Marines doing the Cha Cha Slide

[eliyes]

I read a lot of SGA fanfic. I've already mentioned that they tend to involve a disproportionately high amount of US Marines for what we see in the show, but another thing is that the Marines tend to get kind of a bad rap. (Not always; soemtimes they are human and rock, like in Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda.) But sometimes they do. It's like some writers think the USMC as a whole are humourless bastards who will throw a blanket party for the first person to deviate from a ridiculously stringent standard of masculinity.

Meanwhile, I've been watching Marines in Iraq doing the Cha Cha Slide. Both videos I linked were taken down while I was posting, alas.

Suffice to say, they're people. They have senses of humour. They do silly dances together!

Let's try this again:

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Three of my cousins had that song at their wedding receptions in one year...

and of course Marines do silly dances and stuff. Most of them are teenagers or barely older!

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

XD I'd never heard it before!

and of course Marines do silly dances and stuff. Most of them are teenagers or barely older!

Good point!

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

I really need to go read Marines to the Rescue! again. ;)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, what's that? :D

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Marines to the Rescue! pt 1 (http://crimsonclad.livejournal.com/102936.html) by crimsonclad. It's the touching story of how the Atlantis marines tries to save their CO from himself. ;) (for the other parts, just click her mission accomplished tag).

Your dancing marines reminded me of them, that's all.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you were reminded -- those were cute, if cracky. XD