A Basic Tool

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Good night/Good morning, everyone!  It's going to be a long and largely Internet-less day for me, so I'm going to go ahead and put up today's topic now, but feel free to keep adding to the previous post if the spirit moves you!  Thanks for the fun, snarky, beautiful, surprising art you've all created!

As you all know, No_Takebacks is a rewatch community, among other things.  It has struck me that (as far as I know) we are lacking THE BASIC TOOL for rewatches, namely ...

OUR OWN BSG DRINKING GAME

How we have gone this long without one is a mystery to me, but we cannot in good conscience send our fellow Pilot Shippers into the 3+ hour finale without some serious guidelines for numbing the pain.  And along the way we can put together a list of all the things, big and small, that we begin to notice after watching these episodes for the kijillionth time :)

You can all feel free to draw from any seasons and any characters on the show that interest (or annoy) you when you make up your rules, though I'm sure Kara and Lee will interest us the most :)  I'll start us off:

> Take one drink every time Kara scores a point off of Colonel Tigh; every time Tigh admits her victory, SLOW CLAP
> One drink every time Lee says the word "democracy"
> One drink every time someone else notices Kara and Lee noticing each other; chug if the observer seems pleased
> One drink every time Jamie Bamber unconsciously wets his lips with his tongue (you'll be surprised how often he does)
> Two drinks every time Kara shoots and misses

> Whenever Bill Adama attends to his personal hygiene onscreen, dip a toothbrush in your glass and SCRUB!
> One sip every time Baltar's eyes fill with unshed tears (good luck!); chug if his tears brim over and actually fall
> One sip every time anyone displays poor parenting skills (one drink per offense would quickly kill you)
> One drink every time Tom Zarek over-blinks
> Two drinks every time Billy is NOT wearing a tie
> One drink every time you can see Lee wearing his wedding ring after Dee dies
> Two drinks every time someone brushes Kara's hair away from her face; when the person is Lee, get up and execute one full 360 degree twirl of goofy pleasure

OK, guys, the floor is yours...

Comments

[dannicawebb.livejournal.com]

LOVE THIS.

are there a lot of fraks in the finale? should we drink on "frak" and/or "cylon"? :)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hee! "Frak" or "cylon" sounds like a win-win choice.

[eridani8.livejournal.com]

Three fingers everytime some says 'f*ck' instead of 'frak'. Tip: Doc Cottle is a frequent culprit.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I never noticed that! I'm kind of surprised that made it onto the air. Interesting...

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

One drink every time Jamie Bamber unconsciously wets his lips with his tongue (you'll be surprised how often he does)

Let's just say I am aware of this habit.... ;)

*stares*

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Yep. We not only see, we observe.

[bouncy-nut.livejournal.com]

that way lies madness, my friend. sweet, sexy madness.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

I would be so damn drunk if I looked for that habit alone. And then Lee could have his way with me.

*innocent whistle*

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

He'd need to get you drunk first? lol

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Ha! I am so easy! *giggles*

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

I may or may not lick my lips back in response. ;)

[koolaidmom11.livejournal.com]

damn...i never noticed a lot of this stuff and i never rewatch. Now i'm obsessing about the lip-licking thingie. SHIT...i can see i'm going back down the rabbit hole.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

*waves up from bottom of rabbit hole* It's fun down here!

[koolaidmom11.livejournal.com]

i've just finished pulling myself out of there though

[lizziec]

Now I'm thinking of the story that Leo tells Josh in the West Wing (Noel). For those not versed in West Wing, I shall embed and quote it:



"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out.
"A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on.
"Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on
"Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"

--

That hole quote just made me think of this community - we're all shippers together and support each other in the hole :) If you see what I mean. My brain works randomly. Especially when I'm sleep deprived and hopped up on Sudafed ;)

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

I love this episode so much!! Gods bless the West Wing and Leo and the telling of stories instead of answering a question. And then the episode (the title of which I can't remember) where they're having the MS hearing and that bastard is trying to bring up Leo's drunkenness and Josh is trying to get him out of the room and Leo asks him why and Josh is all like, "There's this guy walking down the street and he falls in a hole, see" and ugh!

The West Wing does things to my heart.

[onlyariana.livejournal.com]

Awww Leo. Sniff

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

Really like that quote. Going to hijack for future use :)

The dark abyss is never as scary or dismal when you have company.

[bouncy-nut.livejournal.com]

How about a shot every time Kara decides not to answer repeated communications from other pilots and the CIC from her Viper during a mission?

(This used to drive me nuts. I mean, can't she just answer while she's pulling whatever maneuver she's pulling? Does her voice not work while she's flying? Anyways, now I just find it funny. Silly Kara.)

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

She's concentrating on being awesome. And also, driving everyone nuts while she does it. ;)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Ha! I never really thought about this, but great point! Hee.

Stop talking, I'm world-saving here.

[bouncy-nut.livejournal.com]

'Stop talking, I'm world-saving here.'


I could totally see her saying that! verbatim.

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

THIS IS EXCELLENT.

My additions:

- one drink every time Lee surrepticiously looks at Kara's chest. Just saying.

- one drink every time Roslin says frak or Ass in that weird way that she does

- one drink anytime anyone says Gimble. Because it's a funny word.

- one drink anytime Adama says roll the hard six

- Two drinks anytime Cottle sasses someone, because he deserves extra love for being so adorably grouchy

- Two drinks anytime Baltar and HeadSix are frakking and someone walks in/interrupts him but instead of backing slowly away because he was clearly just masturbating in his lab/CIC/the corridor/Colonial One/ANYWHERE, they just give him a strange look and have a conversation like that's something that's almost normal.

- SO SAY WE ALL - I got this one from the BSG wiki game, and the rule there is that if it's said more than once in a scene because loads of people repeat it after one person has said it, only one drink need be taken. THAT RULE DOES NOT APPLY HERE.

People might also find THIS (http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Cylon_Shooter) interesting :)

Awesome idea for DPP :D

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Oh, great list!

The word "gimble" IS inherently funny, now that you mention it :)

Of course, I kind of think the name "Karl" is inherently funny -- funnier than "Helo," anyway. Does that make me weird?

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

It's just a really fun word to say :)

I find the name Karl funny because of Ice-Age, I tried to find the scene but all I could find was this strange clip with the voices from the scene, but imagine this



being said by two grumpy rhinos threatening a sloth, and you may understand why the name Karl makes me giggle. Helo is just a much better name :D

[lizziec]

- Two drinks anytime Baltar and HeadSix are frakking and someone walks in/interrupts him but instead of backing slowly away because he was clearly just masturbating in his lab/CIC/the corridor/Colonial One/ANYWHERE, they just give him a strange look and have a conversation like that's something that's almost normal.

It completely cracks me up every time when Starbuck walks in on him and he claims he's "exercising". While I'm pretty sure Baltar should have been sectioned pretty early in the series' run, I also think James Callis does an excellent job in portraying him. I think he walks the crazy line fairly well.

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, James Callis has mad skills for sure (I watched Bridget Jones last night, for the first time since watching Battlestar, and I appreciated him so much more in it!)

That scene is brilliant, I love her in that episode, and he is hilarious about pulling up his trousers in like a crazy shivery way that I can't describe but is incredible. :)

[onlyariana.livejournal.com]

I think the obvious for Daybreak is that every time you are mentally substituting fic for what is on screen you should drain your glass -- or maybe it should be a tiny sip if you still want to be conscious by the end of it.

In general I think

So Say We All
Kara winks

and if you really wanna be drunk just drink when those on screen do!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

every time you are mentally substituting fic for what is on screen

This is the best rule ever. Bottoms up! :)

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

+1

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

"and if you really wanna be drunk just drink when those on screen do!"

AWESOME. Imma try this. I probably won't be alive afterwards, but I would have died in a good cause.

Question though, if there is more than one person in a scene who is drinking, do you have to have a drink for each of them? And do you have to do it EVERY time they take a sip or is once per drinking scene enough?

I like this rule.

[onlyariana.livejournal.com]

My view is that drinking games need to have really open rules. You know, not an exact science. It's gotta depend on how tipsy/drunk/unconscious you'd like to be.

I can think of a few scenes with dozens of people drinking. So that might land someone in serious condition! I think a drink for a group scene would be good and when another round is poured you drink again.

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

I think that's probably for the best, just wanted to clarify ;)

[embolalia.livejournal.com]

One drink every time Jamie Bamber unconsciously wets his lips with his tongue

Or, for that matter, when Kara bites her lip!

Also:
- Adama asks, What do you hear, Starbuck?
- Whenever Tigh himself drinks (though this might kill us all)
- When Sharon or Racetrack accidentally discover something the fleet direly needs

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Ha! Great choices! :)

I especially like the Sharon and Racetrack one - so true.