TV and movies
Sep. 21st, 2012 03:29 pmI just re-watched Camp Nowhere, and it's quite like a prequel to Accepted, except B is more of an entrepreneur and Mud is actually a burgeoning con artist.
I also found out that Lynn Collins and Matt Bomer went to the same high school. And given their birthdates, they were most likely in the same grade or only one apart. So do they know each other? I am very curious. If they were involved in the school drama program then, odds are yes.
And I loved this most recent episode of Leverage with the awesome threesome being all awesome and threesomey together. However, it got everything about Washington DC wrong. The buildings were wrong, the streets were wrong, the vending carts were wrong, the Mall and Capitol were wrong, the "DC subway" was wrong (okay, except for the one phrase "red line to Shady Grove," but still). And the wrongest wrong thing of all the wrong things?
When a metro train stops in the middle of the tunnel, the passengers do not start panicking. They do not get out of their seats and wander around and get all wild-eyed and sweaty and say "wtf?" and act worried and nervous and scared. Yes, when we have a 5.8 earthquake we all assume it's a terrorist explosion, because there's a massive noise and the building shakes and earthquakes like that just don't happen here, and attacks do. But when a metro train stops in the tunnel, you sigh in frustration and think, "Not again. How late will I be this time?" and go back to whatever you were doing, or possibly start complaining to your seatmate. But it happens very very very frequently and is never a cause for alarm. Also the trains have real live drivers who probably have a protocol for what to do when someone tries to board through their window, see above re terrorist attacks. So really what I'm saying is, they got the paranoia backwards.
But Parker and Hardison and Eliot are all amazing.
I also found out that Lynn Collins and Matt Bomer went to the same high school. And given their birthdates, they were most likely in the same grade or only one apart. So do they know each other? I am very curious. If they were involved in the school drama program then, odds are yes.
And I loved this most recent episode of Leverage with the awesome threesome being all awesome and threesomey together. However, it got everything about Washington DC wrong. The buildings were wrong, the streets were wrong, the vending carts were wrong, the Mall and Capitol were wrong, the "DC subway" was wrong (okay, except for the one phrase "red line to Shady Grove," but still). And the wrongest wrong thing of all the wrong things?
When a metro train stops in the middle of the tunnel, the passengers do not start panicking. They do not get out of their seats and wander around and get all wild-eyed and sweaty and say "wtf?" and act worried and nervous and scared. Yes, when we have a 5.8 earthquake we all assume it's a terrorist explosion, because there's a massive noise and the building shakes and earthquakes like that just don't happen here, and attacks do. But when a metro train stops in the tunnel, you sigh in frustration and think, "Not again. How late will I be this time?" and go back to whatever you were doing, or possibly start complaining to your seatmate. But it happens very very very frequently and is never a cause for alarm. Also the trains have real live drivers who probably have a protocol for what to do when someone tries to board through their window, see above re terrorist attacks. So really what I'm saying is, they got the paranoia backwards.
But Parker and Hardison and Eliot are all amazing.
TV and movies
Aug. 28th, 2012 04:32 pmMaybe some spoilers, even though I attempt vagueosity.
1. So in last week's episode of Leverage, just after Nate is all "let's go steal..." and we cut to a shot of DC and are zooming over the water to the Washington Monument... That's the channel where I go sailing, and all those boats moored on the right are my marina. (Then this week's episode I wasn't very into, because the team shenanigans weren't there. Though I may have enjoyed a certain scene that wasn't really between Parker and Eliot, even while being disappointed that the poor lighting will reduce its future utility for vids and manips.) Also apparently one of TPTB said in commentary that in his head, Sophie and Maggie have hooked up. These are the things you need to actually mention onscreen, dude.
2. Am into S3 of Cardcaptor Sakura and it continues to be the most adorable thing ever. May be shipping Sakura, Tomoyo, Shaoran, and Meiling in a complicated OT4, and of course Touya and Yukito are dating. May possibly say things like "I'm going to watch more episodes of my G-rated gay now" in my head.
3. However I have been distracted by watching Warehouse 13, which I'm also into S3 of now. Very enjoyable. Apparently trying to save the world and make it more pure and perfect by killing off all of humanity is something that works for me in fiction. (Helen Cutter, meet Helena "HG" Wells. You may have some things in common. Although one of you could pull the trigger and the other couldn't.)
4. But the episode where Kaylee and Simon had a pie shop was a bit of a surprise. And now there's anOlsen twin Ashmore twin. Not the only weird crossover I've seen recently, though, I've been watching random movies from Netflix without really reading all the description or cast list, which has resulted in, you know, the one where Connor Temple was a psychokiller who attacked Morgana and Alicia Baker, and the one where Donna was Charles Xavier's mother and both he and Howard Stark hit Sherlock.
5. Hit & Run was not my kind of movie. Not bad, but not my thing. Oh, MR, what I do for you.
1. So in last week's episode of Leverage, just after Nate is all "let's go steal..." and we cut to a shot of DC and are zooming over the water to the Washington Monument... That's the channel where I go sailing, and all those boats moored on the right are my marina. (Then this week's episode I wasn't very into, because the team shenanigans weren't there. Though I may have enjoyed a certain scene that wasn't really between Parker and Eliot, even while being disappointed that the poor lighting will reduce its future utility for vids and manips.) Also apparently one of TPTB said in commentary that in his head, Sophie and Maggie have hooked up. These are the things you need to actually mention onscreen, dude.
2. Am into S3 of Cardcaptor Sakura and it continues to be the most adorable thing ever. May be shipping Sakura, Tomoyo, Shaoran, and Meiling in a complicated OT4, and of course Touya and Yukito are dating. May possibly say things like "I'm going to watch more episodes of my G-rated gay now" in my head.
3. However I have been distracted by watching Warehouse 13, which I'm also into S3 of now. Very enjoyable. Apparently trying to save the world and make it more pure and perfect by killing off all of humanity is something that works for me in fiction. (Helen Cutter, meet Helena "HG" Wells. You may have some things in common. Although one of you could pull the trigger and the other couldn't.)
4. But the episode where Kaylee and Simon had a pie shop was a bit of a surprise. And now there's an
5. Hit & Run was not my kind of movie. Not bad, but not my thing. Oh, MR, what I do for you.
ficlets from Porn Battle XI
Mar. 19th, 2011 05:46 pmOnly a few months later, here are the things I wrote for the Porn Battle. All are short, some are more or less porny than others.
Title: But They Can Grab Whatever They Want To
Fandoms: Veronica Mars/Leverage/White Collar crossover
Pairing: Veronica Mars/Alec Hardison/Neal Caffrey
Prompt: for an audience
( Veronica isn't supposed to be doing these things anymore now that she's with the FBI. )
Title: Xenophonetics
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Jaime Reyes/Bart Allen
Prompt: alien speak
( Bart is talking so fast that Jaime wouldn't even understand it in English or Spanish or anything, let alone Scarab. )
Title: Dynamic Trio Doublestuff
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Stephanie Brown/Tim Drake/Tam Fox
Prompt: two strap-ons no waiting
( Steph came for a second time already. )
Title: Double Date
Fandom: DCU
Pairings: Cass Cain/Stephanie Brown, Kon-El/Cassie Sandsmark
Prompts: dating, body, collateral damage, unspoken
( The back of the movie theater is pretty much empty except for the four of them. )
Title: Kissing
Fandom: Sky High
Pairing: Magenta/Layla
Prompt: smooth
( Magenta likes kissing Layla. )
Title: The Crest
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark Luthor/Lex Luthor/Tess Luthor
Prompts: rivalry, envy, hope, siblings
( We have the Luthor blood in us. )
Title: It's Not Just You
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Pairing: Gaila/Kirk/Spock/Uhura
Prompt: hot
( Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here? )
Title: But They Can Grab Whatever They Want To
Fandoms: Veronica Mars/Leverage/White Collar crossover
Pairing: Veronica Mars/Alec Hardison/Neal Caffrey
Prompt: for an audience
( Veronica isn't supposed to be doing these things anymore now that she's with the FBI. )
Title: Xenophonetics
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Jaime Reyes/Bart Allen
Prompt: alien speak
( Bart is talking so fast that Jaime wouldn't even understand it in English or Spanish or anything, let alone Scarab. )
Title: Dynamic Trio Doublestuff
Fandom: DCU
Pairing: Stephanie Brown/Tim Drake/Tam Fox
Prompt: two strap-ons no waiting
( Steph came for a second time already. )
Title: Double Date
Fandom: DCU
Pairings: Cass Cain/Stephanie Brown, Kon-El/Cassie Sandsmark
Prompts: dating, body, collateral damage, unspoken
( The back of the movie theater is pretty much empty except for the four of them. )
Title: Kissing
Fandom: Sky High
Pairing: Magenta/Layla
Prompt: smooth
( Magenta likes kissing Layla. )
Title: The Crest
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark Luthor/Lex Luthor/Tess Luthor
Prompts: rivalry, envy, hope, siblings
( We have the Luthor blood in us. )
Title: It's Not Just You
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Pairing: Gaila/Kirk/Spock/Uhura
Prompt: hot
( Is it just me, or is it getting hot in here? )
Leverage/White Collar crossover rec
May. 6th, 2010 02:50 pmI think this is the 7th such crossover I've seen. \o/ Because I wants them all. Now if only there were 50,000 more words of it...
I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal (and I Just Don't Get Any Respect) by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fiercelydreamed - "All right," Nate says, and smacks his hands together. "Let's go steal a con artist." (Gen with geeky Hardison POV and background hints of all the right threesomes.)
(I have one WC icon but no Lev icons yet...)
I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal (and I Just Don't Get Any Respect) by
fiercelydreamed - "All right," Nate says, and smacks his hands together. "Let's go steal a con artist." (Gen with geeky Hardison POV and background hints of all the right threesomes.) (I have one WC icon but no Lev icons yet...)
Mini Meta Month: post the first
Feb. 2nd, 2010 11:02 amPairing characters versus exploring canonical subtext
Both are good! I tend to have a harder time pairing characters from the same thing when I write unless I do believe that at least one of them wants it to happen. So I guess generally I go for subtext. But occasionally there are times when I just think the characters would be so good together that they OUGHT to want it, even if there isn’t much indication of that in canon. And then there are the cracked-out crossover pairings, where canon has no backing as they aren’t from the same thing, but you just know they would be so awesome together. And then of course there’s the difference between hardcore OTP shipping, and flexible shipping, and liking the thought of it, and enjoying it for the length of a random fic, shipping in canon versus shipping in fic, and all the different levels inbetween. And subtext comes in different levels, too. From the deliberate subtext to the omg-I-can’t-believe-they-don't-know-what-they're-doing subtext to the ambiguous subtext to the in-your-head subtext to the tee-hee-wink-wink subtext, and everything inbetween. And sometimes, there’s pairing subtext I can see and seeing it makes me HATE IT even more. So yes, there are times when pairing for me is because I see it in the story already, and a few times when it’s because I decide something else would be a better story.
Some brief examples: I can’t watch Smallville without believing that Lex is in love with Clark and Clark ought to love him back. How does the show make any sense without that? How can anyone not see it? Hardcore OTP canon shipping. With Sky High, I think it’s pretty clear in the movie that Warren and Layla are not actually interested in each other. But I think they could be, the pre-shipping seeds are there, and it would be great, and I imagine them getting together sometime in the future when they are both grown-up. Semi-canon/semi-fanon flexible shipping. For Leverage, I like the canon het ships during the show but don’t want to read fic about them. I read gen, Parker/Hardison/Eliot, or any femslash pairing/moresome. In canon I don’t think Parker and Sophie are about to jump each other, or Parker and Hardison and Eliot are about to all hook up, I just think such things are fun to imagine. Very flexible dilettante enjoyment rather than actual shipping.
That's 395 words according to Microsoft Word, after I added lots of hyphens, but I couldn't condense it much more.blnchflr, I know when you said 300 max you meant 400, riiiiight?
In other news, the electorate has spoken, my Big Bang has been chosen, and I wrote 500 words of it last night.
Also, I am wearing these shoes, which means every new pair of shoes has now been worn at least once. The steampunk button ones even went out dancing.
And a meme.
Comment with the name of a female character and I'll tell you why I love her. In return, you can do the same in your journal.
Comments on LJ.
Both are good! I tend to have a harder time pairing characters from the same thing when I write unless I do believe that at least one of them wants it to happen. So I guess generally I go for subtext. But occasionally there are times when I just think the characters would be so good together that they OUGHT to want it, even if there isn’t much indication of that in canon. And then there are the cracked-out crossover pairings, where canon has no backing as they aren’t from the same thing, but you just know they would be so awesome together. And then of course there’s the difference between hardcore OTP shipping, and flexible shipping, and liking the thought of it, and enjoying it for the length of a random fic, shipping in canon versus shipping in fic, and all the different levels inbetween. And subtext comes in different levels, too. From the deliberate subtext to the omg-I-can’t-believe-they-don't-know-what-they're-doing subtext to the ambiguous subtext to the in-your-head subtext to the tee-hee-wink-wink subtext, and everything inbetween. And sometimes, there’s pairing subtext I can see and seeing it makes me HATE IT even more. So yes, there are times when pairing for me is because I see it in the story already, and a few times when it’s because I decide something else would be a better story.
Some brief examples: I can’t watch Smallville without believing that Lex is in love with Clark and Clark ought to love him back. How does the show make any sense without that? How can anyone not see it? Hardcore OTP canon shipping. With Sky High, I think it’s pretty clear in the movie that Warren and Layla are not actually interested in each other. But I think they could be, the pre-shipping seeds are there, and it would be great, and I imagine them getting together sometime in the future when they are both grown-up. Semi-canon/semi-fanon flexible shipping. For Leverage, I like the canon het ships during the show but don’t want to read fic about them. I read gen, Parker/Hardison/Eliot, or any femslash pairing/moresome. In canon I don’t think Parker and Sophie are about to jump each other, or Parker and Hardison and Eliot are about to all hook up, I just think such things are fun to imagine. Very flexible dilettante enjoyment rather than actual shipping.
That's 395 words according to Microsoft Word, after I added lots of hyphens, but I couldn't condense it much more.
blnchflr, I know when you said 300 max you meant 400, riiiiight?In other news, the electorate has spoken, my Big Bang has been chosen, and I wrote 500 words of it last night.
Also, I am wearing these shoes, which means every new pair of shoes has now been worn at least once. The steampunk button ones even went out dancing.
And a meme.
Comment with the name of a female character and I'll tell you why I love her. In return, you can do the same in your journal.
Comments on LJ.
Yuletide fics
Jan. 29th, 2010 12:01 pmAh, so now I get around to linking what I wrote for Yuletide, what I received, and a few recs.
She's The Man
She's The Man, Too - by ciaan - When you spend so long faking it, how do you know what you really want? Olivia/Viola. This was my official assignment.
Inspector Alan Grant series by Josephine Tey
After I read The Singing Sands I convinced Kat to read it, too, and we both prompted it for Yuletide last year and got nothing. This year we prompted it again, and there were results! \o/
His Paradise - by DTKokoro - Bill and Tad have a night together, but it's not gay because there's a woman.
Bill - by melodiousb - Bill is dead, probably, but this Grant guy is going to figure out what happened.
Loose End - by ciaan - Alan Grant stood in the cemetery, satisfied now that the last loose end in the Bill Kenrick affair had been tied up.
Yes, after reading other people's versions it really caused my version to gel more in my head, and I wrote a little ficlet based on Kat's prompt, and started making notes on The Epic Love Story Of Tad Cullen And Bill Kenrick. Except to write it I have to do ~research~ on the Depression and WWII and air freight companies and stuff. *sigh*
JONAS
Double-Oh Macy!!! - by ciaan - Macy is given her first secret agent assignment: stop Nick from destroying the world. But how can she beat anyone as cute as JONAS? Answer: easily. (Okay yes I admit it whatever stfu I really enjoy watching this show. And I already had thots on the various evil supervillain natures of Nick, Kevin, and Joe, so when I saw this prompt I had to do it.)
Leverage/White Collar crossovers
This was something I had been wanting and not finding, and then Yuletide provided, and now I just want more.
Accessories - by LithiumDoll - Neal calls in a REAL expert to look at his tracking anklet: Alec Hardison.
Yin and Yang - by therienne - Two stories, can be read in either order; the two teams get tangled up in each other's jobs. Oh oh oh.
She's The Man
She's The Man, Too - by ciaan - When you spend so long faking it, how do you know what you really want? Olivia/Viola. This was my official assignment.
Inspector Alan Grant series by Josephine Tey
After I read The Singing Sands I convinced Kat to read it, too, and we both prompted it for Yuletide last year and got nothing. This year we prompted it again, and there were results! \o/
His Paradise - by DTKokoro - Bill and Tad have a night together, but it's not gay because there's a woman.
Bill - by melodiousb - Bill is dead, probably, but this Grant guy is going to figure out what happened.
Loose End - by ciaan - Alan Grant stood in the cemetery, satisfied now that the last loose end in the Bill Kenrick affair had been tied up.
Yes, after reading other people's versions it really caused my version to gel more in my head, and I wrote a little ficlet based on Kat's prompt, and started making notes on The Epic Love Story Of Tad Cullen And Bill Kenrick. Except to write it I have to do ~research~ on the Depression and WWII and air freight companies and stuff. *sigh*
JONAS
Double-Oh Macy!!! - by ciaan - Macy is given her first secret agent assignment: stop Nick from destroying the world. But how can she beat anyone as cute as JONAS? Answer: easily. (Okay yes I admit it whatever stfu I really enjoy watching this show. And I already had thots on the various evil supervillain natures of Nick, Kevin, and Joe, so when I saw this prompt I had to do it.)
Leverage/White Collar crossovers
This was something I had been wanting and not finding, and then Yuletide provided, and now I just want more.
Accessories - by LithiumDoll - Neal calls in a REAL expert to look at his tracking anklet: Alec Hardison.
Yin and Yang - by therienne - Two stories, can be read in either order; the two teams get tangled up in each other's jobs. Oh oh oh.
1. So, in my dream last night, I was back at school or maybe summer camp or something, and I was taking a tumbling class taught by Joss Whedon and his wife. Except most of the people in it were really little kids who'd never heard of him, and only me and Keith idiosyncrarchy were like, hey cool, we're learning gymnastics and wirework from Joss. And Fred (not Amy Acker, no) was one of the demonstrators. There was lots of fun aerial acrobatics. Except I kept tripping and messing things up and Joss thought I was a klutzy failure.
2. Question about SPN: Did Best Buy or anyone do any special extras on the S4 DVDs? I haven't bought them yet and I want to know. (Yes, this question does reveal how little attention I have been paying to stuff.)
3. I recently watched Leverage and I really enjoyed it. It's so adorable and has such snappy cinematography and great dialogue and the characters are all awesome.Except now I'm confused as to whether S2 is actually over or not? I know before I watched it people were making posts about seeing the S2 finale, but then IMDB claims there are 15 episodes in S2 and the rest haven't been aired yet, because I only saw 9, and the most recent one didn't actually seem very finale-esque. Not the way the end of S1 did. So IDK, peeps, is there more to see yet? (Answered!) Because I am totally on board with the rest of you in liking this now.
4. I am trying to keep expectations down for the new season of Friday Night Lights, but they've been playing ads for it on TV and I am getting all excited. Heartbreak's coming, I'm sure.
idiosyncrarchy were like, hey cool, we're learning gymnastics and wirework from Joss. And Fred (not Amy Acker, no) was one of the demonstrators. There was lots of fun aerial acrobatics. Except I kept tripping and messing things up and Joss thought I was a klutzy failure. 2. Question about SPN: Did Best Buy or anyone do any special extras on the S4 DVDs? I haven't bought them yet and I want to know. (Yes, this question does reveal how little attention I have been paying to stuff.)
3. I recently watched Leverage and I really enjoyed it. It's so adorable and has such snappy cinematography and great dialogue and the characters are all awesome.
4. I am trying to keep expectations down for the new season of Friday Night Lights, but they've been playing ads for it on TV and I am getting all excited. Heartbreak's coming, I'm sure.
