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Other thingsI've been watching lately, besides Hannibal...

My teenager has made me watch all three High School Musical movies in the last week. All. Three. She wore me down showing me clips of the musical numbers when I was trapped with her on public transport in the mornings. I am a sucker for a musical, even Disney ones. Descendants was great! And I didn't mind Teen Beach.

Up to date with iZombie - I love Liv, Ravi and Major and would happily OT3 them except I like Liv/Drake too, so I guess I'm back to Ravi/Majorand their adorable bromance.

Ravi's my fave,he's just too adorable amirite. I do love Major too, though, and I never saw that coming, in the beginning I assumed he'd be the bland white guy love interest, instead they gave him a totally dark storyline and he's totally the show woobie, look at his little face...

Also up to date on Lucifer, I know he's cheesy but I find him charming anyway, must be the accent *g* I love his increasing vulnerability, both physically and emotionally. I also love his pyschologist Dr Linda, she's adorable.

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Yuletide recs 1

Okay, first go through the archive, taking a breather. Have not yet even got to the two major fandoms I'm excited for however (Man from Uncle and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries). I have a feeling I will lose days once I start. oh, plus I have just started reading The Martian (got it for xmas, not seen movie yet, will afterwards) and there are heaps of fic for both movie and book, so that to look forward to too.

I was going do my recs so far yesterday but family inexplicably wanted me to spend NYE with them, and then when I tried to stay up after midnight Bunny complained bitterly about the light from the computer screen (we're staying in the same room and she's lost her eye mask).

So, how I do Yuletide is I avoid looking at rec posts before the reveal, I like to find fics myself and the deluge of rec posts skews people's reading towards the most popular ones with a snowball effect that's unfair on everyone else. IMO. Having said that, I don't read all fics in a fandom, I look at the synopses and the tags and choose whatever appeals. I'm not consistent, either.

This year, with all the time in the world and a no-longer-nearly-dead lj, instead of just posting list I have amused myself adding stuff about why I like the fandoms. I am having FUN.

( Killjoys )

( Sense8 )

( Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers )

( Temeraire - Naomi Novik )

( iZombie )

( Whitechapel )

( Rope )

( Various Georgette Heyer omg )

( Weekend Update (SNL) )

( Stargate Universe )

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Z Nation - still more fun and epic than TWD.

*yawns* It's late but I have a Leave day tomorrow so am up watching the S2 Z Nation finale. The first season was awesome, and s2 started out EPICALLY because apparently one apocalypse wasn't enough.

There's been some brilliant concepts and stories, like the Blasters (irradiated zombies that are terrifyingly fast). There were also a couple of times when it completely jumped the shark (even for a show about zombies), like the zombie camels (and the whacked out story line that they belonged to), which made us laugh and laugh.

Honorary mention to the zombie Abe Lincolns (Dragonfly assures me that it's totally believable that they could have been trapped in that bus for five years)

Okay, that cliffhanger ending was great, they better not cancel it!

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There, I said it.

I LIKE Z NATION MORE THAN THE WALKING DEAD.

We watched the pilot a few months ago and thought it had promise, even given the really stupid thing the allegedly competent major character did. So we liked it, but not enough to prioritise it.

Decided to give it another go last night, meaning to just watch one or two eps, ended up mainlining the entire season over last night and tonight.

I think my fave thing about this show is that all the men have facial hair (except the very pretty teenager, but he is conceivably still young enough not to have started shaving yet).

( Other NOT spoilery things I really like )

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I hate spoilers, but every now and then the tension in show is too unbearable and I have to know what's going to happen.

Right now we're watching The Walking Dead and the Governor is stalking Andrea through the warehouse softly calling 'Andreeaaa... Andreaaaaa'

There were a few moments of light relief where Dragonfly and I paused the ep to do our 'Vilaa... Vilaaa...I need you, Vila... It's all right, Vila... we worked it out... Vilaaa...' impressions, but yeah, TENSE.

I've cracked and checked Wiki to find out if Andrea gets away.

In other news, I'm caught up on my high priority shows and can now start mainlining the ones I'm really behind on, TWD, White Collar, Lost Girl. Maybe one day I'll even get past season 5 Dexter. I have goals. You're supposed to have goals in life, right?

NEW SHERLOCK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

Another couple of Yuletide fics that I really liked:

Casablanca
We'll Always Have (Rick/Ilsa/Victor)
Rick stays in Paris. I didn't even know I wanted this fic until I read it.

Cotillion - Georgette Heyer
The Birds and the Bees (Kitty/Freddie)
Summary:In which Lord Legerwood has a conversation with his son, with predictable results, and Kitty provides Freddy with enlightenment.

I used to be a huge Heyer fan, have read most of her books multiple times, but it has been many years now since I've read any (though admittedly I read my faves so many times they're seared into my brain). Cotillion wasn't a fave, and I don't even particularly remember the characters in this story, but it is pure Heyer joy, and a surprise fave for this Yuletide.