There is this park dear to me that used to be 'captained' by four great willow trees on the corners of its borders. During Terry Fox's Run, marathoners could circle the park with these trees as their markers ( Read more... )

Excerpts from Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Grand Central Publishing, March 2010 edition.

p 71, shortly after Abe woke up rescued, bandaged, and tied up in Henry's bed:

"He had killed the vampire woman. Not to save me from death, but to save me for himself."

At this point, Abe probably thought that Henry had snatched ( Read more... )

Some cooler mornings when I wake up and I could half-doze a bit in the sun, I like to pretend that I'm only a dog, or maybe a cat, like Sirius Black did. Simple thoughts, carefree thoughts, no worries. Hang my head out the window and wag my tongue in sheer happiness.

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...specifically the way he puts up a fight against Alucard (slash ( Read more... )

Hellsing vampires look hella AWESOME, but it sucks too much that they can't eat human food anymore at all...although I think Alucard was drinking wine, Seras can't eat normal food ( Read more... )

Romance, PG, set just before HM's wedding:

http://sir-hellsing.livejournal.com/89996.html

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Isn't it lol that Western and Jewish Mandy Patinkin got cast as the Spanish Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride (1987)while Italian and Catholic Joe Mantegna got cast as the Jewish cop Bobby Gold in Homicide (1991)? Okay, so Inigo's character was that he was the son of a sword smith, so he could have be any ethnicity, but Bobby Gold is purportedly a ( Read more... )

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It's mostly the soothing voice, I know Hal is a murderous computer, but He's Just Acting Out Because He's Afraid!

What is wrong with me?

Well, some might say robots make more sense, but I put robots in the same category tentacles without if neither of them are operated by anyone sentient...and mature. I know Commander Data is 'fully functional ( Read more... )