i feel stupid, and contagious

MAN, YOU GUYS. I feel like I miss y'all all the time because I go through these periods without posting/commenting. The thing is, I'm in a phase where I have not been feeling like engaging with fandom lately beyond talking about stuff that barely anyone else is watching. :P I've also been spending a lot of time on tumblr. But neither of these things are valid reasons not to engage with my f-list! So I'm trying to get better at commenting and answering comments and stuffs. Basically I don't want to only show up around here when I get mad about something, hee. So anyway, some things:

+ Parks and Recreation is back and everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. I love everyone in that bar.
+ I watched Sanctuary over the holidays -- it's actually pretty good! The first season was hard for me to get into, but it found its stride in season 2.
+ Side-eyeing Chris Nolan for his choices re: The Dark Knight Rises. Love Tom Hardy, but he should not be playing Bane. Bane is not white. Love Anne Hathaway, but I wouldn't have thought of her for Selina Kyle, although that one's more of a wait-and-see for me.
+ Being Human is back on Sunday. BEING HUMAN IS BACK ON SUNDAY. I haven't watched the US version because I'm just not sure I can take the secondhand embarrassment at this stage, however, I DID watch the US Skins premiere. It's kind of terrible but I'll be honest, I'm probably going to keep watching because I'm interested in what they'll do with Tea.
+ I just finished reading the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness. I couldn't help comparing it to The Hunger Games just because even though it doesn't have the same derivative Battle Royale ripoff premise, it does have some parallels about war and resistance and politics and stuff, and is also a YA post-apoc (sort of) trilogy of some notoriety. Except for me, Chaos Walking is SO MUCH BETTER. Mostly because Ness is a better storyteller than Collins IMO, and the characterizations were stronger, the plot felt much more cohesive. It's intense and heartbreaking and SOUL-DESTROYING but it's a good, quick read and I'd recommend it if you like YA stuff. Also: OTP of OTPs, feelings explosion, etc. Without getting all spoilery.
+ I just started reading Game of Thrones, because I'm more and more excited about HBO's adaptation of it that's coming in April. The trailers just look so amazing (Lena! Bean!), even though pseudo-European fantasy worlds are starting to bug me on principle. Anyway, I'm not far into the book yet, but it's good so far.

Brief assorted linkspam!
+ glass_icarus' Potluck blogging festival, for multicultural and intersectional discussions and writings about food.
+ According to my f-list I should read Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin. Everyone from every fandom is reccing this fic, haha. OKAY OKAY I WILL
+ Camelot Fleet Finishathon. Looks so amazing this year.
+ Really, really interesting and important discussion on "piracy" (specifically e-books for the most part), and the inherent privilege that goes along with defending Western Imperialist notions of intellectual property.

Finally, a meme, which you should all do, because I often feel like talking but don't know what to talk about! So, ask me anything you want to know!

Ask me a fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general. Questions can be as wacky as you want. Ask me about tv shows, characters, fanfic in general, fandom issues/meta. Whatever you want.

You're welcome.

+ CamelotRemix reveals! I had a feeling that was you netgirl_y2k, thank you so much! ♥ Check out First Up Against The Wall if you haven't already, guise.

Also, lol, how obvious was mine, be honest.

+ NOW, A MEME. stolen from swatkat, netgirl_y2k, and various people on tumblr:

Name a fandom (or character or whatever related to a fandom), and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

don't hate me ok

Feel free to jump in and discuss stuff if'n you want!

This is a meme that I have shamelessly stolen and tweaked from glass_icarus!

Give me the name of a fictional character from any fandom and I will write them a short love letter.

Fandoms: Avatar: TLA (♥), Merlin, Harry Potter, Being Human, Doctor Who, Vampire Diaries, or basically any other TV show/book/whatever you've seen me mention! I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE OKAY.

Letters so far:

Gwen (Merlin)
Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)
Toph (Avatar: TLA)
Annie Sawyer (Being Human)
Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2)
Sharon Valerii (Battlestar Galactica)
Teyla Emmagan (Stargate: Atlantis)
Vicki Donovan (Vampire Diaries)
Firelord Ozai (Avatar: TLA)
Ty Lee (Avatar: TLA)
Amy Pond (Doctor Who)
Anna (The Vampire Diaries)
Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
Nyota Uhura (Star Trek)
Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
Sokka (Avatar: TLA)
Kara Thrace (Battlestar: Galactica)

First, a meme, spotted like four times on the f-list so far:

Let’s make a magical wave throughout LJ.
When you see this entry, post a picture of the show to your own journal.


her faaaace

+ Secondly, I have lots of feelings about recent TV. Quickly:

Vampire Diaries: PENCILS AND MAKEOUTS AND GIRLS OH MY lesbian friendship necklaaaaace
Big Love: OH MY GOD THIS SEASON SO FAR. [insert massive rant directed toward Bill Henrickson]
Being Human: OH MY GOD THIS SEASON SO FAR. [insert Annie love screed and George flail]
Skins: Okay I guess. I have Thoughts but idk if I feel like taking the time to post 'em.
LotS: Kahlan and Caraaaaa akdjfalflahdl

+ I will at the very least expand my thoughts on Big Love, BH and TVD when I get some time.

I also have a mess of BH icons to finish and post, one teenyfic to write, one Finishathon fic to finish, and one help_haiti fic to write, a halfamoon picspam, and a bunch of other sundries to get to.

+ Also, watched Whip It this weekend. BEST.

+ Might linkspam at you guys later.

What Merlin character am I most like?
MY THREAD

Do eeeet. And link me to yours! ♥

Here are the results of the music meme I posted the other day -- the winner is lesemma who had six correct guesses! Thanks for indulging my boredom, guys. ♥

Moar stats, because I had fun going through the answers:

+ Songs ya'll weren't able to guess: 4
+ Songs I'm particularly sad that no one guessed: 1
+ Songs that only one brilliant person knew: 7
+ Most incorrectly guessed song: #9 - Prince, Purple Rain (Ya'll thought that was Coldplay.)
+ Most correctly guessed song: #7 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit. (Nine of you hippies guessed that one.)

+ The most awesome alternate titles/artists you guys gave for Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (I'm sorry, I had to list these, you are all too awesome):

- that Alice in Wonderland song by Jefferson Starship
- jefferson [some kind of flying vehicle] - white rabbit

( answers with winners, under the cut! )

And, stolen from theantijoss:

Diversity Icon Meme -- I thought this was interesting. (These are my LJ icons, not DW)

Total # of Icons: 114
# Icons Featuring Female Characters Alone: 29
# Icons Featuring Male Characters Alone: 27
# Icons Featuring Het Pairings (friends or romance): 14
# Icons Featuring F/F Pairings (friends or romance): 6
# Icons Featuring M/M Parigins (friends or romance): 6
# Icons Featuring Mixed Gender groups of 3 or more: 5
# Icons Featuring People/Characters of Color (GAILA DOESN'T COUNT): 42
# Icons Featuring Women of Color (AGAIN, GAILA DOESN'T COUNT): 31

I love my icons. *g*

Do this meme. DO IT (please): Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post.

+ Seriously, WTF. Twitter gets a DDoS attack, then LJ at the same time? How much more am I to take? I hear facebook got hit as well.

+ I'm about two thirds of the way through Kushiel's Mercy, sixth book in the Kushiel saga thingy by Jacqueline Carey. It's one of my favorites of the six, as emo as Imriel is. I might review the lot of them when I'm finished. It's an entertaining series, for the most part.

+ Joe GL and Zooey Deschanel need to marry each other already. Alternatively, they could marry me. Yes, both of them.

+ Star Trek fandom is a bit ridiculous at the moment. I haven't looked at the kink meme in weeks, and I'm in no mood to go back to it. Why can't we have nice things, fandom?

+ In other news, Katie McGrath apparently has a tattoo that reads 'purity' across her lower back. Heh. I feel another Angel/Katie fic coming on.

Shipping meme stolen from a couple people on my f-list:

If you want to do this one, make the list of pairings before you see the questions!

Six ships you're into right now.

01 → Gwen/Morgana [Merlin]
02 → Morgana/Arthur [Merlin]
03 → Gwen/Arthur [Merlin]
04 → Hermione/Charlie [HP]
05 → Spock/Uhura [Trek]
06 → John/Teyla [SGA]


Three ships you liked, but don't anymore.

07 → Buffy/Willow [BTvS]
08 → Boyd/Echo [Dollhouse]
09 → Merlin/Morgana [Merlin]


Three ships you never liked.

10 → Harry/Ginny [HP]
11 → Dean/Sam [SPN]
12 → Kirk/Spock [Trek]


Two ships you're curious about, but don't actually ship.

13 → Kirk/Gaila [Trek]
14 → Teyla/Heightmeyer [SGA]

( questions )