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December Talking Meme Master List

Today's prompt was Michelle Rodriguez, from

catalinay.

Oh, man, Michelle Rodriguez. I love Michelle Rodriguez so, so much. Mostly I love her because she keeps playing characters I love, characters who can be tough and vulnerable and physically and mentally strong and so very protective of those she loves. My two favorite characters are Letty Ortiz from the Fast and the Furious series and Eden from Blue Crush. I stopped watching Lost ( spoilers for season two ). She is the only reason I regret that I decided not to watch Avatar because of its white savior crap. I don't really keep up with actors' lives (though I remember when the DUIs happened during Lost filming and I did see that she came out as bisexual), so I'm going to talk about characters.

Michelle Rodriguez playing Letty Ortiz is basically my one true character. She's tough and smart and a kick ass mechanic and a damn good driver. She's loyal (probably to a fault), and protective and snarky. She fits so well into other fandoms. I particularly love Letty the Vampire Slayer, which I've written a few different ways. Letty the werewolf is another favorite. I love the idea of this tough woman learning to control the additional physical strength and power that would come from being a vampire slayer and/or werewolf. (I really love writing her as a vampire slayer who is also a werewolf, because obviously if one thing is good when it comes to Letty, more is better.) Letty was the first Michelle Rodriguez character I saw, and I imprinted on her hard, clearly.

That being said, I identify hard with Eden from Blue Crush. She's struggling to keep her chosen family together, watching her girl (maybe her best friend, maybe her girlfriend, maybe both) "waste" this incredible opportunity to make a name for herself (again) and go big time in their beloved sport (there's a lot of meta potential when it comes to Eden and Anne Marie's relationship), she's struggling (they're all struggling) to pay bills and keep food on the table and manage to have this life, she's young and, with her two bffs, raising this teenage girl -- there's just a ton of greatness to her. She's trying so hard, and you can see her just willing Anne Marie to do the right thing (or at least what Eden thinks is the right thing). Eden forever.

I just love her face SO MUCH, you guys. So much.

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you for writing a story for me! Yuletide is my favorite fannish time of year. Before I get into any extra details, I want to say that I am excited about your story, no matter on which fandom(s) we match. I love writing stories for people for Yuletide, it brings me so much joy, and I hope you have a lot of fun and a wonderful experience writing for me. (And that Yuletide stress, which seems almost inevitable sometimes, is as minimal as possible.) I can't wait to read your story!

You can find me on DW, LJ, AO3, Tumblr, and Twitter as escritoireazul, though none of these accounts are very active lately.

I am always down for adding werewolves to a fandom. Always.

( General Information )

My requests are in no specific order. I love each of them, and would be absolutely delighted to receive a story in any of them.

Specific Requests

( Agent Pendergast Series - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child )

( Roseanne )

( Blue Crush )

( Ms. Marvel )

To continue my fantastic movies with fantastic women trend today, I've put in Blue Crush. I've been meaning to watch it for weeks now, but haven't made the time, so now, while I'm writing crossover werewolf hunter fic (instead of what I should be writing), I'm now watching surfing. I used to watch Blue Crush and Lilo and Stitch to get myself all excited for Hawaii. (Oh, man, I need to go back. I wonder if I should try to go next fall before I start work. Hmm.)

I have a Blue Crush fic in progress right now anyway and now I'm having thoughts about Eden (as usual). I may have to switch to that fic soon, even though I really need to be writing other things in particular.

I love this movie so much.

Current Mood: giddy

Ever wondered why Blue Crush doesn't tell the story of a surfer of color? Especially since the white girl's two sidekicks are played by women of color? And it's set in Hawaii?

I have this same thought about Lilo & Stitch, Myrtle and her little followers.

There are stories there. I just don't know them yet.

Also, Sanoe is like four to five inches taller than the others and yet I never noticed that much of a difference. Huh.

Current Mood: thoughtful

So this morning's version of not sleeping includes Blue Crush. Of course. Still feeling that Hawaii love. Anyway, they also have Denise Bee in common, beyond the Oahu connection. She plays the cashier in Blue Crush and Ula's wife in 50 First Dates.

Now that I'm perusing the connections of IMDB, I learn that:

+ Sanoe Lake is in Creature of Darkness (2008): The story of four young couples drawn to the remote dunes for off-roading in their extreme machines. But the outing turns into a night of terror when they are attacked by the Catcher, a skilled and brutal hunter of human specimens for alien science. (With Devon Sawa.)
+ Sanoe is also in Half-Life (2008): A precocious boy and his jaded sister use their imaginative powers to escape a confining home-life, save their self-destructive mother from her charmingly manipulative boyfriend, and finally reinvent their world in a mind bending conclusion.
+ Michelle has some interesting movies coming up:
1) Avatar (2009): A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population. (With Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana! GLEE!)
2) Trópico de sangre (2009): This is the true story of Minerva Mirabal and her sisters who dared to stand up against the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo and were killed in 1960 as a result.
3) Let us not even speak of the new Fast and the Furious movie. LET US NOT EVEN SPEAK OF IT.
+ Hancock looks like it might be awesome.

Current Mood: amused

I think, despite my work tonight, my spn_50states is going to be late and not posted tomorrow.

On the other hand, I've just watched Blue Crush again, for maybe the five hundredth time, and as always, I am filled with glee at the end. Not where she has that super cheesy perfect wave ending, or where she and the football player kiss, but where she strokes Eden's face and then kisses her! Sure, it's on the cheek (or the temple, depending on the exact angle) but it's still a caress and a kiss. She knows who really loves her.

Yes, this is research for the spn_50states story, I swear. Which continues to be an awesome idea, though the execution is weak, as usual.

Current Mood: blank

At a coffee shop. Have a giant iced tea, just finished a bagel, and am writing.

Current files open:

+ "eden in the morning" (working title) - A Blue Crush fic about, shockingly, Eden in the mornings. I think I've finally figured out how to write it.
+ "Snake in the Grass (Wearing Dog Skin)" - A The Breed fic for a ficathon.
+ two beta copies of "Snake in the Grass (Wearing Dog Skin)"
+ "The Marching Band Refused to Yield" (working title) - A Bring It On alternate universe about cheerleaders, marching bands, and the way Missy and Torrance love each other.

It's a shame messenger seems to be down right now. I could use some company.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: ZZ Top - Antenna Head

I've been trying to write for the past hour, since I got home from work. So far I have four different beginnings to a ficlet about Eden (from Blue Crush) in the morning, and not one word out of any of the beginnings is any good.

On the other hand, I quite like Gridiron Gang, which I'm watching while I write.

On the third hand (I'm like Stitch!), I will leave for a motorcycle ride shortly.

I wish the writing was working. I just can't seem to get her voice down. Or to get into her head at all. I know exactly one thing I want to happen, and I can't seem to write it so it sounds right.

Damn.

Current Mood: frustrated

Okay, I'm obviously spamming livejournal.

nikitangel, I wish you were here (or, rather, I was there with your big screen) watching this with me. I know you've seen it, but we'd have so much fun, because this commentary is AWESOME!

Anyway, Blue Crush, the commentary with the actors. Mostly I'm in this for Michelle Rodriguez.

( Blue Crush )

Love this movie and the commentary.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: blue crush

Two from those titles I collected in the title meme.

thenewhope: mistakes we knew we were making - blue crush? or possibly fray?

( mistakes we knew we were making )

light_emerges: House Meets His Match

( House Meets His Match )

A client left the television on up front, and I just heard That 70s Show start. Maybe I'll go watch it. We're certainly dead enough right now.

Current Mood: thirsty

More of that title game, where you give me one and I tell you what the story would be about if I did write it. (And, okay, odds are I will write most of these.) Still time to play if you have any more title suggestions.

Previous ones: "Whiskey Moon" (BtVS/Harry Potter), "Out of Time" (Lost), "Hustle & Flow" (BtVS/AtS), "OneStop Sales" (BtVS), "Not a Pizza Hangover" (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), "Blank Note" (Lost/BtVS), "Two Regrets and One Farewell" (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), "Daisycutter Blues" (Far From Xanadu), and "Toes to the North" (X-Men movieverse).

From

aphrodite_mine

"Drive By"

( The Fast and the Furious )

"Mis(take)n"

( Buffy the Vampire Slayer )

"Love and War"

( Lost )

"What I'm Trying to Say (Is Not What You're Hearing)"

( Blue Crush )

This remains the most fun meme in the world.