Sea of Souls Episode 5. Aka: eeeeeeeeeeeee... :D

[girlofprey]

Craig does an awfully good impression of a completely gay boy being randomly seduced by ladies with powers. It was brilliant. He came quite close to getting raped in that last scene, didn't he? I also think perhaps this was not the best episode I could have chosen to watch with my parents ::head in hands::

It was very beautiful, though. I should really worry that I enjoy seeing my favourite characters so horribly abused/ill/taken advantage of. And yet I don't >:D

But - 'You can't touch me!'/'I beat them!': oh Craig. Poor, foolish, innocent Craig ::shakes head:: But I suppose now that means he has a demonic daughter running around somewhere, seducing people. Probably looking just like him. It's wrong to want to read 'The Adventures of Craig's Succubus Daughter'!fic, isn't it?

Other things:

• Craig slept. This was very pleasing :)


• The bit with the little girl 'seducing' him was quite disturbing, however. Very Lolita.


• Oh Craig. I want you to have psychic powers too.


• I liked the rabbi lady. She can totally have a half-formed, vague fanfiction life in the back of my head. Possibly with Justine femmeslash, who knows.


• 'Innocent men' - this so totally Craig.


• I'm almost entirely certain (read: I really, really want it to be) that the park in which Justine and RL were walking is the same park Craig and Wade went for a walk in the Episode of Glory in Season 2. And that the flying leaves were totally a sign of Wade's worry/distress/disapproval. Yes.


• Almost all the scenes of Craig being ill inspired me with happy thoughts for mpreg fic :) Especially the one of him on the couch clutching a pillow to his stomach. I even thought perhaps it might be true, and that would be the last minute twist in the tale. But that's just my kink.


• Craig doesn't think it at all odd that a woman dresses in a satin evening dress after asking him round to check her house for ghosts. He takes a while to figure it out, in fact. This is why I love Craig.


• 'I've gone 20-something years without women throwing them at me' - awww/it's canon! Even more canon!


• And how old is Craig, anyway?


• Monaghan: 'Tell Craig to make sure he keeps in touch' - awwwwwwwwww!! I love my team!


• Other favourite lines: 'I'm normally very sympathetic to baloney!', 'I'm sure [Monaghan'll] understand, he's a man of the world'. I LOVE YOU CRAIG.


• I LOVE CRAIG. I LOVE HIS CAR, I LOVE HIS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED TASTE IN MUSIC, I LOVE HIS JACKET, I LOVE HIS APARTMENT. The numerous, numerous shots will make all my planned Wade-haunting fics much easier.


• I love Sea of Souls.

So in conclusion, rather a good episode. And eeeeee, the Craig. And yet more proof, if ever we needed it, that Justine and Craig are NEVER EVER going to get together. And that it would just be really REALLY weird if they did. Like incest. And not the good kind.

I can't believe the series is nearly over :( DVD soon please.

Comments

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[lakester.livejournal.com]

Craig does an awfully good impression of a completely gay boy being randomly seduced by ladies with powers.
He really does.

And Craig utterly failing with his colour/car thing. 'Cause closing your eyes and talking in the middle of the street isn't weird at all. Craig not being good at taking paid-for compliments, and Sarah having to display psychic tendencies to get his attention away from the interrogation about the dead bloke. Who seriously did not look as bad as Craig before he keeled over in the library. Was that exhaustion/soulsucking?

And Craig not expected in at work until 10. Clearly demonic powers go on the fritz sometimes.

Speaking of which Justine really cannot lie to save her life. Or Craig's. And Craig asking Justine to rate the woman looking for him out of ten. Douglas clearly should never go on holiday again, see what happens when he leaves them alone for five minutes? Craig taking the lady out for a curry, counting how much she eats and telling her she should be fat? See, Craig this is why women fail to through themselevs at you, either that or they just bounce off your oblivious self.

Poor Craig with the sickness, and tiredness and coughing. And the creepiness with the girls in the pharmacy. But with the rabbi!lady's aunt who taught Justine psychology - before/after/during her time as nurse?

And oops - half demon/half Craig entity running around is indeed scary. And he had still had his thumb ring on. Yay for continuity. :pokes you into working out a floor plan as I got very confused:

It's okay. Makes me feel better about my comments of huge :)

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Sarah having to display psychic tendencies to get his attention away from the interrogation about the dead bloke.

Once again, Craig shows far more interest in the male victims and psychic goings-on than in the (beautiful, beautiful) women. Even her powers aren't enough! She has to hit him where he works! And no, the other guy didn't look half as bad as Craig (when he said 'you look shattered', I was all 'wtf?'). Maybe because he was resisting, and had to have it done against his will? Whereas the other guy had Love to buoy him up? I don't know.

When did Justine try to lie? I know she is completely rubbish at it. I have seen. Her 'emotional intelligence' working against her perhaps. Monaghan is just generally a fool when it comes to them. He probably saw how well they did last week, and decided to take a chance no-one would get strangled with a scarf.

See, Craig this is why women fail to through themselevs at you, either that or they just bounce off your oblivious self.

It is because he is too gay!

And yes, yay for Justine background. Or it would be if I cared one whit about Justine. Well, she annoys me less. Anyone who takes care of Craig gets some credit. Half-demon/half-Craig is scary in a good way though :) Since he is already seemingly quite capable of seducing men without realising it. He always has him thumb ring on, since Season 2. It is great. Floor plans might not be forthcoming until I get the DVD, however. I was a bit confused too. If I can I'll rewatch the episode and get back to you :)

And this one is shorter, slightly.

[lakester.livejournal.com]

Maybe because he was resisting, and had to have it done against his will?

Possibly she was in more of a rush with Craig.

When did Justine try to lie?

With the librarian lady. She was all 'the parents of dead!bloke want to know what he was reading when he died. Yes. Really. Um, because, um.' And some rambling about wanting to know what someone's last meal was, which is just morbid. And also with Monaghan on the phone - although possibly he would have been weirded out if she had called him because she was worried Craig was being drained by a succubus.

Monaghan is just generally a fool when it comes to them. He probably saw how well they did last week, and decided to take a chance no-one would get strangled with a scarf.

See, I thought - with the scarf/wedding thing - that he knew they were lying to him despite their pathetic attempts at deception. Or maybe if they get killed off he saves on wages.

It is because he is too gay!

Yes. Totally with the inappropriate laughter when he wakes up from night of succubus/dream sex in a complete state of 'Argh! Nightmare!'

:ponders Incubus!Craig!Junior: Hadn't notice ring save for 2.5-6. And the floor plans yes - particularly the size of the rooms, especially the bathroom, given he's living off a stairwell are just too much.

Re: And this one is shorter, slightly.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

With the librarian lady

Ah yes. Poor, inept, morbid Justine. The lady believed her though. Or possibly just wanted her out of her library.

possibly he would have been weirded out if she had called him because she was worried Craig was being drained by a succubus.

::is amused just attempting to picture that conversation::

Maybe he's just realised they get the crap kicked out of them whatever he does, so he may as well just take a holiday. Monaghan helping take care of sick!Craig would have been a thing of beauty, however.

Maybe he's off taking advantage of that dead guy's cheque ;)

I've always been amused by Craig's huge, HUGE apartment. Ever since 2.6. Maybe he has really rich parents. Or maybe that's what he does with all the money he saves on dinners for beautiful women/forensic tests :D

Spams you, slightly

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

It is because he is too gay!

Yes. Totally with the inappropriate laughter when he wakes up from night of succubus/dream sex in a complete state of 'Argh! Nightmare!'

On further thought, maybe THIS is why he looks so much more terrible than the other guy, a mere day later. It's not soul-sucking at all, just but-I'm-gay-sort-of-without-realising-it trauma! :D

Re: Spams you, slightly

[lakester.livejournal.com]

maybe THIS is why he looks so much more terrible than the other guy, a mere day later. It's not soul-sucking at all, just but-I'm-gay-sort-of-without-realising-it trauma! :D

Doubtless the case, I'm sure. Though dead!bloke (who probably even had a name) thought Sarah was his fiancee, so presumably they were having sex while he was, unlike Craig, both awake and conciously co-operating. Maybe that's easier on the guy. Do you think D!B! was sleeping with his room-mate too?

Re: Spams you, slightly

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that seems to make sense. Or maybe, again, its just more 'logic' from the SoS crew.

I assumed that was what was meant by the sisters 'sharing their victims', yes. That's what tipped Justine off, I think. Otherwise its a bit of a coincidence, him living with one and shagging the other. Although if he met Sarah through Time-of-your-life...unless they both came along, and Other!Succubus! just lied about having lived with him for a few months. But I assume so yes.

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

He came quite close to getting raped in that last scene, didn't he?

I'd like to make the point that I'd say having a woman break into your house and shag you while you're asleep probably counts as some sort of rape (so right and yet so wrong!)

'You can't touch me!'/'I beat them!'
Yes, it made me cringe too, as well as his amazing joke about the guy making a "fortune" off the fortune tellers card.

I still think he has unrevealed Psychic powers, I mean, it's not as if Justine can just randomly switch hers on to predict random cars, his failure proves nothing!

It is so very wrong that I also sort of expected Mpreg...and was a bit irritated when the red-haired one prevented full rape...although I was relieved that he didn't die, so I can't be entirely sick right?

Also, no straight man could resist those succubi! Although he did sort of fall for Sarah's charms a bit, he put up a great deal of resistance first and she did need to trick him/get him drunk before he was interested, With Wade on the other hand, Craig actually asked to do a study even when he thought he was a total fraud.

He is inescapably gay.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Yes, the first one was pretty dodgy, but at least he was vaguely willing (before Justine interrupted), and seemed to be enjoying himself. The second one, with the 'no! Get off!', was a bit rougher, I thought. And Wade was nowhere around to save him! Damn him.

Oh God, yes, the 'fortune' joke. Why did Justine think it was important to have Craig in the room while dealing with the nervous man's slightly 'out there' story? Craig makes me cringe quite horribly often, sadly. But I just hide my face in my hands for a bit and love him harder.

I think it would be interesting if Craig turned out to have powers, but it would sort of stop him being 'the skeptic'. Which is a small part of his charm. He should get possessed more though. It's nice to see him struggle with things.

HE WOULD GIVE GREAT MPREG. I would never need anything else from this show if they gave me that. And ghost!Wade.

Didn't he look so confused about why he was chasing her? So oddly, badly confused. And he did nothing but insult her! Paid-for compliments, 'you should be fat' - he so blatantly has no interest in anything female! It is only further proof of my point - No. Sexual. Chemistry. with the Female. Sex. Demons. He chased Wade. He can't even try to deny his gay. It is beautiful :)

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

The second one was undeniably a lot rougher, especially with the "I can't breathe!" bit. Damn non-corporeal Wade! all he could do was flail around helplessly and make leaves blow around. Also possibly he was there when Craig was filling the bath up, because that scene was seeped in ghostly presences...

Poor Craig, poor un-funny Craig. *Hugs* we have to allow our characters their naff jokes and bad people skills because they just add to the adorable obliviousness.

I think he could be in denial about his powers and be very confused and full of angst and defiantly skeptic anyway. He should be posessed more often shouldn't he? but then I would also accept him having to fight off people posessed by Wade who want to do sex with him...

*is tempted to write Craig mpreg*
*decides that it would be too, too wrong and hides.*
*Is tempted to write some nice innocent Ghost!Wade instead*

Eeee! I loved "You should be fat!" because so many other women would have just walked out on him right there (which is clearly what he subconsciously wanted because he is GAY!). Also, when Wade was all scary to him on the steps he didn't flee, no, he actually allowed Wade to press him up against the wall!

The love!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Eee! I love that bath, because it is where Craig wakes up (randomly!) after his night of forehead-touching/transference/psychic-sex with Wade. So naturally the place he would go to when he was ill/possessed/generally upset :D

OMG, people-possessed-by-Wade!fic! So much love! This is possibly the only kind of Justine!sex I might possibly approve of. Monaghan! Monaghan could be possessed by Wade! Although that would be horrific betrayal of trust and suchlike. Still. Hmm.

::sometimes (often) contemplates Craig/Wade ghost!sex mpreg::
::probably shouldn't mention that in public::

Craig LOVES Wade. The end. :D

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

Oooh Oooh yes! Wade's spirit is manifested a bit in the bathtub and When Craig lies in its creepy waters he can feel the power of Wades psychic healing from beyond the grave and that's why he went there!
(Also, I never realised that it was psychic sex, but it's all so clear now, and the headache the day after was Craigs equivalent of a sore bum because he was a psychic virgin and stuff!)

And Oh Oh you just made it so that I might actually write that, because Monoghan could be sort of working out as he went that he was actually sort of enjoying pressing Craig against the wall and groping him even though he didn't really have a choice about it, and Craig could be all "No Wade, You can't do that to Douglas!" and Wade!Douglas could be all, "Actually I was planning on doing it to you..." and Craigs resolve could slowly crumple and Ghost!sex could finally be true!
*smouldering perverted pile of weird OT3 hornyness*

*is a bit scared of mpreg*
*Is more scared by how tempting it now sounds*

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

Oh, and by the way, according to BBC america, Craig is 25.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. Nice and young. But 25??? WHY is he dressing like that/doing his hair like that?

I'm going with grief over the death of Wade, and knowing he'll never love again.

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

This is most true, clearly he is trying to make himself less irresistable to men, and judging by episode two of this series he is failing!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Hee! Failing without even trying! He can't escape the gay!

[pussintweed.livejournal.com]

Eep. Maybe on the DVD they'll have the deleted scene where the succubus has to get into a catfight with ghostly Wade just to get near the sleeping Craig.

[drunkenfop.livejournal.com]

*dies* yes! yes this must be a deleted scene! Dear BBC, if you put this on the DVD I will always defend your noble lisencing fees to all who question them!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

At the moment it is a deleted scene in my head AND THAT IS JUST AS GOOD. Shame on Wade for not protecting his living!boyfriend well enough! Although maybe she offered to let him watch, being corporeal and all >:)

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

AAAARGH! Due to my own stupidity and my tape dying, I missed this episode. Someone's sending me a tape, but it won't get here till Tuesday or Wednesday, and aaaargh! I need to see this!

Though I am watching 205/6 at the moment, which is helping.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Oh, you poor thing!

You really, really do.

CraigsexCraigillCraigmpregpossibly,its great

205/06 should be helping out though. Have you never seen it before? I can only imagine you are ASTOUNDED BY THE GLORY :D

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

I have, but a long time ago, so I remembered some bits and not others and OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD YAY.

I am writing some longer fic, but I may post it in parts otherwise it'll never get posted (ah, I know myself well).

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Yay, fic! Parts is fine. ANYTHING TO DO WITH CRAIG/WADE IS FINE.

::dances you:: :)