The Unsent Letters Exchange is online! I participated for the first time this year, and received a lovely story in one of my older fandoms, The Borgias: Amor Vincit Omnia, which consists of a series of letters written by Giulia Farnese to Lucrezia near the end of season 1. The Giulia & Lucrezia relationship was one of my favourite elements of the ( Read more... )

First, spotted while surfing around, a meme:

Who is your Doctor? Don't have a single one. It definitely isn't my first, because the first Doctor I ever saw was Tom Baker, whom younger me did not take to at all. Later, I became in varying degrees fond of most regenerations (still not keen on Four, though, but he has the majority of fandom to love ( Read more... )

Time Magazine made Mark Zuckerberg their person of the year, and I only now got around to reading the article in question. Which left me mostly wondering just how much he paid for this, because as image restoration goes, this is so much over the top that it really says just the opposite of what he presumably wants it to ( Read more... )

Something for the Sherlock Holmes fans: a radio version of The Final Problem, starring John Gielgud as Holmes, Ralph Richardson as Watson, and Orson Welles as Moriarty. The first part is here. Welles' voice is damn near ideal for Moriarty; Gielgud & Richardson are their reliably excellent selves ( Read more... )

Aka, Stephen "The Moff" Moffat and Mark "I'm not sure I'm over your awful Jolly Churchill and the iDaleks episode yet, Mister!" Gattis created a modern day Sherlock Holmes series which has just debuted. So far, so good, and I like the pilot far more than the pilot for Moffat's last Victorian-tale-put-in-the-present show, Jekyll. So, a few ( Read more... )

From several people on my flist:

What was the #1 song the day you were born? Google the date and #1 song and then post your #1 song on your LJ - preferably with a Youtube vid if you can find one!As this differs regionally, and we don't all hail from America or England, I went for the German charts instead of the US and the UK ones, and lo and ( Read more... )

More rare fandom recs:

I, Claudius:

Mater Patriae: because Livia remains one of the best villains ever, and this look at her as presented in I, Claudius captures so very well why. Poison is queen, indeed.

History without novels to interpret it:

The Seventh Circle: Sandro Botticelli and Lorenzo de' Medici in the aftermath of the Pazzi ( Read more... )

More rare fandom recs:

I, Claudius:

Mater Patriae: because Livia remains one of the best villains ever, and this look at her as presented in I, Claudius captures so very well why. Poison is queen, indeed.

History without novels to interpret it:

The Seventh Circle: Sandro Botticelli and Lorenzo de' Medici in the aftermath of the Pazzi ( Read more... )

Real life continues to be very busy, so I bring links:

Five Things Sherlock Holmes Wanted To Say To Irene Adler But Never Did. You know, Irene was THE woman. Dr. Watson said so. Perfect Holmes voice.

Then there's this fantastic fanfic taking on the Life on Mars finale by hmpf; gut wrenching and true.

And after Saturday's Who episode I couldn't ( Read more... )