Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

Has anyone else been struck by the way the Sci-Fi Channel has cut together their promo for "Andromeda"? To my lascivious eyes, their cuts make it look like Dylan is passionately kissing Tyr at the end.

I can't believe how much more interesting and entertaining that makes "Andromeda" seem (compared to the unfortunately pedestrian reality of much of that series so far). I'm fairly sure that's actually a clip of Dylan kissing Elspeth (or whatever the name was of the Nietzchean princess whom Dylan talked out of killing all her prospective in-laws and who ended up apparently quite happily married to the 'decadent' Charlemagne Bolivar -- adorably played by James Marsters), but it looks a LOT like Tyr, in its current context.

I've lost a lot of my interest in "Andromeda" since Keith Hamilton-Cobb left the series, but maybe I should while away the next week (waiting for my test results) by trying to track down some lovely slashy Dylan/Tyr fics? THAT should keep my mind off my troubles. Any recommendations out there? (As Miss Murchison says in one of her icons, "Shame...bad; Sex...good; pretty boys kissing...even better!")

Sisabet's theological reflections on the Bible as the history of God's "Wacky Schemes" in her March 22 LJ entry (arguing that much of what we read in the Bible could be explained if we consider how bored God must have been before cable TV) suggested a really intriguing line of inquiry for biblical scholars. The academic teaching of the Bible may never be the same again, after this (at least, not for my students!). Here are excerpts of comments that particularly struck me: ( Read more... )