Pros Everyday for a Week - Day 4/7 - Missing scenes...

[byslantedlight]

It has been a long time since I missed commenting on lj for a day, and then had to scroll back three whole lj pages (of twenty posts each!) to catch up! How bloody brilliant is everyone just now? *vbg* Thank you and thank you and thank you for all your gorgeously Pros-y posts!

My post today is prompted by pics I seem to have seen a few times recently, from Need to Know - you know the one, where Cowley's giving Bodie oxygen after gassing his top team, and strokes his face? ali15son posted a nice version today too. And it got me thinking about the pics that people don't post - all part of the same scene in the ep, but somehow a missing scene as far as pics being posted anywhere go!

The ones where Cowley helps Doyle as well!

And when Doyle pushes away the oxygen, Cowley gently strokes his chin with a finger, and then he lays a comforting hand on his neck, holds him for a moment... *g* Cowley looks after both his lads, and although it's a bit difficult to reconcile these tender moments from him with the way he later shoots Manton cold-bloodedly in the back because he's "no use" to them, it's nice to see that he's got a softer side for our Bodie and Doyle... *g*

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm really sorry you think so. I'd've hoped my complimenting your picture on my own lj (above and on other occasions), and the complimentary comments I make to your pictures in your own lj was evidence that I enjoyed them.

It holds for both of us though - we're both free to post what we choose to our ljs, and if I want to post about what I see as a general gap in Pros on lj, then that should be okay too - especially when my post actually said something nice about you, rather than complained about you! I don't like to feel attacked either, and this does a bit, now.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

For the record, Ali15son decided to delete her comments here, said that she still wants to be friends but understands if I don't, and that she'd leave me to get on with my challenge. Because she deleted that last comment, I wasn't able to respond to it - rather like having your own front door slammed in your face. Now I'm a bit cross, whereas before I was just confused. I don't like it when people delete their comments in my lj, especially when it leaves only the replies. Half a discussion gives people who may read it later a different impression than a whole one, and yet deleting my own comments would give people who did briefly see the discussion the impression that something was going on without giving them any information about it. Not fair at all - to anyone. And it bugs me years later when I happen upon the half-conversations and can't remember the outcome, which is why I'm replying to myself here.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I am way past knowing what's going on here. Your comment, as quoted from the lj notification:

i do want to remain friends but i understand if you don't . i willl delete my comments and let you get on with your challenge. I hope you get plenty of pleasure out of the remaing posts that will be heading your way over the next few days

I feel like you're picking a fight now, when there's just no fight to be had. Deleting comments and saying you're not going to play in the challenge any more doesn't resolve anything. You want to interpret my post as being pointed at you. It's not. I've tried to explain that. You (again in your words) "beg to differ". Okay that's fine, but that doesn't resolve anything, because you won't accept what I say, you're continuing to claim my post was pointed at you, and despite deleting your comments you've come back to pick up the "matter" again!

Help me out here - what's really the matter? Maybe we can actually resolve it. If you don't want to though, then please do drop it, because I don't enjoy having people try to fight with me! My Sunday's already been somewhat headache-y and stressful, and was just turning into something nicer when this cropped up.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

And again, comments deleted, including a reply to this.

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

consider it dropped .