Falling Skies is totally hitting all of my kinks. Yes, there are flaws, and there can always be more women and less whitey-boy manpain, BUT. I have an embarrassing attachment to Noah Wyle back from the John Carter ER years (and now he's SCRUFFY, and a ex-history professor with a gun!)


Not to mention that I completely and utterly renounce any attachment I ever had to Paul Davis in the face of the sheer AWESOME that is Colin Cunningham as John Pope. I just...love him, evil and all. (God, who knew he would make such an awesome bad guy?) 


And don't even get me started on Moon Bloodgood as Anne Glass. Civilian BAD ASSERY, right there.


Did I mention the apocalypse? And the aliens? And moments of humanity sandwiched into total horror and angst? Oh, and it's already been picked up for a second season, so hopefully my curse won't screw us all too badly. Lol.

As I promised a few people who read the Lady Julia books, here's my review of the latest one that came out this week:

( My thoughts on the Lady Julia Grey Series Thus Far (Major spoilers for first three, minor after that) )

Final verdict? If you can forgive the first half, it may just be worth trudging through the fourth book to read the fifth. And I'm cautiously optimistic for the sixth.

Okay, guys. So here's the thing. I have been streaming TV off netflix like crazy and I have just discovered Medium. HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS SHOW? I just... Allison and Joe are like my favorite TV married couple of all time. Up there with Coach and Mrs. Coach, and Jed and Abbey, and I can't even think of any others because how often do you get to see awesomesauce established relationships on TV? Ones not laden with cliche and forced melodrama and stupid misunderstandings (so far)? How often do you get a functioning couple that still makes me squee like an idiot over them like the greatest OTP ever? NEVER, that's how often. (Plus, Allison looks like a normal mother, you know, real. Like she actually gave birth to three kids. At least so far. I hope they don't glam her up later.)

Season 2's 'Twice Upon a Time' and season 3's 'The One Behind The Wheel' kill my shipper heart dead. I want a Joe of my very own. (God, the snark! the logic! the hair!) Though a very very close second is any episode where the girls get involved with visions or, you know, stealing cable. LOVE.

And I have only just finished season three. If you spoil me in any way for anything I will...I dunno. Do something mean. Like think not kind thoughts about you. Just so you know. Lol. (And yes, I consider, "Oh, the show goes so downhill after season four," or "I wish so and so character hadn't been written out" spoilers. I'm the freak who doesn't like to watch the 'Next Time' promos. I do know it has been cancelled, but I like closed canons. Much less anxiety.)

So who are your favorite on-screen married couples? Can you think of any? :)

Title: Outside Looking In
Author: Annerb
Summary: Daniel wonders when exactly he started watching Jack and Sam like a train wreck in progress.
Rating/Warnings: Older Teens, language and adult themes
Categorization: Drama, Angst, Humor, Sam/Jack, Team
A/N: Number 10 in the DC Series. Follows 'Saying It'. Special thanks to la_tante   for the beta. All remaining errors and awkwardness are my own.


( It's the way he looks at you that says to me this isn't over... )

I found this in a file called 'Snippets' and honestly have no idea what it was supposed to be. Lol. Maybe a long erased DC Series fic? Who knows. Still, it amuses me. Fly free little snippet!

( Jack and Sam Talking on the Phone )

I think there must have been some formal DC ball or something after that. *shrug*

In case you missed it:

That Long Black Cloud by anr  (SG-1, Sam/Jack)
The gunshot echoes.
This is an alternate version of season 2's The Gatekeeper. Get ready to take a hit straight to the gut with this one. Gorgeous, raw, and definitely dark, and yet still fundamentally Sam and Jack.


(Also, holdouttrout  and I did an impromptu, yet inevitable, JoJo revisit the other day while talking about the mid-air porn fest over at Dreamwidth. This was as close as we could get when thinking of SJ fics: Two in One by JoJo. Yeah, you know the one. The descent pod fic. Mmmmm. I think we should have semi-official reading clubs of these old awesome fics wherein we squee over them together.)

Dear Sanctuary-
All is forgiven. Let's never fight again.
Love, me.

Hey guys. I'm alive. Really. Just had some unexpectedly awesome things happen that have sort of temporarily taken over my life. Just one more week of insanity though, and things should settle in again. Writing has sort of fallen to the wayside, sadly. Not that I haven't been writing, just not writing effectively. The next chapter of my Ginny fic has demanded to be rewritten and taken unexpected turns three or four times in the last few weeks. It's being as slippery as a Slytherin. Snerk. I've also started and abandoned three or four ideas for my help_japan  charity fic. Oy. I tried poking at the next installment of the DC Series, but Daniel is being stubborn. (What else is new?) I've had a few other things open on my desktop, adding a few words here and there, but I'm not really settling to anything, sadly.

I just got a review on one of my oldest stories, which is nice. Really. Comments are always great. It's just... I do my absolute best to pretend I never wrote this particular fic, so the rare time someone leaves a comment, it gives rise to that urge to DELETE THE STORY FROM EXISTENCE yet again. All of you who never posted your first ever fic? I envy you SO MUCH. Lol.

I'm really behind on TV watching. I can't really build up any interest in the latest Sanctuary, though I imagine I will get around to it eventually. (I'm sorry. You all know how I feel about character bashing, but I just...can't make myself like Will. I'm trying. And another aside, I was commenting to holdouttrout the other day that I rewatched Star Trek Reboot again the other day and noticed that Chris Pine is a total mouth breather too, it just in no way bothers me the way it does with Will. I cannot explain this. Lol.) I saw Fringe, but don't really have any thoughts at the moment. Maybe later. It's a long hiatus to ruminate over. Looking forward to all the summer shows starting up again soon though. Yay White Collar and Covert Affairs and Leverage and other ones I am probably forgetting about.

Speaking of Leverage, I'm pretty broken up that Con-Con was canceled. Not surprised, just sad. I'd really been looking forward to that.

Seems there's gong to be a new Lady Julia Grey book coming out on June 21st. Let's hope it doesn't suck as much as the fourth one did. I'll give it a read and let you know if it's worth reading or if we should just continue to pretend there were only three Lady Julia books.

( I've been reading throw away shitty romance novels. )

Here are a few fic recs to make up for it:

The Package Deal by ziparumpazoo  (Fringe, Peter/Olivia, Walter)
She drew these two men together and forced them, sometimes painfully, to build their own warped version of a family. They’re a package deal. An If/Then statement. It’s that simple.
This is a great morning after fic for 6B, showing Olivia's relationships with Peter, but also Walter, who is an inescapable part of the deal. Such a perfect glimpse into what life with the Bishops would be like.

The Bridal Path by Vyola (Addams Family, Wednesday/Joel)
To marry an Addams means taking marriage very seriously. After all, it is till death do you part. And even then, sometimes they come back.
Okay, so it's not like I'm this big Addam's Family fan or anything. I'm pretty sure I saw the movie a million years ago. But, god, I love Wednesday, the quirky worldview of the Addam's family, and their non-traditional romance. This is such a great little fic. Short, quirky, and definitely worth a read.

The Priming Game by amonitrate (Ironman, Rhodey, Tony, Tony/Pepper if you really squint)
Rhodey wonders if from now on it's going to be Tony Before and Tony After.
This is a fill in for the time between when Tony is rescued out of the desert and when he lands back in America. Rhodey's POV on the changes that have come over Tony, the secrets he is clearly keeping, and the suspicions of the US Government that threaten to push Tony over the edge. Such a clear vision of the characters and their relationships as well at the way Tony is changed by his experience.

I am late, late, late, but I have to wish a happy birthday to pepper_field . You are one of the kindest, funniest, smartest, most interesting people I know. Your stick figure art is legendary, your fic the absolute best there is, your cat almost as cute as mine, but most of all, the few days I have been privileged enough to hang out with you have been some of my best. Couldn’t love you more if I tried. Here is a small token of my affection. :)


Title: The Benefits of Having a Secret Transporter in Your Girlfriend’s Closet
Author: Annerb
Summary: Jack’s top five reasons he loves his secret alien transporter.
Categorization: Humor, fluff, silliness, tiny smidge of angst, Sam/Jack
Rating/Warnings: Teen. Little bit of naughty language.
A/N: Set in the cracky and utterly ridiculous realm of ‘Serendipity’. I believe I started this for a belated birthday gift for Pepper last year, but finally managed to finish it this year (a little belated yet again). I also sort of forgot that this universe was supposed to be post-Threads and so have miraculously brought Jacob back to life. Call it a birthday miracle. Lol.


The Benefits of Having a Secret Transporter in Your Girlfriend’s Closet

( Top Five Reasons )

Title: The Changeling
Author: Annerb
Summary: Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why.
Categorization: Drama, angst, AU, Ginny-centric with a side of Ginny/Harry
Warnings: Older teens for adult themes (mentions of sexual assault, violence, underage sexuality and drinking)
A/N: Part of my ‘Five New Fandoms in 2011’ pledge. This lodged in my brain and grew from a Rewriting History prompt: Harry Potter, Ginny, she’s sorted into Slytherin. Special thanks to ziparumpazoo  and K. for their beta work. Any remaining errors are my own. In progress series.

The Changeling

( Year Two )