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posted by [personal profile] annerb at 10:15am on 18/02/2010 under , , , ,
+It's possible I just made myself cry while writing a scene. *breaks out the tissues*

+Summer is a lifetime away! Damn you, Leverage! You make me love you with your awesomeness and brilliance and joy and TEAM=DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OF DOOM, and then leave me to live without you for months on end? WHY?

+Getting bored of Olympics. I *never* get bored of Olympics. What is wrong with me? Hm. Maybe I'd rather be watching Burn Notice. Must get hands on season 2 DVDs.

+I've started saving up Lost episodes rather than watching them as they air. That show is way too annoying to watch in one hour increments. I can appreciate it's awesomeness better in five hour chunks. (Why don't we watch all TV on DVDs instead?)

+Mmmm. Girl scout cookies. I think I'll even forgive them for the high fructose corn syrup. Just this once. *throws thin mints in the freezer*

+What in the world has happened to In Plain Sight, Eureka, Royal Pains, and Lie To Me? Dear network ptb, Making me wait a year between seasons makes me start to forget exactly why I love your show and get distracted by new shiny. Please to be adopting a predictable, regular schedule, m'kay?

+I've been watching White Collar and generally enjoying it. But there is something bugging me about it, like I feel embarrassed about liking it. Can't quite put my finger on it yet, but I'm sure it will seem embarrassingly obvious once I wrap my mind around it.

+If you're into Austen and don't mind WIPs, I'm following a fun fic over at the Pit. Miss de Bourgh in Bath. Darcy's poor cousin Anne de Bourgh leaves Rosings and finally gets her chance to actually, you know, live. Great slow awakening, and gentle evolution of Anne's decidedly warped view of the world when she finally gets to step out of Lady Catherine's dominant shadow. I'm not an expert on historical details of this period, but this fic seems to miss the major pitfalls of most Austen-era romances. At least so far!

+Speaking of Austen, nothing bothers me more than fanfic that hyper-sexualizes this period. I mean, sex between married people, whatever. (Say, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife) But having Darcy and Elizabeth running around making out in shrubbery when they aren't even engaged, let alone married? No. (I'm looking at you, Abigail Reynolds and your Pemberley Variations.) For me the pull of Austen is the subtlety. The tension drawn so tight and subtle in glances and word play and dances and the flick of the fan. The capacity for minsunderstandings and constraints of propriety and the inability to just be able to say, "Hey, wait. I like you. A lot. Let's go out on a date." There's a place for smut, but I so appreciate the slow burn. So that when one tiny kiss or hand hold at the end finally happens, man do you feel like they've earned it.
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posted by [identity profile] lanna-kitty.livejournal.com at 07:08pm on 18/02/2010
It's possible I just made myself cry while writing a scene. *breaks out the tissues*

*hands tissues* I have totally done this before. it's kinda weird.
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 11:51pm on 18/02/2010
It's almost embarrassing. I'm a blubbering mess! Lol.
 
posted by [identity profile] carta.livejournal.com at 08:43pm on 18/02/2010
I don't know about the other shows, but Lie to Me (my new tv love, if you wrote Cal/Gillian fic for it I would be forever indebted, please save me from the Pit of Voles) is back in May/June. Soon! I think they didn't expect to be picked up for the back nine, and had to write and shoot them. They're shooting 2x18 right now. Yay, Lie to Me!

A friend told me about Mr Darcy Takes a Wife, haha. I said, "like, marries her?" and she said, "yes. and he takes her. and takes her, and takes her and takes her again. in the bathroom, in the bedroom, in the kitchen, oh my god." hahahahaha
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 11:53pm on 18/02/2010
It's not coming back until MAY? WTH? This makes me sad.

Yes, Mr Darcy Takes a Wife is smuterrific. There is much taking and some really funny in-jokes about why she names her new horse Boots. Lol. Ridiculous, yes, but fun.
 
posted by [identity profile] zinke.livejournal.com at 09:19pm on 18/02/2010
There's a place for smut, but I so appreciate the slow burn.

Oh goodness, yes. This is why I end up 'shipping the pairings I do. UST is such yummy, delicious goodness - I almost hate when I have to see it end. Almost. *g*
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 11:54pm on 18/02/2010
Ah, the burn of UST. God I love it. Especially when paired with resolution. You know, EVENTUALLY.
 
posted by [identity profile] zinke.livejournal.com at 02:14pm on 19/02/2010
Oh yes; eventually is key. Otherwise, what's the point?
 
posted by [identity profile] ladysilverangel.livejournal.com at 10:20pm on 18/02/2010
+Getting bored of Olympics. I *never* get bored of Olympics. What is wrong with me? Hm. Maybe I'd rather be watching Burn Notice. Must get hands on season 2 DVDs.

Well, Burn Notice *is* awesome.

And making yourself cry while writing a scene? Hooboy, what are the people who read it in for?! You are amazing!
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 11:55pm on 18/02/2010
Got my hands on Burn Notice season 2 used this afternoon! Yay!

Ha! I know, I'm wondering if I have reached a new level of angst here that I made myself cry writing it. I don't really think I've done that before. Lol. BEWARE, READERS.
 
posted by [identity profile] meoinya.livejournal.com at 11:37pm on 18/02/2010
Was it a Stargate scene that made you cry? Yes, I can hope! :)

I'm more annoyed than bored with the Olympics. The coverage is dismal and I hate it. Meh. Why can't another network cover 'em.

I should do that with Lost. I get annoyed when it ends. But I'm too addicted to wait a few weeks to watch it in chunks.

No GSC's. . . no, no, no! Bad for my diet, they are. Couldn't taste them anyway what with the cold from hell and the tastebuds it's so insensitively killed.
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 11:57pm on 18/02/2010
Yes, Stargate fic. :)

Yes, the coverage is very annoying. Why are all the medal ceremonies being show at like 2 in the morning? Wha?

Watching Lost as it airs is like reading a WIP that ends in a cliffhanger every chapter. It's just annoying.

Yes, the Girl Scout Cookies are bad. I know better. And yet? *pops another thin mint in my mouth*
 
posted by [identity profile] late2dsj.livejournal.com at 02:13am on 19/02/2010
Yes, Stargate fic. :)
woohoo! \o/
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 03:07am on 19/02/2010
Lol. Has it been that long since I've posted something? *checks* Dear lord! It really has! How sad.
 
posted by [identity profile] pamspam.livejournal.com at 01:55am on 19/02/2010
Austen.....SO yes......Wuthering Heights........MY teen OTP .....sometimes less is more.
A flick of the fan? The fan...? blows away. Teehee!

 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 06:50am on 22/02/2010
Hee! There is nothing quite like the seduction by fan. Lol.
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posted by [identity profile] lyssie.livejournal.com at 03:53am on 19/02/2010
LEVERAGE SUCKS LIKE THAT, ys.
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 06:50am on 22/02/2010
VERY MUCH SO.
 
posted by [identity profile] funkyinfishnet.livejournal.com at 01:35pm on 19/02/2010
I know! Leverage has left me traumatised. I bawled during Nate's awesome end scene speech to the team, all 'you are my family'. Just yay for actually acknowledging that outloud :) I want series 3 here now! They've got to get Nate out!!!

And Sophie is back and was awesome. That made me happy :)
 
posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 06:51am on 22/02/2010
It was pretty awesome all around. Though the bait and switch with Nate and Sophie could get old pretty quick. Lol.

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