I'm glad to see on your lj that there's a glimmer of light in 2.05 at least.
Yes, thankfully. The writer is one of Moore's old Star Trek pals as it turns out, so perhaps he arranged for her/him (not sure) to be there. Justin and Iris have the best scene they got since the big confession, and it's excellent writing and acting for both of them. Very intense.
I suppose it's too much to hope for that Justin decides being Gleefully Evil means he can now have constant, guilt-free sex with Iris?
Alas, no. In the very first ep of the season, he permits himself a lingering looks at her legs (she's lying on the couch, sleeping, only after he lingered enough, she just looks back and thus proves she hasn't been sleeping at all) and then goes to a prostitute. Which is downright healthy and normal compared to the next thing he does sexually. (Which is where the Gleefully Evil thing comes in.) The question of why, since he's decided he's going be All Evil, All The Way, he still respects that taboo is very interesting, but it's not implausible. The very intense scene I mentioned provides one possible explanation (they're not talking about sex but about something very different, but the dialogue "if you want me to do this, you have to ask" (Iris) and "I can't" (Justin) is spoken, and certainly ridden with subtext.
Another explanation might be the Gleefully Evil thing. Let's just say that having sex with an unrestrained Justin might be very detrimental to your life and sanity. And that's why he won't with Iris.
Oh dear. I have a mental image of Norman being extremely puzzled when the nice boy flees in terror. Iris would pretend to be confused too, and secretly be glad because it proved how much Justin loved her ...
He. Absolutely. Incidentally, you may have noticed that she calls him Alexsei a couple of times in emotional moments, but 2.05 presents the first occasion when he calls her Irina. Evil or not, I went awwwwww.
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Date: 2005-02-09 12:57 pm (UTC)Yes, thankfully. The writer is one of Moore's old Star Trek pals as it turns out, so perhaps he arranged for her/him (not sure) to be there. Justin and Iris have the best scene they got since the big confession, and it's excellent writing and acting for both of them. Very intense.
I suppose it's too much to hope for that Justin decides being Gleefully Evil means he can now have constant, guilt-free sex with Iris?
Alas, no. In the very first ep of the season, he permits himself a lingering looks at her legs (she's lying on the couch, sleeping, only after he lingered enough, she just looks back and thus proves she hasn't been sleeping at all) and then goes to a prostitute. Which is downright healthy and normal compared to the next thing he does sexually. (Which is where the Gleefully Evil thing comes in.) The question of why, since he's decided he's going be All Evil, All The Way, he still respects that taboo is very interesting, but it's not implausible. The very intense scene I mentioned provides one possible explanation (they're not talking about sex but about something very different, but the dialogue "if you want me to do this, you have to ask" (Iris) and "I can't" (Justin) is spoken, and certainly ridden with subtext.
Another explanation might be the Gleefully Evil thing. Let's just say that having sex with an unrestrained Justin might be very detrimental to your life and sanity. And that's why he won't with Iris.
Oh dear. I have a mental image of Norman being extremely puzzled when the nice boy flees in terror. Iris would pretend to be confused too, and secretly be glad because it proved how much Justin loved her ...
He. Absolutely. Incidentally, you may have noticed that she calls him Alexsei a couple of times in emotional moments, but 2.05 presents the first occasion when he calls her Irina. Evil or not, I went awwwwww.