Still alive. Have hopped fandoms a lot.
Well. I logged onto livejournal again. This is probably your warning to unfriend me, most people. I loved Stargate Atlantis and One Piece will forever hold a dear place in my heart... (and many of the people involved there are staying friended so I can stalk them creepily because I still have lingering hero worship going on) but I'm a slut for a new fandom now.
Yes, I have fallen for Star Trek: IX. I have fallen for its characters, writers, fandom, and even its rps. The fans are awesome, the fic is good and the crack that is ontd_startrek party posts amuses me greatly even as it lags my computer.
My posts will likely still be rare, as fic writing scares me and stresses me out endlessly, but if I do it'll probably be about Star Trek. Or possibly my increasingly dreaded job search. I'm also not sure how long this is going to last because I go through fandoms quicker and quicker these days. (I mean, my interest in Ironman slashed with Captain America, Wolverine, or Spiderman lasted like... 3 days! Probably because there wasn't much fic. But if anyone wants to write some Ironman/Wolverine let me know; I'd be all over that shit.)
But I hope to at least contribute some podfic. *nods*
Tons of apologies to all those people I abandoned in One Piece so long ago, especially if I owed you some kind of fic. If you happen to still remember that I owe you something and feel betrayed by my desertion I am willing to offer myself up to record a podfic of anything under 5,000 words (? or so? 7k?) for you.
I'd record for:
Star Trek (including rps), One Piece, SGA (including rps), and a variety of older fandoms including FMA, Weiss Kruez, Gundam Wing, FFVII and VIII, Sentinel and other things if you don't mind me being unfamiliar with the source material or want to ask.
First 2 people I DON'T owe anything to, I hereby put forth the same offer. Ask me to podfic something under 5k words if you want to, being accepting of the fact that I am fairly new to this. But I do have a nice microphone and a half decent Pacific Northwestern voice.
On a different and quite depressing note... I found myself displeased by aspects of Star Trek:XI last night. *que shocked gasp* You can skip to the line of bold all caps to hear only the happy squee and save yourself from probably unfair critique of Spock.
I had only watched the movie once *second shocked gasp* and then dove right into the fanfic. Checked out some of the super old fanfic, read a bunch of the new stuff, heard all kinds of people talking about TOS. It was good. I loved Spock's emotional issues and how destined he and Kirk seemed and yet how it seemed to me like that'd really have to work for it.
Kirk really would have to restrain himself sometimes and pay attention to the little ways Spock emotes. Spock would have to get more comfortable with himself and let Kirk inside his untouchable Vulcan barrier. Btw, if you haven't read Home (yeah right, everyone has but just making sure) you should.
Then watching the movie I realized his supreme Vulcan detachment was a LIE. IT WAS ONLY IN MY MIND. Or at least I had greatly exaggerated it. ;_;
His "live long and prosper" to the Vulcan Science Academy: totally snarky and bitchy!
He sounds like he's exasperated and tuning out Uhura as she's questioning his assignments and getting onto the Enterprise.
He also sounds so irritated during Kirk's attempt to convince them that the Vulcan rescue mission is an ambush. A Vulcan is raising his voice (nearly yelling?!) to be heard over Kirk's argument?
I dunno. Maybe I'm just too in love with Nimoy in this movie (and the old movies, and my limited exposure to TOS). HE LOST HIS PLANET AND ONLY EXPRESSED DIGNIFIED SORROW, SUCH A BAMF THAT MAN IS. Yet we still knew he was mourning. It was there in his eyes. I also may have become too attached to this fandom exaggeration(?) of Spock's impassiveness. And in TOS they did (apparently) talk about how much more emotional Spock was when he was younger, and how his father was disappointed in him. Yet still, I considered two of Spock's defining character traits to be patient and accepting. Even when people were wrong, even when something terrible happened. nu!Spock was not very patient or accepting. @_@
Some of it is just the delivery. His voice goes up and down so much and there is LOADS of emotion in it at some points. I was listening carefully because I want to try podfic and I was imagining something much calmer most of the time.
His line about the crew being better served by him roaming the halls weeping and deferring to McCoy's medical expertise is just SOOO sarcastic and catty! XD
I find it interesting that the fandom awareness of "vulcans resist and control emotion' had led me to believe that they were much more effective at it than the movie actually implied, even though I had seen it previous to the fanfic. Because it was a defining character trait I exaggerated it. Which is common, but interesting to experience on a personal level so clearly.
I consider Spock's reaction to the death of his planet and mother as exempt, which does muddle the issue. Sorry. I'll leave this alone now.
YAY! GOOD STUFF STARTING! SO MOVING ON, I ALSO GOT TO SEE TONS OF AWESOME DETAILS I HAD FORGOTTEN!
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE HOW ADORABLE MCCOY'S SLIGHT ACCENT IS!??! OMFG SO FUCKING ADORABLE! And both Scotty and Chekov's accents had faded so much in my mind. They're both GORGEOUS, LIKE SEX FOR YOUR EARS.
The chase scene around the ship with McCoy hypo-ing Kirk all over the place is also brilliant. I love how Kirk just ignores it except to yell "STOPIT!" and other such outbursts. And McCoy never does try to just drag him back or get security. And the "I can fix that" from McCoy is just so cadet it made me grin happily.
And old-time romantic harp or some shit plays when Nero realizes it's the Enterprise! WTF? XDDDD
Lol, I hadn't noticed how systematically they all get promoted to their officer positions either. Like clockwork there was the quickest explanation or scene ever, just briefly being like THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, YOU'RE THE OFFICER NOW.
Oh, and the ending where Nero is being sucked into the singularity and they just SIT THERE. WHY NOT START RUNNING IMMEDIATELY!?!?! AND WHY FIRE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE INTO A SHIP BEING SUCKED INTO A SINGULARITY?!?!? XDDD It frustrated me the first time around, I almost yelled at the screen in the theater (yeah, I'm one of those people who gets sympathetically embarrassed and frustrated by ridiculous reactions and plot points). This time I just watched happily.
But overall it really is a great movie.
OK TIEM 4 THIS POST TO END GUISE. SRSLY. AND SUDDENLY.
It's 3:00 in the morning and I have lost all coherency. So I'm going to sleep. Request podfic if you like. Let me practice on something you want to hear. ^_^
Yes, I have fallen for Star Trek: IX. I have fallen for its characters, writers, fandom, and even its rps. The fans are awesome, the fic is good and the crack that is ontd_startrek party posts amuses me greatly even as it lags my computer.
My posts will likely still be rare, as fic writing scares me and stresses me out endlessly, but if I do it'll probably be about Star Trek. Or possibly my increasingly dreaded job search. I'm also not sure how long this is going to last because I go through fandoms quicker and quicker these days. (I mean, my interest in Ironman slashed with Captain America, Wolverine, or Spiderman lasted like... 3 days! Probably because there wasn't much fic. But if anyone wants to write some Ironman/Wolverine let me know; I'd be all over that shit.)
But I hope to at least contribute some podfic. *nods*
Tons of apologies to all those people I abandoned in One Piece so long ago, especially if I owed you some kind of fic. If you happen to still remember that I owe you something and feel betrayed by my desertion I am willing to offer myself up to record a podfic of anything under 5,000 words (? or so? 7k?) for you.
I'd record for:
Star Trek (including rps), One Piece, SGA (including rps), and a variety of older fandoms including FMA, Weiss Kruez, Gundam Wing, FFVII and VIII, Sentinel and other things if you don't mind me being unfamiliar with the source material or want to ask.
First 2 people I DON'T owe anything to, I hereby put forth the same offer. Ask me to podfic something under 5k words if you want to, being accepting of the fact that I am fairly new to this. But I do have a nice microphone and a half decent Pacific Northwestern voice.
On a different and quite depressing note... I found myself displeased by aspects of Star Trek:XI last night. *que shocked gasp* You can skip to the line of bold all caps to hear only the happy squee and save yourself from probably unfair critique of Spock.
I had only watched the movie once *second shocked gasp* and then dove right into the fanfic. Checked out some of the super old fanfic, read a bunch of the new stuff, heard all kinds of people talking about TOS. It was good. I loved Spock's emotional issues and how destined he and Kirk seemed and yet how it seemed to me like that'd really have to work for it.
Kirk really would have to restrain himself sometimes and pay attention to the little ways Spock emotes. Spock would have to get more comfortable with himself and let Kirk inside his untouchable Vulcan barrier. Btw, if you haven't read Home (yeah right, everyone has but just making sure) you should.
Then watching the movie I realized his supreme Vulcan detachment was a LIE. IT WAS ONLY IN MY MIND. Or at least I had greatly exaggerated it. ;_;
His "live long and prosper" to the Vulcan Science Academy: totally snarky and bitchy!
He sounds like he's exasperated and tuning out Uhura as she's questioning his assignments and getting onto the Enterprise.
He also sounds so irritated during Kirk's attempt to convince them that the Vulcan rescue mission is an ambush. A Vulcan is raising his voice (nearly yelling?!) to be heard over Kirk's argument?
I dunno. Maybe I'm just too in love with Nimoy in this movie (and the old movies, and my limited exposure to TOS). HE LOST HIS PLANET AND ONLY EXPRESSED DIGNIFIED SORROW, SUCH A BAMF THAT MAN IS. Yet we still knew he was mourning. It was there in his eyes. I also may have become too attached to this fandom exaggeration(?) of Spock's impassiveness. And in TOS they did (apparently) talk about how much more emotional Spock was when he was younger, and how his father was disappointed in him. Yet still, I considered two of Spock's defining character traits to be patient and accepting. Even when people were wrong, even when something terrible happened. nu!Spock was not very patient or accepting. @_@
Some of it is just the delivery. His voice goes up and down so much and there is LOADS of emotion in it at some points. I was listening carefully because I want to try podfic and I was imagining something much calmer most of the time.
His line about the crew being better served by him roaming the halls weeping and deferring to McCoy's medical expertise is just SOOO sarcastic and catty! XD
I find it interesting that the fandom awareness of "vulcans resist and control emotion' had led me to believe that they were much more effective at it than the movie actually implied, even though I had seen it previous to the fanfic. Because it was a defining character trait I exaggerated it. Which is common, but interesting to experience on a personal level so clearly.
I consider Spock's reaction to the death of his planet and mother as exempt, which does muddle the issue. Sorry. I'll leave this alone now.
YAY! GOOD STUFF STARTING! SO MOVING ON, I ALSO GOT TO SEE TONS OF AWESOME DETAILS I HAD FORGOTTEN!
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE HOW ADORABLE MCCOY'S SLIGHT ACCENT IS!??! OMFG SO FUCKING ADORABLE! And both Scotty and Chekov's accents had faded so much in my mind. They're both GORGEOUS, LIKE SEX FOR YOUR EARS.
The chase scene around the ship with McCoy hypo-ing Kirk all over the place is also brilliant. I love how Kirk just ignores it except to yell "STOPIT!" and other such outbursts. And McCoy never does try to just drag him back or get security. And the "I can fix that" from McCoy is just so cadet it made me grin happily.
And old-time romantic harp or some shit plays when Nero realizes it's the Enterprise! WTF? XDDDD
Lol, I hadn't noticed how systematically they all get promoted to their officer positions either. Like clockwork there was the quickest explanation or scene ever, just briefly being like THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, YOU'RE THE OFFICER NOW.
Oh, and the ending where Nero is being sucked into the singularity and they just SIT THERE. WHY NOT START RUNNING IMMEDIATELY!?!?! AND WHY FIRE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE INTO A SHIP BEING SUCKED INTO A SINGULARITY?!?!? XDDD It frustrated me the first time around, I almost yelled at the screen in the theater (yeah, I'm one of those people who gets sympathetically embarrassed and frustrated by ridiculous reactions and plot points). This time I just watched happily.
But overall it really is a great movie.
OK TIEM 4 THIS POST TO END GUISE. SRSLY. AND SUDDENLY.
It's 3:00 in the morning and I have lost all coherency. So I'm going to sleep. Request podfic if you like. Let me practice on something you want to hear. ^_^