I think this is the fastest I've ever gotten into a fandom: there was a clips pimp of Sherlock (BBC) on Saturday, I went home and started watching it right away, and now I'm reading John/Sherlock like it's going out of style. This is quite incredible when you consider that the RDJ movie didn't strike me as slashy at all. (What?)

( some thoughts! on yaoi! and sherlock! with many spoilers through the Great Game! and gratuitous Doyle quoting! )

I read throughadoor's comments on Sam in AHBL part 1 and basically his character arc over the last two seasons. (Obviously, major SPOILERS.) For some reason she articulated a lot of stuff that, as soon as I read it, I thought, "oh duh!" and wondered why I hadn't been able to articulate that myself. About the differences between Sam last season and this season ( Read more... )

The 2006 in summary meme. ( NB: contains SPN spoilers through Croatoan )

( this week's HEROES OMFG OMFG OMFG )

I know that when I say this,
I may be stepping on pins and needles;
But I don't like all these people
slagging her for breaking up the Beatles.
(Don't blame it on Yokey!)

-- Barenaked Ladies, Be My Yoko Ono

THE END.

( oh no, apparently I do have more to complain about )

( some meta on Sam's powers; somewhat spoilery through 2x05 )

Okay, some actual thoughts, but not meta-organised or anything, about Heroes 1x04: Collision (I just clicked to that. Very, um, unclever.) Some pretty direct and IMO solid meta on Claire in there, though, which I might x-post somewhere. Um, Newsletter peoples, no need to link to this cause I'd hate for people to read this twice.

( spoilery. )

'Fess up: who slipped Helen alcohol today? stuff.co.nz has an article, and well, some of the highlights:

On Don Brash"Labour regards Dr Brash as a corrosive and cancerous person within the New Zealand political system ( Read more... )

Okay, let's review, shall we? New Zealand has a robust, bitchy Parliamentary system in which members will backstab, connive, pointscore, mudsling, in short, do anything to keep life interesting in the Beehive. The media usually stays far away from commentary on private life but everything else is open season.

May 2005, National opens up with ( Read more... )

Attention! Instead of reading the following boring bitching about New Zealand politicians' sex scandals, you should really just read Tze Ming Mok's hysterical latest.Sometimes when I'm bored on my Thursday evening shift, I write little lists of what I would prefer to be writing an LJ entry about. Sometimes I write the entry, sometimes I don't, but ( Read more... )