I seem to be unable to watch non YouTube vids on my ipad. Is this just mine or due to a general Apple business policy? It's especially frustrating given that festivids is online. Thankfully, this morning before I left Bamberg I could hijack the APs computer and watch at least some of the vids. Which is why you get some recs; the master list is here ( Read more... )

Inspired by my recent rewatch, I checked out the Stand By Me fanfiction over at FFN. (AO3 has only one story, which is lovely, but still, singular.) Going by the summaries, there is: Female Original Character/ the boys, either singular or together (expected), Gordie/Chris (expected), Ace/ OC and Ace redemption (I guess the main villain factor, ( Read more... )

Last night I revisited one of my favourite films from both my teenage years, and to feature teenagers. (Well, kids somewhere between the kid and the teenager stage.) Of which there aren’t many. I was the right age during the 80s, but I never connected to any of the John Hughes movies emotionally when they hit the screen, nor to Heathers, though I ( Read more... )