I’ve been a Captain Tightpants fan since Firefly, I watched “Dr. Horrible” as it came out, and I’m following Wil Wheaton on Twitter – but somehow I’ve only now started watching The Guild. Didn’t want to pay, DVDs, too lazy to see how much of the show was online, etc. It turns out that with the family Netflix account, I’ve got access to the first three seasons, so I watched the first episode. What did I think? Time for an explanation by tangent!
Among my college friends, there was a facial expression so untouchably unique that we named it after its inventor and discoverer: The Beta Face. (Yes, we called him Beta.) Most people aren’t fluent in body language, but there are a few phrases that everyone can recognize, like “Fuck you” and “Fuck me.” The slack-jawed, wide-eyed, no-sound cry of dismay that is the Beta Face is similarly unambiguous: “While that’s hilarious, the only way I could be more disturbed or offended is if you shoved your dick in my mouth.”
I had to actually pause the episode to make The Beta Face eight times. I invented a corollary, The Pecot Clench, which involves clenching your hands into claws, recoiling in horror, and whimpering.
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