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Sense8, how I love thee
So I haven't posted about this, but one of the reasons I got Netflix was to watch Sense8 due to seeing the immense reaction on people's Tumblrs etc. Obviously, as soon as I took the plunge, they cancelled the show after S2 - and boy was there a lot of outraged yelling on the internet - but eventually promised a wrap-up so I did start watching, and ( Read more... ) -
From the BBC - by John Cleese
"From the BBC - by John Cleese ( Read more... ) -
Still thinking about Captain America:Civil War
Still mostly turning over ( reactions to the Accords plotline ) -
Captain America: Civil War
Saw the latest Marvel offering last night, and I feel a mighty need to ramble about many things. This is not a review so much as me working out various ideas as I think through them but ( spoilers abound under the cut ) -
Doctor Who series 9
Well, that was... mostly meh with a few enjoyable episodes and one that was awesome. And promptly squandered. ( spoilery thoughts below ) -
han shot first
Interesting article about the whole "Han shot first" thing and how the internet has changed how people interact with works and their creators ( Read more... ) -
Amusing meme
by way of selenak, where you post some text here and it will tell you what author your writing resembles. So far I've got J.R.R. Tolkien from a Hobbit fic (which I suspect is more because it involved the words dwarf and hobbit than style, though I'll take it), J.K. Rowling for Treason to Us (Merlin), and Douglas Adams for And None But We Can Be Such ( Read more... ) -
Shakespeare meme
Via gryphonrhi: When you see this on your flist, quote something from Shakespeare"Is he not approved in the height a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman? O! that I were a man. What! bear her in hand until they came to take hands, and then, with public accusation, uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour, -O God, that I were a man! ( Read more... ) -
what the hell?
Has someone managed to spam every LJ community at once? There are 17 posts on my friends page that seem to be identical texts of either (a) Russian followed by maths, (b) Russian muddled with English followed by maths or (c) Russian muddled with English followed by a picture of textbooks, all from various comms I'm watching.
I am confused and