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| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | ||
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nycscribbler |
10:25p | AIMless wandering Trimmed my AIM list, but it occurs to me that I have no one to talk to. So. How 'bout any of you? Comments are screened, just in case you're not inclined to share your SN with the entire intartubez. |
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shiegra |
6:52p | new haul I got a whole bunch of books today. Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and two lovely, gorgeous, mouth-watering Lilith Saintcrow books. And two completely new ones! One novel about a girl who loves the ocean very very much who finds out she's not quite human and her town isn't quite normal and is happy about it (and is also pretty neat, from my readings so far) and one novel about a highly proper Victorian spinster who kills vampires and compares their deaths to a souffle going flat. It is awesome so far. All is well. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/66229.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  geeky |
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shiegra |
2:33p | SCIENCE IS SO AWESOME In my Astronomy lab today, we devolved into a discussion of reality, and time as a measure, and the theory about how if we as 3-dimensional objects cast 2-dimensional shadows, we could be 3-dimensional shadows of 4-dimensional objects. I-- AWESOME I CANNOT STOP SMILING THAT CONCEPT MAKES ME SO HAPPY This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/65846.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  giddy |
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shiegra |
11:57a | The werewolf story "Ames," she said, laying a tender hand on his shoulder and beaming up at him. "I love you. Truly, I do. But if you ever presume to make life-altering decisions for me again, I will personally shove you into a meat packing machine." ...can you tell I was just reading a review of Twilight? This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/65536.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  nostalgic |
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duowolf |
11:12a | pairing meme Name your 15 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms. 1. Jessie/James (Pokemon) 2. Roy/Edward (FMA) 3. Kaworu/Shinji (Eva) 4. Hikaru/Akira (Hikaru No Go) 5. Harry/Draco (Harry Potter books) 6. Rock Lee/Gaara (Naruto) 7. Ichigo/Ishida (Bleach) 8. Leon/Count D (Pet Shop Of Horrors) 9. Touya/Yuki (Card Captor Sakura) 10. Ryo/Dee (Fake) 11. Ryoji/Main Character (Persona 3) 12. Dean/Castiel (Supernatural) 13. Wolfram/Yuuri (Kyou Kara Maou) 14. Ryou/Bakura (Yugioh) 15. Quatre/Trowa (Gundam Wing) Current Mood:  amusedCurrent Music: Gamble Rumble - Intinal D |
| Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | ||
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shiegra |
8:57p | i have no freaking words I know it was naive. I know it was foolish. I haven't even read the books all the way through myself! But I honestly thought my shock and horror at Stephenie Meyer was tapped out; that she had gotten all of her 'WHAT THE FUCKING HELL NOOOOO's out of me. I was wrong. Mark of Buzznet has been reviewing Twilight, and it's a fairly stress-reducing ride, at least for those that have read the books previously and are just relieved to see somebody sane react. The gifs help. Then we get to chapter thirteen of Eclipse, where I thank the lords I didn't read it and we get to read SMeyer writing about how Mexicans are violent awful people (as opposed to the "civilized" north), and how being a vampire automatically makes you white. Gods above and below, how the hell is this woman too fucking stupid to understand how offensive she is? Picked up from ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} randomsome1I need to purge my brain of this ugliness. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/65399.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  enraged |
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nycscribbler |
10:59p | A follow-up letter to my brain Dear my brain, We have had this conversation before. We do not climb into other writers' sandboxes, especially when said sandboxes have emotional history behind them, regardless of whether said version of the sandbox is being abandoned so one of the writers can possibly revamp it, when we know the writers. They weren't amused the last time you thought it was a good idea. No, no matter how cool you think Kia would look with Red Storm colored wings. No, no matter how much of a plot she could have. Stop trying to figure out a broader framework for someone else's universe and making assumptions that they weren't interested in making. There is a reason the name of the AU has to do with two specific teams and two specific schools, and why not much outside of them is gone into at all except as relief from the fighting. We are no longer writing for au_abc or wtf27, therefore we do not need to be working on wingfic. We currently have three stories in the edit queue for Clearly we have enough to do in the fictional world, and that's not even factoring in the importance of finding our wallet, a job, the bedroom floor, and a place to put vast swaths of STUFF. No, no matter how much fun we could have with a devout Catholic girl who works for someone who's sold his soul to the devil. Stop it and shut up or I will scoop you out with an ice cream scoop. I don't care if you think DePaul changing sides would explain Latasha Byears. Shut up already. No. Seriously. STOPPIT. Now shut up and focus on the project you're supposed to be working on, because this is the one that can help you keep getting snoggles. Facepalming forever, CG |
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shiegra |
6:56p | Rome thoughts Simon Woods did a decent job of making Octavian seem, if not actually regretful, conscious and even concerned in his own way, of the damage he realizes he's done to his mother and sister. He's still about as shit at social interaction as he was as a child. 'How's Octavia?' YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW, BUCKO. Too bad you totally screwed them over, huh? Kind of burnt your bridges there, honey. And his behavior after the dinner--was that the first time he realized exactly what his position with them was? It doesn't seem possible. I did love that little interaction with Octavian: 'No, I was all sweetness and light with her.' 'Yes, that is your most disheartening manner.' BECAUSE IT KIND OF IS. Cleopatra's portrayal is a major fail, and the portrayal of the Egyptian court is contemptibly ridiculous. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/65115.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  listless |
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shiegra |
6:43p | Neither Fictional nor Real: So, Hollywood. Take a power structure of people who are willfully ignorant and unwilling to deal with people as people, as well as making concentrated efforts to keep us from having access to venues to tell our stories. Television Without Pity - But Racism is Dandy! Not that I ever expected well of a site that Supernatural is heavily connected with, but hey. This is pretty nasty. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/64954.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  cranky |
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shiegra |
5:14p | Rome, wtf? All mental points awarded to Rome are revoked. Totally, permanently and irrevocably revoked. Infinite, infinite fail. I mean, there were some hints previously. The conspicuous casting of Eirene vs Gaia, the skewed amount of white to darker characters in villainous/antagonist roles, the gender!fail inherent in Vorena's portrayal--she's made a prostitute, her attempt to reclaim her sexuality leads to terrible things, and she's redeemed by swearing herself chaste to a goddess. (Oh screw you, show.) Not to mention Atia's obsession with the bottom feeder. And now their portrayal of Cleopatra. Cleopatra was a powerful, political, canny queen, reputedly the only Ptolomeic ruler to have actually learnt the Egyptian language. She and Egypt did not exist merely as some subnote to Rome, as some ~exotic~ place all about debauchery and corruption of those fine Roman men. I was nearly nauseated at the whole scene where she had to be 'schooled' by some condescending bastard of a Roman soldier--a woman who grew up in a cutthroat family, ascended to the throne at eighteen, raised a rebellion and won an alliance that raised her once more to the throne, a woman who is intimately familiar with murderous politics. And yet in Rome, somehow she turns into a completely amoral, depraved druggie who proclaims herself a 'slave' of Caesar and then seems to have nothing to do but sleep with and be rabidly possessive of Anthony as opposed to, say, running her country. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/64560.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  pissed off |
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shiegra |
4:50p | Meme! Name your 15 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms. Picked up from lucifuge5 I HAVE LOTS MORE. But these are the ones that came into mind first. I also narrowed it down by picking only the ones that had definite, confirmed basis in canon.1. Chiara/The Bear (The Wolf King) 2. Regeane/Maeniel (The Silver Wolf) 3. Leetah/Cutter (Elfquest) 4. Dante Valentine/Tierce Japhrimel (Working for the Devil) 5. Chihiro/Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) 6. Sunshine/Constantine (Sunshine) 7. Jill Kismet/Saul (Dante Valentine) 8. Kamiya Kaoru/Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin) 9. Allen Walker/Rinali Li (D.Grayman) 10. Jaenelle Angelline/Daemon Sadi (Black Jewels) 11. Keiko Yukimura/Yusuke Urameshi (YuYu Hakusho) 12. Kaylin Neya/Severn (Michelle Sagara's Cast series) 13. Bonnie McCullough/Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries) 14. Vesper Lynd/James Bond (Casino Royale) 15. Anita Blake/her awesome (early Anita Blake books) ...what do you mean, that doesn't count? Okay, fine, have an extra: 16. Sesshoumaru/Rin (Inuyasha) ...apparently I like a lot of relationships where there's equality, but the girls are unequivocably in charge. Especially when the boys are a bit dangerous/amoral/etc. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/64274.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  amused |
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shiegra |
4:34p | On rewatching Transformers: God, Sam is such a fucking sleaze. We're supposed to be rooting for some asshole who would dump his friend in the middle of nowhere just so he can make the moves on some complete stranger? This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/64036.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  disgusted |
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dandru |
8:48a | Title: Sacrifices Author: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dandruTeam: Death Eaters Word count: 100 Characters/pairings: Harry/Draco Challenge: Written for dracoharry100 on LJ Challenge #141 Wand of Pleasure Disclaimer: All characters belong to JKR. I only play. I assure you, no one would pay me. Author Notes: Smut... wonderful smut. I blame this hilarious commentary for my overwhelming need to write about toys. ;) ( Sacrifices ) |
| Monday, November 23rd, 2009 | ||
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shiegra |
10:02p | ROME FANDOM FAILS FOREVER Okay, so. I've tried to restraint my anger with the Rome fandom to a few tamped-down comments here and there. But it's not going away, so here's my space to scream and rage a bit. Feel free to ignore this post. ( Read more... ) Not that there isn't a perfectly simple explanation. There is! And it's that in fandom, manly angst takes precedence over women's actual suffering and trauma. SCREW YOU ALL. ETA: ...I feel a little better now. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/63590.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood: enraged |
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shiegra |
7:32p | ROME, MERLIN Thoughts on Rome: Vorena makes me cry. She is, in my opinion, both the bravest and the most tragic of the characters on the show, and I love her, and what she goes through makes me want to cry. And I'm glad that despite the focus on the male characters, the show doesn't once make me feel as if she should be blamed. (Unlike the show's fans.) On Merlin: I LOVE FREYA KIND OF A LOT. A WHOLE LOT. **criiiies** ( from comment on camelot_fleet. spoilers ) Current Mood:  sad |
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shiegra |
6:11p | overall, did not approve Can we goddamn fucking well get rid of the "female characters used only to advance/influence male characters' plot/emotions?" From tavella: But... I'm just not very optimistic, because the real problems I have with the show are less with character arcs and plot holes (though they don't help), but underlying principles. The constant gender!fail -- when a producer bursts into laughter at the suggestion that Morgana and Gwen could have their own episode, that's not a sign anyone is thinking it's a problem. And of course, the whole having Arthur leading the slaughter of a village and then thinking it doesn't even have to be addressed. Maybe not.  THE ONLY WORTHWHILE THING IN THIS SHOW. Well, Freya can stay too. ( quote that, for the moment, sum up my general feelings. more coherent post probably to come later. spoilers ) Current Mood:  cynical |
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shiegra |
4:18p | Elena Gilbert, HBIC On rereading The Vampire Diaries: I love how the explanation for why, in the end, Elena is not at all afraid of Stefan basically boils down (from somewhat flowery terms, as Stefan is a bit of a sap regarding Elena) to 'she totally tops and she knows it.' This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/62722.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood: amused |
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shiegra |
9:36a |  I LOVE AND ENDORSE THIS SENTIMENT. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/62621.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  gleeful |
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dandru |
8:20a | Title: Staying the Night Author: dandru Challenge: Written for: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} snape100 #309 "Wikipedia, Redux!"Pairing: Severus/Harry Rating: PG Words: 100 x 4 Disclaimer: All characters belong to JKR. I only play. I assure you, no one would pay me. Summary: Severus takes Harry on a hunt for a horcrux and Harry hopes for more. Notes: Wiki link: as luck would have it... Zdzieszulice Górne ( Staying the Night ) |
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duowolf |
10:51a | The Howling Just found out they are planning to reboot The Howling movies. Not sure wether or not to be terrified. Maybe they will stick to the books this time and make some decent movies instead of the mess they made last time round. Current Mood:  worriedCurrent Music: Ame to Sanbika - Gun Frontier |
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rubyfruit_pixie |
12:32a | Meta meta meta on the table table table: Naming your Muses! Found on DW's Metafandom comm, An entry about naming muses and nicknaming fics, I have decided to open a discussion about the subject here on IJ. Do y'all name your muses? Do you have nicknames for your fics? ( And stuff!! ) Current Mood:  amused |
| Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | ||
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rubyfruit_pixie |
10:18p | I had no icon for this entry. So I am using this one because it is fun. :3 :3 ;3 Dear Muses, Now that I'm starting on the Zero Princess Saga/Void Space Saga/Whatever the hell you want to call this series, Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, turn this into Viceroyverse done Kairi/Rinoa Style. Please. I don't care how well it works, I don't care that it works on a multitude of levels. I don't care if it'd be cute (and about a quarter as creepy as Quistis/Kairi is!). I don't care if it makes a lot more sense than any other Kairi pairing in existence, Sora/Kairi included. But the Nonsense of Sora/Kairi is another Even if it is a really good idea-- No. No. If you try and steer it in that direction, and we know that the one-sided Rinoa/Kairi in Braceletverse is enough, I will turn this brain around and write...umm... I WILL MAKE US WRITE MPREG. SORA/KAIRI MPREG. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES!? No love, Jordi. Current Mood:  hungryCurrent Music: "Reve" by Arai Akino |
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shiegra |
3:49p | Whenever someone says Jo was 'too immature'--ostensibly in general but, it is fairly easy to discern, meaning 'for Dean'--I have to laugh. By anyone's estimate, Jo Harvelle is a great deal more mature than Dean Winchester. Let's see...wants to strike out on her own, seems perfectly capable of it. Doesn't collect venereal diseases like stamps. Behaves with maturity, is self-contained, isn't a total sleaze. Independent, quick and clever, capable...although Dean may have those qualities, too. Just--can't you shut up now that [spoiler] has happened?. Supernatural has been leaving me with a bad taste in my mouth for far too long. It's amazing how you run into this stuff when you no longer have the slightest amount of interest in the canon and never had an interest in the fanon. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/62250.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  aggravated |
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shiegra |
1:27p | ROME I have been watching Rome. Surprise! I am fond of it. It is, in some ways, all about the menz, but the female characters are fabulous, despite the fact that their lives seem to revolve around the male characters--I think that's not unreasonable for the time period. There was--GODDAMNIT--what I would definitely classify as a fridging, but I'm hanging on for the other women. I don't actually know that there are any male characters besides season 1 Octavian where I'm actually interested in finding out what happens to them, never mind liking them. The fandom corners I've dipped my toes in are full of raging misogyny--how dare she be angry with the man that caused her mother's death! How dare she try to move on and pursue a life of her own after her husband's death! Bitch, slut, whore, etc--as to be expected, I suppose. But I love the way the show never makes me feel as though I'm intended to blame Niobe for her choices, or Eirene or Vorena for their anger. And while male characters are shown as sympathetic after doing terrible things, female characters are too. Which is really cool. The sets are pretty fantastic, and I'm told that it goes to great lengths for historical accuracy. I think they do a really good job of making the characters' certain outdated views understandably their own without supporting it textually, which far too many shows/movies fall into doing. My favorite characters are Eirene and Octavia, but even the female characters I find reprehensible are fascinating. The male characters are well written as well, but a lot of the qualities I'm intended to find interesting and sympathetic fall flat. This entry was originally posted at http://shiegra.dreamwidth.org/62178.html. Please comment there using OpenID. Current Mood:  good |
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duowolf |
11:28a | Dragon Age: Orgins Novels Just found out there are two Dragon Age novels available which is awesome as I love back story. The first is called The Calling and is about The Grey Wardens and the second is called The Stolen Crown and is about the previous Kings fight to gain back the country's freedom and is a direct prequel to the actual game. Both are written by David Gaider. I'll be picking up both of them once I get paid next week along with the second Mass Effect novel that I hadn't realized existed. Current Mood:  happyCurrent Music: In My Dream - Brain Powered |