take the sky
I had a great day out yesterday! Although by 'out' I mostly mean 'in movie theatres with a break for dinner.'
First I saw How to Train Your Dragon, which I had little interest in seeing but went to spend time with my friends; I ended up pleasantly surprised! The dragons were damn cute; the protagonist really grew on me; the animation was gorgeous; I became genuinely anxious and invested in the plot; and, as a cherry on the awesomecake, near the beginning of the film
sasha_feather leaned over and whispered something along the lines of "Does the main character's difference from the rest of his village seem like a metaphor for gayness to you?" which, yes, it did, and meant that in a later scene where the protagonist's dad asks if he's keeping secrets, Sasha and I were unsuccessfully trying not to howl with delighted laughter. We're in ur kids movies, queering ur text!
In the evening
themeletor and I went to Can't Stop the Serenity. That too was surprisingly fun! We were late, and therefore missed the first two acts of Dr Horrible, which meant we were just in time to watch starting at the place I usually stop watching. In fact, I'd only seen Act III and Serenity once each, so it was an interesting refresher. Knowing what was coming in Serenity, this time I was able to sort of re-envision it as ... probably the second half of hypothetical third season? That seems about right in terms of plot arc and timing of character death. I am so damn sad Firefly couldn't have kept being a show. (On the other hand, though, having seen How Much Is That Geisha In The Window -- which cannot be unseen, nor should it be -- plus having mainlined the Avatar TV show over the past week ... Man, where the fuck were the missing Asians, guys? Oh Firefly, what mixed feelings I have about you.)
Completely unrelatedly, a meme I stole from
icepixie: Those of us who don't participate in the annual Remix challenge -- and, hell, those of us who do -- sometimes wonder which one of our fics someone might remix, and if so, what they might do with it.
So, guys, which would you pick? Here's my fic. If you also respond with a link to your fic (or post this in your journal), then I'll tell you which of yours I'd remix and how.
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First I saw How to Train Your Dragon, which I had little interest in seeing but went to spend time with my friends; I ended up pleasantly surprised! The dragons were damn cute; the protagonist really grew on me; the animation was gorgeous; I became genuinely anxious and invested in the plot; and, as a cherry on the awesomecake, near the beginning of the film
sasha_feather leaned over and whispered something along the lines of "Does the main character's difference from the rest of his village seem like a metaphor for gayness to you?" which, yes, it did, and meant that in a later scene where the protagonist's dad asks if he's keeping secrets, Sasha and I were unsuccessfully trying not to howl with delighted laughter. We're in ur kids movies, queering ur text!
In the evening
themeletor and I went to Can't Stop the Serenity. That too was surprisingly fun! We were late, and therefore missed the first two acts of Dr Horrible, which meant we were just in time to watch starting at the place I usually stop watching. In fact, I'd only seen Act III and Serenity once each, so it was an interesting refresher. Knowing what was coming in Serenity, this time I was able to sort of re-envision it as ... probably the second half of hypothetical third season? That seems about right in terms of plot arc and timing of character death. I am so damn sad Firefly couldn't have kept being a show. (On the other hand, though, having seen How Much Is That Geisha In The Window -- which cannot be unseen, nor should it be -- plus having mainlined the Avatar TV show over the past week ... Man, where the fuck were the missing Asians, guys? Oh Firefly, what mixed feelings I have about you.)
Completely unrelatedly, a meme I stole from
icepixie: Those of us who don't participate in the annual Remix challenge -- and, hell, those of us who do -- sometimes wonder which one of our fics someone might remix, and if so, what they might do with it.
So, guys, which would you pick? Here's my fic. If you also respond with a link to your fic (or post this in your journal), then I'll tell you which of yours I'd remix and how.
This entry was originally posted at http://aria.dreamwidth.org/95443.html. If you'd prefer, please comment there using OpenID.
comments.