Also, I want a Fitz.
Mar. 17th, 2013 08:44 amJust suddenly realized that in my head, I am totally overlaying the Eighth Doctor and Fitz Kreiner with Stephen Fry and Alan Davies. Or possibly vice versa.
Also, dinosaurs.
Sep. 9th, 2012 07:57 pmNew Doctor Who = MITCHELL AND WEBB IN SPAAAAACE.
UH-MAZING.
P.S. I LOVE RORY SO FUCKING MUCH. His hairstyling decisions, a little less so.
Yep, that's pretty much all I got.
UH-MAZING.
P.S. I LOVE RORY SO FUCKING MUCH. His hairstyling decisions, a little less so.
Yep, that's pretty much all I got.
Having spent the weekend watching, like, all of Community-- some of it even in order!-- I only have one question: why is there not, like, a whole genre of fic in which bad things happen to Jeff? 'Cause that shit is HILARIOUS. I would read that ALL THE TIME. Alternatively, where's the fic where he likes being beaten by a girl?
Basically I really like Joel McHale's stupid face and I want people to punch it. Is that so wrong?
P.S. HEY THERE PEARCE FROM BURN NOTICE. HEY.
P.P.S. John Oliver gives me a happy.
P.P.P.S. Is it weird that I love Britta and think she's kind of awesome? Even if she is the opposite of Batman?
Basically I really like Joel McHale's stupid face and I want people to punch it. Is that so wrong?
P.S. HEY THERE PEARCE FROM BURN NOTICE. HEY.
P.P.S. John Oliver gives me a happy.
P.P.P.S. Is it weird that I love Britta and think she's kind of awesome? Even if she is the opposite of Batman?
Incidentally...
Feb. 19th, 2012 09:35 amJeremy Renner fans, if you haven't seen The Unusuals, you definitely should. (J, I am in fact looking at you.) It's hilarious and he is adorable.
Also, no fucking way is he 5'10". IMDb, you lie like a RUG. (His character's original partner is said to be 6'4". I REALLY wish we'd seen them standing next to each other....)
Also, no fucking way is he 5'10". IMDb, you lie like a RUG. (His character's original partner is said to be 6'4". I REALLY wish we'd seen them standing next to each other....)
Okay, what is with all these dudes on TV who look like bastard mpreg offspring of other dudes? Did television just run out of faces or what? I saw an episode of The Finder tonight, and all I could think was that somewhere Peter Krause and Misha Collins must be very proud. And possibly Michael Weatherly's an uncle.
I have this occasional tendency to just... start liking people or characters, pretty much out of the blue. Like Charlie Brooker, for example. I'd seen him in things, and vaguely knew who he was, and for a while I just didn't care, and then I wasn't even watching him in anything when it happened-- I just read something online, I think it had to do his and David Mitchell's being sarcastic together (mutually assured snarkstruction?), and then just like that I like-liked him.
I think it has to do with liking the idea of someone more than the physical reality. Physical attractiveness doesn't do much for me if there's nothing behind it, but a functioning brain and a healthy dose of sarcasm will make anyone attractive. (Well, almost anyone. There are limits. But you get the idea.) But I'm usually not actively looking for new people to like? So it sort of tends to sneak up on me. I don't really pay attention. Until I do.
Just a few days ago, the same thing happened, except this time it's Clint Barton as portrayed by Jeremy Renner. Seriously, I had no idea who the dude was, apart from having the vague idea that he was the one from Thor with the bow and the sarcasm, and then I read a prompt on a kink meme and all of a sudden my brain was like HI THERE, NEW FAVORITE BOYFRIEND! Well, no, there was a reading-fic step in between there, but it was the prompt that got me hooked. (I love that he's had like two minutes of screen time, and already fandom's decided on his personality and his place in the interpersonal team dynamic. I mean, I know he's in the comics, but I've never read those comics, so I don't know how much of it's from there and how much is just, like, fannish consensus.)
And also, he's hot to begin with. And, you know, competence kink.
So yeah, I pretty much just felt like sharing that. And also, if I were looking to spend some quality Renner time, which should I start with first, The Hurt Locker or The Unusuals? And is there anything else you'd recommend? Those are just the ones I'd have had some vague interest in seeing anyway, but I'm open to other suggestions.
HI, IT'S FRIDAY. andalsoiboughtaniphone.
I think it has to do with liking the idea of someone more than the physical reality. Physical attractiveness doesn't do much for me if there's nothing behind it, but a functioning brain and a healthy dose of sarcasm will make anyone attractive. (Well, almost anyone. There are limits. But you get the idea.) But I'm usually not actively looking for new people to like? So it sort of tends to sneak up on me. I don't really pay attention. Until I do.
Just a few days ago, the same thing happened, except this time it's Clint Barton as portrayed by Jeremy Renner. Seriously, I had no idea who the dude was, apart from having the vague idea that he was the one from Thor with the bow and the sarcasm, and then I read a prompt on a kink meme and all of a sudden my brain was like HI THERE, NEW FAVORITE BOYFRIEND! Well, no, there was a reading-fic step in between there, but it was the prompt that got me hooked. (I love that he's had like two minutes of screen time, and already fandom's decided on his personality and his place in the interpersonal team dynamic. I mean, I know he's in the comics, but I've never read those comics, so I don't know how much of it's from there and how much is just, like, fannish consensus.)
And also, he's hot to begin with. And, you know, competence kink.
So yeah, I pretty much just felt like sharing that. And also, if I were looking to spend some quality Renner time, which should I start with first, The Hurt Locker or The Unusuals? And is there anything else you'd recommend? Those are just the ones I'd have had some vague interest in seeing anyway, but I'm open to other suggestions.
HI, IT'S FRIDAY. andalsoiboughtaniphone.
o.o o.o o.o
Dec. 5th, 2011 08:27 pm...wow. I just got feedback on a fic I wrote when I was in high school. Which was... over a decade ago. Asking if I'm ever going to write that sequel I hinted at in the story notes.
I mean, the person asked very nicely, and gave some lovely feedback, and I really want to reply, in that way where I get kind of uncomfortable and really self-conscious about things I wrote more than a couple years ago (which is... pretty much everything at this point, unfortunately), and tbh I'll probably keep intending to reply until I totally forget about it.
But wow, random internet person, that sequel is so not ever going to happen.
(It was a Xenaverse AU, Autolycus/Iolaus. With random lesbians thrown in for good measure, because even in high school I was a fan of random lesbians. Quite frankly I'm a little bit embarrassed it even exists.)
(The fic in general, not the lesbians.)
(Also, wtf high school was OVER A DECADE AGO, WHEN THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN.)
I mean, the person asked very nicely, and gave some lovely feedback, and I really want to reply, in that way where I get kind of uncomfortable and really self-conscious about things I wrote more than a couple years ago (which is... pretty much everything at this point, unfortunately), and tbh I'll probably keep intending to reply until I totally forget about it.
But wow, random internet person, that sequel is so not ever going to happen.
(It was a Xenaverse AU, Autolycus/Iolaus. With random lesbians thrown in for good measure, because even in high school I was a fan of random lesbians. Quite frankly I'm a little bit embarrassed it even exists.)
(The fic in general, not the lesbians.)
(Also, wtf high school was OVER A DECADE AGO, WHEN THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN.)
FUCK! ALL OF YOU!*
Nov. 14th, 2011 06:05 pm...oh man, I was just reminded that for a significant amount of time earlier this year, I was utterly obsessed with Predators. (Note the S on the end.) WHAT, ADRIEN BRODY OKAY. AND ALSO HIS ARMS.
Genuinely, though. Like, watching-once-a-night obsessed. Eventually downgrading to several times a week.
I never actually made any of you guys watch it, did I? Or tried to pimp it to anyone? I don't think I did. I'm not sure if that's a relief or a disappointment.
(But seriously! BRODY. And Walt Goggins and Topher Grace and Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne! And a hotBrazilian Israeli chick with a rifle!)
(I develop strange and quite random obsessions sometimes.)
*Not actually directed at anyone, that's just... one of the movie's more memorable lines.
Genuinely, though. Like, watching-once-a-night obsessed. Eventually downgrading to several times a week.
I never actually made any of you guys watch it, did I? Or tried to pimp it to anyone? I don't think I did. I'm not sure if that's a relief or a disappointment.
(But seriously! BRODY. And Walt Goggins and Topher Grace and Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne! And a hot
(I develop strange and quite random obsessions sometimes.)
*Not actually directed at anyone, that's just... one of the movie's more memorable lines.
OH MY GOD WHAT. I just saw that the latest SPN episode was called "Slash Fiction" and I sort of, you know, involuntarily yelled. Kind of loudly. Like, I'm genuinely worried my landlady might have heard that, kind of loud.
WHY. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. DEAR SHOW, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
See, this is why I stopped watching SPN. Not the progressively ludicrous levels of melodrama and manpain, or the increasingly skeevy race and gender issues, although those things certainly didn't help. But no, IT'S THIS BULLSHIT.
Anyway. Just wanted to mention that.
WHY. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. DEAR SHOW, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
See, this is why I stopped watching SPN. Not the progressively ludicrous levels of melodrama and manpain, or the increasingly skeevy race and gender issues, although those things certainly didn't help. But no, IT'S THIS BULLSHIT.
Anyway. Just wanted to mention that.
Man, Shane West needs to get punched in the face ALL THE TIME. Not that I have anything against him, he just makes it look good.
Also: HI THERE GIRL!LUST, WHERE YOU BEEN. This is an excellent show for the ladies. Dear Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca, how are you so FUCKING AWESOME? HEY THERE. HEY.
And in conclusion: oh Aaron Stanford and your STUPID FACE. ♥ &Pyro; ♥
...I think I may be in love, just a little. WITH ALL OF THEM.
Please, please tell me that Michael and Owen meet up at some point and punch each other a lot. I'm only on episode ten and I'm still holding out hope. :D?
Also: HI THERE GIRL!LUST, WHERE YOU BEEN. This is an excellent show for the ladies. Dear Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca, how are you so FUCKING AWESOME? HEY THERE. HEY.
And in conclusion: oh Aaron Stanford and your STUPID FACE. ♥ &Pyro; ♥
...I think I may be in love, just a little. WITH ALL OF THEM.
Please, please tell me that Michael and Owen meet up at some point and punch each other a lot. I'm only on episode ten and I'm still holding out hope. :D?
These are my dilemmas.
Oct. 20th, 2011 06:33 amOh Paul Nicholls, why haven't you been in... anything else worth watching? British people! Is Harley Street any good? At all?
And it's not just because he sounds like Sam Tyler when I close my eyes, but that certainly doesn't hurt.
And it's not just because he sounds like Sam Tyler when I close my eyes, but that certainly doesn't hurt.
My goodness, Ben Whishaw really is the unholy bastard love child of Matt Smith and Colin Morgan, isn't he?
The unicorns want your chocolate.
Oct. 6th, 2011 07:45 pmSo, I've started reading the Eighth Doctor Adventures, because, Fitz. And I'm just starting on Unnatural History, and, well, I have to share this with somebody, because it was really really hard not to just start laughing in the middle of work today.
Because the table of contents for this book is a thing of BEAUTY:
Day Zero Minus Three
EDIT: Man, I just realized I've been using my *brain breaks* icon a LOT. Possibly because my brain so often feels broken.
Because the table of contents for this book is a thing of BEAUTY:
Day Zero Minus Three
Chapter 1: I Was a Teenage ParadoxDay Zero Minus Two
Chapter 2: If You Can Remember the Future, You Weren't Really There
Chapter 3: Second StringDay Zero Minus One
Chapter 4: Bird of Paradox
Chapter 5: Licentious Moments
Chapter 6: The UnnaturalistDay Zero
Chapter 7: Kraken Up
Chapter 8: The Memory Cheating Ain't What It Used to Be
Chapter 9: Abducted by Aliens
Chapter 10: Somewhere, Just Out of Sight, the Unicorns Are Being Gathered
Chapter 11: Kyra
Chapter 12: Stuffed and MountedNight Zero
Chapter 13: The Book of Lies
Chapter 14: Hero in Use
Chapter 15: Anything Not Nailed Down Is MineFreeze-Frame
Chapter 16: Anything I Can Pry Loose Is Not Nailed Down
Chapter 17: What Lies, Behind Us
Chapter 18: Coming Unstrung
Chapter 19: Buying TimeThe i Doctors
Chapter 20: The City Killer
Chapter 21: Impossible CreaturesDay Zero Plus Seven
Epilogue: The Other Woman(Yes, the truly awesome titles stopped about two-thirds of the way through, but by then I was committed to the concept.)
EDIT: Man, I just realized I've been using my *brain breaks* icon a LOT. Possibly because my brain so often feels broken.
Apparently, not smart enough for TV.
Oct. 2nd, 2011 11:04 amCan anyone tell me what exactly happened at the end of Bedlam? Was it anything actually coherent? I mean, I figured that Jed ( spoilers! of a sort! )
Also, Theo James is entirely too pretty. Like, difficult-to-look-at pretty. It's slightly ridiculous.
Also, Theo James is entirely too pretty. Like, difficult-to-look-at pretty. It's slightly ridiculous.
(WARNING: This post contains wittering about a show I'm pretty sure you don't watch.)
...yeah, been watching more of Strike Back. It's so convenient when the characters come with their own ready-made fantasies! (I don't suppose anyone's gonna write me that Grant/Scott strap-on fic, are they? I mean, that would require that someone else on my flist actually be watching this.)
I... I am conflicted about Scott, you guys. He's just... slightly off, as a character. I can't fault Sullivan Stapleton on the accent, but the character is such a stereotypical American jackass, and that's partly the writing and partly, probably, to do with his acting. And this is what happens with American characters on British shows, especially military- or government-themed ones, I've noticed. They end up so exaggerated that they're not quite real, and that's down to the writers, but Stapleton's trying so hard to be American, which doesn't help. Except he's so damn LIKEABLE in the role, I just can't deal. I think, because his asshole-ish tendencies are so exaggerated, it's easier to ignore them. Having said that, if Scott didn't get shot or punched in the face so much, I don't think I'd be quite so fond of him.
Also, Eleanor Grant is my hero.
And ALSO: Stonebridge is so goddamn familiar to me, I mean, I have SEEN HIM before. Character, not actor. I keep going back to Lee Adama, but that's still not quite right. Who's the by-the-book military Good Guy who ( and I'm spoiler-cutting, just in case ) again? I swear to God I already knew that guy.
I don't know, maybe it's just the terminal lack of originality. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this stupid show, but it is so fucking far from original.
...yeah, been watching more of Strike Back. It's so convenient when the characters come with their own ready-made fantasies! (I don't suppose anyone's gonna write me that Grant/Scott strap-on fic, are they? I mean, that would require that someone else on my flist actually be watching this.)
I... I am conflicted about Scott, you guys. He's just... slightly off, as a character. I can't fault Sullivan Stapleton on the accent, but the character is such a stereotypical American jackass, and that's partly the writing and partly, probably, to do with his acting. And this is what happens with American characters on British shows, especially military- or government-themed ones, I've noticed. They end up so exaggerated that they're not quite real, and that's down to the writers, but Stapleton's trying so hard to be American, which doesn't help. Except he's so damn LIKEABLE in the role, I just can't deal. I think, because his asshole-ish tendencies are so exaggerated, it's easier to ignore them. Having said that, if Scott didn't get shot or punched in the face so much, I don't think I'd be quite so fond of him.
Also, Eleanor Grant is my hero.
And ALSO: Stonebridge is so goddamn familiar to me, I mean, I have SEEN HIM before. Character, not actor. I keep going back to Lee Adama, but that's still not quite right. Who's the by-the-book military Good Guy who ( and I'm spoiler-cutting, just in case ) again? I swear to God I already knew that guy.
I don't know, maybe it's just the terminal lack of originality. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this stupid show, but it is so fucking far from original.
...wait what?
Sep. 26th, 2011 08:55 pmSo, wait, the two leads in the new Strike Back series are... an Australian playing an American and an American playing a Brit? That is kind of awesome.
(The first comment I saw on the new series: "Not sure about if I'm going to like this or not after watching the first ep. So far too much sex and fighting," which, you say that like it's a bad thing.)
I keep getting this weird BSG-esque vibe off Philip Winchester. Like, he kind of reminds me of Jamie Bamber, except it's not quite that specific? And kind of resembles Tahmoh Penikett, except... again, not quite. He just looks like he'd fit right in with the cast somehow. I don't know, maybe it's just the gray tank top thing. Anyway, as far as I can tell he's nailed the accent, but then again I can't really tell that far.
ANYWAY. I just discovered the second series TODAY and I am quite pleased that it's back. With the shooting and the punching and the manly men being all manly and snarky and kinda gay! in a totally hetero sort of way! BITCHY BROLOVE FTW, YOU GUYS.
Also, I can already tell that Scott is, like, the series' Official Punching Bag, and I am in fact okay with that.
(The first comment I saw on the new series: "Not sure about if I'm going to like this or not after watching the first ep. So far too much sex and fighting," which, you say that like it's a bad thing.)
I keep getting this weird BSG-esque vibe off Philip Winchester. Like, he kind of reminds me of Jamie Bamber, except it's not quite that specific? And kind of resembles Tahmoh Penikett, except... again, not quite. He just looks like he'd fit right in with the cast somehow. I don't know, maybe it's just the gray tank top thing. Anyway, as far as I can tell he's nailed the accent, but then again I can't really tell that far.
ANYWAY. I just discovered the second series TODAY and I am quite pleased that it's back. With the shooting and the punching and the manly men being all manly and snarky and kinda gay! in a totally hetero sort of way! BITCHY BROLOVE FTW, YOU GUYS.
Also, I can already tell that Scott is, like, the series' Official Punching Bag, and I am in fact okay with that.
Yeah, I do these things to myself.
Sep. 16th, 2011 09:24 pmMan, I knew when I started reading Fell that it was going to be over far too soon, but I'm on, what, issue 5 of 9 now? and I'm already dreading the end. Why must I torment myself in this way?
...yeah, I'm pretty much just posting to complain. And hopefully lure any other fans out of hiding. Supposedly Ellis sent issue 10 off to the publishers back in January? Did anything ever come of that?
"It was a good shooting. The guy was armed, after all. With death bananas."
...yeah, I'm pretty much just posting to complain. And hopefully lure any other fans out of hiding. Supposedly Ellis sent issue 10 off to the publishers back in January? Did anything ever come of that?
"It was a good shooting. The guy was armed, after all. With death bananas."
ALSO, WHAT.
Sep. 12th, 2011 08:38 pmDEAR FANDOM: WHAT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. WHAT.
I mean, you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but seriously: WHAT.
(Yeah, I genuinely did finish watching Thor, like, TWO MINUTES AGO. And then I find this lovely little gem. THANKS, INTERNET.)
(Also, HI SIF YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE. What, hot chick with ponytail kicking ass, I'm only human.)
I mean, you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but seriously: WHAT.
(Yeah, I genuinely did finish watching Thor, like, TWO MINUTES AGO. And then I find this lovely little gem. THANKS, INTERNET.)
(Also, HI SIF YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE. What, hot chick with ponytail kicking ass, I'm only human.)
Let's kill Hitler!
Aug. 27th, 2011 08:34 pmJust one comment really. Other than, you know, GOOD GOD RORY IS THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD.
( spoilers, sweetie )
( spoilers, sweetie )
