The Borgias Season 2 Promo, Season 1 in Review, and Other 2011 TV...

[sherrilina]

First off, in my last post I meant to thank cuposunny and decadentdream for the holiday cards, thedoingofit and kilodalton for the vgifts, and nbaeker for the adorable holiday Treehaus fic! *hugs* I should have all of my cards sent off by tomorrow, I'm trying to finish them tonight (yes, I'm late, whatever! :p)

Anyway, has everyone seen the season 2 trailer for The Borgias yet? So epic-looking, even

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[galathea_snb]

Aww, it makes me happy that Supernatural will be the show that will have your heart through thick and thin! ♥

I have no problems letting shows go. Even shows that I have been very taken with for a while. Once it becomes a chore to watch or even to remember the download, I usually drop them. I rather prefer to remember shows fondly than getting to the point where I start resenting a show for letting me down. :)

Oh, btw, I backed up my livejournal on dreamwidth as well - as galathea. It's really nice that you can import your complete livejournal into dreamwidth. Very handy!

[sherrilina]

Lol, SN got its hooks into me alright, even if not quite to your extent! ;)

Well I envy you that, but I am just too loyal for my own good, and also I think it's a matter of needing to know what happens in the end/next to characters I did once love and care about...*sigh* I just find it hard to let go of them.

And okay cool thanks, I'll look you up there and try this backing up thing! I like the idea of being able to back up comments as well, that's great...

[honeymink]

I couldn't bear to not have the same adorable, sweet and tender scenes between them abound as in last season

I agree. This is what worries me most. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't adore something so much because it doesn't happen often and then when they take it from me I'm really sad.

I'm not sure who I want to kill Juan tbh.

And this is all, I was thinking about the hair issue:

[sherrilina]

Well I haven't given up hop yet, I think they realize how popular they are, and it' not like the s1 trailer had a lot of C/L scenes either...

Personally I want Cesare to kill Juan, because they've been hinting at it since 1x01 with that one line, and we've had this wonderful built-up of their rivalry and his bitterness and jealousy towards Juan all throughout s1, so I do hope to see it pay off in the end....the only time I hope it's not Cesare is out of fear of what Lucrezia would say....:/

And LMAO, that gif is trufax! :p (Though I still have yet to see the Fontana Borgia...).

An okay awesome, I'll fill that out soon then! :)

[honeymink]

Okay, I will take heart in this... I mean if there isn't much CL anymore, I will throw myself on the floor and bite into the carpet. Mark my words.

Hm... I was wondering about it: I realise that in that first scene together, when Juan said that "he wouldn't kill his favourite father" it was hinted at. And yes I understand the whole jealousy part obviously. But then I'm wondering - isn't it too easy? I mean shouldn't there be a plot twist?

Heheh, Fontana's Giulia I can just see making Cesare do such a thing. ;) And yes... I just finished recapping Borgia. I never believed I would make it through writing 12 reviews plus screencaps.

[sherrilina]

Heh, I would as well, but I have faith that they will continue to have something...I mean when I first realized Lucrezia was moving away from Rome so early in s1 I feared there would be no more interaction for most of the season, but then they still managed to work on almost at least one C/L scene or mention per episode...;) We'll just have to wait and see, but if there are issues, then comms serve well for commiseration.

Oh wow, so how was Borgia, ultimately? If it's still on Netflix streaming I'll try to watch sometime, but there are just so many shows...

[sherrilina]

Heh they should join up with Thomas and form a Trolls Club! :p

And okay sweet, I just finally caught up with season 2 last night! ;)

Downton Abby:

Favourite character: Lady Edith Crawley, haters gonna hate...
Least Favourite character: Branson! Ugh he was so smug and obnoxious this season...
5 Favourite ships (canon or non-canon): Matthew/Mary, Thomas/Blind Lieutenant, Edith/Patrick (the real one), Robert/Cora...and IDK, that's it? Maybe Robert/Jane sort of in a very wrong way
Character I find most attractive: Matthew
Character I would marry: Matthew again (except that he belongs with Mary! ;))
Character I would be best friends with: NGL I think I could see myself getting along with Edith nicely enough, especially in season 2, or maybe Sybil in s1 (she's so nice, and I love her politics in s1).
A random thought: When I first saw the promotional posters for DA in Cardiff/London in September 2010 I thought that Thomas was the same guy who played Brother Mine in DW, though I was wrong...
An unpopular opinion: That my favorite

[sherrilina]

I'm glad you like Edith too, she doesn't get enough love...(on the show or in fandom, poor dear). I also ship her with Anthony Strallen (or rather, with happiness/finding love, so if he gives that to her I'm all for it!), I should have put that on my list....

And lol, there are a lot of Branson haters on my flist actually, but yeah, glad you agree! I was so annoyed by him and the rushed love that they were my least favorite pairing, replacing Anna/Bates (though ugh that sex scene was THE WORST! O_o My eyes were bleeding...).

Thomas/Sarah! My gay trolls are the best!

Have they ever said O'Brien is gay on the show, or you just inferring it? :s I'm just making sure I didn't miss something at some point...though I can see it. In any case, she and Thomas are definitely my TrOLLTP! ;)

[hmsharmony]

LOL! I, too, watched the pilot of LOTS and then never managed to continue. XD Glad I'm not alone! And thissssss to not being able to quit shows no matter how awful they get. What is with that? D=

I JUST NEED MERLIN TO BE OVER SO I CAN STOP CRYING EVERY OTHER WEEK OVER THE SEXISM AND WRITING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CHARACTERS. ;_;

[sherrilina]

Haha ah Jen, we are so alike in so many ways...and the not being able to let go of shows is our curse I suppose! The curse of the TV Ladies

And damn, that bad, huh? :/ Wasn't the last epp (penultimate epp?) supposedly good? IDK, I'm just going to go in with rock-bottom expectations when I do finally watch it...

[hmsharmony]

Um, it was good if you're a fan of a) ableism, b) Arthur having zero to say about his half-sister invading the kingdom (and SEEING her for the first time in nearly two years!!), and c) pretty much nothing happening for the majority of the episode. =\ I mean, on the one hand, we had FOUR ENTIRE female characters in one ep! But aside from a few other nice bits, everything was pretty bleghhhhh. TBH, the finale is going to determine my opinion of the penultimate ep, but based on all of the spoilers ... everything's a mess.

[sherrilina]

Ugh SERIOUSLY?! >:( God I just can't even with them and their treatment of Morgana and her interactions with Arthur, just DIAF already writers...*sigh* I guess the people who don't care about Morgan and are all just "Arthur/Merlin 4 eva!" probably didn't even notice that....

[amaranthine3]

The trailer for s2 looks pretty amazing! I got the feel that things will be different from s1 and left me even more excited :D. And I guess almost everyone changes also looks-wise, maybe except Rodrigo. Though while I love Lucrezia's new hairstyles, Cesare indeed doesn't look good with curls, unless he wears a hat xD.

[sherrilina]

Well I just hope that while it's different with a darker tone, it will still be just as good quality-wise (and in terms of lots of lovely C/L! ;)), if not better! But ugh, why the hair...:( I do agree that Lucrezia's hair looks fine though.

[amaranthine3]

I agree! I think it looks good so far, so I hope it's not only a few scenes they chose for the sneak peek. And I certainly yearn for some C/L scenes :D. Haha, I guess I will love Cesare all the same but I can't help but grin every time I see these curls xD.

Edit: Also, your icon is highly appropriate to our feelings towards his haircut ^^

[sherrilina]

Heh I know, that's partly why I chose the icon, though also to match your Lucrezia one! ;) Love our little HBIC...