Dad, are you using me as a shield against flesh eating zombies?*
During the brief moments when I haven't been working or lying in bed cursing a cold, I've been watching television. Have some comments on that, because apart from writing some Time drabbles (and there's some Chip/Icarus there for you, seschat), I've got nothing new.
Supernatural, "Slash Fiction" (7x06): MORE CROWLEY. Ahem... Although what we did see was awesome and sad because while baby always comes out on top, the Leviathan said aweful things to him. (And apparently Leviathan's consider him a demon too, so... Still, unless his eyes go black or yellow or whatever colour Hellkings' eyes are supposed to go, I'm not convinced, although I kinda like him being a demon. They are pussyfootying around the definite reveal of Crow' as a demon, though.) But, I'm okay with everyone underestimating Crowley because he's "just a demon" and the Leviathan basically backing up Lucifer's plan to rid the world of demons because now Crowley's probably going to team up with the Winchesters again (and by "team up" I mean more like save their asses yet again) just to piss the Leviathan off and get back at him for calling him all manner of ungentlemanly names. And I so want to see Crowley take the reins and get some smiting on. Plus, he's got his throne back.
Which by the way, that? The re-take-over of Hell? Something I'd've liked to see. Likewise with Castiel's civil war in Heaven. Why can't we have a spin-off of all these events? Or at least even just little flashbacks or tiny little bookends to the episodes where we get to see the epic shit that's going down? I mean, I love the boys, I do, but if there's this bigger picture with really, really interesting things going on that the audience knows is happening, why can't we see it? We get to see the Monster-of-the-Week victims going about their lives, so why not a shot of Crowley taking over hell? (And possibly running down Meg, because that's a fight that needs to happen.) The little we saw of Heaven's civil war in "The Man Who Would Be King" wasn't enough, or at least was too late coming.
I'm loving the Leviathans. I loved Leviathan!Sam and Leviathan!Dean, mainly because I love it when they do evil, and adored the one they had in the basement (who look distractingly like Jack Hodgins of Bones, without the crazy hair. I think the genius Winchesters are going to toss the Leviathans into the river, which, seriously? Why don't you just sing "Free Willy" while you're at it?
Bobby \o/ So the theory of Bobby as the Leviathan boss might have been shot down with the Leviathan taking his shape but that doesn't mean we won't see another Leviathan!Bobby again later.
Once Upon a Time, 1x01: I have no idea how I came across this - certainly not from the "From the creators of Lost" angle, although that gives me hope - but it's pretty and it's interesting and I like it. I might keep at it, who knows. I'll give it points for the female lead (and she's Cameron from House, whom I liked) and for the surprise Robert Carlyle.
Friends With Benefits, 1x01-02: Light-hearted fun that I'd watch if it came up on the chanel-surfing thing, but nothing I'll chase down. Daneel Ackles is a darling, though, it must be said.
Castle, "Demons" (4x06): It was a delightful Halloween romp of an episode, btu what made it extra special for me was that I swear I could almost see the Winchesters working the case at the same time. Seriously, there was a haunted house and murders, Castle researching paranormal activity, the killers blaming "a demon did it" and then there was the mother-loving Yellow-Eyed Demon himself! ...I need to fanart the hell out of it, I know. (Or hey, a mini-fanvid!)
Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza: I love this show. I mean I love this show. I loved Whose Line is it Anyway, so having new material to watch with the same old team is wonderful. Also, I might be developing a slight crush on Jeff. Find all episodes here.
Here's one of my favorite clips with two of my favourite improv-comedians, Jeff and Ryan:
White Collar - 2x01-2x07: Why the hell does Peter even have a wife if they're not going to put her in the show, or if they do, just to greenscreen her in to have a converstion over the phone? More Mrs Burke! And I love Mozzie and his hide-outs and his foster-home background and wine-drinking.
Meme: 30-Day Original Story Development Challenge
Here is a 30 day original story development challenge. It can be filled by prose or illustration or comic or even just script, whatever works for you and how you’ll be displaying the setting. Feel free to reveal as much or as little as you want.
Day 19 - What would your antagonist do if they saw your protagonist on the street?
He heard the drumming through others' ears, the steady four-beat of flesh on metal that called to his creations. Kezef slipped into body after body, cascading down alleyways and sidestreets along with the running bodies answering the pounding that echoed through city. His latest vessel reached the mess of limbs and reaching hands that was the flock of infected bodies running towards a fading angel and Kezef let it go.
Back in his own version of a body, Kezef smiled. His brother was alive. More than that: his brother was on the move, or would be, once the infected reached his latest hole. Kezef could take his time preparing things now that the most important ingredient had been located. He could let his brother run for a little while yet: he knew the little angel would inevitably fly back to Dean like a moth to a flame.
Day 20 - Demonstrate a character and their best friend and/or love interest interacting as they most commonly do.
Chip looked down at the mess in front of him, his oil-slick fingers just itching to start. He felt Icarus's hot breath on his neck as the angel pressed up against his back. A shiver ran up Chip's spine.
"Dean won't like it," said Icarus, looking over Chip's shoulder at the engine below.
"Dean won't notice," countered Chip. This was probably true. Despite Dean's initial outburst at Chip when he first went within five feet of the Impala with a wrench, Chip knew the car was a blindspot for their leader. Dean would never look at the car long enough - would never even think of cracking the hood - to see that anyone had worked on it. At least, not until Chip started fixing the frame.
"Alright," breathed Chip, "let's start with a little recon first." He wiped what looked like a year's worth of dirt, grease and all-around neglect away with a rag and flexed his fingers.
"Here," said Icarus, right by his ear as he pressed close against Chip's back and took the rag from his hand, slipping a wrench in its place. Chip waited a moment as the angel carefully pushed the cloth into Chip's back pocket, Chip's fingers flexing hard around the wrench an instant. The moment over, Chip turned his attention to the Impala, keeping up a running commentary as he inspected the engine and fixed the smaller problems, and every so often the angel at his back would nod into his shoulder, absorbing the information like a sponge.
It never occurred to Chip to question having Icarus literally at his back throughout the whole process. The angel never hindered his movements and would instead hand him tools at just the right moment - without Chip even needing to ask for them, once the morning wore on and Icarus learned the basics of car repair. Sometimes when his head was deep inside the engine and his hands were struggling with some damn piece or other so he couldn't see or hear anything other than the car, it calmed Chip down to feel the warm of Icarus legs against the back of his own, the gentle weight of a hand at his hip. The angel had his back. He was safe.
Day 21 - What is a character's deepest desire?
Chuck chewed steadily on the pencil clenched between his teeth while he tap-tap-tapped at the table with another sorely chewed pencil. He missed his computer. He missed the keyboard especially, how his fingers would fly from one button to the other and every time the letters would come out right, legible, no matter how drunk he was. He missed how he actually could write, back then, great big sweeping paragraphs just blotting out the white of the screen. Sure, there were the headaches and the nightmares and the hangovers - thanks to the visions, and Chuck's self-medication, for the most part - but he'd been a writer. Things had happened in his head and they'd stayed there. Or gone to live in someone elses.
Now, though, he had a clipboad full of lists and names and things they needed or had or wanted. He had a handful of splintering pencils and a couple of pens with caps so damaged they curled up on themselves. He had a couple of notebooks with everything in his whole world written down in other people's handwriting.
He wasn't a writer anymore. He wasn't even a prophet of the lord (and he refused to think of that title with even a hint of capital letters). Now he counted rolls or toilet paper and tubes of toothpaste and crumbling bags of pasta way past their expiration date.
All he wanted was to lock his cabin door, sit down at his desk with a good bottle of anything-at-all, and write.
Day 22 - What animals appear in your setting?
Day 23 - A unique place in your setting.
Day 24 - Where did you draw inspiration for the setting/story from?
Day 25 - A character's proudest moment.
Day 26 - What special talents or abilities does a character have?
Day 27 - An average day to a character.
Day 28 - A character's most embrassing moment.
Day 29 - An important thematic element.
Day 30 - A major event in the setting's history.
Video of the Day: The Daily Show, "Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?"
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cWeathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook
Quotes of the Day: Crowleyismyco-pilot's friend, on her outlook on life, here,
There’s glass half full people and there’s glass half empty people. And then there’s you who’s just happy there is a glass.
Joss Whedon, Firefly, "Serenity" (1x01), here
As he talks, two more girls are hustled in.
They are nudged, and both smile at Badger.
BADGER: (re: one) Yes. (re: other) No.
(to Mal) I don't like you.
(He makes a face, reconsidering.)
(to his thug, re: other)
Dyeahh.... yes.
The girl is pushed through the curtain after the first one.
Badger calls after them.
BADGER: But keep her in the back, yeah?
MAL: I'm not asking you to like me -
Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
spn_deanw's Discussion Shit Up, Dr. Phil
mrscastielftw's Review Shit Up, Dr. Phil
zeppx's AU Fic It's Only Love We're Falling In
strangeandcharm's Fic To Err is Human; To Forgive, Divine
rurounihime's Fic Misha collins is an extremely thoughtful and generous person
reapertownusa's Fic Go Back to Sleep
confett_storm's Fanmix Such Selfish Prayers
egsparks's Fanvid Losing My Mind
tortsh_coed's Fanvid Only Time
raloria's Video On-Set on Supernatural during 7x05
ceruleanriptide's Fanart Dean/Castiel - NSFW
ms_chignon's Fanart Goodbye
lightthesparks's BtVS Crossover Wallpaper
YouTube's Jared and Matt at Chicon2011: The Gun Show - 0.0
Doctor Who:
Good Omens:
Other Fandom:
misfitse4's Misfits Series 3 Premiere Date
obsessive24's Harry Potter Fanvid Disarm
Random:
zqfans's Article Zachary Quinto rides a wave of professional, personal growth ; Video Interview with Access Hollywood: ZQuinto on Coming Out
sarahtales' let's Go Gothic
theweaselking's Variable African Bush Viper
MNN's 5 nerdy-cool podcasts for your next road trip - It's cute how you need to qualify "nerdy" with "cool". And by "cute" I mean "not".
NY Times' The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami
Angelynscrimesofpassion's Nanotoons - Nanowrimo!
Haruki Murakami's Website (English) ; Short Story On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning - *sobs*
Reuters'Malaria scientist celebrates success after 24 years
Mark Shainblum's The King of (Understanding) Pain: Q&A with Ronald Melzack
Brad Mackay's Kid Koala Keeps Turning the Tables
Douglas Adams' Personal Story: "Cookies"
Ommatidia's Recipe Bolognese Machiavelli
* Castle, "Demons"
Supernatural, "Slash Fiction" (7x06): MORE CROWLEY. Ahem... Although what we did see was awesome and sad because while baby always comes out on top, the Leviathan said aweful things to him. (And apparently Leviathan's consider him a demon too, so... Still, unless his eyes go black or yellow or whatever colour Hellkings' eyes are supposed to go, I'm not convinced, although I kinda like him being a demon. They are pussyfootying around the definite reveal of Crow' as a demon, though.) But, I'm okay with everyone underestimating Crowley because he's "just a demon" and the Leviathan basically backing up Lucifer's plan to rid the world of demons because now Crowley's probably going to team up with the Winchesters again (and by "team up" I mean more like save their asses yet again) just to piss the Leviathan off and get back at him for calling him all manner of ungentlemanly names. And I so want to see Crowley take the reins and get some smiting on. Plus, he's got his throne back.
Which by the way, that? The re-take-over of Hell? Something I'd've liked to see. Likewise with Castiel's civil war in Heaven. Why can't we have a spin-off of all these events? Or at least even just little flashbacks or tiny little bookends to the episodes where we get to see the epic shit that's going down? I mean, I love the boys, I do, but if there's this bigger picture with really, really interesting things going on that the audience knows is happening, why can't we see it? We get to see the Monster-of-the-Week victims going about their lives, so why not a shot of Crowley taking over hell? (And possibly running down Meg, because that's a fight that needs to happen.) The little we saw of Heaven's civil war in "The Man Who Would Be King" wasn't enough, or at least was too late coming.
I'm loving the Leviathans. I loved Leviathan!Sam and Leviathan!Dean, mainly because I love it when they do evil, and adored the one they had in the basement (who look distractingly like Jack Hodgins of Bones, without the crazy hair. I think the genius Winchesters are going to toss the Leviathans into the river, which, seriously? Why don't you just sing "Free Willy" while you're at it?
Bobby \o/ So the theory of Bobby as the Leviathan boss might have been shot down with the Leviathan taking his shape but that doesn't mean we won't see another Leviathan!Bobby again later.
Once Upon a Time, 1x01: I have no idea how I came across this - certainly not from the "From the creators of Lost" angle, although that gives me hope - but it's pretty and it's interesting and I like it. I might keep at it, who knows. I'll give it points for the female lead (and she's Cameron from House, whom I liked) and for the surprise Robert Carlyle.
Friends With Benefits, 1x01-02: Light-hearted fun that I'd watch if it came up on the chanel-surfing thing, but nothing I'll chase down. Daneel Ackles is a darling, though, it must be said.
Castle, "Demons" (4x06): It was a delightful Halloween romp of an episode, btu what made it extra special for me was that I swear I could almost see the Winchesters working the case at the same time. Seriously, there was a haunted house and murders, Castle researching paranormal activity, the killers blaming "a demon did it" and then there was the mother-loving Yellow-Eyed Demon himself! ...I need to fanart the hell out of it, I know. (Or hey, a mini-fanvid!)
Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza: I love this show. I mean I love this show. I loved Whose Line is it Anyway, so having new material to watch with the same old team is wonderful. Also, I might be developing a slight crush on Jeff. Find all episodes here.
Here's one of my favorite clips with two of my favourite improv-comedians, Jeff and Ryan:
Click to viewWhite Collar - 2x01-2x07: Why the hell does Peter even have a wife if they're not going to put her in the show, or if they do, just to greenscreen her in to have a converstion over the phone? More Mrs Burke! And I love Mozzie and his hide-outs and his foster-home background and wine-drinking.
Meme: 30-Day Original Story Development Challenge
Here is a 30 day original story development challenge. It can be filled by prose or illustration or comic or even just script, whatever works for you and how you’ll be displaying the setting. Feel free to reveal as much or as little as you want.
Day 19 - What would your antagonist do if they saw your protagonist on the street?
He heard the drumming through others' ears, the steady four-beat of flesh on metal that called to his creations. Kezef slipped into body after body, cascading down alleyways and sidestreets along with the running bodies answering the pounding that echoed through city. His latest vessel reached the mess of limbs and reaching hands that was the flock of infected bodies running towards a fading angel and Kezef let it go.
Back in his own version of a body, Kezef smiled. His brother was alive. More than that: his brother was on the move, or would be, once the infected reached his latest hole. Kezef could take his time preparing things now that the most important ingredient had been located. He could let his brother run for a little while yet: he knew the little angel would inevitably fly back to Dean like a moth to a flame.
Day 20 - Demonstrate a character and their best friend and/or love interest interacting as they most commonly do.
Chip looked down at the mess in front of him, his oil-slick fingers just itching to start. He felt Icarus's hot breath on his neck as the angel pressed up against his back. A shiver ran up Chip's spine.
"Dean won't like it," said Icarus, looking over Chip's shoulder at the engine below.
"Dean won't notice," countered Chip. This was probably true. Despite Dean's initial outburst at Chip when he first went within five feet of the Impala with a wrench, Chip knew the car was a blindspot for their leader. Dean would never look at the car long enough - would never even think of cracking the hood - to see that anyone had worked on it. At least, not until Chip started fixing the frame.
"Alright," breathed Chip, "let's start with a little recon first." He wiped what looked like a year's worth of dirt, grease and all-around neglect away with a rag and flexed his fingers.
"Here," said Icarus, right by his ear as he pressed close against Chip's back and took the rag from his hand, slipping a wrench in its place. Chip waited a moment as the angel carefully pushed the cloth into Chip's back pocket, Chip's fingers flexing hard around the wrench an instant. The moment over, Chip turned his attention to the Impala, keeping up a running commentary as he inspected the engine and fixed the smaller problems, and every so often the angel at his back would nod into his shoulder, absorbing the information like a sponge.
It never occurred to Chip to question having Icarus literally at his back throughout the whole process. The angel never hindered his movements and would instead hand him tools at just the right moment - without Chip even needing to ask for them, once the morning wore on and Icarus learned the basics of car repair. Sometimes when his head was deep inside the engine and his hands were struggling with some damn piece or other so he couldn't see or hear anything other than the car, it calmed Chip down to feel the warm of Icarus legs against the back of his own, the gentle weight of a hand at his hip. The angel had his back. He was safe.
Day 21 - What is a character's deepest desire?
Chuck chewed steadily on the pencil clenched between his teeth while he tap-tap-tapped at the table with another sorely chewed pencil. He missed his computer. He missed the keyboard especially, how his fingers would fly from one button to the other and every time the letters would come out right, legible, no matter how drunk he was. He missed how he actually could write, back then, great big sweeping paragraphs just blotting out the white of the screen. Sure, there were the headaches and the nightmares and the hangovers - thanks to the visions, and Chuck's self-medication, for the most part - but he'd been a writer. Things had happened in his head and they'd stayed there. Or gone to live in someone elses.
Now, though, he had a clipboad full of lists and names and things they needed or had or wanted. He had a handful of splintering pencils and a couple of pens with caps so damaged they curled up on themselves. He had a couple of notebooks with everything in his whole world written down in other people's handwriting.
He wasn't a writer anymore. He wasn't even a prophet of the lord (and he refused to think of that title with even a hint of capital letters). Now he counted rolls or toilet paper and tubes of toothpaste and crumbling bags of pasta way past their expiration date.
All he wanted was to lock his cabin door, sit down at his desk with a good bottle of anything-at-all, and write.
Day 22 - What animals appear in your setting?
Day 23 - A unique place in your setting.
Day 24 - Where did you draw inspiration for the setting/story from?
Day 25 - A character's proudest moment.
Day 26 - What special talents or abilities does a character have?
Day 27 - An average day to a character.
Day 28 - A character's most embrassing moment.
Day 29 - An important thematic element.
Day 30 - A major event in the setting's history.
Video of the Day: The Daily Show, "Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?"
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cWeathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To?www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook
Quotes of the Day: Crowleyismyco-pilot's friend, on her outlook on life, here,
There’s glass half full people and there’s glass half empty people. And then there’s you who’s just happy there is a glass.
Joss Whedon, Firefly, "Serenity" (1x01), here
As he talks, two more girls are hustled in.
They are nudged, and both smile at Badger.
BADGER: (re: one) Yes. (re: other) No.
(to Mal) I don't like you.
(He makes a face, reconsidering.)
(to his thug, re: other)
Dyeahh.... yes.
The girl is pushed through the curtain after the first one.
Badger calls after them.
BADGER: But keep her in the back, yeah?
MAL: I'm not asking you to like me -
Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
spn_deanw's Discussion Shit Up, Dr. Phil
mrscastielftw's Review Shit Up, Dr. Phil
zeppx's AU Fic It's Only Love We're Falling In
strangeandcharm's Fic To Err is Human; To Forgive, Divine
rurounihime's Fic Misha collins is an extremely thoughtful and generous person
reapertownusa's Fic Go Back to Sleep
confett_storm's Fanmix Such Selfish Prayers
egsparks's Fanvid Losing My Mind
tortsh_coed's Fanvid Only Time
raloria's Video On-Set on Supernatural during 7x05
ceruleanriptide's Fanart Dean/Castiel - NSFW
ms_chignon's Fanart Goodbye
lightthesparks's BtVS Crossover Wallpaper
YouTube's Jared and Matt at Chicon2011: The Gun Show - 0.0
- Twoprosinanimpala's Convention Story Yesterday, I gave misha my cas plush I made almost a year ago and told him how when I went to the psych ward...
- Newton_pulsifer's Meta What a peculiar thing you are
- Tickle_me_misha's Response to "We (the wincest shippers) probably (more then likely) deal with a lot more hate then the destiel shippers because of the whole incest factor." - All the words. ; GIF au graphics meme » angels of supernatural as a dysfunctional family sitcom ; Response to Sera Gamble saying "This is all part of the story that launches the season. So, we didn’t think of [Castiel's death] as having more or less impact; we think of all of this as the big kickoff." - The death of a beloved character is not a "kick off". Do not belittle it. ; Fanart I'm the one ; Fanart and Drabble Castiel and Dean in the backseat ; Fanart Take thge fucking burger, you dick ; Fanart How'd you like my fanfiction, boys? ; GIF Team free will - WIN ; GIFs Directing notes for S6 Finale's last scene - Bwahahaha! ; Meta What is and What Should Never Be: Dean's deepest desires ; Meta I feel like this whole lying game happenes every fucking season ; Drabble Here's what's going down ; Screencap Borax on Wiki, as edited by Supernatural Fans ; Meta On Rachel ; Meta If there was any scene i could marry it would be this scene right fucking here ; GIFs and Meta Doors, on the other hand, impossible
- Getoutofmyasscas' Meta I think what gets me most about these interviews with Sera Gamble is the way she frames Castiel’s death in relation to its impact on Sam and Dean - ALL THE WORDS
- Eastcollins' GIFs Jared in Young MacGyver - *confused sputtering laughter*
- A_recumbentibus's Doctor Who Crossover GIF and Drabble Amy and Dean
- Crowleyismyco-pilot's Review My Crowley-centric post about tonight's episode ; Video Mark Sheppard's new interview
- Xnoel's Doctor Who Crossover Fanvid Save the World
Doctor Who:
- Alderaantimesalderaanplaces's Fanart Bad Wolf (film noire)
- Doctorwho's AU GIFs Doctor Who meets Star Wars ; Article Steven Moffat hints at Series 7
- Crowleyismyco-pilot's Holy motherfuck Canton could be back in series 7 - Eeeeeeeeeeee!
Good Omens:
- Its_sorcery's Dream Cast Sir Ian McKellan as Aziraphale, Paul Bettany as Pollution, Mark Sheppard as Crowley
Other Fandom:
misfitse4's Misfits Series 3 Premiere Date
obsessive24's Harry Potter Fanvid Disarm
- Alderaantimesalderaanplaces' Twittercap Nathan Fillion: muchadothemovie.com - Much Ado About Nothing Joss Whedon Roundup = Eeeeeeeeee!
- Stopitsgingertime's Poster Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
- Thieves_r_us's Leverage AU Fanart and Fics Zombiepocalypse
Random:
zqfans's Article Zachary Quinto rides a wave of professional, personal growth ; Video Interview with Access Hollywood: ZQuinto on Coming Out
sarahtales' let's Go Gothic
theweaselking's Variable African Bush Viper
MNN's 5 nerdy-cool podcasts for your next road trip - It's cute how you need to qualify "nerdy" with "cool". And by "cute" I mean "not".
NY Times' The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami
Angelynscrimesofpassion's Nanotoons - Nanowrimo!
Haruki Murakami's Website (English) ; Short Story On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning - *sobs*
Reuters'Malaria scientist celebrates success after 24 years
Mark Shainblum's The King of (Understanding) Pain: Q&A with Ronald Melzack
Brad Mackay's Kid Koala Keeps Turning the Tables
Douglas Adams' Personal Story: "Cookies"
Ommatidia's Recipe Bolognese Machiavelli
- The_iridescence's Tumblr
- That_damned_elusive_pimpernel's Rick Perry glad he defunded ‘Planned Parenthood - *inarticulate raaaaage* Also, what about hormonal contraception that's used to treat hormonal imbalances, regardless of their contraceptive use?
- Newton_pulsifer's Guide to art styles ; Quote But trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like... ; UN Recommends everyone stop telling women what to do with their bodies - "The UN states that any country restricting a woman’s access to abortion and/or contraception is, in doing so, violating a woman’s human rights."On the "Planned Parenthood" amendment: "biological ignorance" - Science ftw!
- Martymcawesome's A great big giant ass list of feminist lit
- Tickle_me_misha's Photo Will Smith: The 1%
- Mosetyler's Fanmix Get pumped!
- Ironmanned's Fic Dry Your Eyes: a Comic sans/Papyrus fic
- Gotcustard's Poster Cheeseburgers Across America - And by "America" they mean the USA, just to be clear.
- Cookiwooga's Tutorial How to draw arms up
* Castle, "Demons"