Fandom: television and games and comic books

January, kind of a month. But I'm still around and trying to get caught up on my flist reading. I'm also updating my flists; if you're posting to both DW and LJ, especially if you only allow comments on DW, I am removing you from the LJ flist and strictly reading at DW. The balance of my reading is done on DW, I head there first, and I cross-post basically everything. (My goal is to cross-post everything, and I think I'm there, except for the fic lists I keep at LJ. Eventually I'll have a matched set on DW too.)

I know I missed a lot, though, so tell me, flist, what is happening?

For me, life has been busy and hard and frustrating, but I don't want to talk about that. I want to talk about how much I love Fringe. OMG, I love Fringe and Olivia and Astrid and even Peter. Josh Jackson finally won me over, despite me not really liking him much and certainly not finding him attractive ever since Mighty Ducks. Olivia just makes my heart clench, and Astrid is so v. v. awesome.

I have been watching Criminal Minds, too, and though I've seen sporadic episodes throughout all the seasons, I sat down awhile ago to watch them in order. I will watch 2.07 "North Mammon" next, but you guys, my heart is a little broken with Elle leaving. Come back, Elle. I love you! I also love the way Garcia and Morgan talk to each other. I ship them HARDCORE, yo. Also, Morgan spends a lot of time tackling people. I approve. I would happily watch an entire show about Garcia and Morgan and Elle.

Castle has been ridiculously fun lately. (Dude, where are the poly stories about the excellent foursome going on there? And the slightly twisted and wrong but wicked awesome stories about Kate/Castle/Nikki Heat?) Bones, on the other hand, has been kind of meh, though I would love to see some threesome action there, too.

I have been playing Echo Bazaar again lately; for awhile last fall, I played it a lot and then Yuletide got in the way of my gaming, but I am back to it. So much fun. I am pretty far into the Bag a Legend storyline, which is AWESOME. Alas, I will have to start a new game specifically to focus on getting that damn threesome with the melancholy curate and his enigmatic "sister" which I almost had but then got impatient. Shocking absolutely no one, obviously.

I also reread Ultimate X-Men through graphic novel 12 and just reread Uncanny X-Men's Dominant Species arc. How much do I want to write about roving packs of werewolves in the X-Men universe? A LOT. Unsurprising, I know.

Also, and not really based on either of those things, I love Colossus so, so much.

So that is where my fannish energy has gone lately.

Fandom: Recs

Vid Recs!

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World to "Teenage Dirtbag".

I actually haven't seen the movie, because some of the ads made me a little leery about a couple things, but I've now added it to my To Watch list based on this vid. Fun.

Hot Fuzz to "Blue Orchid".

SO. MUCH. AWESOME.

The Secret Garden to "Vintervalsen".

Oh, it gave me chills and then had me tearing up by the end. (Also, I would love any fic recs where they get to have a happy, wonderful threesome as teens or adults.)

Jurassic Park to "I Want More".

OMG MOST AWESOME VID EVER. I just *flailed* with joy while watching it. Also, I'm obviously due a trilogy marathon SOON.

Back to the Future to "Tik-Tok".

This is an awesome vid that captures all of the fun of the trilogy. Also, Sister K hates this song and so I laugh madly every time I listen to it. That's what it's like to be my sister, yo. I torment you with songs you hate and then laugh madly when I think about it.

Point Break to "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".

God, I love this movie SO MUCH and this vid captures all of it. The only reason I'm not fannishly involved in Point Break the way I am in the Fast and the Furious series (since Fast and the Furious is basically Point Break with cars instead of surfing) is that as fun as Lori Petty's character is, there isn't a Mia character for her to play off. Until I really started analyzing Mia and Letty as reflections of each other, I wasn't fannishly involved in Fast and the Furious, either. (And without Mia and Letty, I have little interest in the other movies, though as long as I a) refuse to believe Letty is dead and b) look at all of the movies as a connected story in which I can write about Mia and Letty even when they aren't appearing on screen, I can fannishly connect to the series as a whole. However, I just saw a one sheet for the fifth movie which completely leaves out Mia, too, and my interest waned significantly in that moment.) (Also, I really should be more fannishly involved in Point Break than Fast and the Furious considering how big a role Brian plays in the latter and how much I can't stand him. At least in Point Break, I'm a fan of both guys.)

Life After People to "End of the World".

I so need to watch Life After People the next time I visit J and his home theater. I think it will make me feel better about how much I hate people right now. Awesome vid.

Book of Eli to "O Death".

CHILLS I HAVE CHILLS.

Dead Like Me to "There is a Boy Who Never Goes Out".

Aww, Mason. I need to have a marathon of this show soon too. (Alas, I really dislike Daisy and so don't rewatch much.)

Dirty Dancing to "You Can't Sit Down".

Captures all of the fun of the movie.

Dirty Dancing to "You Are Everything".

The fact that it took this vid for me to realize how much I want the story of Baby/Penny/Johnny would be sad, except the vid is so very awesome.

Lilo and Stitch to "Beat Control".

FAVORITE MOVIE EVER. And this vid captures it so well, all the charm and heart ache and joy.

Primeval to "Don't Stop Movin'".

NO WORDS. JUST AWESOME.

Other Recs

Ana Lucia love thread at halfamoon. (Dude, halfamoon is one of my favorite times of the year.) My love for Ana Lucia was so great I quit watching Lost when they killed her and have not looked back since. I haven't even rewatched season one or season two. I should probably get rid of my season one set, for that matter. Ana Lucia Cortez, totally the best part of Lost. (Michelle Rodriguez, totally the best part of everything she's in, ever.)

First Edition of Potluck. "It is intended to be a carnival for multicultural and intersectional discussions of food, including but not limited to food discussions intersecting with disability, gender, sexuality, fat, animal rights, and cultural and racial issues. This is not to say that we have or will cover all of these intersections in a single carnival; Potluck is simply a room in which we can talk about them...."

Supernatural Art, Dean, work safe "Dosimetry". A pretty awesome look at the shapeshifter psychic link and Dean. In three panels, like A Softer World. Despite the fact I've broken up with Supernatural, this is awesome.

On "political correctness bullshit" in fandom and microaggressions.

So much this.

"Betty White's Nude Photos are Frankly Adorable.

She's so gorgeous.

Anti-Rec

Anti-rec of Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey for some really anti-transgender shit. I was so excited when I learned earlier today there was a new Diana Tregarde and then I read this. Fail, Lackey. Total fail.

Fic Rec: Lilo and Stitch, Supernatural, Harry Potter

Normality (3365 words) by generalzoi
Fandom: Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Lilo Pelekai, Myrtle Edmonds
Summary: Myrtle may not be sure what normal is anymore, but she's pretty sure Lilo still doesn't qualify.

The Myrtle voice here is awesome, and the teen girl friendship really filled me with glee.

One is the Loneliest Number, Supernatural, Sam and Dean, by musesfool.
Summary: Sam and Dean investigate the mystery of the missing socks.

Totally awesome and hilarious.

Share Each Other Like an Island, Harry Potter, Harry/Ron/Hermione, by musesfool.
Summary: Since they've started shagging like weasels, there's no room for him anymore, no space between them marked "Harry," the way there used to be.

Hot, sweet, and hilarious all at the same time. Yay for the beginnings of threesomes.