| Dirty, dirty AU non-con fic. NOW. |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|08:35 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | transformers | ] |
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| |  unf | ] |
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| | The Brak Show | ] |
So I finally got around to seeing Transformers...
Megatron: "Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling? Give me the Allspark and you may live to be my pet."
Me: *pants* Oh, F**K. I need fic. |
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| It's called a stuffing cage. |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|06:03 pm] |
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| |  dirty-minded | ] |
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| | RSC 1998 The Winter's Tale | ] |
First thing I said when I saw this in the Bed Bath and Beyond flyer was, "There's gotta be porn of that somewhere." |
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| Exchange fest musings |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|02:10 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | yuletide | ] |
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| |  contemplative | ] |
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| | Rifftrax Fantastic Four | ] |
I filled out my Yuletide form, and when I saw that I'd messed up on one I'd volunteered to write--picked Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs instead of Watership Down--I thought, fudge, if I get stuck with that one, I should just suck it up, go read the book and write the damn thing. S.O.'s been telling me for years I should read it.
For exchange fests like these I get more excited thinking about what I'd like to write. What I request is a bit bewildered-feeling, half-hearted. Is that what everyone feels? When I click with a fandom, I usually think about the story that comes to me, which means it's a story I want to write, not a story I want someone else to write.
What I want from other authors are the stories I can't think of. |
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| Comic update and an arrrgh. |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|02:18 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | slash, starfighter | ] |
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| |  *facepalm* | ] |
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| | im in ur comic pages lookin at hot boyz | ] |
*smacks head*
Good news: Starfighter has been updated!
Bad news: I FORGOT ABOUT IT WHEN YULETIDE NOMS CAME AROUND. And it didn't make the list from anyone else either. Arrrgh. |
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| Yuletide noms. Omnomnoms. |
[Oct. 18th, 2009|08:01 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | yuletide | ] |
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| |  chipper | ] |
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| | Defying Gravity eps. Too much soap opera, not enough SF. | ] |
Made my Yuletide list. I asked for 4 fandoms already on the list:
BlackJack
Ginn Hale - Wicked Gentlemen
Kuroshitsuji
Sunshine (2007)
And I added two that weren't:
Arturo Perez-Reverte - Captain Alatriste series
Michael Manning - Androgyne series (The Spider Garden/Hydrophidian/In a Metal Web)
I was surprised those hadn't been on there! For those who are curious about the latter, it's graphic novel erotica, and as intricately visual as it is, it's got a fascinating plot that was cliffhangered in the last volume, so it screams for fanfic. Check out the author's lj at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) metalweb. Note: Manning's stuff is very NSFW and he doesn't hide his art behind cut-tags, bless him. |
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| From starchy sticks of bitterness to 300-proof rotting slime in ten seconds flat. IT HAPPENS. |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|08:49 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | anime, food, ohshc, ouran | ] |
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| |  optimistic | ] |
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| | Carnival of souls Rifftrax | ] |
Me: I hate that I've become so picky about bananas. They've got to be at the exact stage of ripeness and not beyond or I won't eat them.
S.O.: I know what you mean, I'm the same way.
Me: You watch them like a hawk: too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!
S.O.: Took yer eyes off 'em just long enough to inhale. And it's all over.
Me: Yeah, sometimes you hit them in that twelve-hour time span when they're edible. And just one day beyond that...
S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine.
In other news, I watched the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club twice tonight, once in Japanese with subtitles and one with English, and, damn, I have to say, that's a great English dub. Think I'm gonna go with it. |
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| Kuroshitsuji icons |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|08:21 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | icons, kuroshitsuji | ] |
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| |  accomplished | ] |
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| | Hans Christian Andersen | ] |
The S.O. and I watched all the episodes of Kuroshitsuji together and, of course, MSTied the hell out of them (like you do). The end credits for the later episodes got a lot of jokes made by both of us, so I made icons for 'em.
Preview:
  
Take, enjoy, credit or not, it's all good.
( Twelve Kuroshitsuji icons below the cut ) |
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| AVATAR FIC: An Immodest Proposal (G, ~1600 words, shippy) |
[Aug. 11th, 2009|08:00 pm] |
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| |  squeeful | ] |
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| | MST3K, "Racket Girls" | ] |
GUYS GUYS FINISHED WATCHING AVATAR TODAY
I BRING FIC
(and now I can join communities and look at wikipedia pages and stuff wheeeeee)
Title: An Immodest Proposal
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary: His second official act isn't as well-received.
Rating: Very very G.
Words: ~1600
Author's Notes: A little scene I imagined as the last episodes approached. Something to flesh out the denouement, for the incorrigible multishipper in me. Spoilers for the series.
*****
( His first official act... ) |
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| Bits and bites |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|12:11 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | stuff | ] |
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| |  here and there | ] |
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| | Freeze (Korean vampire miniseries) | ] |
-I have no proper con report for Azkatraz, as the gist of it goes, "Glomped this person, glomped that person, glomped those people," and has no anecdotes of crazy doom to entertain you. Plain, delightful fun that does not make for clever blog posts. Not that I'm complaining in the least. Those of you who made my weekend awesome, you know who you are.
-I did remember that it was Harry's birthday yesterday. But when it came time for cake, I was craving an egg tart. If I sang over it, that counts, yes?
-In my travels I saw some in-flight films, among them Monsters vs. Aliens. There were some joke-went-on-too-long, they're-pausing-too-long-for-audience-reaction flaws, but it was still oodles of fun and my favorite new oath is Hugh Laurie as Mad Scientist Cockroach Guy (still the consummate gentleman) crying, "Hawking's Chair!"
-Anime series I am currently giving a try: Monster. Tortured ethical protagonist. Ristorante Paradiso. Cute gentlemen waiters of middle age in glasses. Variety is important.
-Why I have not yet finished watching Avatar: Because there's a large joy-post coming shortly to celebrate my love for it before I reach the end. |
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| So much shiny today! Must keep posting! |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|02:41 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | everythingyaoi | ] |
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| |  delighted | ] |
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| | funny 'cos it's true | ] |
This is my new favorite thing in the world.
Must make into icon. And I think I will order everything on their site just to thank them. |
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| Unless they suspect your mad photoshop skillz... |
[Jul. 10th, 2009|07:20 am] |
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| |  bemused | ] |
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| | I got nuttin' | ] |
I just saw something about a local event thingy that will provide some free medical services for those who are unemployed. At the end it states, "You must provide proof of unemployment."
...
"Yeah, here's a photo of me sittin' on the couch playing Nintendo yesterday afternoon. See the timestamp? Two p.m." |
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| "You know, this isn't Lysistrata. I LIKE it, but it isn't Lysistrata." |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|12:28 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | torchwood | ] |
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| | bouncy | ] |
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| | "Bet Torgo's changing back there." | ] |
Torchwood, I'm just 13 episodes away from finishing Avatar and I'm also trying very hard to get some writing done; did you have to have a mini-marathon this week? You couldn't have checked my schedule first? Nooooo, you couldn't, could you. I can't even save the episodes for later because I won't be able to read half my flist's posts, that's all anyone's talking about.
But Children of Earth is a great deal of fun. Shouldn't be complaining. I'm a little bewildered as to why everyone thinks it's the best Torchwood stuff evar; it's typical, solid Torchwood to me, which means it's fun and you've got to turn off your brain a bit and eat up the Captain Jack Bi-fabulous fanservice as it comes. Which I've never had a problem doing for Torchwood. MOAR BOYKISSING POPCORN PLZ. |
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| Current anime/animation experiences |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|05:53 am] |
I have given Fullmetal Alchemist (the original series) three episodes, and that's one more than I gave Bleach, and it doesn't have me, so, I'm stopping. I will give the new version of the series a try.
And I had thought 07 Ghost had me with the first episode--military-in-training BFF boys! Lost amnesiac royalty! He-killed-my-dad revelations!--but then episode two changed the setting and started inserting the supernatural stuff in handfuls, and that's a story I no longer care about so much.
Who was it who asked me to check out Soul Eater? I watched the first episode. It's cute and well-done! But it's not dark enough to hold me. (No, I can't explain why something needs to be "dark enough" and yet I can't get enough of Chi's Sweet Home/Chi's New Address. The rest of you are free to tell me why.)
Those of you gleeful that I'm watching Avatar, I've finished the first season and am squee-dancing as I wait for more discs to arrive. It's wonderful.
Back to mainlining Hikaru no Go. I've read the manga and am reliving the joy and tears all over again now that I'm watching the anime. (The manga's so huge I can't even remember how some of this s**t goes down and I'm on the edge of my seat every episode. That's a series.) |
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| I gotta draw the line, dammit! |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|08:36 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | kuroshitsuji | ] |
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| |  annoyed (but oddly aroused) | ] |
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| | The Film Crew, "Wild Women of Wongo" | ] |
Just read the lastest translated chapter of the Kuroshitsuji manga. Arrrrrgh, Ciel Phantomhive, you will NOT give me an emetophilia fetish! No no no NO!
(Hurt/Comfort, it's just a form of hurt/comfort, must keep telling myself that. Calm down lil bobcat.) |
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| Chess In Concert |
[Jun. 12th, 2009|06:39 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | chess | ] |
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| |  *dances* | ] |
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| | The Arbiter's Song. DUH. | ] |
I am SO EXCITED for this. The original concept album is one of my favorite musical scores in existence. I did see the U.S. version of this years ago and while I didn't hate it, I was open-mouthed "bzuh?" at the changes. And Tim Rice says on this website that this new concert version of this goes back to the original story and score as closely as it's ever likely to (he likes the addition of a few bits that have made it in there over the years, particularly Someone Else's Story).
It's airing on PBS on Wednesday. For those who need more motivation, lookit the cast, guys.
I might just pre-order the DVD unwatched. |
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| Sheesh! But everyone's right, it's good. |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|06:54 pm] |
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| |  embarrassed | ] |
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| | disc one episode 4 | ] |
Sooo...I popped in my Netflixed DVD of Avatar: The Last Airbender and let out a yowl of anger when I found there was no option for the original Japanese audio. I went to the web to find an English subbed version with the original language audio.
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...Guys, I swear I did not know. I had assumed it was anime! |
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| Anime Rec: Baccano! |
[May. 31st, 2009|11:58 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | baccano! | ] |
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| |  chaotic | ] |
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| | The title's supposedly Italian for "confusion" | ] |
I went into Baccano! knowing next to nothing about it except that it was recommended and that it used non-linear storytelling to good effect. Sold!
I can't say that I loved it; more that it was fascinating and I couldn't get it out of my head and I'm watching the series again because I want to, not just because you kind of have to if you want to catch all the answers. *imitates Golde in Fiddler on the Roof: "If that's not love what eeeeeeees?"*
But I do love funky story structure, when it works. The series caught me from the opening credits, showing off a huge cast of characters with names attached, as if to say, "Yes, they all matter, and it'll be clear later." The characters make this series. And all of them are at least a little bit crazy. Some are a LOT crazy. Some of those are my favorites.
The first half of the first episode provides a framing structure; two characters unconnected to the narrative trying to piece the story together. It drew me in right away. It might not work for everyone; when I showed the opening to the S.O. he so disliked these two characters he didn't want to watch any more. They aren't endearing, but I had thought it was plain they weren't going to show up again except for providing the framing structure.
If you want more details, the site for the English release has lots of goodies like summaries and character profiles and such.
 
 
Images found on nekosasu's blog. |
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| Quick con report: Anime North 09 |
[May. 25th, 2009|08:48 pm] |
New icon to celebrate the weekend. 
Anime North was fun, especially the company. Hung with nimori and moon_child02. (There may have been cosplay. There may even be evidence.) I bought swag, mostly buttons, bags, and bookmarks of Death Note, Kuroshitsuji, and Hetalia fanartwork--the kind of nonlicensed merchandise you won't find on eBay; that's what makes it special.
I also had an epiphany about fandom swag: there are items you want, items that are too cute/cool/nifty to pass up, and then there are the items that you don't really want but you fear that if you don't have them you are by definition Not A Real Fan, because a Real Fan would HAVE that, would never be able to pass it up, what are you thinking you're a shallow horrible fan how dare you call yourself obsessed. If you leave them on the shelf unbought you feel like Pinocchio, protesting your realness. I'm learning to get over that feeling in the name of 1) money and 2) shelf space.
I saw the first two episodes of Bleach, so now at least I know the premise of this very popular series. It's good and it's humorous, but it didn't quite hook me: a bit too lighthearted, a bit too mainstream...nothing that left me saying, "F******CK, I gotta watch this." (What I'm now calling "The F*ck Factor.")
And nimori informs me that there is no fandom confession of mine that will shock her any longer, now that she knows I love Chi's Sweet Home. Hee. |
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| Anime North! |
[May. 21st, 2009|04:02 pm] |
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| |  here! | ] |
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| | chi ep 23 | ] |
I am at Anime North this weekend! Physically there, now. Anyone else here for this? |
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| Death Note fans will get it. |
[May. 19th, 2009|09:11 pm] |
The S.O. wants to know who I am and what has happened to his girlfriend.
Me: I started watching a new anime last night. Tiny little two-and-a-half-minute episodes. About a lost kitty.
S.O.: ...an evil kitty?
Me: In the first episode the kitty wanders away from mama cat and gets lost.
S.O.:...and ends up in slavery?
Me: And in the second is taken in by a nice family.
S.O.:...who are kitten torturers?
Me: And in the third she gets a bath.
S.O. No geopolitical conflicts? No world domination?
Me: And in the fourth she plays with a shoelace and has a nap.
S.O.: MY GOD, MAN, WHERE ARE THE POTATO CHIPS? |
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| F'rinstance, I knew zero about the Opium wars between England and China before this. |
[May. 16th, 2009|12:46 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | hetalia | ] |
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| | ambitious | ] |
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| | Tori Amos, "Virginia" | ] |
Reading some of the remarkable Hetalia fanfiction out there (like that written by puella_nerdii and mithrigil), and having it brought home to me yet again how cruddy my history knowledge is, it occurs to me that there ought to be a large Hetalia fanfiction project where everyone signs up for major world events and writes their segment dual-purposed: 1) teach the reader what they need to know about that event in history via the narrative, and 2) provide yummy anthropomorphised slash porn. Wouldn't we all have paid a LOT more attention in history class with that kind of text? |
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| Plus ça change... |
[May. 12th, 2009|05:34 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | star trek | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  amused | ] |
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| | I'm in ur mirror universe, goin' warp 9 | ] |
Will be seeing Star Trek tonight, so I will finally be able to look at all your squee-filled spoilery discussions. I can't be the only one dying of laughter to see all the bewildered "Is it all right for me to be writing Kirk/Spock; won't the universe/internet collapse in on itself in a time loop singularity?" posts. |
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| Non-spoilery Let the Right One In notes. |
[May. 11th, 2009|06:12 am] |
So I watched Let the Right One In, as I said I would once I discovered that the two characters actually shared the same gender (for more discussion on that, see the last post [and I first typed that as "for moe discussion," and maybe that's just as accurate]).
This is the quiet sort of film that I may or may not like, even if I recognize that it's very well-made, and in such a case the film's make-or-break will be the ending. In this case, I really loved the last two scenes. They fulfilled the story structure in a way that I thought worked exactly right, and so I did like the film. Thanks to all those who encouraged me! |
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| Yeah, yeah, I know, and I still don't have an iPhone either. |
[May. 1st, 2009|06:13 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | dreamwidth | ] |
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| |  whatevs | ] |
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| | baccano! ep 6 | ] |
Dreamwidth? Sure, whatever, sounds like all the cool kids are doing it. I haven't set up a dreamwidth account but I did use open ID to login with both amanuensis1 and amanuensis (and confirmed the email address, yes). And have been told that'll net me accounts sometime soon. If it doesn't, I'll make puppy eyes at people for invite codes, but for the moment I'll wait in line like the rest of us plebeians. |
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| Some things should remain obscured! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|07:23 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | x-men | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  aggravated | ] |
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| | hugh jackman makes me purr, though | ] |
I am an X-Men fan from way back to issue #175 (went back and read everything from Giant-Sized X-Men #1 on up, though I dumped the series in anger when X-Factor debuted) and also a Hugh Jackman fangirl and I loved all three of the X-Men movies, but I've got negative interest--actively negative, as in "can't hear you la la la"--in the Wolverine film that's opening soon. I don't want Wolverine to get an origin. A good percentage of Logan's charm is him getting only bits and snatches of the dark past surrounding him; take that away and I'm left muttering, "Oh, you ruined it."
There's likely to be some long-lost love, too, isn't there. Yick. |
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| Fullmetal Alchemist: a poll! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|06:36 am] |
So I thought perhaps I would watch both series of Fullmetal Alchemist concurrently. That is, one episode of the first series, then one episode of the newer, back and forth. Since I've been told the new one is a reboot and not a sequel.
Poll #1388578
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37Watch 'em both together? |
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| Shallow Twilight DVD visual review. (Uncut and hotlinked like whoa. I am the scum of the internet.) |
[Apr. 17th, 2009|11:12 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | twilight | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | aroo | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | in the hall of the mountain king | ] |
So I watched Travelogue of the Pacific Northwest oops, I mean, Twilight, and while I haven't run off to buy action figures or anything it was nevertheless a good time. (Marked especially by all the pretty. LOTS OF PRETTY.) It turns out the main character is easier to watch than she is to have her head lived in in first-person prose for an entire three-hundred plus pages, and, whaddya know, threading some plot and foreshadowing through the story is better than flinging it at the reader three hundred pages in. The cinematography's lovely; they do a great job making the Hot Sexy Undead ethereal and icy.
Someone explain to me how Robert Pattinson could be so charming in Goblet of Fire and yet unappealing in this? Whose idea was it that the man should speak only in Neanderthal mutterings? Yipe. Bad choice. I did not, as a result, care much about Edward. However, I did get stellar squirmylust from this:
WOO DOGGIE HOT VAMPIRE CLAN DADDY YES ME ME NEXT TURN ME NEXT PLEASE.
Something about Vampire Clan Daddy makes everybody standing next to him look even more OH YES YOU TOO ARE YUMMY. Which means I had the hots for her:
And for him:
See what I mean?
But even beyond him there was still more pretty to be had.
Yes, she's lovely and sniffable.
And both of these: 
I want a pillow fight with those two. We can keep on our pajamas, a pillow fight alone would be marvelous!
And oh my yes this:
TELL ME YOU WOULD NOT GO WITH THAT TO PROM.
Can I ship Carlisle/Eric? Helloooo, internet, anyone else out there on board that? *yells into ether, hears hollow echoes from fanabsence* Oh, well. |
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