Rhett Carlyle, At Your Service

[elrhiarhodan]

No, this isn't another excuse to show this picture:



I was just reading this op-ed piece, A Novel Scorned, and I finally made the connection.



Neal calls himself "Rhett" as in Rhett Butler.

**flails/dies**

Comments

[sinfulslasher]

*boggles*

Seriously?

Seriously?!

Elr, I'm disappointed in you.

Then again, if you taking a week to figure this out gives us another purty piccie of butler!Neal, I'm okay with you being a wee bit slow on the uptake. *g*

[elrhiarhodan]

I guess I was too taken up with the pretty - Neal in his uniform, Peter in his bathrobe.

Can you blame a girl?

[sinfulslasher]

Hmm. No, not blaming a girl. Damn good excuses, after all. *g*

Though I do wonder where the hell a pic of butler!Neal's ass is...!!! *eyebrow raise*

I might just have to go and rewatch the ep...

[elrhiarhodan]

Anything worth doing is worth doing right:

[sinfulslasher]

Hmm...nope. That's a side view. It's not a rear view. Kindly try again. *g*

(No, I'm not shallow and/or want to ogle more pretty. What are you implying?!)

[elrhiarhodan]

Sheesh, you are demanding!

[sinfulslasher]

I'M SICK AND ALLOWED TO BE DEMANDING!!!

That said... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...ass....!!!!!!! :D :D :D

[sinfulslasher]

Also? Subservience, thy name is butler!Neal. *happy sigh*

I'm tellin' ya, the subby vibes I got from him throughout this ep were overwhelming. Gaby approves!

[elrhiarhodan]

WE ALL APPROVE!!!!!!

[kanarek13]

...and crave dom!Peter to act upon it :P

[sinfulslasher]

And SPANK Neal!

Because he was nothing but a mouthy, bratty sub in last night's ep and totally deserves a spanking!

[elrhiarhodan]

Absolutely!

[sinfulslasher]

Sooo...spanky fic? Yes/yes? *makes grabby hands*

[kanarek13]

yummmmmm... and that hand behind his back - that should be his default pose around Peter :D

[elrhiarhodan]

There is something about that pose that hits SO MANY kinks.

[sinfulslasher]

Which means you'll be writing in great detail about this phenomenon, right? Right???

[sinfulslasher]

YES!

And it is! When the cameras stop rolling and Neal is allowed out of the Burkes' basement for smexy funtiems at night. *adjusts tinhat*

[kanarek13]

Nope, absolutely no reason to blame anyone, well, maybe just Neal for the ability to turn brains into mush :D

Hmmm, in my fantasy canon he would have said "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" at some point to Peter :P

[sinfulslasher]

HA! Who knows, maybe Matt actually did an ad-lib of that sort! LOL!

Speaking of, am I the only one who thought that there were two ad-libs in last night's ep? One, the "you got a ticket" line, and two, most definitely the "prison bitch" line. Oh Matty. *hearts him*

[kanarek13]

Oh, the ticket one was definitely an ad-lib *hearts Matty*, not sure about the bitch one but hey, why not :D

[sinfulslasher]

I just felt it wasn't something Neal would necessarily say (just like that Gaelic vs gay lick thing last season) and it looked to me as if Matt (not Neal) was giggling about the whole thing. *smishes*

Of course, it made me wonder about Neal as prison bitch, and now I want prison fic, dammit! LOL!

[kanarek13]

*cough* Paradise Lost *cough* sequel *cough*

*innocently bats eyelashes at Elr*

[elrhiarhodan]

Don't think I haven't been thinking about that!

[sinfulslasher]

Am I missing something? *is confuzzled* *pokes ficlet*

[elrhiarhodan]

You are...

It must be the fever in your brain. The fic isn't actually called "Paradise Lost" though...

Breaking the Horrid Silence

[sinfulslasher]

Ohhh, that one!!!

I keep meaning to ask for a sequel/timestamp whenever you do one of these memes, and I always forget. *smacks self*

YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE IN THIS 'VERSE!!!

[kanarek13]

Awww, sorry for giving the wrong title... it sorta got stuck in my head as Paradise Lost :P

[elrhiarhodan]

Well, it makes sense...Peter was reading Paradise Lost and it's a metaphor for his life.

I knew exactly which fic you were talking about.

[kanarek13]

And just for that have a Neal in white :P

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you!

[sinfulslasher]

*blinks* No prison bitches in that ficlet. Confused Gaby is confused. (Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure if anyone could write a heart-wrenching prison bitch!Neal angst-o-rama, it would be Elr! Just saying, none of that in Paradise Lost. *scratches head*)

[maiac.livejournal.com]

::blushes:: And I thought Neal had said "Rick Carlyle".

Rhett (Carlyle the) Butler is unforgivable, and I like puns.

[elrhiarhodan]

Oh, I think it's just wonderful. So cheeky and very Neal.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

It's also wonderful. But still -- OUCH.

...It's like introducing himself as Neal Armstrong, with a not-quite-embarrassed "Yeah, I get that a lot."

Mozzie's not the only one who has too much fun with aliases sometimes. (I'm still boggling at "Barry Soetoro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro)".)

[elrhiarhodan]

Yeah - that one was a bit much, especially with all the community organizing he did on the island.

[sinfulslasher]

Ah, but it wasn't Neal who came up with the Armstrong alias. It was Peter, much to Neal's chagrin and embarrassment. *pets them both*

Though you're definitely right re: the Barry Soetoro alias. Then again, we're talking Mozzie here...LOL!

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Augh, my unreliable memory strikes again. And it's also just like Peter to tweak Neal like that.

[lauracollared.livejournal.com]

omg I didn't think of it. :facepalm:

[elrhiarhodan]

I know! I facepalmed too!

[elainasaunt.livejournal.com]

Gotta admit, I missed it too. Has anyone actually ever been named Rhett?

[elrhiarhodan]

I have to admit that I don't know of any other Rhett, but it is a Welsh name and a variant of Rhys and Reed. Means "Speaker".

[ladyrose42.livejournal.com]

Watched My Man Godfrey this past weekend and nearly snorted when the female lead asked if he could butle or however it's spelled). although the character is more Peter than Neal

Neal used the term toilet wine in one episode, so the prison bitch thing might be Caffrey and not Matt.