but...sheesh Ah well, I was talking about the lads, and they're indisputably English, hence the "partly English" in my sentence. I certainly didn't mean to imply that no one else in the world has a sense of humour - that would be silly! (Although there are definitely cultures that are more serious than others, and sub-cultures within cultures, and sub-sub... *g* And it's also true that "English" doesn't equate to "the rest of Britain" - I definitely know Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Manx people who would violently object to being lumped in with the English! But nope, in this case - the lads are English!)
Off-hand, Bodie saves Doyle... Yeah, he does, but it works the other way around too. Hmmn, this is what I've got so far...
Bodie saves Doyle: Backtrack - when Doyle gets a stoppage Involvement - when Bodie kills Conroy who was aiming at Doyle Look After Annie - when Doyle is surrounded by the thugs Man Without a Past - Bodie arrives before Doyle is found by the baddies Stirring of Dust - Bodie and Lewis arrive to rescue Doyle when he's been tied up, although it could be said that Doyle saved himself by kicking Callinari through the window... (5)
Doyle saves Bodie: Close Quarters - Doyle shoots Inge Helmut at the end Fugitive - chases Bodie to rip the bomb from him It's Only A Beautiful Picture - Doyle threatens the baddies with fire and petrol to distract them and give Bodie a chance to fight back Killer with a Long Arm - puts himself at risk to be sure that Bodie is safe from his shot Ojuka Situation - shoots man who was about to shoot Bodie Purging of CI5 - Doyle disarms the bomb in the phone (tho' presumably the bomb squad would have come and done it if asked) Wild Justice - Doyle comes to Bodie's rescue during the fight in the forest, and takes out several of the men, including the one on Bodie's back. (7)
Three I'm not so sure about: Blind Run - does Bodie save Doyle's life, or does he complete the job? Would he have gone back for Leila etc if Doyle wasn't there? DiaG - yes, technically, but given that everyone else had been alerted too, it's quite honestly luck that he's first on the scene... H/H - does Bodie actually save Doyle in the end though? It's Cowley who figures it out, and they turn up at the docks together, albeit it's Bodie who aims the laser sight...
So I'm making it either 5-7, or being generous, 8-7. So actually pretty equal still. I do agree that Bodie seems more protective (FF, Ojuka, DiaG), although actually Doyle's got alot of protective moments too - when he thinks Bodie's been shot and leans over to hear his heart (can't remember which one that's in!), in Close Quarters when he charges up the stairs and holds on to Bodie, gazing into his eyes, to be sure he's okay (also - *swoons for the slash* *g*), and when he jumps into the ambulance, shouts Bodie's name, and grabs him around the waist to see if he's okay in... erm... you know, thingie *g* And of course Klansman.
I do agree that at first glance it totally seems the other way around though...
And you're right too, humour and banter are hard to do. Apart from making sure something is funny, there's keeping the balance - I'd say the humour used by the lads is pretty light in fact, it's not really what I'd call "wisecracking" even. Like everything else, it's all about context, I guess...
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Ah well, I was talking about the lads, and they're indisputably English, hence the "partly English" in my sentence. I certainly didn't mean to imply that no one else in the world has a sense of humour - that would be silly! (Although there are definitely cultures that are more serious than others, and sub-cultures within cultures, and sub-sub... *g* And it's also true that "English" doesn't equate to "the rest of Britain" - I definitely know Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Manx people who would violently object to being lumped in with the English! But nope, in this case - the lads are English!)
Off-hand, Bodie saves Doyle...
Yeah, he does, but it works the other way around too. Hmmn, this is what I've got so far...
Bodie saves Doyle:
Backtrack - when Doyle gets a stoppage
Involvement - when Bodie kills Conroy who was aiming at Doyle
Look After Annie - when Doyle is surrounded by the thugs
Man Without a Past - Bodie arrives before Doyle is found by the baddies
Stirring of Dust - Bodie and Lewis arrive to rescue Doyle when he's been tied up, although it could be said that Doyle saved himself by kicking Callinari through the window...
(5)
Doyle saves Bodie:
Close Quarters - Doyle shoots Inge Helmut at the end
Fugitive - chases Bodie to rip the bomb from him
It's Only A Beautiful Picture - Doyle threatens the baddies with fire and petrol to distract them and give Bodie a chance to fight back
Killer with a Long Arm - puts himself at risk to be sure that Bodie is safe from his shot
Ojuka Situation - shoots man who was about to shoot Bodie
Purging of CI5 - Doyle disarms the bomb in the phone (tho' presumably the bomb squad would have come and done it if asked)
Wild Justice - Doyle comes to Bodie's rescue during the fight in the forest, and takes out several of the men, including the one on Bodie's back.
(7)
Three I'm not so sure about:
Blind Run - does Bodie save Doyle's life, or does he complete the job? Would he have gone back for Leila etc if Doyle wasn't there?
DiaG - yes, technically, but given that everyone else had been alerted too, it's quite honestly luck that he's first on the scene...
H/H - does Bodie actually save Doyle in the end though? It's Cowley who figures it out, and they turn up at the docks together, albeit it's Bodie who aims the laser sight...
So I'm making it either 5-7, or being generous, 8-7. So actually pretty equal still. I do agree that Bodie seems more protective (FF, Ojuka, DiaG), although actually Doyle's got alot of protective moments too - when he thinks Bodie's been shot and leans over to hear his heart (can't remember which one that's in!), in Close Quarters when he charges up the stairs and holds on to Bodie, gazing into his eyes, to be sure he's okay (also - *swoons for the slash* *g*), and when he jumps into the ambulance, shouts Bodie's name, and grabs him around the waist to see if he's okay in... erm... you know, thingie *g* And of course Klansman.
I do agree that at first glance it totally seems the other way around though...
And you're right too, humour and banter are hard to do. Apart from making sure something is funny, there's keeping the balance - I'd say the humour used by the lads is pretty light in fact, it's not really what I'd call "wisecracking" even. Like everything else, it's all about context, I guess...