Dear Yuletide Writer,

( Rambling, potentially incoherent, letter under the cut )

Fandom: The Tick/Watchmen
Characters: Arthur, Mothman
Title: Wings
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2600
Summary: Crossover between The Tick and Watchmen, Arthur finds out Mothman is institutionalized only a couple of hours away and goes to visit him.
A/N:So, I finally finished it. Once again my attempt at writing crack has been derailed into something way more serious than it has any right to be. I've probably messed up the continuity of one or both of these fandoms in an attempt to get this to work, apologies in advance. Feedback and concrit are always appreciated.

( They're both moths )

I'm doing Yuletide this year. There are so many things I desperately want fic for, and I thought it would be a good way to stretch writing muscles I haven't worked in a really long time. I am terrified, but I've signed up and hopefully not completely botched the form. Next post in here will be my Dear Yuletide Writer letter, which the internet has informed me I should write, although I'm still shaky about what to put into it. Did I mention I'm ridiculously nervous?

Also, I continue to watch my way through TOS and it continues to be awesome. I'm still compiling evidence that Spock/McCoy is just as legitimate a ship as Kirk/Spock. Just finished Season 1 last night, and Operation Annihilate has a wonderful little scene at the end that my slasher heart chooses to interpret in delicious ways. Behold:



I watched Casanova, and was a little disappointed. I choose to blame RTD for this--cuz that's the fashionable thing to do these days, right?

The house I'm living in at college this year, is putting together a D&D game. I am more excited than words can say. I've always wanted to play in a real, ongoing D&D campaign that grows and expands, with characters you get to know over the weeks. Up until now my D&D adventures have never lasted more than a couple days. I rolled up a character yesterday (a Gnome Rogue) and already it's hard not to talk about her all the time. I fear for the already tenuous grasp I have on reality.

So, I got my hands on a copy of Blackpool and it has now been consuming my brain for almost a week. I had no idea I missed David Tennant so much until I started watching this Saturday night. I don't care that all his mannerisms seem to be exactly the same in this and Doctor Who, in fact, I think I prefer it that way.

This happens! This exists in the world and I've watched it more times than I can keep track of. How I didn't discover this until now I have no idea.


I also got my paws on Casanova. I'm looking forward to that immensely, but I'm not sure it can top Blackpool. We'll have to see.

Also, it was pointed out to me today that Pia Guerra, one of the illustrators of Y: The Last Man worked on the Doctor Who comic, The Forgotten and now I really wanna read it, plus it has all ten incarnations of the Doctor in it. Have any of you read it? Is it any good? Should I buy the trade?

Uh, speaking of rediscovering how much I enjoy David Tennant. I want a fic where the Doctor (any incarnation really) uses the Sonic Screw Driver as a sex toy. Don't ask me why this thought titillates me so, but I'm sure someone out there has written it, right? Surely my knowledgeable flist knows?

Speaking of desiring fics, I'm thinking about participating in Yuletide this year because surely I can convince someone to write Moon or The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay fic if I write them something decent in return. Right? That's how yuletide works? Once again, I was wondering if said flist had any sage advice for me before I partake in this daunting adventure.

Fuck homework. There was a Moon secret on fandomsecrets yesterday. I'm writing Moon fanfiction in my email at work. That is totally a legit thing to do.

So, I'm doing my junior project on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. You may recall me ranting joyfully about it before. Anyway, since I'm doing my project on it I decided it was perfectly legitimate to buy the collected issues of The Escapist comic books (that's how cool this book is, the fictional comic book superhero created for it has now transcended the bounds of the book and wandered out into real comic books. Some of which claim to be written by Kavalier and Clay. My geek heart swells with joy.)

Anyway, buying these collections led to me discovering that none other than Brian K. Vaughan has written a spin-off of sorts, an expansion of Michael Chabon's world. The Escapists. This is beyond amazing. I fell madly, deeply in love with Kavalier and Clay and everything that existed in their world, and now, it turns out one of my favorite writers has expanded on that world. The comic is as amazing as is to be expected, I'm about halfway through and don't even know what to do with all the happiness it creates. The introduction is written by Chabon. It's Sammy Clay, at a convention in 1988 in Cleveland (oh, right, the story takes place in Cleveland! The city I already had an irrational love of) meeting a ten-year-old Vaughan and turning him onto comics. Vaughan rescues Sammy from a supply closet! (It's a long story.) I don't even know what to do with myself.

Now, if I could actually write something intelligent about all of this for my Junior project I'd be set.

Here, have a meme-type-thing. Fill it out if you want, cuz I'd love to learn more about any of you. Snagged from serentyveritas

1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Where do you live:
4: What are you studying/What are you working as:
5. What makes you happy:
6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
7. What is particularly good/bad about my LJ:
8. An interesting fact about you:
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favorite place to be:
11. Favorite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:

RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A song:
4: A band:

FANDOM
1. Favorite Fandom:
2. OTP/OT3:
3. Icon/Fic Journal (so I can join):

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?

Wearing my Leonardo Reapers hat, my RST Video shirt, chewing a stick of gum and looking out at the world with a sense of superior condescension. I do work with the library's VHS collection after all.

This is the most secret nerdy costume I've ever worn.

So, uh, I watched White Noise 2 the other day. Two seconds with the cast list should tell you why. Mal and Starbuck in the same movie? How could I could pass this up? Also, surprise SG-1 cast member for the win. I believe more of my fandoms existed simultaneously in this than in anything else ever.

The movie itself was terrible, but I expected that. Was almost pleased by it honestly. If it had been any good I might have been distressed.

There is even a scene where (after Nathan Fillion's started seeing that people are gonna die soon) his snarky black friend (every bad horror movie's gotta have one of those, right?) asks him if he thinks he's some kind of super hero. Which Nathan Fillion quickly denied. I took it upon myself to explain to my computer screen that he was, in fact, a super hero, and his name was Captain Hammer. Seconds later, mere seconds! Snarky friend, continuing with the super hero theme, suggests he thinks he's some kind of Captain Tightpants. I laughed out loud. This line made the whole hour and a half worth while. As did, you know, the fact that Mal and Starbuck were flirting with each other awkwardly.

I know it's been forever since I posted, but I'm back at school now so my access to the internet will once more be a regular thing instead of a series of attempts to steal wireless from somewhere.

I've gotten a job working at the college's Media Library. This is the best job to have ever crossed my path. We never have ANY customers, there is internet (albeit without any media players), I can pretend to be Randal Graves all shift, and did I mention there are never any customers? I am paid to sit here and do homework and roll around on the internet. (This free internet time means the RP itch is itching again... I still don't know what to do about that.)

Anyway, expect almost bored updates from this location frequently in the future.

I wanted to talk about A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett. I've gotta read it for 'Reading Sexualities in American Lit' (which is the most fantastic class by the way, I keep describing the professor as what Neil Patrick Harris would be like if he taught English, and that is not entirely inaccurate.) Anyway, I've been trying to figure out what it is I like about this book so much. It was written just before the turn of the century and is full of that sort of florid prose and overwhelming dialogue I feel are pretty common in works written around that time. This sort of text would usually drive me nuts and I would find myself bored exceedingly quickly. For some reason I almost can't put this one down though.

Earlier this afternoon I realized what it was. The main character reminds me really strongly of myself as a child. She's a trouble maker who would rather run around in the woods than go to school and has ambitions that don't take into account societal norms at all. But here's the kicker, her mentor? I was unintentionally envisioning him as Dr. McCoy. Because he is an old, persnickety country doctor who is gruff on the outside but all warm and fuzzy deep down. Yup, I've turned a hundred year old book into self-insert fan fic.

So, I spent some time today going over my flist and trying to get things into a manageable state of affiars. During this process I realized that there were several people following me that I was unaware of. Besides being very tickled by this discovery I friended all these mysterious people back, cuz, hey, one can never have enough things to read on LJ, right? So, uh, hi! I hope you don't mind if I swing by with a comment or two occasionally.

You know you spend too much time on the internet when...
You walk past a Shoppers Food Warehouse store and wonder, "What makes that store safe for work?"


Thirdly, I saw Moon twice over the weekend cuz it was just. That. Good. I'd been excited to see this film for awhile, cuz I have loved Sam Rockwell since I first saw Galaxy Quest. (And then proceeded to love him in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Matchstick Men, Choke... uh, you get the picture.) But this movie performed beyond all of my (very high) expectations. Rockwell was amazing, acting with such heart-wrenching honesty in a role that could've been unsympathetic if played wrong. The script was tight and pitch-perfect. The sound and cinematography worked wonderfully to disorient the audience just the bit needed to understand the protagonist's state of mind. *cough*Abrams could learn a few things about lens flare from this film*cough* And I won't even get started on the score. These elements coalesced into the most thought-provoking and emotional movie I've seen in a long time.

GO SEE IT!

1. Argh. fandomsecrets is making me post in my LJ again. I just saw this secret and the all the things I wanted to say about this book but decided not to due to lack of time and internet started banging around insistently in my head. So. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon is amazing. This book affected me on a more emotional level than a work of fiction has in a long time. Each of the main characters was believable and sympathetic and it increased my desire to know more about comic books ten-fold.

( minor spoilers in here )

2. I started series 8 of Old Who today. This meant that I met the Master. I am exceedingly pleased with this. Delgado!Master is awesome and campy just as I hoped he would be. Also, I somehow completely missed the Auton tie-in with New Who the first time they came on the scene. I figured it out this time though. The fact that the threat from the pilot of New Who was borrowed from Old Who makes me happy--as does the fact that I now know this. (I am a nerd.)

3. Uh, I'm a bit behind the times on this piece of news, but you know, summer lack of internet, and all that jazz. I would like to bitch about this: Shia Labeouf: Indiana Jones V story "gearing up"

This IS NOT ok.

Leaving aside my (admittedly irrational) dislike of Shia Labeouf, leaving aside the fact that the fourth one was pretty terrible--actually no, let's not leave that aside. Let's remember the aliens! And the overly convoluted plot! And the smarmy annoying character that Shia Labeouf played. And now they're gonna make one all about said smarmy annoying character? Just no. Indiana Jones belongs in this decade in no way at all. Let him go.

4. Season two and three of TOS arrived at the doorstep the other day. God I love TOS--even though I know I shouldn't for so many reasons, sexism, racism, ridiculous Americana (don't even get me started on The Omega Glory). I'm glad Roddenberry made TNG later on or I'd be forced to doubt the idyllic picture so often painted of him. I don't know when I had this love of all things Trek was hammered into my brain, although it was certainly at an early age.

I'm still shipping Spock/McCoy. I refuse to stop. Bread and Circuses didn't help any. Spock and McCoy forced into gladiatorial games and imprisoned together (with awkward "thank yous" and everything)? More please.

Let's see...

I watched the Tony's because I liked the host--which is the only reason I ever watch the Tony's. But somehow I end up watching them almost every year. I actually really enjoyed them. I want to see Billy Elliot and Hair and Next to Normal and all of the plays that looked awesome. As per usual with these things the host was barely ever on stage (so why do I keep watching award shows for the host? No one will ever really understand this.) However, Neil's song at the end made the entire evening absolutely worthwhile. Also worth watching was the train wreck of an opening and the selection from Billy Elliot and the what-the-hell-where-they-thinking moments from Shrek. Really? Shrek?

Add theater to the list of things I wish I knew more about but will probably never get around to delving into.


On another note I am so pleased by the amount of love McCoy is getting in this newfangled Star Trek fandom. I've been a Bones girl since the get go (ignoring my silly eight-year-old days when I thought Kirk was the shit.) And my rabid love of Bones never really seemed to be matched by the rest of fandom. No more! Also, the sheer amount of Kirk/McCoy fic is fantastic, especially because a lot of it is actually good. I've always expected McCoy/Spock to the be thing and it never has been. But I'll take Kirk/McCoy quite happily. I want to write all sorts of rambly stories about the "holy trinity's" dynamics.

Netflix has flaunted my attempts to watch all of TOS. They've removed the DVDs from availability for some reason. Clearly the only logical solution to this problem was to purchase the DVDs for my very own. (Why do Star Trek seasons--all the incarnations--cost so much money? Other television shows don't make you fork over this much cash.)


Lastly, I watched all of Jekyll (starring James Nesbit and written by the illustrious Steven Moffat) in a six hour marathon yesterday. I still don't know what I thought of it but I'm exceedingly curious to know if anyone on my flist has seen it and what they think. I kind of feel like the ending nullified at least half of what came before--but maybe that was the point? Damnit Moffat stop giving me such conflicted emotions.

It's always funny to come home on a break and realize how I am actually capable of surviving without constant access to the internet; but really, really don't like to. I've been dragging my lap top up to Whole Foods weekly-ish to partake of their wi-fi. Then I leave all the articles and fic and meta and rumors I want to read open in tabs and drag the laptop back home where it serves as a source of fandom fix until I get back to Whole Foods.

Anyway, I just stumbled across this quote on io9 and wanted to go off on a bit of a rant.

"Zoe Saldana hints that she'd quite like to see Uhura ditch Spock and get with Kirk in the next movie. She, of course, is not actually writing the script."

Er, before going on this rant I suppose I should mention that I loved the new Star Trek film--not until about twelve hours after my first viewing though. I had to work out all the kinks in my mind, but I've gotten over them and embrace it whole-heartedly now. (Most of the fic open in tabs to be read at a later date is New Trek fiction, with a handy dosage of Old.) I worship at the feet of Karl Urban's McCoy and the shiny new Enterprise does things to me I don't want to talk about. I may or may not have seen it four times now.

Anyway, the whole Spock/Uhura thing bugged me a bit--it's one of the few things I still haven't come completely to terms with. I think a lot of this is because, as the only female character in the movie, it sucks that Uhura had to become a love interest. That her main function in this film was as someone for Spock and Kirk to play off of. What drives me nuts about Zoe Saldana's "hint" was how it would completely undermine one of Uhura's strongest characteristics in the movie--her repeated ability to shoot down Kirk. Fine, have Uhura dump Spock but don't have her immediately run into the arms of another male, let her stand on her own for a little while. Please.

On another note, io9 (what? It's where I get my nerd news.) says that Doctor Who is looking for a male companion to accompany Matt Smith and Karen Gillan for five or six episodes. This makes me exceedingly happy. As mentioned earlier I think a steady male companion would be fantastic. Jack and Mickey--awesome as they were--never stuck around long enough.

1. I have been watching too many cop shows

1.a One of the newer additions to this list is Psych (the other is The Unusuals.) I am really enjoying Psych but I have a quick question. Why is it the exact same show as Dexter? Eccentric, charismatic main character with a cop father who teaches him how to manage his "gift"? Frequent flashbacks that relate in some way to the main plot of the episode? That one cop who doesn't trust or like said main character even though everyone else on the force seems to love him? Which show am I describing here? I bet you can't figure it out. (I really like 'em both a lot though.)

2. I dropped out of polychromatic. I had some fun there, but hadn't quite anticipated the amount of work that would be required in keeping up with it. Or the overwhelming number of players. Plus my internet access will be spotty over the summer. Maybe I'll reapply in the fall. Maybe I'll find somewhere a bit smaller with fewer characters I've never heard of. I'm in awe of the people who can stay on top of it--I just couldn't figure out what to do or where I/Alice belonged.

3. I've been meaning to write about this for awhile, but, uh, why is it assumed the Doctor's new companion will be female? Is it just to maintain some gender equality on the show? Is it cuz we're all unimaginative? Also, can't he have more than one? I wanna return to the Old School Who I've been watching with two or three companions running around of both genders. This one male and one female formula makes me uncomfortable.

4.( Lost Spoilers )

5. The obsession with The Tick is only growing. Also, I very much want to write a fic in which Arthur somehow meets Byron (Mothman from Watchmen). I don't have any idea how this would work because if Mothman existed than The Tick and Arthur shouldn't (Keene Act and all that jazz) but I will figure it out because I am turning into one of those annoying people who falls in love with side characters who have no personalities. They're both moths! Both slightly neurotic! They need to be friends!

5.a Actually I was one of those people who fall in love with side characters already. I will write that epic about all the hobbit wives, sisters, mothers, etc. one of these days. You just wait.

6. I started to understand all those people who say that The Office isn't funny to them because it just makes them uncomfortable tonight. That's the feeling I get whenever I watch Parks and Recreation. It is an almost physically painful experience. I wonder vaguely if it has something to do with the gender dynamics. Maybe because the buffoon is a woman instead of a man I have more trouble with it? I feel somehow the characters are less endearing and the stupid things they're doing are even stupider. Maybe it's because they work in government? Something about the show makes me cringe--I can't stop watching it though.

Obsession strikes me quickly and oh-so painfully. A couple weeks ago a friend lent me (unasked for, although I never turn down an offered comic book) The Tick: The Complete Edlund and I was making my way through it when I had time. I thought it was funny, but the storyline didn't quite grab me. Something changed around issue 6 (I think it was the increased role of Arthur. Who, is, uh, a Mothman! Anyone? Mothman? Anyone? I go a bit insane when fandoms intersect--intentionally or no.)

Yeah, because of this increased interest and a insidious boredom the afternoon I looked up the show on Hulu. They've only got the live action. I was sold within five minutes. There is something perfect and absurdist about this humor. I'm currently downloading the cartoon. I might stay up all night finishing the rest of the live action series. This franchise is more or less incredible. (Unless it gets sucky very quickly.)

BUT! That's not the best of it. Well, it is the best of it, but this is the most amazing added bonus ever. Nestor Carbonell is in the live action show. The leader of the others and the Mayor of Gotham city plays Batmanuel! Did you get that? The mayor of Gotham city is playing a Batman parody!! Observe:



P.S. I believe the spoon is becoming a bit over used as the comedic utensil. And clearly fork cannot be used completely randomly due to it sounding similar to fuck. So, I vote that knife become the new eating utensil of humor.

So, clearly the episode was going to be amazing because it was called 'Some Like it Hoth' but I was not prepared for this!

( THERE ARE NO WORDS! (But I'm gonna try anyway) )

Fandom: Watchmen
Characters/Pairing: Rorschach/Nite Owl
Title: Rationalization. Chapter 5 of 5
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 700
Previous Chapters: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

( They didn’t become part of each other’s lives for they had no lives to speak of )

I have now stayed up way past my bedtime RPing with the most spectacular Captain Hammer and a very friendly girl from an anime I have never heard of.

polychromatic what have you done to me?

Yeah, so, I watched the leaked version. I know, I know, I'm a horrible person (not to mention a bit late). I still plan on seeing it in theaters--probably a couple times too. And honestly I really enjoyed watching it this way. It made the sucky parts a little better because it gave me hope that they'd be fixed by the time May 1st rolls around. Also it was fun seeing wires and ADR notes pop up on screen and hearing the filler score. Random 300 music ftw.

( Nothing particularly spoiler-y within )

Fandom: Watchmen
Characters/Pairing: Rorschach/Nite Owl
Title: Rationalization. Chapter 4 of 5
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1700
Previous Chapters: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three.

( Read more... )
Chapter Five

Fandom: Watchmen
Characters/Pairing: Rorschach/Nite Owl
Title: Rationalization. Chapter 3 of 5
Rating: PG-13 for this chapter (series NC-17 over all.)
Word Count: 750
Summary: Nite Owl contemplates his relationship with Rorschach.
Previous Chapters: Chapter One, Chapter Two.
leiadiana did you get my email? I'd still love a beta for chapters four and five if you're interested.

( Owl Angst )
Chapter Four
Chapter Five

Because clearly I have the time for this right now. Now I just have to figure out what the hell I'm supposed to do next.

Last Sunday (due to my lack of cable over Spring Break) I watched two series finales. And both of them left me feeling kind of empty.

( Spoilers for L Word and BSG )

Fandom: Watchmen
Characters/Pairing: Rorschach/Nite Owl
Title: Rationalization
Rating: R for this chapter (series NC-17 over all.)
Word Count: 1400
Summary: Two days after the events of the first chapter things escalate.
AN: So you all convinced me to write a second chapter, hope you enjoy.

( Thwack )
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five