I'm going to write a fic-specific round-up once Yuletide's revealed, but in the meantime, here's a summary of the rest of my fannish activity this year.

( a numbered list, with commentary )

A meme is going around in which one talks about one's past Yuletide fics. I haven't done Yuletide the last couple of years because I realized I find learning to write new canons under pressure stressful, especially as a gift for another person. I miss the fun of the Yuletide archive opening, though ( Read more... )

So, only a few weeks behind the whole rest of the internet, I saw the Avengers ( Read more... )

Today I was carrying on a conversation in my head, as one does, and in the midst of it I asked myself, "Anyone? Bueller?" This reminded that I have never ever seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and clearly if I am going to be quoting from it, I ought to see it ( Read more... )

On one hand, it's pretty clear why this took two movies. Because all scenes take TWICE AS LONG as they need to.

OTOH, dude, Leah is awesome. Did I notice this before? How did I not notice this before?

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My second and last batch before the reveal on Sunday. There's been some awfully good stuff this year.

( Yuletide meta, Queen's Thief, Rear Window, Dragonriders of Pern, Badass Women in History, Downton Abbey )

'Tis the season for Yuletide recs! I missed last year because of busyness, but I've been finding some truly delicious stuff this year.

( Discworld, Downton Abbey, Queen's Thief, The Matrix )

1. Reply to this post with "Icons, Plz!" and I
will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

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According to Rotten Tomatoes, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes is actually supposed to be... good? Good-ish? I know nothing about it except it has lots of good people ( Read more... )

Yay or nay? Opinions?

I absolutely adore the novel they cribbed the title from this time, and though I expect the movie will bear no relation, I'm still intrigued.

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