fandomhigh | How to be Awesome | Week 7 | Period 6

Barney was a hot ball of Awesome at the front of the room, all dressed in grey with hints of appropriate black for the highest level of GQ he could potentially attain. "Oh-tee-pees! One TRUE Pairings for the Luddites out there who don't have an iPhone or know what text messaging is. It seems Fandom is suffering from a rash of OTPs - relationships that, rather than going as far as they can and then crashing and burning in the blissful blow of a breakup--" he paused because this was really important "-continue on into eternity! 'Oh, we'll never be apart! We were em-tee-bee!'" The sicky sweet tone assured the class Barney did not subscribe to this idea of relationships at all.

"No, you weren't meant to be, you were meant to get your hands on as many hot seventeen-year-olds as possible before you turned eighteen and they became illegal! Embrace your youth! Or soon you'll become like my alleged friend Robin, a hot and talented bro who has decided to marry a Mountie! And while yes, this will provide me with more jokes than the average marriage? I am horrified for her loss. I was told copious amounts of alcohol and strippers would not defeat her engagement plans and thus, I have begun plans for the last resort to really show a bro how to return to the world of Being Awesome - an INTERVENTION!" With a theatrical wave of his hand, a large banner, displaying the word 'INTERVENTION' in large red letters unrolled from the top of the white board.

"For engagement and," a pause for shuddering, "marriage Interventions, I have devised a fantastic form letter to be completed by the bro worrying about their formerly Awesome friend and read aloud during the actual Intervention. Feel free to take a look at that as you devise your very own Intervention letter." He pointed to a stack of papers he intended to make the TAs pass out, had they deigned to show for class.

"This is your final task as students of Awesome. Luckily, I've yet to hear disturbing news of any students becoming engaged lately. And despite knowing engagement is often the gateway to marriage (the leading cause of monogamy) we're skipping the relationship Intervention today in favor of different, yet equally dangerous topics. It is up to you to convince your bros that whatever it is they are doing is hurtful and/or wrong on a biblical level. Now, get with a partner and enact your assigned intervention with GUSTO!" And yes, when he said 'gusto' there was an impressive display of sparks appearing in front of Barney. He loved a little theatrical magic to accent his words on Intervention Day.

A list of their assigned interventions was then made visible beneath the glory of the INTERVENTION banner.

Alex Karev - Your bro will not stop singing...everything.
Bobby Drake - Your bro relates everything to hockey. In a Canadian accent.
Chuck Bass - Your bitch chews and crunches all of his food louder than a T-Rex ripping up a vegan.
Claudia Kishi - Your bro wears skirts with pants. Need we say more?
Effy Stonem - Your bro is turning into a crazy cat lady.
Elena - Your bro asks the Magic 8-Ball for its opinion before doing anything.
Eva Rodriguez - Your bro starts every story with, 'This one time, at band camp...'
Fiona Post - Your bro will not stop using air quotes no matter how annoying.
Griff O'Conner - Your bro thinks they know stuff.
Harper Finkle - Your bro dyes their hair so often you never know what you should be looking for when you meet them at the bar.
Hurley Reyes - Your bro insists on wearing the lamest red boots known to man everywhere she goes.
Jack Burton - Your bro wears leggings. With stirrups.
Jo Harvelle - Your bro is still talking about Michael Jackson.
Layla Miller - Your bro quotes the weather channel. About the weather.
Leto Atreides - Your bro hums loudly and off key during all lulls in conversation.
Priestly - Your bro won't stop speaking in French.
Prince Edward - Your bro calls other bros 'bro' instead of 'dude' or 'man.'
Sam Winchester - Your bro won't shut up about that new ABC Family gymnastics program.
Sam Witwicky - Your bro continually comes up with 'witty' nicknames for everyone. You are 'Spunky.'
Wendy Watson - Your bro wears socks with sandals. Are we 60?
Yakko Warner - Your bro dances with his hands above his head. He's one step away from being a woo girl.

"Oh, and I so look forward to watching your videos! Don't forget to turn them in! As always, you've been Awesome!"

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Hit us with a description or links of your Video Resume! Barney loves seeing what everyone put together and will take great care watching them all.

Alex's video wasn't as showy as Professor Stinson's but it did include shots of him smoking in his dorm room, looking utterly comfortable, shots of him beating up a dummy to illustrate knocking down the competition and shots of some pretty girls giving testimonials about Alex's better qualities.

That trip to the mainland had paid off.

Chuck's video, simply put, was awesome. Most of it was set in Victrola with the dancers serving him drinks half-naked.

Yeah, that should be enough to get him the A he so deserved.

Fiona turned in her assigned video. While it might have been 'awesome' in one sense, it did sort of make her out to be some sort of psychotic ninja librarian.

...though her dress was still fantastic so she should at least get points for wardrobe and good hair.

Griff's video consisted of the best fight scenes from the Karate Kid and some things he found on YouTube that he thought looked pretty awesome. He'd worked some terrible photoshopping to add words like 'Amazing!' and 'Talented' over top of the images.

It was terrible. We can't even discuss the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho) he chose.

Sam's video wasn't full of exciting shots, but he figured he'd made up for it by filming it in Zoe's office, at her desk. Knowing important people was good for a resume, wasn't it?

Priestly's video was . . . kind of bizarre. It involved a lot of clips from punk videos and possibly an 80s training montage, interspersed with Charlie Chaplin making food dance, and all finished off with Priestly saving a kitten (that looked suspiciously like a flying squirrel wearing a cat mask) from a tree for a girl with pink hair wearing a panda hat -- who was never, ever on screen at the same time as Priestly himself.

He was rather proud of it. That last bit was a last minute addition he filmed on Friday. He though it worked way better than the cardboard cut out of an eight year old.

Edited 2009-08-17 17:47 (UTC)

Yakko's video was twenty-two minutes of Yakko holding the camera while sitting on a spinning desk chair, chanting "Hire Yakko. Hire Yakko. Hire Yakko," as those words clashed across the screen.

Yakko had timed a brief pause in the chant at exactly the moment he felt Barney - or a potential employer - would try to turn the video off. "Don't touch that button," Yakko warned. "Trust me. You don't want to know what's going to happen if you stop it."

The chanting then continued, culminating in a forty-five second "PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?"

If anyone DID try to turn the video off, it was theoretically possible that the real Yakko might show up to continue the presentation in person.

Elena's video started with her suiting up -- tastefully done, no PG-13 shots, but careful emphasis on the sheathed knives and holstered guns she had under each layer. The Turks suit covered such things perfectly.

There were shots of her walking down the street in slo-mo, sunglasses on, wind blowing behind her, and some of her speaking into a well-concealed wrist microphone and coordinating her position.

Mixed in were some much grainier (but still clear) clips of her kicking ass. Like the one where she approached a street thug with a crowbar, kicked it out of his hands, and executed a perfect take-down. Another of her shooting a gun out of someone's hands. And so on.

Those clips weren't staged; Reno was fond of pulling out his phone during missions. In fact, hitting the gun and not the jerk carrying it had been a dare; she won fifty gil for it, which was why you could faintly hear someone go "Aw, dammit. Double or nothing?" over the music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKux7Id7Uhg).

All in all, Elena felt pretty Awesome.

Jack's had high video quality, using equipment 'borrowed' from the Photo Hut, but the substance was lacking; shots of Jack posing against a green screen of car and truck photos with Jack rambling about logistics and hauling.

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