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Happy Fiftieth!
Unfortunately I'm going to be abroad when Star Trek turns 50 on September 8, but I still want to celebrate the program that introduced me to the universe, that first prompted me to dream of exploring it. The Wall Street Journal had a wonderful article this week on the lasting impressions the franchise has made on American culture.
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Your Fannish Doppelganger?
What characters in your fandoms do you most identify with? Do these characters wind up being your favorites, or are you more drawn to characters that are your opposite? Or perhaps there's no relationship at all? -
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled THG Meta Post To Bring You Holmes Brothers Feels
lorataprose held my hand yesterday while I cautiously watched the Sherlock Christmas special. As you may remember, I utterly loathed the finale of season three, so I was hesitant to watch, lest more of what I loved about the show go up in flames. Fortunately, while there were a few things I didn't enjoy, they were overwhelmed by the surfeit of Holmes brothers ( Read more... ) -
New Favorite Mentor Song
This one in particular gives me massive Lyme/Claudius feels:
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Pushing in From the Other Side
Over the past six months, on three separate occasions, I've dreamed of an alternate universe in which Angel ended differently.
Not a universe in which the show was real but rather, a universe in which Wheadon/rightsholders made an Angel film for theatrical release (similar to Serenity) after the end of the series. In the first dream, I had to ( Read more... ) -
Rick has not become Shane
Been enjoying The Walking Dead prequel, Fear the Walking Dead, apparently more than most people, who seem to be frustrated by the naivety of most of the characters. I think people deeply underestimate how much of a badass they would actually be in the apocalypse; I know that I'd have to almost be eaten by a zombie in order to be convinced that what ( Read more... ) -
Unprompted Prompt: Character Soundtracks
When you are writing, or thinking about stories/backstories, do you use certain songs or artists? Perhaps they are helpful to get 'in the right headspace', or set a mood ( Read more... )
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