And in other news: some very tentative looking at Once Upon A Time communities and at the fanfiction sent me back in a hurry with renewed resolution to only read reviews/comments from people I know. It's the phenomenon I first encountered during ye olde Highlander days with Methos and since then kept running into in fandom after fandom over the ( Read more... )

Some more rewatching of s4 BSG, and checking on my old reviews of the original broadcast, I find my emotions about pretty much everything haven't changed - I still like or even love what I did back then, and still dislike/am irritated by/loathe what I did back then. No, not just Adama, but to exorcise my Bill feelings so I can reach the state of ( Read more... )

Day 23 - Most annoying characterDisclaimer first: like so many things, annoyance is in the eyes of the beholder. One person's much beloved character is another person's well of irritation, and I know I sometimes feel absurdly hurt reading my favourites torn to shreds by internet friends, so I apologize in advance. Another disclaimer: to me, there ( Read more... )

Thank you for all the gloriously crazy prompts! Okay, here's the list ( Read more... )

Day 15 - Favorite female character

This is far more difficult to answer than the previous question, not because of fewer candidates, but because of more! Also, I am a bit more fickle with my female loves, in that I’ve always have had more than one favourite. And sometimes my affection lessens a bit over the years. For example, Laura Roslin of ( Read more... )

Clark Gregg, aka Phil Coulson ("his first name is Agent!", as Tony Stark would say), who also acts in the Joss directed Much Ado About Nothing (he's Leonato, I think), was recently interviewed and had this priceless exchange:

Q: So having done Much Ado About Nothing as well, are you now officially part of Joss Whedon’s recurring troupe of actors ( Read more... )

Note to self: you already knew not to look at Breaking Bad comments. You have only yourself to blame for breathing fire again. But seriously: "Walt needs a hug! Skyler, you bitch!" as a response to the latest BB episode?!? Rinse, repeat older entry about Skyler hate and how it creeps me out, even more than the usual fandom misogyny. I think I'll do ( Read more... )

5 characters that wouldn't do karaoke (even if you paid them).

I'm assuming we're exempting "do karaoke or die a gruesome death!" situations, since most characters are attached enough to their lives to comply in that case. With this caveat, here are my replies:

1.) Rorschach (Watchmen). Never would he ever. Not even during the happiest days of ( Read more... )

As threatened, some ponderings on villains and which ones do and don't make me like or even love them. And, not always related: which kind of redemption stories, both in canon and fanfic, work for me and which one's don't. First, a disclaimer: I know some people declare they prefer the villains on general principle and declare the heroes to be ( Read more... )

Which means walking through the city park, the Englischer Garten, currently looking very lovely indeed:


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