Is it unbearably, despicably shallow that I'm tempted to start watching it again just because they did "I Kissed A Girl"?

“I’m only telling you for your own good.”
-Child!Azula to Child!Zuko, “Zuko Alone”
“Believe it or not, I’m looking out for you. Just be careful, dum-dum.”
-Azula to Zuko, “The Headband”

“Azula always lies... Azula always lies...”
-Zuko echoes his younger self, “Zuko Alone”

( 'What About Me And My Brother?' An examination of Azula’s feelings towards Zuko. )

Because it totally is. So perfectly realised I don't even want to have fanfic. I don't even ship. The love had to spill over somehow, though. Here, have 1600 words of meta I wrote.

(I LOVE SOKKA. THIS IS NOT IN THE ESSAY. HE RAPS HAIKU AND FACEPALMS SO HARD AT ILLOGICAL PEOPLE THAT IT LEAVES A MARK.)

Let’s be honest. Both Sokka and Katara spend ( Read more... )

Book:

"Do you think me handsome, Miss Eyre?"
"No."

Trailer for new film:

"Do you think me handsome, Miss Eyre?"
"Beauty is of little consequence."

At 27, I've reached an interesting age: young enough for children to think I'm cool, but old enough that I may be a yummy mummy myself ( Read more... )

So, I started rewatching Veronica Mars S1 and got my flatmate to watch it too. She doesn't watch much TV but was completely enthralled (yay!) After lots of simultaneous laughs/groans, we developed a drinking game.

Veronica asks for a favour - 1 drink ( Read more... )

By which time I will no longer be working 8am-9:30 days with a half-hour lunch and a granola bar for dinner! (I never knew sedentary work could be conducive to so much weight loss. It's kind of creepy. And I can't afford new clothes.) I haven't even been able to read the new Iain M. Banks' Culture book that I got for Christmas, but by July I can ( Read more... )

Your ambassadors have a beautiful command of the English language. Sparse yet pictorial, with perfectly chosen adjectives. Honestly, this is what has struck me most about the leaks! Perhaps retired Ambassadors can teach English at schools in their former posts ( Read more... )

This show is so shameless at using fanfic clichés ( Read more... )

Film critic Antonia Quirke once wrote about the rarity of moments that show when characters actually fall in love. Most times, she said, the director bottles it, and a declaration of sorts is made and then we cut to the morning after. It's a shame, a cheat and a waste.

I don't know if this episode of Alles Was Zählt was written to show the moment ( Read more... )