time and relative dimension in space

Conclusions drawn from my LOST S6 rewatch so far (just finished disc 3!):

( do these still count as spoilers? )

30 Days of TV meme:

Day 09 ♥ Best scene ever

...This is a difficult one.

However, I give you:

The phone call.

Yeah, you know what phone call I'm talking about.

There is literally nothing about this scene I would change ever. The direction, the lighting, the music, even the sets and costume -- the production values are perfect. And the WRITING is...well, it's exactly why this sort of phone call would be, let's be honest. And Henry Ian Cusick and Sonya Walger prove why the love story they helped create is so incredibly resonant.

It may not be The Best Scene Ever but it's certainly on the shortlist.

( the rest )

30 Days Of Who meme:

Day 02 ♥ Your Favorite Classic Series Episode

I am going to assume that 'episode' means 'serial'. Just 'cause.

I have many favorite serials, but if it comes down to one, "Edge of Destruction" wins. It features Barbara being kickass (but then, she so rarely isn't); Susan is startlingly creepy in it; One is downright terrifying in his insistence that it's Barbara and Ian's fault; it does fascinating things with the show's format and the TARDIS herself that has not been tried again; and it's a bottle episode that revels in its...bottle-ness. Is there a term for that?

I mean...

How dare you! Do you realise, you stupid old man, that you'd have died in the Cave of Skulls if Ian hadn't made fire for you? And what about what we went through against the Daleks? Not just for us, but for you and Susan too, and all because you tricked us into going down to the city. Accuse us? You ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us! Gratitude’s the last thing you’ll ever have, or any sort of common sense either.

If you've ever wondered why people insist that the Doctor would not be the Doctor we know and love today were it not for Barbara Wright, wonder no more.

( the rest )

Because I'm sure you all care.

( trufax contained inside; LOST finale spoilers, obv )

( LOST 5x14 The Variable: wherein everything goes downhill )

Weirdly, I have difficulty remembering that Charlie is younger than Aaron. There's no reason for this. Aaron's been around as a character longer, we've seen him being older than Charlie, we've seen them both being born, they drop ages often enough. There's no reason for this mental confusion, but I do have to keep stopping and reminding myself that, oh yes, Aaron's older than Charlie. IDK.

We can has LOST tiems agin nao?

( The only thing of note I took away from LOST 5x12 Dead Is Dead )


Also, next week we get ( spoilers for next week? from the preview )

( SPOILERS for Psych 3x01 Ghosts )

Overall: Powerful episode. Psych does emotional drama, and does it well. James Roday gets a chance to remind everyone that he can do genres besides constant comedy. And it still feels like Psych, it's still got the humor and the buddy elements and everybody's there even if for only about twelve seconds (Jules, what happened to you? Working a case without any backup or what?) A great start to the season.


( story from real life and related ponderings that got longer than I thought they would )

Today is the first exchange of our Secret Santa. I am...slightly nervous about delivering my first gift. Um. (I told our dresser I didn't know how I was going to smuggle it in without my recipient -- or any of the cast, since they have a cultural aversion to secrets apparently -- seeing it. She said "Bring it in a bag!" Then she said "Oh, wait, you never bring a bag and everyone will immediately know why you brought one." So, yeah.)


FANNISH STUFF. In bits and pieces. BECAUSE.
So, Dr. Horrible. Why, yes, I am a sucker for lonely-loser villains. Who sing their feelings. Add Dr. Horrible/Billy to my list of fannish crushes, gais. And one of my spot ops and I spent much of yesterday quoting it at each other.
But. I'm really not happy about Penny. She had absolutely no agency throughout, barely had a personality, and totally failed to subvert any of the genre tropes I was hoping for. JOSS. I EXPECT BETTER OF YOU. You could have told the same awesome story in a much more awesome way by giving Penny some real personality and letting her make some active choices.
However, I do have a Dr. Horrible icon now.

[title of show] has made it to Broadway, that magical street of dreams (or that shameless commercial whore, depending). Have I talked about this on here yet? No, I don't think so. Anyway, I'm very very happy about it. And would kill to go see it. Now I just need Zanna Don't! and Evil Dead: The Musical to make it to the Great White Way. And a decent Chess revival. And a trip to New York with a lot of cash.

My daddy is buying tickets for me and him and my mom to go see the touring cast of Spamalot this November. Like, right after my work contract ends. *bounces* My daddy's so cool. (And, he's vaguely alluded to possibly taking me and my mom to see Wicked when the touring cast passes through the area next May. Yespls?)

I'm dying to see the new XF movie, and I know next to nothing about it having somehow totally failed to find any decent spoilers. But MULDER. SCULLY. MY FIRST REAL FANDOM. OMGYAY.

I really want to write fic, but am totally failing to. All I can get is tiny, nonsensical bits and pieces. I've tried a couple 1sentence attempts because that's usually a pretty good writer's-block breaker for me, but I keep stalling out about halfway through every couple I try. *flail* Any advice?

...On the "accomplished!" side, I have a Lost Desmond/Penny vid finished that just needs to be uploaded and pimped out. Unlikely to happen today, though. On the grounds that I need to leave for work fairly soon. But soon? Hopefully. I like it. It's kind of a darker take on the pairing than I usually go for, and we all know screwing up the couples I love is like a drug to me. And I think it turned out pretty well, for being a study of the pairing rather than a straightforward story.

...oh, that just reminded me I have to hit up LVI and make sure no one else used that song for Des/Penny. Athough I doubt it. It's...not obscure, exactly, but neither is it what I expect most LVI vidders to be drawing upon for music choices? ...okay, that sounded all music-elitist and that's really not how I meant it.

...shutting up now before I offend anyone further.

Besides, it's INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FEMSLASH! ...I would use a femslash icon here, but I kind of already committed myself to the Dr. Horrible one, didn't I? I'll try and do a picspam or something else to celebrate after work. But for now, I'm going to go feed. Because I'm hungry.

( spoilers for Lost 4x05 The Constant )

ZOMGILOVETHISSHOW*bawls*


In somewhat related news, watching the rerun of last week's episode has reminded me of my season-one desire that Kate's crime would turn out to be ecoterrorism. Clearly that didn't pan out, but wouldn't it have been awesome?

( spoilers for Lost 4x03 The Economist )


Annnnnnnd

( spoilers for Eli Stone 1x03 Father Figure )


...my head hurts and I kinda feel like I wanna throw up, so I think I'll going to bed now despite how incredibly early it is for me. Although in the spirit of my earlier post, I'm adding a Lost character tag. Plus a shipper tag. 'Cause I feel like it.

Iiiiii feel like I've been run over by a truck. Good times. I hate being vaguely sick. I'd almost rather be blatantly sick, because then at least you know what's wrong and people sympathize and let you stay in bed all day and not wonder out loud why you're curled up in a tiny ball on the couch. *flail*



fandom_memes time, bitches!

1) The Fanfic Pairings of 2007 Meme

List all Pairings you wrote/posted in 2007 (whether they are blatant or implied pairings)
( list of pairings )


( funnest, crackiest, hardest, etc. )


2) Year-End Fanfic Meme

( favorite, best, most fun, etc. )

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3) Year-End Fanfic Wrap-up

Name the fics you've written this year, a little bit about them and what inspired you to write them. Provide a link if you wish.

( cut for length )