pirateygoodness

So there is this meme, on Tumblr, where people are using cleverly-chosen caps of shows and movies to "remix" things into other genres. Guys, I sort of want it to be a fic meme, instead. I want to remix Castle into a show where Castle is a plucky journalist looking for his Big Story and Beckett is a jaded, battle-hardened demon slayer and together they roam the streets of New York, and mostly this involves Beckett wearing fetching leather jackets and rescuing Castle an awful lot. And maybe one of the sexy vampires she has to slay looks a lot like Leighton Meester, and maybe she's secretly dating an up-and-coming NYPD detective named Olivia Dunham WHATEVER.

Ooh, or Legend of the Seeker as historical-realism political drama, where there has been some kind of civil war over paternity and Richard is the new king and has to stop the serfs from revolting or whatever, while Cara and Kahlan make out/help?

Also, I meant to do a picspam post about this, but then I got busy. Basically: IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING CAMELOT, YOU ARE A LOSER WHO HATES FUN. It is the most amazing Arthur retelling ever, because it features EVA GREEN'S CRAZY EYES, and guys I just want to give Morgan a hundred kingdoms and a shiny black pony and a cupcake and AS MANY MANWHORES AS SHE WOULD LIKE.

Possibly I am watching it wrong, I think I am supposed to be rooting for the shirtless blonde guy. He is very nice too, but basically Eva Green is rocking the shit out of every scene she's in, and I am pretty stoked for the rest of the season.

I finally posted the ridiculous Lost Girl fic that was supposed to be a porn battle snippet and ended up as 5,000 words of feelings. WHAT IS MY ISSUE, YOU GUYS.

Anyway: Between Today And The Last Time, Bo/Lauren, NC-17. Bo and Lauren work out their drama, and also have sex.

I kind of want to do a series of posts where I pimp people into that show, but really. . .I don't like that much about Lost Girl. I just like Lauren. And the fact that it's super Canadian. And, I mean, Bo and Kenzi are alright, IDK.


Also, sword_of_lies is hosting an Epic Seeker Rewatch. It's AWESOME, and so much fun - we're doing two episodes per weekend, and started with the pilot last week. It's filling me with such nostalgia for that stupid goofy show, you guys have no idea. I miss Cara and Kahlan and how much that show made my heart hurt.

Year-in-review meme, copied from jengrrrl:

Your main fandom of the year?
Legend of the Seeker, holy fuck. That fandom came in on horseback and ATE MY LIFE for seven glorious months, and left me clutching my chest while holding 20,000 words of fpreg fic, and I love it for doing that.

( under a cut, because I talk too much. )


Anyway. I just played like, eight hours of WoW, and it's Christmas vacation. So I think I'm gonna go do some more of that.

1. I wrote Fringe fic, you guys. It was really scary, because I am weird about ~jumping into new fandoms~ like that, but now that I have written that story, I feel way better about writing more! MAYBE LATER I WILL.

Oscar Lima India Victor India Alpha
Spoilers for the S2 finale. Olivia/Alt!Olivia, NC-17

Also, everyone should tell fivewhatfive to stop being so unreasonable about Anna Torv, because she TOTALLY WATCHED THE FINALE and then coined the phrase "reverse Hannah Montana wig" to describe Alt!Olivia, and that is amazing/exactly what it is. I like when she says hilarious stuff about things that I love.

2. People who have watched Fringe for more than a month: is there a femslash comm for that fandom? Would it not be rad if someone started one? I mean, probably not me, because I'd name it something like "oliviasgaypassiton" or "chicksdoingit_fringe" or something equally tasteful, but whatever. My point is, all I could find was olivia_astrid, and is there another?

3. When I get back, there is TOTALLY going to be a Legend of the Seeker Texts From Last Night challenge, because apparently the consensus is "that would be awesome, also your mom." Some of the people who answered "your mom" had better mean "your mom and I are going to participate," or this is going to be a smallll challenge.

Incidentally, I am fascinated by the OVERWHELMING RESPONSE to my "who would be on top" poll compared to the number of people who answered my TFLN challenge poll. It's like some of you have opinions on gay sex, or something.

4. BRB, GOING TO COMIC-CON. See you all on Monday, if I don't get a chance to post before then. (Although, OBVIOUSLY, if you are one of the people I email with on a regular basis, then GOOD LUCK GETTING A BREAK FROM THAT, LOSERS.) My goal for the weekend is to ask for and receive a hug from as many stormtroopers as possible.

OMGGGG you guys I am writing and writing and writing, on that Cara/Dahlia fic that I mentioned in my finale recap a couple weeks ago. IT HAS GROWN A LITTLE, AND POSSIBLY IT'S PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO 9K WORDS AND NOT EVEN DONE YET, WHY. Would anyone be interested in me posting my writing mix, as a bit of a teaser, when I get closer to finishing?

More importantly, if I did post a mix, would anyone be interested in making me covers, since I'm garbage at it?

OH ALSO, since we're discussing writing and Seeker, signups for lotsbigbang close like Monday. IN CASE ANY OF YOU WERE STILL WAFFLING. You don't actually have to have a subject for your fic nailed down to sign up, if you know you're going to write something.


ALSO ALSO, speaking of fandoms I loved before Seeker: Selena Gomez is currently filming her movie with Leighton in Budapest right now, and omg. In my heart of hearts - since we know that Leighton is a double agent for MI:6 - Selena has been getting recruited into the spy game. Her day job as an actress is THE PERFECT COVER. She's YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE. She and Leighton could bond over Selena's lady troubles and Leighton could point out just HOW MUCH TAIL YOU GET when you're a spy.

And, I mean, I think Selena's not exactly being subtle about hinting at her new career in international espionage.

( i mean seriously. )

Guys, I just sort of love that my fandoms are colliding like this.

Dearest Seeker Fandom:

You are the awesomest. You really are.

HOWEVER. ( some thoughts on fic headers )

I raise this issue because the Seeker finale aired less than a day ago, and I'm pretty sure that the entire internet hasn't seen it yet. And this is kind of an ongoing thing in the fandom, from what I've seen over the past couple months - the typical grace period for spoiler warnings in headers is at least a week, in some fandoms it's as long as a month or an entire season, as a courtesy to new viewers. Just something to think about.

Love,
pirateygoodness

PS: HEY GUYS GUYS DID YOU KNOW THAT lotsbigbang IS A REAL THING? DID YOU KNOW THAT? BECAUSE I SURE DIDN'T BUT I THINK IT'S A RAD IDEA AND ALL OF YOU SHOULD DO IT. AND NOT GIVE AWAY SPOILERS IN YOUR HEADERS.

Sorry, cats and kittens: real life > picspamming fabulous ladies this weekend. The ladyspam will go up around midweek.



In the meantime, feel free to use this entry for ~discussion purposes. Spoilers for episode 2.21 (but NOT 2.22) are welcome in the comments.

Oh, also, in case you guys do not follow scurvyknavery? I have written fic. Lots of fic:

Within My Heart There Is Another Heart, aka Babydaddy, with thrace_ (Cara/Kahlan, NC-17)

Clever Metaphors To Do With Archery, (WMHTIAH-verse, Cara/Kahlan, R)

Only Weakness If You Let It Make You Weak, (Cara/Dahlia, NC-17)

Guys, I'm gonna be late watching tomorrow's Seeker because of Real Life existing, but HOLY FUCK WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS GIF.

( spoilers for legend of the seeker 2.20: exploring our bisexuality )

HEARTS. HEARTS IN MY EYES.

D:

(LotS is apparently canceled. BRB, weeping softly under my desk.)

So, this episode managed to meet, then COMPLETELY SURPASS my wildest, most fanciful expectations regarding Cara and Kahlan. As such, this recap will be 99% borderline-coherent flailing about how gay these two are, and 1% L Word jokes. That's pretty much all I've got left.

Legend of the Seeker 2.16 Ladyspam: The One With The Girlfight



( spoilers for legend of the seeker 2.16, 'desecrated' )