The weekend was (mostly) for playing fandom catch-up.
I finally finished book one of Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Yes, I am a terrible slacker. Yes, it was amazing and I can't believe I didn't finish that before. Actually, it's a little hard to, because we watch with the kidlet and so we have to hit this sweet spot of him not being in trouble, not having any homework taking up his time, not having any extra homework we give him (learning the Hebrew aleph bet, for one), and also us being home for the weekend. Which we managed! So we marathoned through the last half of the book.
My love of Lin Bei Fong knows no bounds. Nor does my love of the fact that there's a statue of Toph over the door of police headquarters. Really, the Bei Fong family is pretty amazing.
Korra is growing up, and coming into her own in a different way than Aang. Which I adore. Though Aang looks so young as an Avatar spirit. How many years have he and Katara been separated? I kind of want to cry a little for them, because, while it's clear that Katara is living a fulfilled life and is happy, I am, at heart, a bit of a romantic and I want to see the parts where she and Aang are together.
Tenzin cracks me up. He's so calm and serene and together most of the time, but the times he loses it and shows his temper? When he's cheering for Korra at the pro-bending match especially? Oh, I want to pat him. But he's definitely a rock for Korra.
I don't think I like the love triangle, maybe because I love Asami and I think Mako was pretty shitty to her. And I don't think that one apology can cover that.
Obviously, I want to see more about Sokka - leading the council of Republic City! - and Suki and all the Last Airbender people. But I want Lin and Asami and Korra and the baby airbender warrior monks (so cute!). And Pema, who is far more patient than anyone has any right to be. But I'll manage to be patient. Even if I think Asami should become the leading industrialist of Republic City now.
Also, I saw the premiere of Haven. I've been waiting and waiting for this series to return. I love Haven, though I have strong feelings about how shitty they've been to women who aren't Audrey. Like, Evi and Audrey II and Julia and Jess and Eleanor. Killed, mind-wiped, Sir Not Appearing In This TV Series, fled to Montreal, and also killed. Damn it, show, give me someone for Audrey to be friends with that's not a dude.
I hope they're not going to do this thing where Duke turns against Audrey. Because that would be stupid and annoying, given that they've spent several seasons making sure Duke and Audrey develop a friendship and show us how Audrey and Duke trust each other. But why would we keep character development going, right? Because it is a SyFy show, and I don't actually trust them.
Oh, Artie. Someone, somewhere on the internet has called that you're making your own darkness. And I think that's the case. I love how everyone is ignoring your "I'm in charge, I can handle this myself, I can distract you all and be irritable and you will all leave me alone to figure these things out." I love that H.G. and Mrs. Fredericks conspired together. If there are any agents that I think should be promoted to Regents, I think it would be H.G. And I love Myka so much, but H.G. keeps giving up everything for the Warehouse, and that's a level of dedication that I think a Regent should have.
Other than that, we went out to dinner for my mom's birthday, took the kidlet to Hebrew school, and I managed to work on some knitting and some writing. But I think I'm coming down with something that a co-worker brought into the office (before he realized he was incubating something, so it's not as if he knew).
Still catching up with Doctor Who. I've only seen Asylum of the Daleks. I really just don't want to watch the Ponds leave. Mr. Havoc is going to watch it and spoil me first. He's putting up with it because he doesn't get fandom, but he gets losing a Who companion.
I need to see Resident Evil: Afterlife. I don't really want to wait until it's on DVD, but I think I may end up having to.
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My love of Lin Bei Fong knows no bounds. Nor does my love of the fact that there's a statue of Toph over the door of police headquarters. Really, the Bei Fong family is pretty amazing.
Korra is growing up, and coming into her own in a different way than Aang. Which I adore. Though Aang looks so young as an Avatar spirit. How many years have he and Katara been separated? I kind of want to cry a little for them, because, while it's clear that Katara is living a fulfilled life and is happy, I am, at heart, a bit of a romantic and I want to see the parts where she and Aang are together.
Tenzin cracks me up. He's so calm and serene and together most of the time, but the times he loses it and shows his temper? When he's cheering for Korra at the pro-bending match especially? Oh, I want to pat him. But he's definitely a rock for Korra.
I don't think I like the love triangle, maybe because I love Asami and I think Mako was pretty shitty to her. And I don't think that one apology can cover that.
Obviously, I want to see more about Sokka - leading the council of Republic City! - and Suki and all the Last Airbender people. But I want Lin and Asami and Korra and the baby airbender warrior monks (so cute!). And Pema, who is far more patient than anyone has any right to be. But I'll manage to be patient. Even if I think Asami should become the leading industrialist of Republic City now.
Also, I saw the premiere of Haven. I've been waiting and waiting for this series to return. I love Haven, though I have strong feelings about how shitty they've been to women who aren't Audrey. Like, Evi and Audrey II and Julia and Jess and Eleanor. Killed, mind-wiped, Sir Not Appearing In This TV Series, fled to Montreal, and also killed. Damn it, show, give me someone for Audrey to be friends with that's not a dude.
I hope they're not going to do this thing where Duke turns against Audrey. Because that would be stupid and annoying, given that they've spent several seasons making sure Duke and Audrey develop a friendship and show us how Audrey and Duke trust each other. But why would we keep character development going, right? Because it is a SyFy show, and I don't actually trust them.
Oh, Artie. Someone, somewhere on the internet has called that you're making your own darkness. And I think that's the case. I love how everyone is ignoring your "I'm in charge, I can handle this myself, I can distract you all and be irritable and you will all leave me alone to figure these things out." I love that H.G. and Mrs. Fredericks conspired together. If there are any agents that I think should be promoted to Regents, I think it would be H.G. And I love Myka so much, but H.G. keeps giving up everything for the Warehouse, and that's a level of dedication that I think a Regent should have.
Other than that, we went out to dinner for my mom's birthday, took the kidlet to Hebrew school, and I managed to work on some knitting and some writing. But I think I'm coming down with something that a co-worker brought into the office (before he realized he was incubating something, so it's not as if he knew).
Still catching up with Doctor Who. I've only seen Asylum of the Daleks. I really just don't want to watch the Ponds leave. Mr. Havoc is going to watch it and spoil me first. He's putting up with it because he doesn't get fandom, but he gets losing a Who companion.
I need to see Resident Evil: Afterlife. I don't really want to wait until it's on DVD, but I think I may end up having to.
This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.