But that's how they getcha!
I am just terrible at updating. For the past two weeks I've been all, "Oh, I'll post something tomorrow!" and now it's "Well, hello, New Year!" and I haven't posted anything since Christmas.
Also, there's been so much Left 4 Dead 2 going on in the house since bringing home the XBox that I actually had a dream about it last night. About trying to find fic for it, actually; my subconscious apparently ships Ellis/Nick and in the dream I was looking up fic while being mocked for it by my flist. I don't even know. I've barely even played the game! (I'm terrible at fps games, especially multiplayer ones. Which is why I've been contenting myself with Dragon Age and my entitled little princeling rogue.:)
Although now that it's been brought to my attention, I do kind of ship it. Definite Yuletide nomination for next year.
In other gaming news, I am doing something terribly wrong and can't get past the first Reaper battle in Day One of the Joshua chapter of The World Ends With You. I keep finding walkthroughs saying this is an easy fight and I wind up shouting at the screen, "But I've died three times. REDEFINE EASY!" Can anyone clue me in as to where I'm going wrong here?
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I'm super excited for the fandom_stocking unveiling tomorrow, even I didn't get to write half of what I'd planned on. New tiny fics!
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As you've no doubt cunningly deduced from my icon, I did in fact see Sherlock Holmes on Christmas. I can barely put into words how much I loved Jude Law's Watson. I can't watch the Basil Rathbone films; he's a fine Holmes, but Nigel Bruce's Watson makes me want fling my annotated Holmes at people. They make Watson play the buffoon in those movies, completely undercutting the partnership and friendship of the stories. It makes me crazy, and so many adaptations take that characterization and run with it.
JL's Watson is sly and funny and sensible, and so clearly adores the hell out of Holmes without excusing the Holmsian craziness. Everyone involved seemed to have realized that Watson is the grounding force in his relationship with Holmes and extended that over the whole film.
And his relationship with Mary was wonderfully handled. My favorite scene was the conversation between Mary and Holmes at the hospital; her straightforwardness about the whole thing ("I know you love him as I do.") coupled with Holmes' embarrassment about 1) getting caught out in disguise and 2) being forced to have the conversation in the first place made me squeefull.
Non-spoilerly: Fun, fun movie. Not a better Holmes than the Granada series (but how could it be? Although I might actually like Jude Law's Watson a teensy bit better. Shhhhh!) but much closer the the source that you might believe and filled with lots of little references for Holmes aficionados.
ETA: You guys. GUYS. Check this out. It's everything I was ranting about up there, only with a sheen of Hark! A Vagrant awesome!
Also, there's been so much Left 4 Dead 2 going on in the house since bringing home the XBox that I actually had a dream about it last night. About trying to find fic for it, actually; my subconscious apparently ships Ellis/Nick and in the dream I was looking up fic while being mocked for it by my flist. I don't even know. I've barely even played the game! (I'm terrible at fps games, especially multiplayer ones. Which is why I've been contenting myself with Dragon Age and my entitled little princeling rogue.:)
Although now that it's been brought to my attention, I do kind of ship it. Definite Yuletide nomination for next year.
In other gaming news, I am doing something terribly wrong and can't get past the first Reaper battle in Day One of the Joshua chapter of The World Ends With You. I keep finding walkthroughs saying this is an easy fight and I wind up shouting at the screen, "But I've died three times. REDEFINE EASY!" Can anyone clue me in as to where I'm going wrong here?
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I'm super excited for the fandom_stocking unveiling tomorrow, even I didn't get to write half of what I'd planned on. New tiny fics!
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As you've no doubt cunningly deduced from my icon, I did in fact see Sherlock Holmes on Christmas. I can barely put into words how much I loved Jude Law's Watson. I can't watch the Basil Rathbone films; he's a fine Holmes, but Nigel Bruce's Watson makes me want fling my annotated Holmes at people. They make Watson play the buffoon in those movies, completely undercutting the partnership and friendship of the stories. It makes me crazy, and so many adaptations take that characterization and run with it.
JL's Watson is sly and funny and sensible, and so clearly adores the hell out of Holmes without excusing the Holmsian craziness. Everyone involved seemed to have realized that Watson is the grounding force in his relationship with Holmes and extended that over the whole film.
And his relationship with Mary was wonderfully handled. My favorite scene was the conversation between Mary and Holmes at the hospital; her straightforwardness about the whole thing ("I know you love him as I do.") coupled with Holmes' embarrassment about 1) getting caught out in disguise and 2) being forced to have the conversation in the first place made me squeefull.
Non-spoilerly: Fun, fun movie. Not a better Holmes than the Granada series (but how could it be? Although I might actually like Jude Law's Watson a teensy bit better. Shhhhh!) but much closer the the source that you might believe and filled with lots of little references for Holmes aficionados.
ETA: You guys. GUYS. Check this out. It's everything I was ranting about up there, only with a sheen of Hark! A Vagrant awesome!