Oceana's Fannish Obsessions

Hello

I'm watching TV for the first time in more than ten weeks (actual TV, that is, not dls of new eps, and besides, there was only H50, NCIS and Agents of the SHIELD so far), and I'm watching Numb3rs.

I LOVE Numb3rs. I have this epic LOVE for Don, DON, OMG!DON, and a few days ago, I had this craving to see Don again, and to fall in love with him and his issues and his gloves all over again, so here I am, rainy Saturday evening, watching Numb3rs.

Like the good little fangirl I am, I started with the first episode, of course, and I fully expect to watch the whole six seasons within the next few weeks.


Anyway, the Numb3rs love is definitely still there. Season 1 is a bit rougher than the later seasons, as they are still trying to introduce us to the show and the characters. Which isn't really necessary, because they are mostly really really excellent right from the beginning. Just now I am watching epsisode 2, where Charlie realizes that his actions have the potential to hurt Don, possibly even get him killed, and oh, that set-up, that scene between Don and Charlie in the garage with all the blackboards (it's not a garage, but you know what I mean). The lighting of the scene, the look on Don's face, and Charlie, oh Charlie, how I love you there.

It's funny though, that - if you didn't know these characters - you'd think that Charlie was the one with the issues here, and Don the stable one, and then, slowly, during the following seasons, that turns. Charlie gets more stable, more "normal" (as much as he can be), and Don slowly begins to crack. And I wonder if I can already see that in this Don here, this worried, but slightly impatient Don, who - as we later learn - has missed so much of Charlie's life in the past, but still seems to connect with him in a way that only brothers can. I love how present their connection is even this early in the show.

I gotta run, I can't wait to watch more.

This is possibly one of the best things about TV fandom - that you can come back and fall in love again and again. :-)

Remember last time I showed my face around these parts? (okay, you probably don't).

Well, last time, or rather THE last times, I was completely obsessed with H50. Completely. I read, watched, listened to and thought about H50 constantly for a while. Also, Scott Caan. a LOT of Scott Caan.

Then, as things go, real life happened, and I got sidetracked and then sort of forgot that the TV season had started again, so I only got to watch the season 4 premiere today.

And I have to say, this has GOT to be the most badly written season premiere ever. Seriously, I'm used to a lot with H50, but this, this leaves me speechless. I don't even know where to start!


(it is still pretty, though. It would be even prettier if Scott Caan didn't have this constant "what in the HELL am I doing in this terribly written TV show???" look on his face.)


Other than that, I let my paid account expire a while ago, and LJ apparently gave me the six user pics I have used the LEAST in the last ten years to choose from. This is ridiculous. I've had a paid account ever since I joined LJ ten years ago. I remember that some anonymous person gifted me with one when I was pretty new, because fandom was (and still is), the most awesome place on earth, and I had one ever since. But now, well, I'm mostly not here anymore, so why pay for a paid account? To have user pics that I never use? Seems kind of silly, doesn't it?

I was tempted to hit "get paid account" right after I logged in today, but I'm trying to save some money (or rather to learn that I shouldn't buy everything I want right away in order to get a grip on my spending habits), so I didn't.

This is why you get a H50 post with a really old SG-1 pic. ;-)

Homesick

By accident I came upon a map of Southern Europe today and WHAM!, instant homesickness for Southern France. I miss it like I miss a real home, it makes my heart hurt just to look at the names of the places on the map and know that I will, most likely, not return any time soon, and if I do, it will never be the same again (for me. I suppose France itself won't change more or less than countries do).

Which is funny, because I was never homesick for my actual home, but then again, that's kinda the whole point of being homesick for Southern France now - wanting something you can't ever have.

Nedless to say, I'm working through some things at the moment, have been for a while, and who knows, maybe one day I'll even be able to talk about it.

For now, all I can say is that I feel like there's a huge chucnk of my heart missing when I look at the map of the Cote D'azur, and it makes me sad.


James Bond

In other news, I rewatched Skyfall this Sunday (that's James Bond, you heathens!), and I have to say, I LOVE the movie. It's definitely a movie for the big screen (and one of the few that I managed to catch in the theater in the last years), and it loses a some of its effect on TV, but I still LOVE the movie.

Like the good little fan that I am, I then moved on to read some JB fiction for a while. I feel like I've read EVERYTHING ever written in H50, and refreshing AO3 every couple of minutes has so far failed to produce more fanfic, so I felt safe to move on to James Bond for a little while. If you happen to have any recs, I'd greatly appreciate it.



H50

That doesn't mean that I've abandoned the shiny that is H50! In fact, I'm incredibly excited about the finale, which I haven't watched yet, though I did contemplate skipping work today (or at least arriving really really late) in order to do so, but sanity won in the en (I know, it's not very H5o-ish to let sanity win, but it's work, people).

So I'll watch that when I get home tonight.


Other than that (and I know I haven't been around for months, so I have no one to blame but myself), my dear flist seems awfully quiet these days. Have you all moved on the DW? Is there more going on over there? Cause I have an account. I just never use it. But I could, if there was demand?

Soon!

*dances*

*bounces*

*jiggles (possibly)*

*gets distracted by Wet!Scott Cann pictures (again...)*

It should not be so darn easy to find pictures of wet Scott Caan on the internet. It's way, WAY too distracting.

Seriously, is that all he does all day long? Get wet and almost lose his pants?

How can I be expected to THINK when this is happening?

I'm drunk and reading H5O slash.

How's your evening?

*BG*

So apparently Michelle Borth, the actress who plays Catherine on H5O, is involved in some sort of twitter war with people who may or may not be fans of hers or the show. Not that I care. I'm not on twitter and don't intend ever to go there. (I did, however, recently sign up for tumblr, because it's the best place ever - you stalk some people and they automatically deliver pictures of Scott Caan to your tumblr dashboard? How genius is that?)

Anyways, Michelle Borth is for some reason that nobody really cares about currently indulging in the average internet users favourite pastime - insulting random strangers. It's so nice - here I was away from fandom for almost two years, and nothing has changed. I love the internet - it is so reliable. :-)

Only Michelle is a public figure (not very public, but hey, I'm sure she'd like to be), and she's also the fictional girlfriend of the very hot and lovely Steve McGarrett, so I care.

Because now that I know this (and I swear I was only harmlessly picture-stalking Scott Cann, I didn't WANT to know about that fandom war thing), I won't be able to watch H5O without thinking about the truly appalling and STUPID behaviour of the actress who plays Catherine.

This is why I prefer not to know too much about actors.

I was ok with Catherine. Could I have lived without her? Sure. Up until recently she served no purpose other than giving the team access to technology and information they wouldn't otherwise have. Mor recently she makes Steve discover that he has feelings (though he hasn't discovered yet that those feelings are not about her...) and trust issues, which leads to reflective and angsty Steve, and I'm all for that.Considering that I'm in this for the slash, I was surprisingly ok with Catherine.

Other than that, Catherine was ok as a female character (with almost no purpose in yet another male-dominated TV show). She wasn't annoying, and that's probably the best one can say about her role (that's not even her fault).


Now? I won't be able to look at her anymore without thinking about the actress and her childish and STUPID behaviour. God, I hope she gets written off the show. I don't care about her so much as I care about my H5O viewing pleasure (and I'm rather sure that the only thing CBS cares about in that regard, sorry Michelle). Plus, it will likely lead to more angsty and sad Steve. He can be like Sad!Keanu, sitting on a bench under palms. It will be great. Danno can pick him up and give him blowjobsbeers to cheer him up.

And nobody will miss Catherine, not even the people who do not know about her crazy behaviour towards fans, because she just isn't important on the show. Sorry, Michelle, but that's the way it is. And it makes your behaviour even more stupid.

I just thought I should let you know that it's been two and a half months since my last entry and I STILL can't stop reading H5O fic.

I may also have developed a teeny-tiny-little obsession with Scott Caan. Tiny, really. Tiny as in I'm over six feet tall with my usual heels, and I don't leave the house without heels, so WTF do you think you are doing being all attractive to me, Mr. Caan?

I just, I can't, really, I can't.

Didn't I ask for help? Nobody sent help, and now look what happened. I'm cleaning the house listening to H5O podfic. In my heels, I might add.

That's what happened.