This post is, astonishingly, not about writing.
Fannish round-up
Pushing Daisies: This show is made of a sparkling black-humor gemstone in a 24-carat genius-plated absurdity setting and hung on a necklace of shiny.
Dexter: This season of Dexter is FREAKING ME THE FUCK OUT. Seriously. We've seen Dexter actually shove the knife in a couple times this season, which we never did before, and the one shot of him feeling the victim's pulse as the guy bleeds out? Shivery-creepy. And Miguel Prado is creeping me the hell out too- a fabulously complex character, who I am fabulously confliced about, and Jimmy Smits is hitting it absolutely OUT OF THE PARK acting-wise. And Debra is still one of the most interesting female TV characters I've ever seen (though it looked for about two episodes there like Anton was going to be the bad guy, which... sorry, but no woman has luck THAT bad. Two serial killers in three years? So I am glad they're not going that route. I don't think).
Chuck: Okay, the Chuck/Casey is starting to just slay me. They've built it up so slowly and surely, with lots of banter and snark and actual protectiveness and genuine care underneath, and then this episode Casey gave him that wink. And then they did the "thin plot contrivance made them do it!" and were just self-aware enough about how ludicrous it was for me to love it. That whole bit felt very fanficcy to me. And I will not believe for a moment that Adam Baldwin doesn't know damn wel that he's feeding the slashers.
And now who is writing the Chuck/Bryce, Jill/Bryce, Casey/Bryce, Sarah/Bryce, Chuck/Casey fic where Bryce is obviously the biggest slut of the CIA and Casey has to get Chuck to figure that out and get over it? Because I want to read that one.
SGA: SGA fills me flailing, wild, flappy-handed, dolphin-pitched squee. I am not sure how any other show will ever measure up for pure character awesomeness and love combined with tongue-in-cheek self-aware meta. It more than made up for Clip Show Fail.
Poor Jason Momoa looks like crap this season. If he really couldn't stand the hair any more, why didn't they just write Ronon cutting his hair into an episode? I mean, it could have been an actual Ronon-centric episode that included clues about Satedan culture and his character arc... Instead, we just get a freakishly gorgeous man who looks like his head is getting eaten by a space monster. Aren't wig makers better than that these days?
But I love how much Ronon loves kick-ass women. You noticed that? The minute he sees a woman can fight, he gets all starry-eyed. And this new chick? She can fight without wearing a leather corset! I know, you didn't think that was possible, did you? And Ronon is so ruthlessly competent in his own area and so take-charge when situations require it, and he has such a great sly sense of humor and was so totally fucking with Woolsey, and it takes all of them working together to save the city, and Teyla is so Catwoman to John's Batman... *dissolves in SGA love*
Why the hell does Teyla not have a sling or something for that baby? Really. Also, Rachel Luttrell, how are you so hot?
Any episode where Radek mumbles in Czech and rolls his eyes is a good episode. I have missed him so. And I have this irresistible urge to pet his hair. ALL THE TIME. Worse than Sheppard's. One day I WILL get my John/Rodney/Radek fic.
John in command mode makes me all shivery. Lorne in any mode makes me all shivery. This show is so not helping my military kink problem.
The little RC-car racing bit? I laughed 'til I cried. Oh, Rodney, give it up. You won't stand a chance against Sheppard. But their geeky-teenage-boys-in-their-clubhouse love is so canon! They just hang out together, and it's perfection itself. And Rodney's shaft needs lube. Canonically, so really, now we absolutely KNOW they are messing with us.
And they are so married, and so very meta about the little "I can't do it! It's a million to one odds!" / "Okay, so, ten minutes then?" bit, because John really believes Rodney can do ANYTHING. I love that. And so very meta about "It's a suicide mission!" / "Well... isn't that sort of... what I do?" I mean, seriously, Rodney. Telling John it's a suicide mission is a little like dangling string in front of a kitten, isn't it? And acknowledging that doesn't take away from the drama, for me, because I see that as such a basic point of conflict in the slash goggles- that John always feels the need to be a hero and Rodney is so conflicted about that basic fact about John.
And how much do I love them coming out of wherever they were on the peir and seeing the central tower? One of my big regrets is how this show very early on lost the sense of wonder at the city- the sheer size and strangeness and grandeur and glory of it. I miss the city being a character in her own right, and I love that in fic, and I love episodes that stay in the city.
Supernatural: Jensen's wildly overacted fear? Hilarious. Sam's wibbly angst on finding out that angels are not actually very fluffy, and Dean's desire to somehow restore that faith to him even though Dean himself doesn't buy it? Heartbreaking. Seeing Dean converse with a suicidal teddy-bear? Priceless. That moment when we see Dean needing -- STILL, after four years, still, needing reassurance that Sam wouldn't choose to leave, doesn't want his old life back? Again, heartbreaking. Sometimes our boys fail to really see each other, and I think those are some of the most interesting relationship moments. And I kind of love Castiel a LOT.
And oh, shit. Oh, GOD. The final conversation about Dean's memories of hell. Jesus. Brutal, and awful, and I'm finally really believing that the Dean's PTSD storyline will be well done, and oh... wow. Jensen. You are amazing.
Do I have anything to say about SPN that everybody on my flist hasn't already said? *thinks* No? Okay, then. OMG SPOILER ALERT: The boys are pretty! Yaay pretty boys!
Yuletide: I got my assignment, and it's like it was custom-tailored for me. SERIOUSLY. Something I never would have written on my own impetus, but the minute I saw the details I was all "OMG I WANT TO WRITE THIS SO BADLY IT WILL BE AWESOME!" I'm torrenting the fandom now, and I have, you know, a season to watch and RESEARCH to do and NOTES to take. *cracks knuckles*
Life round-up
Short version: Lonely, depressed, broke, not wanting to talk about it. I think major changes need to be made, but I don't know what they are yet and I think I am going to be skating through Christmas on my savings. Just... it all seems pretty insurmountable. That's all.
Pushing Daisies: This show is made of a sparkling black-humor gemstone in a 24-carat genius-plated absurdity setting and hung on a necklace of shiny.
Dexter: This season of Dexter is FREAKING ME THE FUCK OUT. Seriously. We've seen Dexter actually shove the knife in a couple times this season, which we never did before, and the one shot of him feeling the victim's pulse as the guy bleeds out? Shivery-creepy. And Miguel Prado is creeping me the hell out too- a fabulously complex character, who I am fabulously confliced about, and Jimmy Smits is hitting it absolutely OUT OF THE PARK acting-wise. And Debra is still one of the most interesting female TV characters I've ever seen (though it looked for about two episodes there like Anton was going to be the bad guy, which... sorry, but no woman has luck THAT bad. Two serial killers in three years? So I am glad they're not going that route. I don't think).
Chuck: Okay, the Chuck/Casey is starting to just slay me. They've built it up so slowly and surely, with lots of banter and snark and actual protectiveness and genuine care underneath, and then this episode Casey gave him that wink. And then they did the "thin plot contrivance made them do it!" and were just self-aware enough about how ludicrous it was for me to love it. That whole bit felt very fanficcy to me. And I will not believe for a moment that Adam Baldwin doesn't know damn wel that he's feeding the slashers.
And now who is writing the Chuck/Bryce, Jill/Bryce, Casey/Bryce, Sarah/Bryce, Chuck/Casey fic where Bryce is obviously the biggest slut of the CIA and Casey has to get Chuck to figure that out and get over it? Because I want to read that one.
SGA: SGA fills me flailing, wild, flappy-handed, dolphin-pitched squee. I am not sure how any other show will ever measure up for pure character awesomeness and love combined with tongue-in-cheek self-aware meta. It more than made up for Clip Show Fail.
Poor Jason Momoa looks like crap this season. If he really couldn't stand the hair any more, why didn't they just write Ronon cutting his hair into an episode? I mean, it could have been an actual Ronon-centric episode that included clues about Satedan culture and his character arc... Instead, we just get a freakishly gorgeous man who looks like his head is getting eaten by a space monster. Aren't wig makers better than that these days?
But I love how much Ronon loves kick-ass women. You noticed that? The minute he sees a woman can fight, he gets all starry-eyed. And this new chick? She can fight without wearing a leather corset! I know, you didn't think that was possible, did you? And Ronon is so ruthlessly competent in his own area and so take-charge when situations require it, and he has such a great sly sense of humor and was so totally fucking with Woolsey, and it takes all of them working together to save the city, and Teyla is so Catwoman to John's Batman... *dissolves in SGA love*
Why the hell does Teyla not have a sling or something for that baby? Really. Also, Rachel Luttrell, how are you so hot?
Any episode where Radek mumbles in Czech and rolls his eyes is a good episode. I have missed him so. And I have this irresistible urge to pet his hair. ALL THE TIME. Worse than Sheppard's. One day I WILL get my John/Rodney/Radek fic.
John in command mode makes me all shivery. Lorne in any mode makes me all shivery. This show is so not helping my military kink problem.
The little RC-car racing bit? I laughed 'til I cried. Oh, Rodney, give it up. You won't stand a chance against Sheppard. But their geeky-teenage-boys-in-their-clubhouse love is so canon! They just hang out together, and it's perfection itself. And Rodney's shaft needs lube. Canonically, so really, now we absolutely KNOW they are messing with us.
And they are so married, and so very meta about the little "I can't do it! It's a million to one odds!" / "Okay, so, ten minutes then?" bit, because John really believes Rodney can do ANYTHING. I love that. And so very meta about "It's a suicide mission!" / "Well... isn't that sort of... what I do?" I mean, seriously, Rodney. Telling John it's a suicide mission is a little like dangling string in front of a kitten, isn't it? And acknowledging that doesn't take away from the drama, for me, because I see that as such a basic point of conflict in the slash goggles- that John always feels the need to be a hero and Rodney is so conflicted about that basic fact about John.
And how much do I love them coming out of wherever they were on the peir and seeing the central tower? One of my big regrets is how this show very early on lost the sense of wonder at the city- the sheer size and strangeness and grandeur and glory of it. I miss the city being a character in her own right, and I love that in fic, and I love episodes that stay in the city.
Supernatural: Jensen's wildly overacted fear? Hilarious. Sam's wibbly angst on finding out that angels are not actually very fluffy, and Dean's desire to somehow restore that faith to him even though Dean himself doesn't buy it? Heartbreaking. Seeing Dean converse with a suicidal teddy-bear? Priceless. That moment when we see Dean needing -- STILL, after four years, still, needing reassurance that Sam wouldn't choose to leave, doesn't want his old life back? Again, heartbreaking. Sometimes our boys fail to really see each other, and I think those are some of the most interesting relationship moments. And I kind of love Castiel a LOT.
And oh, shit. Oh, GOD. The final conversation about Dean's memories of hell. Jesus. Brutal, and awful, and I'm finally really believing that the Dean's PTSD storyline will be well done, and oh... wow. Jensen. You are amazing.
Do I have anything to say about SPN that everybody on my flist hasn't already said? *thinks* No? Okay, then. OMG SPOILER ALERT: The boys are pretty! Yaay pretty boys!
Yuletide: I got my assignment, and it's like it was custom-tailored for me. SERIOUSLY. Something I never would have written on my own impetus, but the minute I saw the details I was all "OMG I WANT TO WRITE THIS SO BADLY IT WILL BE AWESOME!" I'm torrenting the fandom now, and I have, you know, a season to watch and RESEARCH to do and NOTES to take. *cracks knuckles*
Life round-up
Short version: Lonely, depressed, broke, not wanting to talk about it. I think major changes need to be made, but I don't know what they are yet and I think I am going to be skating through Christmas on my savings. Just... it all seems pretty insurmountable. That's all.