that's poetic...that's pathetic

[chicafrom3]

So, I went down to the cafe to get dinner because I really don't feel like sitting in the dining hall eating barely-recognizable whatever. And while there I got into a conversation with the guy making my food about, among other things, the straight-edge movement.

I realize this doesn't sound like a big deal. But, um. This is not something I do. I do not have in-depth conversations with people I don't know. I only rarely have in-depth conversations with people I do know. The fact that I don't really know a lot of people who would be interested in talking about the straight-edge movement is irrelevant, because the subject could have been anything that required actual interaction and discussion and I don't do that with people I don't know. I get nervous and nod and smile a lot and mentally plot my escape, because I'm shy and socially awkward.

So, um, I'm not sure whether you should be congratulating me or wondering who possessed me for the duration of this conversation, but there it is, I am still trying to figure out how that happened.


In other news, Dirty Sexy Money may be a new addition to my list of OMGFANDOMS. I think I have to see a few more episodes to decide whether I'm addicted or not. And who my favorite characters will be, although Jeremy has pulled to an early lead. And, well, I'm digging on Juliet more than a bit, too. Are people making icons or writing fic yet? That may help me decide. In any case. Definitely sticking around for a while longer.

The Sweet Charity auction is officially over for this round. I won a fic ho and a jewelry ho and have just remembered that I have to go e-mail them. Oops. Also, our very own trascendenza won my vidding services. :D :D :D Yay! I promise to do my very best to make you an utterly brilliant vid and have fun doing it.

The xkcd meetup made the news. Twice.


And in other, other news: I MISS MY NIKI and she needs to come to Massachusetts RIGHT NOW, plzkthnx. :( She can even bring The Boy if she must. I just neeeeeeeeeed to see her.


ETA: Also, OMG musical theatre fandom wank! *flail*

Comments

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

Those two just make me extremely happy for some reason.

I KNOW. *flails* They're just so adorable in a really incoherent way. And OMG how loud did I cheer Juliet leaving home at the end?

Hopefully the fandom will pick up after a few more episodes?

(In conclusion- it has to be. We just don't have ship wars- we have cast wars.)

Oh, it totally is. In what other fandom do you get flame wars over whether Idina, Julia, Eden, Shoshana, or Stephanie is the worst Elphaba? :D Broadway has a completely batshit insane fandom, let's be honest. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

And there are some of the BEST COMMENTS in the fandom_wank report:

Personally, I think one of the most charming things about Rent is how shitty they all are at what they do. Especially Mark. Baby, there's a reason nobody will watch your movies.

HEE. *loves*

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

They're just so adorable in a really incoherent way.

The cuddling during the family meeting! I squeed so hard when I saw that! Jeremy's just so cuddly anyway with his incoherent mumbling and the fact that he's just some black eyeliner away from being the lead singer of an emo band. Argh. I love him.

And OMG how loud did I cheer Juliet leaving home at the end?

Me too! XD She has so much potential. (All of the characters do, actually. I couldn't find a single one that I disliked- either I loved them or I thought they had plenty of room for me to grow into them.)

Hopefully the fandom will pick up after a few more episodes?

Hopefully. I'm lucky enough (with the exception of TDF, but at least it got a full season) to not have ever had any of my shows get spontaneously cancelled, but I'm concerned this one will get the axe when it comes that time. *crosses fingers* I can only hope word of mouth and the fact that it's following two of ABC's biggest new shows will give it an edge. I'd hate it to see it go down. (The word on the street is that it won its timeslot, but the ratings still weren't in the higher numbers and on the bigger networks, that practically scrams "Kill the pig." *sigh* Then again, I'm a horrible cynic and worst-case scenarios haunt me. I just have to hope for the best, because... I really want it to do well. It and Pushing Daisies are what I'm planning on using to fill the void that LOST has left by being absent at the moment.



Broadway has a completely batshit insane fandom, let's be honest. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

So true! Now if only our obscurer musicals would get fic written for them!

XD And that comment made my night.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

Jeremy is just utterly adorable. With the total lack of self esteem and the really stupid stuff he pulls and the way he means well, honest...really, I think I'm talking myself into falling in love with him. o.0 I do that a lot, I've noticed, talk myself into falling in love with characters...

I want Juliet to have an utterly fantastic character arc where she realizes she's a shitty actor and finds something else to do comes to terms with herself and her independence and breaks away from the insanity that is her family. *nods*

And totally agreed on the whole cast either being insanely lovable or full of potential. The only one I'm really Not Fond Of right now is Brian, but he has a SMALL CHILD in his storyline so obviously there is HUGE potential there for him to make me fall in love with him. Trufax.

And, ugh. Don't remind me...I have really bad luck with TV shows getting canceled out from under me. *apologetic* The Dresden Files, The Chronicle, The Black Donnellys (don't get me started on how badly NBC treated TBD...), John Doe, Firefly... I really, really hope DSM falls under the category of "decently-lived shows Chica falls in love with like Lost, Andromeda, Doctor Who..." and not "all those other shows who got one season max and make Chica cry".



*flail* I WANT CHESS FIC. And Zanna, Don't! fic. And Evil Dead: The Musical fic. And Brooklyn fic. And Little Shop Of Horrors fic. And I'm going to stop listing Shows What Don't Get Written About now or I'll never shut up.

...now you've got me wondering if I could persuade someone to run an Obscurer Musical Ficathon. *ponders*

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

Everything you said about Jeremy= Trufax. He was amazingly well-developed in just the pilot. Imagine what they could do with him during a whole season!

And I definitely want Juliet to go through that arc... And maybe help smack some sense into her brother, because Lord knows Nick's not going to be able to do it. I don't think she's emotionally mature enough to handle her own problems on top of his though, but she has the potential to take things into her own hands and I dig that.

I like Brian, but that's because he makes me laugh, because he's so... Horrible. The small child bit's going to be interesting though.

*sniffles* The good news is ABC looooves its guilty pleasure shows, so it may have a good chance. It's not safe to judge now. I'll judge once we've gotten six episodes in and the ratings start looking a little bit more solid. (Argh... I'm learning to hate ratings.)

...now you've got me wondering if I could persuade someone to run an Obscurer Musical Ficathon. *ponders*

I wish someone would! I've written 81 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels fics (according to my tags page), and I'd be more than willing to write more if it would persuade someone, ANYONE else to write for it.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

I MADE ICONS. *flail* I just have to get them all uploaded and then I will make an icon post.

Jeremy's characterization is AMAZING for a pilot episode. Just utterly freaking amazing. He's a fully-rounded person in forty-four minutes!

Juliet has a lot of potential that she's going to have a lot of difficulty realizing, I think. She's this intensely passionate person who unfortunately has spent her whole life to date being spoiled and channeling her passion into the wrong things. And I can't justify it textually, but I really just want to see her and Jeremy drag each other out of the mess that is their family...I really think they need each other to get out.

At the funeral, after Nick calls truce, and Brian agrees and then leans forward to whisper "I hate you"? OMG. He's such a ten year old! And I'm not saying that as a bad thing because, um, all the Darlings are emotional ten year olds and I think it'll make for fascinating television. But that one moment made me laugh so hard.

ABC is not NBC or FOX, I keep telling myself. ABC has a better track record. But I already loathe ratings, so I don't have to learn to.


...I'm now trying to figure out what the best option for an Obscure Musical Ficathon would be. Like a prompt list and claims, or an exchange? An exchange would be a nightmare to organize, I expect, since there's so many options and everyone participating would only be able to write certain ones. Hmm. Must think.

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

(OMG! You made shiny icons. I die of bliss now! *is yoinking some as we speak.*)

I totally think if any of the Darlings are going to get out of the hole their decadent, selfish lifestyles have put them in, it's Jeremy and Juliet. They seem to be the only two who want to change.

At the funeral, after Nick calls truce, and Brian agrees and then leans forward to whisper "I hate you"? OMG. He's such a ten year old! And I'm not saying that as a bad thing because, um, all the Darlings are emotional ten year olds and I think it'll make for fascinating television. But that one moment made me laugh so hard.

Yes! I was all set to hate Brian, but then that happened, and I just couldn't do it. That and the moment where he threatens to hire someone to beat up the headmaster of the school he was trying to get his kid into just made his character for me.

...I'm now trying to figure out what the best option for an Obscure Musical Ficathon would be. Like a prompt list and claims, or an exchange? An exchange would be a nightmare to organize, I expect, since there's so many options and everyone participating would only be able to write certain ones. Hmm. Must think.

A prompt list and claims would be nice, although there'd have to be regulations on what can and can't be claimed or offered up for prompting as far as actual musicals are concerned or else we'd just wind up with a bunch of people sticking to Wicked and RENT fics.

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

A prompt list and claims would be nice, although there'd have to be regulations on what can and can't be claimed or offered up for prompting as far as actual musicals are concerned or else we'd just wind up with a bunch of people sticking to Wicked and RENT fics.

I think we'd have to do like a list of musicals what are not involved, as opposed to a list of musicals that are. Because the list of obscurer-musicals is many times longer than the list of...uh...not obscurer. So...Not Wicked, RENT, Phantom, Les Mis, Hairspray...what else? There's a bunch of musicals that I think would be borderline, in that they have a fanbase and get attention but it's not very much.


Anyway.

Definitely, Jeremy and Juliet are the two with the best chance to get out, just because they want it and Patrick, Karen, and Brian don't. Juliet wants to be independent, Jeremy wants to not be a fuckup, and...Patrick, Karen, and Brian want to be able to continue screwing everything up, only with greater ease and fewer people hassling them about the consequences. Y/Y?

If Brian continues on that path of being an utter ten-year-old, I might be won over. XD

[kawaiispinel.livejournal.com]

I think we'd have to do like a list of musicals what are not involved, as opposed to a list of musicals that are. Because the list of obscurer-musicals is many times longer than the list of...uh...not obscurer. So...Not Wicked, RENT, Phantom, Les Mis, Hairspray...what else? There's a bunch of musicals that I think would be borderline, in that they have a fanbase and get attention but it's not very much.

Sweeney Todd has one, and it'll only get bigger once the film version's out. But those are the only ones I could think of. I'm sure arguments can be made for others, but as long as we veer away from that set and promote things like DRS, LSoH, ItW, Chess, etc.

Juliet wants to be independent, Jeremy wants to not be a fuckup, and...Patrick, Karen, and Brian want to be able to continue screwing everything up, only with greater ease and fewer people hassling them about the consequences. Y/Y?

Exactly. The other three Darling kids have their issues that influence their decisions and whatnot, but they don't seem to want to do anything about it- they want Nick to fix it, just so they can do it again. Hell, Jeremy was the only one who seemed utterly repentant for dragging Nick away from his family to bail him out. (And how cute was that scene where he made Kiki that origami thing-a-mah-jig to apologize for making Nick late to pick her up? XD)

If Brian continues on that path of being an utter ten-year-old, I might be won over. XD

Oh God, I can only hope that never changes, because it's the only thing that keeps me from wanting to slap him. Much like Karen being so utterly frank all the time keeps me from wanting to slap her. (Because seriously? I'd hate her if her "telling it like it is" attitude didn't amuse me so much.)

[chicafrom3.livejournal.com]

(And how cute was that scene where he made Kiki that origami thing-a-mah-jig to apologize for making Nick late to pick her up? XD)

ImPOSSibly cute. Completely and totally adorable and OMG I wanted to hug him. *does so* He really and genuinely feels bad when he screws things up, and that's so utterly amazing in his family.

And, hee, totally agreed on Karen. I think if I knew her in person I would be utterly mortified to have a conversation with her because of her TMI-tendencies, but she's so much fun to watch. Like a train wreck or something.