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Torchwood 4x07 "Immortal Sins" meta: 3 parallels
Surprise! My favorite episode of Miracle Day, so far, is the one that involves historical flashbacks, dysfunctional romance, a long conversation about friendship, and no exploding helicopters. Okay, not surprising at all. I didn't like the earlier episodes enough to post about them, but I loved "Immortal Sins," and have some thoughts that I'd ( Read more... ) -
Torchwood meets Middlemarch
Hello everyone! It's a long time since I've posted, but I've been checking LJ occasionally, and enjoying your updates. I keep meaning to post when I have more time and energy and something interesting to say. But the moment has come when I cannot resist posting about... a Victorian literary reference in last night's Torchwood ( Read more... ) -
party like it's 1899
Note to self:
You know you've been reading too much about Victorian gay men when you misread "Iranian" as "Uranian" in a recent newspaper headline.
In other news about current events in the 19th century, I'm thinking of claiming a queer_fest prompt for War and Peace, centering on the relationship between Dolokhov and Anatole. Leaving aside the fact that I ( Read more... ) -
famous theater fails at fanfic
I just got back from seeing the new musical The Blue Flower. According to the website, it's about "four lovers and friends finding their way through a world in pieces" during and after World War I. The characters are loosely--and I mean LOOSELY--based on German painters Franz Marc and Max Beckmann, plus Dada collage artist Hannah Höch, and Marie ( Read more... ) -
DADT repeal and "Captain Jack Harkness"
Like many of my LJ and RL friends, I am thrilled by the Senate repeal of DADT, but also aware of how much more still needs to be done to end discrimination here in the US. This is especially brought home by the failure of the Dream Act on the same day as the DADT vote. Today, my thoughts are with all the undocumented students and their allies (we ( Read more... ) -
my fictional road trip
Thank you, thank you to the anonymous commenters who have left me love from Sally Bowles, Peter Wimsey (with Harriet), and Granny Weatherwax (with Nanny Ogg). I don't know whether you get comment notifications on this, but I've tried to write back--though I can't possibly match your brilliantly in-character voices ( Read more... ) -
all I need is (fictional) love
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meta: Jack in "Doctor Who: End of Time"
Enough about the long drawn-out exit of RTD as lead writer David Tennant as Ten. (Just kidding--I'm sad too.) Now it's time to talk about the most important 97 seconds of Doctor Who this year... the reappearance of Jack!
SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT
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felix felicis (and belated thanks to woldy)
Just finally saw the "Half-Blood Prince" movie, and was pleasantly surprised to emerge without any major trauma. It looked pretty! All those virtually black-and-white scenes were haunting. And I was relieved that they left out the Remus/Tonks subplot. Now I can pretend that she kept her kickass transformation skills and never did that whole ( Read more... )