redbrunja: (parks & rec | young & irresponsible)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 02:02 am
When I see people watching (and being frustrated and/or enraged by) shows that I quit watching or chose not to watch after trying an episode or two, I feel so smug and vindicated.

EVEN THOUGH, I have no room to talk, as I have dragged myself through shows I really, really should have quit earlier.

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Does this happen to anyone else?

TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC, now that the 50th’s Anniversary of Doctor Who is over, can people on tumblr start tagging Who-posts like sane individuals again?
redbrunja: (dollhouse | your heart is an empty room)
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 03:04 am
I feel like recently my soul has been drawn to queens, of various flavors. Not my usual trope but SANSA. DAENERYS. REGINA. KAHLAN. ADELLE DEWITT. QUEENS OF MY HEART.

Speaking of, a playlist devoted to villainous queens.

Also, tumblr post on the new Who companions that ripped my still beating heart from my chest.

I feel like this Once gif-set sums up some things I deeply love about this show. Especially the image of Abigail.

Also, awesome meta about Once right here.

This is so true it's hilarious:



On the subject, one of my neighbors unlocked his internet again. Bastard.

When is the next round of 5 Acts? Anyone know?
redbrunja: (farscape | ragged edge)
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 04:10 am
So, this excellent, flaily, feelings-laden post really helped clarify some things about Amy Pond and recent developments in Doctor Who for me. Which basically boil down to I have no idea who Amy Pond is. I feel that backstory (at least for me; at least for the stories that I connect to the most) is hugely informative to the characters. And at this point, I honestly don't know Amy's backstory. I don't know what she remembers of her own history. Each time we get a flashback, I feel like I'm being told a new, contradictory backstory that doesnt fit at all with what's gone before.
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011 10:29 pm
Okay, I didn't hate it totally, which I thought I was going to from the teaser but...Read more... )
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 12:10 am
gacked from [livejournal.com profile] afigureofspeech :

  • Reply with "Fuck yes fierce ladies (and awesome dudes, too)" and I'll give you four fandoms.
  •  Write about your favorite character from each fandom.

I got Haven, Thor, Game Of Thrones, and Doctor Who.

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redbrunja: (pt | princesses have found emancipation)
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 02:07 pm
This rant is kind of all over the place: bear with me.

So lately I've noticed that I am less and less into fanon couples*. By which I mean, the less canon interaction a pair has (especially if there is a canon love interest) the less invested I am in them. Which might be partially due to exhaustion - I am damn sick of getting super-invested in something I know won't happen and then watching it, you know, not happen.

In the same vein, there was a quote from the writers(?) of NCIS: LA about how season two really explored Kensi and Deek's relationship and it made me ridiculously happy. I'm not sure if in the back of my mind I thought all the conversations about their relationship partnership and that 'thing' they have were accidental or what, but hearing that there was deliberate thought put into their relationship (romantic or not) made me super-happy. As did this cute little article where the comparison is made to Bones and Daniella Ruah (Kensi) says that the comparison is flattering but that she wants to make sure that the relationship between Kensi and Deeks stays unique and its own thing. To which I snorted mentally and went, 'in that case, how about you just have lots and lots of sex while using birth control like rational human beings?!?!?!'

Which brings us to Bones. My mom watched the finale last night and I finally got to bitch about that pregnancy storyline to her (seriously, I have been holding that in for months). She was much forgiving of that plot twist, given that she still has a lot of fondness for Booth and Brennan and likes the idea of them having a kid. But even she was like, 'really? is that the ONLY plot twist writers know how to do with a female character who's been on for a couple of seasons?'

Honestly, at this point I think pregnancy in a show might be a straight-up dealbreaker for me. Because I hate it. I hate how it limits the storylines of these female characters I love and I hate how none of these women get abortions, ever. And you know what? The actress getting knocked up is no fucking excuse for writing a baby into a show. PLENTY of pregnant actresses have avoided getting their characters in the family way as well and it's not like the costuming department and the camera isn't going to be working around the baby bump for episode after episodes even if they do write the baby into the show.

Basically, I hate fictional babies and I want them to stop showing up in shows I watch (or have watched and am still kind of invested in). Because god knows, I really like IPS but have no desire whatsoever to get caught up on the last three episodes I haven't watched. Chances of me watching Bones next season? Less than zero. Do I care about the upcoming half of DW's season? Eh.

*This is in no way a statement about which is better - this is my own personal preference at this point in time.
redbrunja: (haven | no easy way out)
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 07:34 pm
You know what? Being an adult sometimes really sucks. I am moving (I spent all of last weekend cleaning and prepping the room I'm moving into and I'm going to be doing the same this weekend + actually moving in) and I need to get several big chores done at my mother's house (because it's too much house for one person to keep up and I don't want to leave her with several huge problem areas). And then I need to find a job and *tears at hair* This is just not any fun at all.

There is not enough hours in the day.

And yesterday, I was talking with one of my RL BFFs on the phone and do you know what we talked about? Moving and finding a job (we're both in the same boat). And I'm like, 'how did this become our life? We sound old and boring.'*

Ugh.

*I know that this is a temporary situation and when we're both not stressed about real life we'll go back to talking fandom but seriously. MY LIFE IS WAY TO REAL RIGHT NOW, PLEASE SEND ESCAPISM. ONLY I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO ESCAPE.

Over the past couple days, I have, however, managed to watch the latest episode of Doctor Who. Which I disliked.

The first time I watched the episode, I enjoyed parts of it and didn't enjoy other parts, but after thinking about it, I basically hated everything this episode chose to be.

A Good Man Goes To War )
redbrunja: (tb | fangbanger)
Monday, May 30th, 2011 10:26 am
Because[livejournal.com profile] ignipes  is right – we all like talking about things we love - her are five fannish things I'm into right now:

1.) DeWitt/Dominic

2.) Farscape (I couldn't get into this show the first time I tried, but now I'm rewatching with my mom and I totally am. I'm still in the first season and can't wait to get to all the stuff I know happens later. But I can't wait it without my mom!)

3.) Tumblr (LJ may be TOTALLY DEAD but someone is going to be posting pretty pictures.)

4.) Barney/Robin.

5.) Rory/Amy. IDEK.


What are you loving right now, flist?
redbrunja: (dw | red)
Saturday, May 28th, 2011 11:42 pm
The latest Doctor Who has me somewhere between '?!!?!' and 'DNW?'
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redbrunja: (dw | the raggedy doctor)
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 12:40 am
THIS EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO WAS AMAZING.

AMAZING.

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redbrunja: (btvs | guilty)
Sunday, May 8th, 2011 11:17 pm
TV has been so disappointing lately. Seriously, so many shows have either been a half an hour of blah to get to ten minutes of awesome or 20 straight minutes of horrible. Speaking of the latter, I finally watched Community 2x20 and it was terrible. Seriously, there was about one funny thing in that episode and the rest was just offensive and mean. To make matters even worse, my mom did not get ANY of the jokes, so I had to stop and rewind and explain, prolonging the experience. And then the latest Doctor Who episode was like the sucky, less awesome version of Vampires In Venice. Breaking the pattern, the first episode of In Plain Sight's season four was really solid, even if I am still braced for an upcoming plot point that I am going to loathe.
redbrunja: (dw | lady adventurer)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 01:53 am
Freaking yahoo. Apparently they're 'upgrading' and I decided to just bite the bullet and change the interface. Yep, I sure do love my email program freezing and not showing emails and not having a 'delete' button at the bottom of the screen. Thanks a bunch!

I was really underwhelmed by the latest Doctor Who and disliked more things than I liked. Except for River Song. She was awesome.

Last week's [livejournal.com profile] fannish5 :

5 (canon) couples that seemingly came out of nowhere (thanks to anonymous).

1.) Veronica/Logan, Veronica Mars. I actually saw an image of the kiss before I saw the episode and thought to myself, nice manip, but that will never happen on the show. Oh how wrong I was. And frankly, their first kiss was pretty damn perfect.

2.) Aaron/Mohandra, Wonderfalls.

3.) Alex and her stupid neighbor/boyfriend, Nikita. Not like her and Thom, which had a great slow burn and made perfect sense for the show.

4.) Every relationship on Glee ever (sans Rachel/Finn and Emma/Will).

5.) Lanie/Esposito, Castle, adorable and yet also out of left field. It worked, though.
redbrunja: (dw | red)
Monday, April 4th, 2011 03:09 pm
Literally four months behind everyone else, spurred on by the great trailers for the new season, I finally watched The Eleventh Doctor's  Christmas Special. Which I enjoyed but had mixed feelings about:

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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 10:45 am
So, the combination of reading Side Jobs while my mom is reading Dragon Bones made me realize another one of my bulletproof kinks: people who are LEGITIMATELY* afraid of what they're capable of and struggle with where their moral lines are.

Examples would be: Harry  Dresden; Ward of Hurog; Alexandra Udinov, daughter of Nikolai Udinov (BANG. BANG.) (I'm on the fence about The Doctor.)

What do you think of this trope? Who are your favorite characters who embody it? Tell me in the comments.

*By which I mean, it's not just that these characters have moral qualms but have to actively safeguard themselves against being as bad as the people they're fighting. So I would argue that Sarah Coner wouldn't apply but Raylan Givens is SO MUCH THIS. And yes, I have noticed that it is a VERY male-dominated trope.
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 05:30 pm
Alice In Wonderland:

Inept Translations (Alice)

Avatar:

The Nature of Fire (Katara/Zuko)

Black Lagoon:

Making Good Choices (Rock/Revy)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer:

Belief (Anya)

Burn Notice:

Shotgun (Michael/Fi)

The Black Jewels Trilogy:

That Teenage Feeling (Saetan/Silvia)

Castle:

I Wouldn't Stop For Red Lights
(Beckett, Alexis)

Community:

In The Blazing Offense (Jeff/Annie)
B– (Annie)
Campfire (Jeff/Annie)
Your Wake-Up Call Is Too Old For You (Jeff/Annie)
We Crashed Her Party (Britta, Abed, Troy)
History Of Film 201 (Annie/Abed)
Bad Metaphors (Jeff/Annie)
Leaving Home (Britta)
One Man Leaves (Jeff/Annie)

Criminal Minds:

Armor (JJ, Emily, Penelope)

Doctor Who:

Purple Toast (Amy/Doctor)
What Dreams May Come (Amy)

The Fall of Ile-Rien:

Progeny (Tremaine Ilias)

Glee:

Dramatic Irony Sucks (Jesse/Rachel)
Ain't Too Proud To Plead (Jesse/Rachel)
A High-Toned Woman Will Make You Walk The Line (Jesse/Rachel)
Life After High School (Rachel)

Harry Potter:

Wake-Up Call (Hermione/Ron)
Dreams (Luna)
Unspoken (Neville/Ginny)

How I Met Your Mother:

Moving Sideways (Ted/Robin)

The Hunger Games:

Adjusting (Katniss)
Once We Were Warriors
(Haymitch/Johanna)
Peeta, After (Peeta/Katniss)

Iron Man:

High Voltage (Pepper/Tony)

Legend of the Seeker:

Different Names For The Same Thing (Kahlan/Richard)
Seahawk (Cara)
Fecundity (Kahlan, Cara)
Blessings (Richard/Kahlan)
Warmth (Richard/Kahlan)

Leverage:


First Time Diving Off A Building (Parker)

Nikita:

White Noise (Thom/Alex)

The Old Kingdom Trilogy:

First Time (Sabriel/Touchstone)

Percy Jackson & The Olympians:

Fragile Tough Girl (Luke, Annabeth, Percy)

The Queen's Thief series:

Everybody Rolls With Their Finger's Crossed (Attolia)

Questionable Content:


Heaven In A Cup (Faye/Angus)

The Sarah Conner Chronicles:

Baby, Baby, Ain't It True I'm Immortal When I'm With You (Sarah Conner/Derek Reese)

True Blood:

Starvation (Jessica/Hoyt)
Drink Up Baby (Tommy/Jessica)
You're An Animal, Too (Jessica/Tommy)
A Dead Girl's Guide To Dating A Shifter (Jessica/Tommy)

The Vampire Diaries:

Love Is A Blood-Sport (Damon/Elena)
Your Childhood Home Is Just Powder-White Bone (Elena/Damon)
Smashed (Damon/Elena)
The Most Joyless Time Of Year (Damon/Elena)
The Only Shape I'll Pray To (Damon/Elena, Damon/Katherine)
Another Flashing Chance (Damon/Elena)
21st (Damon/Elena)
Get Thee Behind Me, Temptation (Elena/Damon)
You Take The High Road (Pearl, Katherine)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Caroline, Damon)
If Amber From Teen Mom Can Get A New Boyfriend So Can I (Caroline/Tyler)
Debatably First Date (Tyler/Caroline)

Multi-Fandom:


Text From Last Night Ficlets
(Community, Glee, HIMYM and The Vampire Diaries)
redbrunja: (the hunger games | kiss kiss)
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 04:04 am
I gacked this from a third of my flist.

Ten Favorite Characters of the Year: TV and Books

1. KATNISS EVERDEEN (The Hunger Games)
2. Kahlan Amnell (Legend of the Seeker)
3. Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaires
4. The Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who)
5. Jeff Winger (Community)
6. Simon (Misfits)
7. Annie Edison (Community)
8. Kelly (Misfits)
9. Rachel Berry (Glee)
10. Derek Reese

Honorable Mentions:
Haymitch (The Hunger Games), Alex (Nikita), Britta Perry (Community), and Stefan and Damon Salvatore (TVD).

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redbrunja: (dw | wisdom of fools)
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 06:01 pm
I finished by reread of HP and my thoughts on the final book are here

Also, [livejournal.com profile] zahrawithaz  wrote a great piece of meta on Amy Pond, her sexuality, and her sexualization.
redbrunja: (stock | writing)
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 12:45 am
Various comment memes have been running around fandom lately, so here is a compilation of the various ficlets I've written over the past couple of weeks.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Anya, "Belief"

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Doctor Who, Amy, "What Dreams May Come"

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Criminal Minds, the ladies of the BAU, "Armor"

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Community, Annie, "B Minus"

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Community, Jeff/Annie, "Campfire"

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Community, Jeff/Annie, "Your Wake-Up Call Is Too Old For You"

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Community, Britta, Abed, and Troy, "We Crashed Her Party"

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The Vampire Diaries, Damon/Elena, "Smashed"

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True Blood, Jessica/Tommy, "Drink Up Baby"

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Community, Annie/Abed, "History of Film 201"

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Legend of the Seeker, Cara, "Nightmares"

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Community, Jeff/Annie, "Bad Metaphors"

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Sunday, June 27th, 2010 04:06 am
This is set around "Vincent & The Doctor" but is screamingly appropriate post-finale reading:

Gifting by [livejournal.com profile] saywheeeee , Doctor/Amy:

"He knows how to woo, this Doctor. He can taste the romance in the air of places like Troy and Arcadia, the breeze of Provence, and he knows, after months of her company, what tickles Amy’s fancy. In these moments, these lapses of judgment, when the guilt pours away and leaves him raw and alive, he forgets that Rory was ever anything more than an inconvenience, a loose end to be forever untied. He is very, very good at forgetting the adoration on Amy’s face as she kissed the man she had chosen over life, forgetting the boyish laughter and burning loyalty of the man who chose him as a friend. Fantastic Rory. Funny Rory, gorgeous Rory.


The Trojan gardens are an apology specifically for these moments, though he’s pretty sure Amy is starting to misunderstand."