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me before Yuletide - Sorry, can't watch Hannibal again yet, can't write when obsessed with another fandom.

me since Yuletide - Lucifer is my jam! Can't watch Hannibal! Am writing more Lucifer fic!

me today - I am so happy - 6k of sex pollen fic, one or two scenes left and I'll have a draft, yay!

the family tonight - *puts on Hannibal*

me - DAMMIT

Over the last couple of weeks I've rewatched Hannibal with my housemates. The first time through I liked the first season but didn't ship them, liked the second season but was on edge about the betrayals and attempts to kill each other...and didn't ship them, and then the third season happened and I fell hard.

The second time through I understood all the layers and motivations and appreciated all the surreal images and was like, omg this show is AMAZING. And the imagery is stunning. (Bryan Fuller described it as arty and pretentious and experimental).

Mads Mikkleson (Hannibal) says that Hannibal fell in love with Will the first time he saw him. Hannibal saw the potential for a soulmate, and cultivated Will.

With all my knowledge and intuition I could never entirely predict you. I can feed the caterpillar, I can whisper through the chrysalis, but what hatches follows its own nature and is beyond me. - Hannibal to Will 2.08

Meanwhile Will struggles to not give in to his dark side and to capture Hannibal - he is tempted and very much under Hannibal's spell.

Beautiful vid

I should be in bed but am, unsurprisingly, watching Sense8. I did graciously allow us to watch a couple eps of Z Nation and an ep of Grimm firs, so we are all caught up on those.

I am very much enjoying this season Grimm. I like the idea of the Wesen Uprising, and love Adeline and Nick figuring out how to be parents together. Is it bad that I am sort of shipping them now? I always felt horribly guilty for not liking Juliet more, though in my defence she was so two dimensional in the first season I thought they were planning on killing her off, so was happy when they finally gave her some plot and loved when she became one of the Scoobies - some of my fave scenes in the show to this day are when Nick and Hank and Rosalie and Monroe and Juliet ere researching Wesen and discussing (and Wu, too, eventually, yay!)

Just now:
Dragonfly - Do you know what time it is?
Me - Yes. Why?
Dfly - 'Cause you're normally in bed by now.
Me - When was the last time I had me a fandom obsession? I am currently blogging about Sense8 and the fact that I am watching Sense8.
Dfly *smiles approvingly*


( Random thoughts and opinions on Sense8 )

Slash Christmas Gathering was lovely. Excellent company, excellent conversation, delicious food and media consumption.

psycho_tabby made delicious strawberry daquiris. I've never had one before and was worried it would be too sweet, but it was delicious.

Also, the free range ham was the best ham I've ever tasted. I am a Ham Convert.

Secret Santa was the type you have random picking order, and then the next person can steal your gift. Stolen and restolen amongst much hilarity was a glass cherry bowl and an adorable yellow metal watering can and plastic animal shaped water diffuser thingy. I was very happy with my Doctor Who tin.

Of course, we HAD To watch the SPN episode 'Fan Fiction' because two people in the group had somehow not yet seen it. This ep literally sums up how far fandom representation and shipping has come. It could not be more perfect.

I babbled about my current fandom obsession, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, which I am extra excited about because First Australian Fandom. I showed them a Phryne/Jack vid, but did not put an ep on since this is still, technically, a slash gathering.

Instead I pimped The Originals, aided and abetted by mr_booboo. We watched the pilot (which is hilariously exposition heavy and involves many characters and flashbacks). Poor zebra363 was like 'my comprehension is about 20%' but mr_booboo and I provided lots of important explanations about relationships and pairings, and I think some people plan to watch it.

(I did do a tiny pimp post here a while back but I see now that it was totally inadequate).

To the person who asked if there are lots of flashbacks, Yes, there are!

This is one of my fave scenes. Marcel has just come back from war and Elijah literally says to Marcel about Klaus - "Ï'm glad you're back, he's been beside himself while you were gone".


( Also, Klaus and Elijah are VERY devoted brothers (cut because image is huge in DW) )

Last night I went to bed and... googled pictures of Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages *FACEPALM*



In my defence, he has a fucking amazing voice, I had to google during the film just to confirm he did his own singing.

Official trailer for Rock of Ages

Tom Cruise, Dead or Alive

I Wanna Know What Love Is

Deleted scene - Rock You like a Hurricane, or, Tom Cruise on a stripper pole *dies*

Procrastinating about writing my uni report by posting to LJ. Which is a step forward because for weeks I've been procrastinating about writing my assignment by thinking about posting to LJ and then procrastinating about posting to LJ by going on tumblr etc.

And watching all the telly in the world. Those nine days I where I couldn't do much but lie on the couch with my bad eye covered I watched more telly than in the entire year previously. (disclaimer: was in Germany for five of those months), I've (mostly) caught up on shows I was behind on and now I have all these new shows.

Currently airing shows I am watching:

Grimm
Haven
Sleepy Hollow
By Any Means
Supernatural
Atlantis
Agents of SHIELD
Misfits
Castle
Person of Interest
The Walking Dead
Once Upon a Time
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Arrow
White Collar
Elementary
Dracula

*cries*

Person of Interest finale was brilliant and I got to watch it with a fan friend who drove 7 hours to bring it to me.

Supernatural finale was bloody epic, and rounded off a great plot arc.

Doctor Who, OMFG, one of fandom's great moments in that scene in the season finale, as I insisted on telling Neery who'd just made me lunch and brought it to me in time to witness it. I probably would have been in tears if I hadn't of being scoffing down delicious homemade lasagne at the time. As a bonus, when I went to youtube later to find that one scene (and cry) I realised that a heap of other season 7 DW episodes are all up. So I can watch the ones I missed, hooray! (whole ep here season finale)

Obscure & British Comment Fest - if I was at home I would totally be rewatching all my obscure British shows and diving headfirst into this. Huh, I've never done a commentfest, I just realised. Maybe they'll run it again next year, she says hopefully...And that led me to the discovery that there are a heap of random episodes up of old tv shows I never got around to watching (ie eyed off the dvds but didn't want to pay exorbitant amounts for old shows I might not like) so now I can actually check out Man In a Suitcase and Danger Man. Win!!! random link to ep

Harry Potter fic rec - I got into HP fandom in the early days by way of a WIP called Mirror of Maybe, where Harry got sucked into a mirror and then emerged a few minutes later having lived 15 years, so Harry was really 30 years old in a 15 year old body so Harry/Snape was fine, right? And I loved it and made everyone read it...and then it was abandoned. I didn't give up on it for ages, and always remained a little bitter about the whole thing. The other day I found a fic that had rewritten the beginning, reimagined the plot, and best of all, finished it, and it's even better than the original - No Way Back by Meri I am so grateful for this fic. I actually feel like I have closure. *g*

A SLASH PAIRING BECOMES CANON - And lastly, OMG OMG OMG - a great event in slash fandom - a slash pairing actually became canon. Sure, it's a tiny fandom, but it was REAL and ongoing for years and its Happy Ever After was celebrated by the SNL audience.

So, the pairing - Seth Meyers plays 'himself' as a news correspondent who regularly has 'Stefon', played by Bill Hader, come on the show to advise them on what are the coolest clubs to go to. I find very little SNL humour to my taste, and its def. not politically correct, but I do love the way Bill Hader cracks himself up, and the relevant to our interests part is how Stefon constantly flirts with Seth Meyers.

So, both actors are leaving SNL, Bill Hader to do movies, Seth Meyers is taking over The Late Show, so they actually, for real, wrapped up the relationship, MADE IT CANON. And for that, all the hats in the world off to them.

Gifset, - one gif from each of the sketches

The sketch where Stefon kissed Seth Meyers - St Patrick's Day on youtube

Finale gifset

HAPPY EVER AFTER - The finale on youtube

When ravenclaw_harpy brought Teen Wolf over the other night, she watched three eps and then had to go home, complaining that Derek hadn't taken his shirt off. The very next episode his shirt came off, and then there were shirtless sweaty chin ups (which explains cricketk's sudden love of them I suspect) and then all bets were off. I love that they're quite open about what this show is about... Season 2 opening credits Inexplicably, they failed to include a shot of Jackson shirtless there so..

( Piccies of Jackson shirtless, JUST BECAUSE )

There are eleventy billion Derek/Stiles fics out there, and I am enjoying them (and by that I mean I am avoiding quite a lot of them - nobody tell me what knotting is, I like my brain unbroken).

However, I have inexplicably fixated on Jackson. Yes he is a douche. But it's because of Reasons. And he has Redeeming Qualities (gay BFF). And his storyline is definitely shaping up to be interesting. So. I'm quite enjoying the Derek/Jackson and the Stiles/Jackson that I've found. There are Jackson/Danny fics, but I rarely (if ever) find the BFF dynamic slashy.

So, I don't pay attention to shows, living in Perth, but my mate who loves Paul McDermott as much as me gave me the heads up that he was coming to Perth to do a "serious" show, so I got on that, and last night saw "Paul Sings" at the Astor. First thing my mate asked when I got back was, did Tim turn up for a guest appearance, because they'd travelled to Perth together, Tim's doing a show "Carry a Big Stick". No, he didn't. Never, never go to the early show when it's Paul. I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

So jealous, but yay for youtube - Paul McDermott AND Tim Ferguson Astor Theatre Perth - the later show.


For any non-Australians still reading this - to my generation, Paul McDermott's pretty much, er, the guy we've laughed at and lusted after our entire adult lives. We imprinted on DAAS at young ages. This was the fourth time I've seen him live. Oh, and relevant to most of our interests, he's always been slashy.



There's a FuckYeahMcDermott tumblr OF COURSE.


Super quick intro -

1984-1994 Doug Anthony Allstars - Paul, Tim and Richard! VERY CRUDE COMEDY.

My fave funny clip - hee, if I were watching for the first time now I'd probably be like O_O - Billy Don't Be A Hero

My fave serious song - DAAS - Throw Your Arms Around Me


1996-2000, 2008-2012 - Good News Week, satirical news game show hosted by a Grown Up Paul McDermott -

Paul would end the show with a song. My fave - Mark Trevorrow & Paul McDermott : Can't Take My Eyes Off You

also great, - with Marcia Hines & Mark Trevorrow - Baby It's Cold Outside

Actual show bits - GNW - Hamish and Andy v. Tom Gleeson

and one of my fave comedians - Adam Hills on the Couch

and here Paul has a rant at the audience

OOH OOH, the entire 1.5 hours of the Good News Week - Final Farewell Tour 2012 is on youtube! I didn't realise. *zooms* (I went to a Comfest recording once - they kept going long after they'd wrapped up the taping. Towards midnight some people started creeping out and Paul and Mikey were like 'where the fuck do you think you're going???' and they were like 'we HAVE to, to catch the last trains!!' I have a crappy memory, so the only other specific thing I remember from the night was near the end Mikey standing at the front of the stage and then ostentatiously bending over and Paul coming up and simulating rogering him. Good times...

( More about Paul's show last night and old clips )

I'm currently wallowing in the joy of being passionate about several fandoms - it's that time of year when it's between semesters so I can WATCH ALL THE SHOWS.

Additionally, I am enjoying fandom currently in these ways:

- Sherlock fics that people rec, links to piccies/gifs my Sherlock fandom buddy send me.

- Anything Person of Interest but that's going to fade soon ‘cause I haven't got anyone else to show the show to, and nothing more to read. New eps in September, yay!! I have LithiumDoll’s 'Every Breath You Take' vid on a lot in the background because I love this version of the song (only watch it every now and then though, and by ‘every now and then’ I mean only a few times a day.

- Avengers – reading fic, stick to recs though now, watching the cartoons with Bunny.

- I've been relistening to Cabin Pressure at work, but am a bit afraid to read fic nowadays, it all seems so angtsy and dark. Not what I want from my fluffy fluff fluff fandom.

Lewis – Occasional new fic that turns up, rewatching my favourite three songvids a lot, thinking of fic ideas.

Stargate Universe - been watching the eps, only three to go. Second season is freakin’ awesome. Not much fic I want to read on AO3, am thinking of writing something myself depending on how the series ends.

- True Blood - VIDS! FIC! Current plan is to watch it all again from scratch (and by ‘all’ I mean all the scenes with Sookie, Eric and/or Bill so I can screencap ALL their interaction - finding the time is the challenge! Am resisting urge to take a couple of days leave to wallow. *facepalm*


Randomly, have a DUE SOUTH fic rec - I haven't read DS fic in YEARS, it makes me so happy that I can still get so much pleasure from this fandom - Real Boys , by Salieri, an AU described by the author as 'a riff on Philip K. Dick's dystopia'. Fraser/Kowalski.

( Random cute piccie of my Haven threesome actors )