1.) Benjamin Linus (Lost). What Ben does is perhaps best described at "surviving via mindgames and manipulation" with a sideline of "don't be afraid to get yourself beaten up now and then and be in a seemingly powerless possession, it makes people even better to manipulate". You could argue that Jacob and Smokey are even better at this, but I ask ( Read more... )

I have the feeling I did this once before, but no time to check, plus what the hell, it's always fun to rave about the women. Qualification: I'm choosing to interpret as referring to females who can do the kicking of the aforementioned backside both literally and figuratively. So ladies who could rule the universe by force of personality, ( Read more... )

YouTube is still my friend and yielded some amazing Beatles cover versions, some of which I hadn’t known existed (Aretha Franklin did way more Lennon/McCartney than I had assumed, wow); others I had been looking for since eons. Also one amusing crossover I had forgotten (Joe LoDuca actually used We can work it out on Xena for Xena and Gabrielle ( Read more... )

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Assemble a super team from your favorite films, TV shows, books etc. Your team must consist of the following: Team Leader, Warrior, Smartypants, Hottie, Comic Relief. You may not use more than one character from each source.

I'm going with an all-female team:

Team Leader: Laura Roslin (BSG). She'd be soft spoken, smart and entirely lethal if ( Read more... )

My Easter post was already made yesterday, so my continuing quest to stay free of Dr. Who spoilers until some well-meaning person, British, German or otherwise, enables the addict by ahem'ing 2.1 and handing it over is my very first poll. Because for some reason Easter with my family makes me think meta fandom thoughts, when combined with remarks ( Read more... )