I've been rewatching the original 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime! It's been a long time. I'm seventeen episodes in.

I was not looking forward to episode seven, which remains one of the most emotionally devastating episodes of television I've ever watched. I've tried to rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist before, but I keep stalling at episode seven; I ( Read more... )

We've almost finished season three of The X-Files!

I haven't seen much American television from this era, and I'm struck by the way the shadow of the Vietnam War hangs over The X-Files. In some ways, it's reminiscent of the lingering impact of the Ishbal genocide in Fullmetal Alchemist, although of course the atrocities of the Vietnam War were ( Read more... )

I'm a young woman on Livejournal. I see my friend's posted a series of adverts, so I check them out, and I'm laughing so hard I wreck your car.

Somehow.

Despite being in my room.

Why is your car in my room, anyway? That's just asking for trouble.

Here's a meme I haven't done in a while!

- Write a list of characters and number them ( Read more... )

Here's an attempt at a self-imposed writing challenge: alphabet ficsnippets! The first snippet contains one character whose name (first name, surname or nickname) begins with A and one whose name begins with B, the second a B and a C, the third a C and a D and so on until Z and A. (You're welcome to try it yourself, although this will obviously be ( Read more... )

In a rare example of YouTube comments actually being worth reading, I just came across one by a 'p0ssumman' regarding Derren's failure at the roulette prediction:

Derren got exactly the outcome he wanted tonight, watch the advert for the events, and watch it backwards...Anyone else see a metaphor at the very end with the lorry with 'red or black' ( Read more... )

newbie1990 linked to this video of Katie McGrath and Angel Coulby talking about Merlin, and asfdhashdjdgh they are so adorable. It is mildly spoilery about character arcs in the second series, I should warn you (nothing you won't have guessed if you're familiar with Arthurian legend), but adorable! So adorable! Hugging! Thumbs-up! Gwen wants to lock Morgana ( Read more... )

This paragraph has nothing to do with the rest of this entry, but I would like to see an Avatar-esque elemental bending battle portrayed in live action using the terrible sixties special effects of Star Trek: The Original Series. It would be spectacular.

I was just on TV Tropes, and found, to my distress, that both Cameron and Thirteen of House ( Read more... )

This is an entry of many unconnected things!

- Here is a rather well-done Flash version of Portal (for those who aren't familiar with Portal: it's a puzzle game in which you try to reach your goal by creating portals that lead to each other and harnessing THE POWER OF PHYSICS). It works surprisingly well in two dimensions, and there is a real ( Read more... )

I received a fabulously creepy letter from Allegedly Derren Brown today! He expressed his deep disappointment at my failure to participate in Enigma, wished me a happy birthday and concluded with the following paragraph:

Many plans have been made and, without giving everything away, I and several of your friends would be very glad to see you at ( Read more... )

Look, guys: this is what happens when you encourage me in my endeavours to assign Pokémon to every character ever created.


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