Uffish Thought

Back on the road again....

2009-11-08T06:23:14Z

Happy birthday, ignipes!!! You're an awesome lady, from your finely tuned sense of glee and humor to your writing and science geekery. I hope to enjoy your insanity for years to come. ♥

Normally, I'd be throwing virtual confetti at a more sane hour, but I'm leaving to go camping at 7am. Whoops. I won't be back until Wednesday, and then I have a four-day job, so I probably won't be around much this week. *waves goodbye*

Fashionable fannish5 on Friday

2009-11-06T20:07:04Z

This week's fannish5:
Name 5 characters whose wardrobe you would love to have.

1) Penelope Garcia: Do I really need to justify this? *pervs on Kristen Vangsness*
2) Morgana: Rowr, gowns with pretty bodices and clean lines. (Though I expect Gwen's wardrobe would fit me better)
3) Sydney Bristow: All the wigs and stilettos I never knew I wanted to wear.
4) The Doctor: Fashion from across time and space, enough to fill a spiral staircase storage area. *wistful sigh*
5) Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief

beta?

2009-11-04T19:28:05Z

Anyone around willing to do a quick beta on a short Supernatural fic? My usual go-to ~~girl~~ twin has schoolwork.

thespatz @ 2009-10-28T18:52:00

2009-10-29T00:11:53Z

More reasons to love Matthew Bomer:
1) He's from Texas (Houston; his dad was a Dallas Cowboy)
2) Went to high school with Lee Pace
3) Is openly gay
4) Was at one point the favorite to play Clark Kent in Superman Returns - man, that movie might have actually been good with him in it
5) Is friends with Zachary Quinto

All that (except for 3) just from browsing his Wikipedia page. Imagine what depths of awesomeness yet remain.

You know what would be truly awesome? If Neal turned out to be bi (Kate obsession notwithstanding). Not only would fandom explode - which is always funny - but it would *really* suit his character.

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In other news, fall weather makes me weirdly nostalgic, so I went through my journal and tagged my entries. Also, locked some stuff that had more personal information than was wise.

1.) An old what-I-want-to-see-on-Supernatural wishlist - threeish out of five ain't bad, and #4 got fulfilled par excellence. A haunted train would still be awesome, though.

2.) Forgot I posted this short story back in senior year. (flocked now)

3.) LOL, I was so *surprised* at my 360 saved fics. (btw, current file count = 2,783. Which probably shakes down to about 2,000 if you consider multi-part fics)

4.) I still want a Constitution/US OTP icon. Some things never change.

5.) I have not, in fact, ever smoked a cigarette.

6.) I used to dislike slash in SGA fandom? Huh. I mean, I can *see* me being a little gen snob, I just don't *remember* it.

7.) Dean & Sam = Calvin & Hobbes

8.) On Gushers and being a grownup

9.) Almost half of my posts to LJ were made in the first year I had it. I then took a year-long break from LJ (Dec 2004-Nov 2005), and did it again from November 2007-December 2008.

10.) An epic argument about lightsaber physics and proper spelling of "y'all", which was continued recently.

White Collar pilot = YAY

2009-10-27T01:27:47Z

I held off on posting this until today because I didn't want to tempt inmyriadbits away from her paper, but OMG WHITE COLLAR. NEW FAVORITE.

Seriously, it's like someone took my favorite part of Catch Me If You Can and had a sweet, sweet orgy with Leverage, Burn Notice, and my favorite character types (clever conmen/thieves and competent law enforcement) to produce the beautiful snarky child that is White Collar.

I haven't been that gleeful during a pilot episode since, like, Burn Notice. Or so deeply happy with the pretty, rowr, hello Matthew Bomer. I really need to watch Chuck, huh? (also, if I was a guy, I would be making *so* many boner puns here)

His *hat*! And of course he's a Sinatra fan, he probably has the original Ocean's Eleven memorized. Honestly, the parallels to Catch Me If You Can were so strong, I thought for *sure* someone would reference Frank Abagnale at the meeting Neal won for identifying the fibers.

Peter's wife is a refreshing change from the usual cop wife character - smart, wickedly funny, clearly in love after ten years of marriage, and gorgeous in a comfortable, curvy way. ignipes is totally right in her vote for threesome fic!

Speaking of curves, I look forward to having Natalie Morales back on my TV, so much. If anyone else was replacing Diana (who wants to wear the hat, lol), I would be pissed, but NM! \o/ (in fact, she's the reason White Collar was even on my radar)

I saw the "chasing a fugitive" resolution from a mile away, but they played it so well I didn't care. I love the implication that Neal picked open the office cabinet just so he could be all "O hay look at the Spanish bond!" when Peter arrived. While smoking a Cuban cigar. The boy knows the art of presentation. *g*

I love the breezy fun quality of the show, the smart writing (dialogue and story), the genuine respect and snarky professionalism between the main characters, the sense that being *smart* is going to be more important to the show than being flashy, the competence and depth of the characters, Peter's gleeful I-am-good-at-my-job kinda-bastard attitude, Neal's genuine charm and confidence, and the awesome cast.

My only complaint? Criminal (heh) under-use of Mark Sheppard. And if they continue the Kate storyline, they better give us some screentime to pin our interest to, not just backstory monologue. The bottle story worked for the pilot, which has other priorities, but it ain't gonna cut it for long.

Also, the new conmen/tricksters/thieves comm thebigstore is just in time to catch the fannish wave, methinks. (ps, seekrit message to Lindsey - you should totally finish off your post on The Big Con and put it up there.)

***

I was at Best Buy earlier, and took some time to drool over the boxsets I cannot afford, like Supernatural. I was amused that all the cover art is basically the same: the boys, large and shiny against a dark backdrop (usually involving headstones somehow), with the Impala lurking behind. EXCEPT for the S4 boxset, which has Castiel lurking in the background. LMAO. (don't worry, darling Impala, ~~Dean~~ fandom still loves you best)

Sunday morning fanfic

2009-10-25T17:07:47Z

A trio of Winchester prank war fics, for your reading pleasure:

It's Got Bells On by lyra_wing
The events leading up to the Nair incident. A classic of the genre, full of creatively vicious pranks and brotherly immaturity.

That's Why A Duck by dotfic
More adolescent shenanigans, this time with bonus John, father-son bonding, and ducks!

Bragging Rights by the_ninth_bow
Adult shenanigans, this time with bonus Castiel, who is the best outsider POV on pranking ever. (listed as Dean/Castiel, but so mild it's nearly invisible)

If y'all have any more, please share! I do not have a pranking mind, so I enjoy vicarious prank wars.

Fannish Five (late!)

2009-10-24T07:21:14Z

Fannish Friday 5
Who are your 5 favorite non-humanoid characters?

1. Diefenbaker (Due South)
2. Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
3. Appa (Avatar)
4. Pilot (Farscape)
5. Bernard & Bianca (The Rescuers)

This was more difficult than I originally thought, because I realized non-humanoid is not the same thing as non-human, which rules out 99% of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other aliens & monsters. The first three spots were easy, but competitors for the last two included Elda (Dark Lord of Derkholm), Bunnicula, the Disreputable Dog & Mogget (Abhorsen books), Faithful/Pounce (Tortall books), Aslan (Narnia), Kazul (Enchanted Forest Chronicles), the Cowardly Lion (Oz books), and the Beaver (I Want to Go Home!).

blah blah black sheep

2009-10-22T03:32:07Z

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about one another. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

I've asked enough people questions; I should probably give them the same opportunity. :)

******

Yuletide noms closed yesterday, and all of the fandoms I submitted made it in! In case anyone was curious, they were:
Southland
Life
Korman - I Want to Go Home!
Sayers - Lord Peter
The Pretender
Montgomery - The Blue Castle

Warning: dangerously extended metaphors

2009-10-21T02:46:29Z

After musing on the subject, I have come to a Very Important Conclusion.

Ensemble shows are like poker hands.

Most of the time, you have one or two cards that aren't so good. Maybe you shuffle things around, hide the bad cards in back, and the hand looks a little stronger. If you're not too good at the game, you stick with what you have and your wimpy hand gets its ass kicked, or you fold. Maybe you ditch the weak cards and pick up a replacement or two. Sometimes that works out well (NCIS), sometimes not (SG-1). Sometimes you ditch a card that you REALLY wish you hadn't (House, from what I've heard).

And then there are the hands that you pick up and everything is lined up perfectly: four of a kind, royal flush, full house, straight. Shows like Firefly, Criminal Minds, The West Wing, Bones, Sports Night. What's *really* impressive is when they manage to replace a member of one of those casts and make it even better - kinda like dropping a card from a full house to draw four of a kind.

I have no real deep thoughts here. Except that I am debating whether to get a paid account because I crave icons, or see if anyone has Dreamwidth invite codes.

(The secretly funny thing about this post is that I don't even play poker. But bridge is not exactly metaphorically rich.)

The best things in life are free

2009-10-19T08:04:01Z

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

*wheezes* OMG, if you ever wanted to read about a deathmatch between a deinonychus and a rhino, (or even if you never knew you wanted that!), you NEED to read Something Primal (SPN, gen, crack). Especially when the dinosaur is possessed by an angel and the rhino is possessed by a demon.

SERIOUSLY. CASTIEL POSSESSING A FUCKING DINOSAUR. A WELL-RESEARCHED FUCKING DINOSAUR.

THE STORY IS ALSO CREEPY AND DISTURBING. IN A GOOD WAY.

And then go read the comments, mostly this thread. Equal amounts utter insanity, genius manips, and animal geekery.

....Hahah, oh, man, I think I pulled something.

Six Years Ago, in a Forum Far Far Away

2009-10-16T04:58:33Z

Happy LJ-versary to meeeeeeee!!!

I totally meant to post earlier, but apparently six years on LJ has still not taught me to avoid TV Tropes and their seductively-titled pages about Bald of Awesome or MacGuffin Delivery Service. (Though I did clarify my love of Guile Heroes versus their villain counterparts, the Magnificent Bastards, and learned a new word for the whole team/crew/unit-that-acts-like-family trope that I love.) And four years of college still has not taught me that napping is a bad idea when I have plans, because I never wake up promptly.

But I have learned a lot of other useful things from my time in fandom, and I never regret falling in with you hooligans. My journal is a quiet one (I comment five times as much as I receive comments, and my profile tells me I average a post every fortnight or so) and my flist is small, but I love every one of y'all - even when you shame me into changing my spelling of y'all. (I finally admitted defeat, btw, in exchange for making Lindsey publicly correct Jon Walker's spelling)

Some special love has to go to bexless, who gave me an LJ code to get a journal back in the day, and thedorkygirl, who lured me over in the first place and gave me my default icon, which I have used for six years straight and still adore, and inmyriadbits, my eternal partner in crime and clone. But you all bring interesting things and words into my life, and I am a different, richer person for being in fandom.

So, as I am feeling hobbit-y and fond, I am offering presents! I have little money, but you can ask for ficlets, or recs, or you could force me to display my terrible art skills in public. If you've been searching for a song and suspect I might have it, want to see pictures of something, or need recipes for delicious soup, or play with my Tarot cards for you, just ask. If you want to trust me with your address (muahahaha), I can make you cookies or chocolate things, or send you a postcard. Because you are all worth it.

TGIF

2009-10-02T19:38:43Z

A few links of awesome for celli:

-A collection of funny protest signs: I think the first one is still my favorite.

-Hilarious analysis of response rates to online dating messages: I am especially amused that using the word "zombies" has a 40% response rate (above average).

-Information is Beautiful: a blog that analyzes information in pretty ways, or collects graphics from elsewhere. Like time travel in pop culture.

And to kill time before I have to start cleaning again, this week's fannish5: What 5 series would you resurrect if you could?
1) Firefly. Yes, I am still bitter, and probably always will be.
2) Life
3) The Middleman
4) Jake 2.0
5) Sports Night

SPN 5x04: The End

2009-10-02T05:29:33Z

Okay, what the hell? Were we even warned about LJ doing maintenance for two hours? I don't remember being notified, and there isn't anything in the news comm, but the little status thing said it was "scheduled". ARGH. I WANTED POST EP SQUEE. AND THE PEOPLE NEED THEIR DOWNLOADS.

ANYWAYS. Supernatural!

First off, the things I predict fandom in general will squee most about this week:

1) The boys are back together!
2) Dean wore pretty pink underwear and liked it. (This item will also generate the most porn, yay!)
3) Two Deans. One room. Possible hate sex?
4) How fucking cool the apocalypse looked. Because it was REALLY FUCKING COOL.

The things the Dean/Cas shippers are going to pick out as slashy and squee about the most:

1) "Never change." (with the shoulder gripping)
2) "We had an appointment." (with the smiling. He made a joke! Awww.)
3) "You're just gonna sacrifice your friends? Cas?" CAS IS HIS OWN CATEGORY.
4) Cas looking at Dean and immediately knowing something wasn't right.
5) Cas with his feet up on the table, chucking at Dean's jokes and saying "I like past you."

Note: I thoroughly enjoyed all of these moments myself.

Random other thoughts:
-angel spies in the religious fringe? LMFAO. Another reason to avoid Jehovah's Witnesses! Clever plot point *and* funny. And like the red Mustang in 5x02, well-placed in the first act.

-Cas on cell phone = fricking adorable. "The voice says I'm almost out of minutes!" Dean laughing at him. "I'll just...wait here." So faily, that angel, bless his heart.

-how fucking awesome was the apocalyptic future? My dad finally figured out the HD channel we get for CW, so I got to see it in loving detail. (note: Jensen *can* get prettier. Especially when there's two of him.)

-soldiers playing "Do You Love Me" on speakers while shooting zombies. I have a thing for inappropriate mood music, apparently.

-Bobby's bullet-riddled wheelchair :( Though I like that Dean knows his hiding place in the mantle. Oh, Bobby and your hidden badassery.

-The wreckage of the Impala should have been our first warning of how fucked up things were with future!Dean.

-major props to Jensen for playing well with himself. (not like that, you perverts.) Seriously though, split screen shooting can get boring and/or confusing real fast, but the two Deans were distinct and interesting all the way through.

-Cas looking at Dean and just *knowing* he wasn't right was weirdly awesome. Nifty reminder of how alien he is, even stoned and mostly powerless.

-I was a little concerned going in about future!Cas only being played for laughs (based on the promos), but I ended up being really affected by his drugged-out, exhausted, hopeless human self. Heartbreaking, in a very different way than future!Dean was. I can just imagine him giving up on finding God, slipping into hapless humanity while his brothers vanished, and having Dean turn into a ruthless general. No wonder the guy was drinking absinthe.

-Future!Chuck looked HOT. Wow. *is shallow* His obsession with toilet paper - somewhat less hot, but still hilarious. That scene was also a cool moment of characterization for Dean, too, that he became the guy in charge, a leader instead of a lone wolf. (Dean is just not good at being alone, is he?) And Dean shoving Chuck between himself and Risa? LOL.

-Dean had some nice reaction times in this, first with the zombie girl and then with Risa. We usually see him fighting when he's prepared or attacking first, so it was cool to see him react, and do it so fast. Boy's been fighting a war too damn long. (Criminal Minds makes me want to talk about hypervigilance, but I shall refrain)

-I missed about 20 seconds after the commercial break of Dean and Lucifer's confrontation because no one was close to the remote. NEED DOWNLOAD.

-I honestly thought Dean was going to snag the Colt and bring it back to 2009 with him. But I guess that was too damn easy. Hmph.

I need to watch the episode again to parse Dean's logic in his initial conversation with Sam, but I was reminded of dotfic's analysis from the other day: Being alone for Dean means nobody will be throwing themselves into the fire for him.

The boys' reunion felt a little too fast for me, in the grand scope of things. I would have liked at least one more episode with both of them getting screentime and dealing with their separation, but three days in the future is a pretty undeniable catalyst. Hopefully, things will stay awkward and difficult for awhile, because they have BOATLOADS of issues to work on. I'm looking forward to having some Sam & Cas scenes.

Next week: Paris Hilton! Thanks to inmyriadbits, I had way advanced knowledge of this.

take a look, it's in a book.... hums

2009-09-28T03:17:25Z

I'm somehow always surprised by my ability to lose myself in a really good story. I should know it's going to happen, but I start reading and then I finish and it's dark outside and I forgot to eat dinner or go to the bathroom or even spit out my gum.

Which is to say, you should all go read The Accompanist (SPN).

The premise of the story is that Mary taught Dean to play piano and he's kept playing secretly ever since, until he befriends an interesting old man in his senior year of high school. Piano-playing is the LAST thing I would have imagined working in a Dean fic but the author does an incredible job with Dean's POV that quickly erased any disbelief I might have had, maintaining his outer Dean-ness while still exploring all the vulnerable, contradictory things that we love him for. She's marked the story AU, but she integrates canon and Dean's future characterization so well that it wasn't really. It's a painful, beautiful coming-of-age story that had me in tears and hopeful at the same time.

But - to quote a master story-reccer - you don't have to take *my* word for it.

SPN 5x03

2009-09-25T03:24:16Z

Uh, wow.

That might be the the slashiest episode of television I have EVER seen. And that's counting the first episode of Starsky & Hutch, in which they get naked together twice (or maybe three times?) and go to a porno and confess ultimate trust in each other.

(...okay, maybe that's a tie.)

But I mean, really. PERSONAL SPACE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. Dean's the only person who'll help him! Straightening his tie and buttoning his shirt! The most fun he's had in years! Castiel adopting Dean's little phrases in most awkward Cas manner ever! Dean opened up about John *voluntarily*! And their sarcasm-deadpan duet was possibly the funniest thing I've seen on the show since the Christmas episode.

I am OVER THE FREAKING MOON and in no condition to be coherent, wow. I guess I'll just have to watch the episode again, oh no. Sam's storyline was also good and full of interesting myth-arc stuff, and I don't buy Dean's speech in the Impala at the end for a second (he's so obviously lonely), and I'm hoping they don't go overboard on ComicRelief!Cas, but I can't talk about that right now!

Also: next week is going to hit about fifteen different story kinks of mine. Damn, I've missed being this excited about a TV show.

Second person plural rules!

2009-09-18T20:06:59Z

Hah! Jon Walker spells ya'll correctly! Take that, inmyriadbits!

(for those who are new around here - we've had this argument before)

Thursday Teevee

2009-09-18T04:55:37Z

*happy sigh* I love premiere season.

Let me preface the squee by saying that I did not like a lot of last season. I think the showrunners have been leaning towards the goofy-humor aspect of the show, and it seriously degraded the quality of the drama and characterization, not to mention created multiple episodes with cringe-inducing racial/ethnic/religious "humor". I couldn't recognize these people half the time - making jokes over corpses that Brennan would have verbally eviscerated them for in season one, letting their personal lives interfere with not just lab chat but actually important conversations, ridiculous plot holes, procedural stupidities, OOC (re)actions. There were enough awesome moments/episodes that I didn't fall out of love, but I stalled out midway through the season, and only caught up last week after catching Mayhem on a Cross in reruns.

This episode felt like my show again. I mean, they had to deal with the aftermath of the finale (squeaked by with the "I was reading my book to you" sublimation retcon and not some ridiculous shared-consciousness crap), but otherwise: solid, lovely episode with good parts for the whole team and a neatly played Booth/Brennan - and a surprisingly nice turn from Cyndi Lauper as the psychic lady (despite my usual allergy to such characters on my forensic crime-solving shows).

I LOVED EVERYONE AGAIN. I AM SO THRILLED. Hodgins with the geekery and conspiracy theories and being King of the Lab! Angela with the facial reconstruction and tech smarts and sympathy and whacky physic tangents! Caroline being bitchy and competent within the law and nailing the guy with fraud! Cam making hug jokes and cutting through Booth's bullshit and being a good friend to both Booth and Brennan! Sweets being concerned for Booth and Brennan and finding his father's watch (awwww)!

I loved the hug. Not only was it fucking adorable in and of itself, but nice 3-part setup with Cam being denied a hug, Hodgins taking one awkwardly, and then the total comfort of Booth/Brennan.

I loved the mystery. I loved that they actually used evidence instead of ridiculous shenanigans, and that it was a greed-inspired mass murder, and the way the bodies were hidden, and

I even loved the awkward not-confession of love. *facepalm* Boooooooth. He loves her in an "atta-girl" kinda way? *headdesks* Lame, lame, lame. But the emotional reasoning felt right to me, because he does love her but he's never been the most emotionally confident guy and he just had massive brain surgery and trauma, and the UST must continue a while longer, right? (They've got to deal with it this season, though, or it's going to get ridiculous.) Also, I think Bones needs a little more time to get to a place where she can accept Booth, and they planted the seeds for that particular arc very emphatically.

Anyways. Fingers crossed that they maintain this tone, and don't blow the UST resolution, but if they can keep the writing smart and balanced, this cast will deliver for them every time.

*****

Dude, I was NOT expecting that ending, but it was awesome. Fandom is going to freak the fuck out, but I *like* it when everything goes to pieces, especially when I know the show is going to put the back together. The guys played the scene just right - resigned and unhappy and heartbreakingly honest. Oh, Sam.

My mom was twitting me because I told her some ComicCon spoilers - how the season was supposed to be more happy - and I was forced to defend my position. The boys are starting from rock bottom and end of days, and hell yes, it's going to be hard to get back to a position of trust, but they still love each other. If there's one consistent thread in this show, it's the power of family and love, and I have no doubt that Sam and Dean will trust each other again, because they are brothers and you forgive family. Obviously, shit will be more complicated than that, but I can see the end of the arc already. I'd bet my DVD collection on it.

The actual plot: awesome and heartbreaking. "Humans can be the worst monsters" is something we've seen on the show before, but the inclusion of familiar characters really upped the stakes and I was not expecting War. (btw, the red Mustang? Great way to plant the gun in the first act as a joke and use it in the third. I might have guessed because I remember someone saying the Horsemen were going to ride in classic cars, but I forgot.) I loved the brief exchange between Dean and the Iraq vet.

Speaking of guest stars, THANK GOD THEY ALL SURVIVED. Ellen was fucking badass in this ep, slapping Dean and getting him to think and trying to interrogate Sam about the tension and backing up her daughter. Jo didn't have much to do this time, but I anticipate further stories BECAUSE SHE'S NOT DEAD HALLELUJAH.

Speaking of God, let's talk about Castiel! I really need to rewatch the argument between Dean and Cas because it was intense and fantastic. I loved that he presented his search as "strategic" to Dean - he's finally learning how to talk to him, after a season of constant miscommunication - and I'm good with the search itself. I'm curious where the show is going to land on the benevolent/asshole God continuum, or if they even show God at all.

But most of all, I love that Cas is wearing Dean's necklace now. *snickers*

ETA: inmyriadbits totally called Castiel using the cell phone, by the way.

Fic: SNAFU (Supernatural)

2009-09-11T00:24:31Z

I was going to do the quote-something-from-SPN meme that's going around, but decided the auspicious occasion of the season five premiere required me to dig this out of my WIP folder and post it. (only ~~97 minutes~~ 37 minutes to go! [ETA: I fail at time zones] *bounces*)

Title: SNAFU
Fandom: Supernatural
Notes: gen, 266 words. Thanks to inmyriadbits for reading it over.
Warnings: ridiculousness
Summary: Bad puns, shotguns, and poultry in the middle of a hunt. Set vaguely in season one.

Dean dove back behind the overturned table, narrowly missing Sam's boots with his face. Sam took a moment away from reloading his shotgun to contemplate that image. This was shaping up to be a long night, and he needed to keep his spirits up.

Sliding over to hand Dean the extra shotgun, he asked, "How many are left?"

"'Bout seven or eight. I got the big one on my way in, so we have a minute while they freak out.” He dug a handful of shotgun shells out of his pocket and started reloading. “Dude, I thought you said these were rocs.”

"Well, you know, giant chickens don't exactly spring to mind when I come across reports of bird-savaged corpses."

Dean snorted and said, "Yeah, no kidding. Seagulls, maybe some freaky Hitchcock summoning, but eight-foot chickens? That's a new one."

"Seriously, what was that farmer thinking?"

"Really big ... breasts? C'mon, Sam, people are crazy. Save the deep thinking until after we fry the suckers." Dean grinned suddenly, raised an expectant eyebrow at Sam, and said, "Situation Normal, All Fowled Up, right?"

"You did not just make that pun." A loud squawk from the outside seemed to echo his pain.

Dean cackled, and craned his head over the table edge. “Whoops, sorry, Sammy, got us some angry chickens to kill now. Hey, good thing I brought the birdshot, right?" Dean said, failing to look contrite. He laughed at his own joke, and brought his shotgun up to fire.

Just for that, Sam wasn't going to tell him about the bird crap in his hair.

Been traveling far and wide

2009-09-01T17:56:18Z

I'm back from backpacking with only minor injuries (hurray!) and I have skinny dipping pictures of inmyriadbits at 11000 ft that I can't show anyone, because she has skinny dipping pictures of *me* at 11000 ft.

Hmmph. This blackmailing business is hard.

*****

I seem to have missed wishing liketheroad happy birthday, but I hope you had a lovely day, and will have an awesome week and month and year, because you give other people so much happiness and these things should balance out. <3

Also, happy birthday to marthawells! I'm on time for this one, happily. May the Texas sun be not-so-scorching for you today, and may you have a wonderful time. I'm going to celebrate by re-reading bits of your awesome Ile-Rien series. Er, again.

(If anyone on my flist hasn't read Martha's books, she writes awesome female characters in fast-paced, plotty fantasy with really cool world-building and plenty of humor, so why *haven't* you read them yet?)

*****

In the past couple of days, I've read so many awesome crossovers that I have to rec some. If I didn't know better, I'd say the internet missed me.

RECENT STUFF
This River's Full of Lost Sharks (SPN/Veronica Mars): Dean and Sam go to Neptune at Missouri's urging, and find zombies and tiny blonde trouble. Solid casefile that digs up a lot of past issues (on *both* sides) in a subtle, interesting way, top-notch banter and good use of both casts. (the author's style is *so* familiar, too, and it's driving me crazy that I can't place them. Grrr, anonymity.)

This Bitter Earth (SPN/Criminal Minds): The BAU team and the Winchesters investigate a series of murders on a southern plantation. Worth the price of admission for Hotch's interrogation of Dean alone.

Vertigo (MCR/Batman): Opens with Bob dangling off a building with a bomb attached to his ankle, while Batman tries to save him. AWESOME. Also, good follow-up on Bob's emotional state afterwards, and ends with cuddling.

OLDER STUFF
Write A New Apocalypse (SPN/Good Omens): Castiel goes to Aziraphale for advice on avoiding apocalypses. Smoothest merging of these universes I've seen yet, and interesting insights on Cas by Aziraphale.

That Kind of Crazy (Iron Man/West Wing): In which Pepper is friends with Donna, and she rants about Tony. Adorable, with Perry's usual insight and humor.

Ghost in the Machine (and sequel, linked at bottom) (SPN/Iron Man): Ahahaha, how did I miss this? Hilarious story where Dean and Sam help exorcise the suit.

Temporal paradoxes

2009-08-17T03:30:33Z

It's always terribly disconcerting to find that favorite fictional characters are younger than you.

For instance, Elizabeth Bennett was 20 in Pride and Prejudice. Miles Vorkosigan was 23 in Brothers in Arms when he managed to talk his clone out of 17 years of assassin training (bless his heart). Veronica Mars was 16/17 when her best friend was murdered, Aang is 12 and expected to save the world in less than a year with almost no training, Smallville's Clark Kent started out as a 14 year-old who just found out he was a super-powered alien, reboot Jim Kirk is barely 25 and captain of a starship with hundreds of people in his care, Buffy was 16 and knew she was going to die, Harry Potter willingly sacrifices himself at 17.

When you're a teenager, all this seems quite natural and fun, and it's often not unbelievable as an adult, but it takes on certain wistful, heartbreaking aspect when you're 22 and comparing life stories.

Wonder twin powers, activate!

2009-08-15T04:41:20Z

Lindsey is home from school, hurrah! And we wrote fic! (And by "we" I mean she did all the work and I helped with some adjectives and the title.)

Run over to her journal to read Three May Keep A Secret, a Mad Men/Man From UNCLE ficlet.

awake and unafraid, asleep or dead

2009-08-03T11:37:15Z

I constantly mistype Bob Bryar as "Bob Bryay." I can't decide if it's a Freudian slip or just infinitely appropriate.

In other news, all the buzz about the MCR shows in LA is just making my raging desire to see them live shoot through the roof. *covets* If you could wear out MP3s, my copy of The Black Parade would be totally gone.

PANIC!

2009-07-30T06:29:12Z

Panic (or, I guess it's Panic! again) is apparently taking Ian Crawford on tour with them? WHY ARE THEY NOT COMING ANYWHERE NEAR AUSTIN?!? Life is so cruel....

This post is spoiler-free

2009-07-27T19:04:56Z

So I've been watching the SPN panel at ComicCon - which is hilarious but full of spoilers - and I noticed that Misha Collins is AWESOME at dodging spoilery questions in a way that still makes fangirls happy. Mostly, he does this by being ridiculous - but I admire his talent!

(also, bonus points to Jim Beaver for calling Kripke "the real Lucifer". And to the Kripke, for comparing himself both to the geeky girl who gets asked to prom in teen movies, and to L. Ron Hubbard)

Mostly, it just makes me happy that everyone who works on the show seems to love it as much as we do. The worst thing that can happen to a show is for the crew to get tired of it (*coughBuffyseason7*), and I don't see that happening here. &heart;

Your moment of zen

2009-07-23T04:50:51Z

AHAHAHAHAHA WHAT.

This appears to be one of the Jonas Brothers dancing to "Single Ladies". In spandex. And HIGH HEELS.

Dammit, I might have to like them now. Just on general, fellow-dork principle. Also, Joe has nice legs.