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spnspringfling—but it's one of my favorite challenges, and I couldn't resist. Thank goodness, I got my assignment and one of the prompts grabbed me right away. I've got the story laid out and a good bit of it written already. Phew! I'm grateful for rainy Sunday nights. (ETA: I just realized, the last time I wrote SPN was for last year's spnspringfling, before those deadly ComicCon spoilers came out. Yikes.)
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intoabar, and maybe approaching a resolution. Thank you, words! Don't leave me.
In other news, that Orphan Black show is pretty freaking amazing so far, isn't it? Thank you to all who turned me onto it. (Who else is watching this?) And we started watching Elementary last night (finally!). I only stayed awake for the first episode and a half, but I love it already. All of you were so right about that one. I can't wait to watch the rest of S1. It's stupid how relieved I am to be watching two shows with interesting and smart lead female characters I care about.
Now, out into the wet to cut back evil blackberry bushes.
spnspringfling—but it's one of my favorite challenges, and I couldn't resist. Thank goodness, I got my assignment and one of the prompts grabbed me right away. I've got the story laid out and a good bit of it written already. Phew! I'm grateful for rainy Sunday nights. (ETA: I just realized, the last time I wrote SPN was for last year's spnspringfling, before those deadly ComicCon spoilers came out. Yikes.)I'm also up to 2K words on
intoabar, and maybe approaching a resolution. Thank you, words! Don't leave me.In other news, that Orphan Black show is pretty freaking amazing so far, isn't it? Thank you to all who turned me onto it. (Who else is watching this?) And we started watching Elementary last night (finally!). I only stayed awake for the first episode and a half, but I love it already. All of you were so right about that one. I can't wait to watch the rest of S1. It's stupid how relieved I am to be watching two shows with interesting and smart lead female characters I care about.
Now, out into the wet to cut back evil blackberry bushes.
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Date: 2013-05-27 03:19 pm (UTC)Me! Me! I love Orphan Black. Only one more episode in the season, sadly. And I've been watching Elementary from the beginning -- I envy you that you have the entire season to enjoy (you might want to avoid spoilers). Great stuff, both shows. I think I'll buy the DVDs when they come out.
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Date: 2013-05-27 03:38 pm (UTC)Ugh, good luck with those blackberries. I recently learned that blackberries are a pest in Australia because some English dude brought them there on purpose. Which just astounds me.
Evil indeed.
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Date: 2013-05-27 03:53 pm (UTC)I am watching Orphan Black! Although I'm two episodes behind now. It's just SO HEAVY I can't watch more than one episode at a time! Like a huge piece of cake.
And yay, Elementary! I'll tell you now, JOAN JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER in a way that is honestly kind of unbelievable for a female character on a network tv procedural.
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Date: 2013-05-27 04:22 pm (UTC)And if you need a beta for
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Date: 2013-05-27 04:49 pm (UTC)I don't know Longmire at all—will have to look it up. (ETA: Ooh, it's on Hulu. Sold.) I knew all along that I wanted to watch Elementary, but we haven't had time, and also, I wanted to see if it finished the season well, because so many TV shows have left me feeling meh lately. I didn't want to get invested until I knew there was at least a good season to enjoy. :) Orphan Black has been a big surprise, though! It's addictive.
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Date: 2013-05-27 05:31 pm (UTC)Longmire is, at Merewyn put it, a police procedural mystery series meets Louis L'Amour. Seriously, it's a county sheriff's department in modern rural Wyoming and the stories are really good. Devo is still gleeing over all the complicated characters in it.
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Date: 2013-05-27 09:35 pm (UTC)Elementary is also awesome, and keeps getting better and better as the season progresses. You have much great viewing ahead of you.
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Date: 2013-05-27 11:49 pm (UTC)We've been fans of Elementary since it started.
Longmire--I watched a couple of eps during the marathon this weekend. Looks interesting, but I'm not sure there's room on my plate for another series at the moment. But Katie Sackhoff and Lou Diamond Phillips are a strong incentive.
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Date: 2013-06-05 12:28 pm (UTC)I know what you mean! Much as I like Elementary, I have a sneaking suspicion that part of my liking is sheer relief that the writers aren't messing up.
Longmire is another good show, IMHO, that has a complex and intelligent lead who is a woman. And she's played by Katee Sackhoff, who did great work with the character of Starbuck on BSG.
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Date: 2013-06-05 06:53 pm (UTC)Yesssss. Lost Girl has been my go-to show for that the last couple of years, but they do occasionally hit a seriously wrong note. So far, I haven't hit any of those with Elementary, and it's such a pleasure just to be able to watch and enjoy.