitude and Mike who's so moe all the time, this is basically all I see when I watch them running around talking ~important~ bsns deals:

Harvey:



Mike:



And I also love Donna and Jessica (oh Gina Torres, I heart you so much!). So yeah, maybe not ground-breaking stuff and it probably won't help any cause of any kind, but I'm completely shallow and I don't care ^^

[coloredink.livejournal.com]

AHAHA OMG

THE ONE WITH THE SHARK

IS SO TOTALLY TRUE

[falling-voices.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, there's nothing wrong with enjoying it! (Speaking of, I did go see Snow White & the Huntsman after all, whaddaya want. Canon lesbian kiss ftw! It wasn't amazing, but I enjoyed it? yeah.)

Gina Torressssss ♥ though I'll admit to loving Donna more than I ought, from what I remember. That said, I'm currently deep in a The West Wing marathon, so Suits is ... not really up to the same level, I'm afraid. D:D Aaron Sorkin is a genius shh

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I love it, ESPECIALLY because of the d/s overtones which are essentially canon and Donna and Rachel and JESSICA and here, have some recs (http://pinboard.in/u:bathsweaver/t:suits).

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

YAY FICS!!!!!! YOU'RE AN ANGEL, I LOVE YOU!!!! <3

(oh and I was actually wondering while I was watching if people had worked the D/s angle on this -- because I'm starting to want to read that like BURNING -- I guess that answers my question XD )

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAY.

My favorite, absolute favorite thing on the show is whenever they highlight the parallel between Mike's relationship with Harvey and Harvey's relationship with Jessica. The dynamics there are so interesting and so ripe and without spoiling you, the 2nd season is shaping up to really be an examination of Harvey and Jessica: the Early Years and I. Am so excited.

Also, if you start getting a little disillusioned around the middle of s1 please stick around for the last two eps of s1 for they are amazing. AMAAAAZING.

(Also do yourself a favor and read Needs Must (http://archiveofourown.org/works/330890?view_full_work=true). It's a d/s only-barely-AU WIP that updates every Tuesday and it is so unbearably good.)

[na-shao.livejournal.com]

J'en ai entendu pas mal de bonnes choses sur cette série, si j'ai un peu de temps je m'y mettrai peut-être un de ces quatre ;;

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Ben écoute, là j'en suis à l'épisode 4 et ça se laisse vraiment très bien regarder. Comme je l'ai dit plus haut, c'est pas la série qui va changer ma vie, mais tant mieux, j'avais besoin d'une petite série sympatoche comme ça à regarder, vu que The Good Wife ça reprendra pas avant un petit moment.
Et puis bah le slash, quoi... <3

[berylia.livejournal.com]

Tu m'as vendu la série ! Problème pute la box refuse tout et quand je dis tout c'est tout et il faut graver sur cd pour regarder sur la X-box, mais yay !

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! Sinon vous pouvez toujours charger les épisodes sur Hubert et venir à la maison pour les voir, puisqu'à priori Pas-Pute la télé lit les disques durs externes. Mais oué, faut qu'on se voie les épisodes, le yaoi c'est si beau en costumes trois-pièces!

Faut que je me bouge le cul pour remplacer ma bobox à moi, tiens...

[berylia.livejournal.com]

A voir, on a aussi True Blood à caser.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS SHOW LIKE PIE AND I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.

I think it must be the ~feelings.

Also the suits. Jesus, I could stare at Harvey's ties for hours. Harvey is optional.

[sevenswells.livejournal.com]

JSYK, I started watching it partly because of you, and partly because of Tumblr and someone who reblogged a gif where Mike gives a pineapple flower to Harvey and tells him "I love you Harvey".

I LOVE THIS SHOW LIKE PIE AND I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.

I think this is actually the best way ever to explain it. "I love this show like pie". Yes. Exactly.

Also the suits. Jesus, I could stare at Harvey's ties for hours.

The suits porn is phenomenal! Man, Gabriel Macht has the most incredible shoulders in a suit! *_____*

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I will GLADLY share credit with the pineapple flower. :D